Department Activities 2019-2020


Guest Lectures:
·         PG English Department in collaboration with Maris Stella Alumni Association (MSAA) organized a lecture for PG English students on English Language Teaching (ELT), 31stJuly, 2019.  The resource person was Dr.Afeera Khanam, an alumna herself and she has been working as an English Instructor at the University of Jeddah, Khulais, Saudi Arabia.
·         PG English Department in collaboration with Maris Stella Alumni Association (MSAA) organized a lecture on Women’s Writings on 3rd August, 2019. The Resource person was Dr.Afeera Khanam, an alumna herself and has been working as an English Instructor at University of Jeddah, Khulais, Saudi Arabia. She focused on Alice Walker’s Color Purple and discussed several issues like gender discrimination, queer human relationships, socio-cultural problems.
                                                                
·         PG English Department in collaboration with Maris Stella Alumni Association (MSAA) organized a special guest lecture on the topic ‘Reading Skills’ by Ms. V. Vishnu Vandana Devi, Associate Professor of English, Vijaya Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences for Women, Vijayawada, on 29.08.19. Attended by the students of PG English and Economics, the talk helped in understanding the importance of Reading Skills and focused on how to become an effective reader.                                                                       

·         PG English Department in collaboration with Maris Stella Alumni Association (MSAA) organized a special guest lecture on “Common Gynaec Problems among the Young Women” for UG and PG students on 06.09.2019, Friday. The resource person was Dr. S. Sahithi, BAMS, MD, Vedamantra Ayurveda Clinic, Vijayawada.
                                                        
·         PG English Department in collaboration with Maris Stella Alumni Association (MSAA) organized a guest lecture on “Content Writing” by Vineela Vasan.
·         PG & UG English Departments organized an invited lecture on Teaching and Learning LSRW Skills by Dr. G. Chenna Reddy, Associate Professor, Department of English, Acharya Nagarjuna University on 01.02.2020.
                                             


Faculty Achievements:
·         Dr. K.Sandhya presented her poem “Wonders Vs Blunders,” published in the anthology “The Vase” (ISBN-13:9789389110999) at Guntur International Poetry Festival on 18th &19th September, 2019.
·         Dr. K. Sandhya was awarded ‘Master of Creative Impulse,’Philosophique Poetica International Award in Literature by ’Philosophique Poetica & Grand Productions Canada- World Poetry Conference, 13& 14th October,2019 held in Bathinda, Punjab, India.                     
                                                                        
·         The following scholars were awarded Doctoral degrees in 2019 under the guidance of Dr. K. Sandhya- Dr. Afeera Khanam in August (ANU), Dr. Surekha Rani in October (ANU), Dr. Waheed Shafia in November (JNTUH ) and Ms. G. Sundari (JNTUH, Ph.D submitted).

NET/SET/APRCET:
·         Ms. R. Kavya from the Department of PG English qualified UGC- NET and APRCET in 2019.

Student Activities:
·         Eight students from PG I and II year English adapted short stories from “Amaravathi through Ages” written by Sai Papineni to the stage during the book launch at Café Coffe Day, Vijayawada on 24.09. 2019. Sri V. Veerabhadrudu, IAS, Director, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan was the Chief Guest. He appreciated the students and had a literary interaction with them.

Workshop:
The PG departments under the able guidance of Dr. K. Sandhya, Director, PG & Research,
Maris Stella College, organized a workshop on Employability & Entrepreneurship Skills on 24th
February 2020 in the College Auditorium. A team of experts from the Business Industry, Mr.
Leeladhar Rao, Founder and Director, Happy Minds Manpower Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Venkat
Ketiboina, CEO, Admission Arrow, Mr. Chaitanya Potluri, Software Developer, Amazon, Seattle,
Mr. C. Krishna Anjaneyulu, President, Andhra Pradesh Journalist Forums and Prof. V. Jagadish,
Head, EDC, PVP Siddhartha Institute of Technology in their sessions stressed on the
importance of acquiring employability and entrepreneurship skills in the present competitive
world and shared the success stories of budding entrepreneurs and their real life experiences.
They have also provided hands-on training to the students on Group Discussion and Interview
Skills. A total of 200 students and 25 faculty participated in the workshop. Students from Andhra Loyola College, KBN College and Nova College also took part in the workshop.




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