The Department of English was founded with the establishment of Ruia College
in 1937. In the past, distinguished academicians like Jnyanpeeth awardee Prof.
V. D. Karandikar, eminent Marathi writer and translator Prof. Sadanand Rege,
Indian English poet Prof. I.M. Jayakar, Prof. V. M. Paranjape, Dr. K. Pakrasi,
and Prof. K. SriKumar have enriched the Department and created a strong
tradition of excellence.
The Department is currently headed by Dr. Anjali Bhelande. Dr. Bhelande is an
eminent scholar in the field of English Language and Literature. She is the
author of three books and several articles that have been published in national
and international journals. She won the Graduate Student Award and the Faculty
Research Fellowship instituted by the Government of Canada for doctoral and
post-doctoral research respectively. Her areas of research-interest are
feminism, spiritual philosophy and stylistics. She is currently involved in the
editing and publication of the educative and meaningful works of Indian mystic
Dada Gavand.
Other faculty members:
Prof. Vijayshila Sawant
Prof. Saroja Ganapathy
Dr. Dinaz Munshi
F.Y.B.A.
Communication Skills in English
Optional English (I): Nineteenth Century British Literature
S.Y.B.A.
Mass Communication
Journalism
Optional English (II and III): Indian Writing in English and 20th Century
American Literature
T.Y.B.A. (Optional English, papers IV to IX)
Shakespeare and English Literature; Literary Criticism; Grammar and Art of
Writing; Milton and English Literature; Modern British Literature; Postcolonial
Perspectives on Texts.
The Department of English has published a Handbook of Communication Skills
besides creating a large body of innovative language teaching material, which is
used to train our students in Communication Skills in English. For students of
Literature, the Department has an exclusive library and several innovative
teaching aids that include CDs, films and pictures. In the unique ambience of
Ruia’s English Department, literature is a subject to be lived, experienced and
enjoyed to the fullest.
The English Literary Associationorganizes several activities in order to help
students understand and critically appreciate language, literature, the arts and
the media. These include:
Talks by experts and experienced academicians
Interactions with writers and artists
Workshops in Creative Writing, Communication Skills Journalism and Mass
Communication
Film and Theatre
Some of the distinguished guests who have visited the Department in recent years
include acclaimed novelist Kiran Nagarkar, poets Arundhati Subramanian and Jerry
Pinto, Canadian poets Patricia Keeney and Penny Kemp, versatile writer Eunice de
Souza, Israeli actor-director Gil Alon, Kathak exponent Ashok Ketkar and
filmmaker Sankalp Meshram.
To find out more about the latest activities of the Department and the English
Literary Association, click here.
The English Department runs a wallpaper called Ruialiterati, which showcases our
students’ creative talents and offers informative and delightful reading on
various subjects related to language, literature, art and the media. To browse
through some of the latest contributions to Ruialiterati, please visit
http://ruialiterati.blogspot.com.
Dr. Bhelande speaking at the release of ‘Intelligence Beyond Thought’, the
autobiography of Indian mystic Dada Gavand, at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
Poetry amidst Nature: TYBA 2006-07
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