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Facilities & Research
Facilities & Research
Facilities
The Department has a modest Language Laboratory with 14 computers, which are used to support the teaching programme, particularly the language papers, for our students. The Department also has a number of teaching aids, including LCD Projector, Blue Ray Projector, LED TV, EyeRis, Sony C.D. Player, Electronic Podium, etc.
Research
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Title of the Project |
Principal Investigator |
Funding Agency |
Period |
Amount Sanctioned (in lakhs) |
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From |
To |
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“Aristotle to Derrida.” Theories of Literary Criticism |
Prof. C.N.Ramachandran and Prof. B.A.Vivek Rai |
UGC major project, in collaboration with department of Kannada |
1988 |
1991 |
1 lakh |
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An Orientalist analysis of Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj |
Prof. R.Shashidhar |
UGC minor research project |
1990 |
1991 |
0.1 lakhs |
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Translation of a Kannada epic, “Maleya Mahadeshwara” into English and “A Comparative study of six epics from different cultures” |
Prof. C.N.Ramachandran |
Professor Emeritus scheme |
1990 |
1991 |
Award |
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“Romanticism, Politics and the Caste Factor” |
Prof.R.Shashidhar |
MHRD Project |
2000 |
2001 |
1 lakh |
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“Transforming Multiple Hierarchies: Polyphonic Pluralism and Flux as Strategy in Multicultural Women’s Writing.” |
Prof. Kishori Nayak K |
Post-doctoral Commonwealth Fellowship Project |
2000 |
2001 |
Award |
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“Translation Studies and Post-Colonialism” |
Dr. D.R.Shashidhara |
Project sponsored by Inter-University Centre,for Associateship at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla |
2001 |
2004 |
Award |
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“Feminism/s from Developing Countries: A Translation Project from English into Kannada” - An Interdisciplinary Major Research Project in collaboration with the Department of Kannada. |
Dr. Kishori Nayak K (co-investigator) |
UGC |
2005 |
2008 |
6.98 lakhs
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Title & duration of the project
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Name of the funding agency |
Amount of grant approved |
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Dr. Kishori Nayak K Major Research Project titled “(Re)Writing Women’s (Hi)stories: Women’s Personal Narratives” |
UGC |
7.28 |
Special Lectures and Workshops organized by the Department
Over the years, the Department has organized several annual ELT workshops and 5
UGC Refresher courses, besides one national conference, one national workshop, and one
international conference, in addition to a number of special lectures, including by
international scholars.
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Title |
Date |
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Three-day National Seminar on “Political Ideologies and Fiction” |
October 1988. |
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International Conference in colloboration with The Forum on Contemporary Theory, Vadodara on the theme, “The Act and Politics of Subversion: Theory in a Counter-Mode” |
December 14-17, 2005. |
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Five UGC Refresher Courses. |
1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001 |
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Regional ELT Workshop |
March 26, 1997 |
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National Workshop on “Engaging & Priorities, Enabling Connections: India, Canada, and the Way Forward” |
Feb. 28-March 1, 2013 |
The Department hosted a three-day National Seminar on “Political Ideologies and Fiction” in Otober 1988. The Seminar was inaugurated by Mr Bhisham Sahni, the noted writer in Hindi and author of Tamas. A number of noted scholars participated in the Workshop, including Prof. Shanthinath Desai, Dr B. Damodar Rao, Dr D. R. Nagaraj, Dr C. P. Ravichandra, Dr Harish Trivedi, Dr Ayyappa Panikkar, and others.
The Department organized a National Workshop on the theme “Engaging Priorities, Enabling Connections: India, Canada and the Way Forward”, on 1-2 March 2013. The Workshop was completely sponsored by the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (4.18 lakhs) and there was no financial Commitment on the part of Mangalore University. Dr. Ravishankar Rao was the Director of the workshop.
