English
The Department of English was established in 1954 by Prof. M.V. Rama Sarma as the Head, with Under-Graduate Course. Later it was opened for Post-Graduate courses in 1959 with core emphasis on English Literature. The same year saw the bifurcation of the department retaining PG course. The Department began with 10 students and gradually the intake has increased to 60. The thrust areas of the Department are British Literature, Indian Literatures in English, American and New Literatures besides Comparative Literature, Translation Studies and English Language Teaching giving importance to all the genres of English Literature. The Department has the unique distinction of having had an exclusive paper on Miltonic studies. Presently, the Department has the honor of introducing exclusive elective on the genre, short story. Along with the teaching of literatures, research and training programmes, production of teaching materials, and extension services are in progress to help improve language teaching standards in the University region. The department was shaped by Stalwarts like Prof. M.V. Rama Sarma, Prof. C. Subba Rao, Prof Viswanadhan, Prof. C.R. Visweswara Rao, Prof. T. Krishna Rao, Sri R.A. Jayantha, Smt. M. Suryakantha, Prof. M. Radhamani Gopalakrishnan, Sri. N.J. Richard, Prof. G. Nageswara Rao, Prof. M.R. Ashok, Prof. Erram Reddy, Prof. A. Hari Prasanna, Prof. M.A.K. Sukumar and Prof. Madhuranthakam Narendra.
FACULTY:
• Prof. G.M. Sundaravalli
• Prof. P. Usha Rani
• Prof. T. Sarada
• Prof. P. Kusuma Harinath
• Prof. K. Sumakiran
COURSES OFFERED:
- M.A English { Two Years}
- Ph.D { Full Time/Part Time}
EXTENSION ACTIVITES:
The Department extends services to B.Tech., Law, Pharmacy courses on the Campus.
Honorary Language editing consultancy for all the departments and Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, Sri Venkateswa Institute of Medical Sciences, Sri Padmavathi College of Nursing.
DEPARTMENT JOURNAL:
Bi-annual Journal: S.V.U Journal of English Studies,
ISSN 2230-2923
DEPARTMENT LIBRARY:
The department Library was established in 1985 with a few books donated by philanthropists. Later many donors came forward by donating books related to English Literature & Language.
INNOVATIONS:
Introduction of Short Story as an Elective Course.
The Department has produced research work on Classical Masters, Female Slave narratives, Comparative & Tribal Literature, Indian Feminist Hermeneutics, and English Language Teaching.
All India English Teachers’ Association Annual Conference was held in 2019.
A National Conference on Historiography of Indian Literatures.
Conduct of the Soft skills & Communicative English courses to the students of all branches of the University as an Open Elective Course.
Conduct of the Writer’s Meet and Meet the Writer with writers of all Indian Languages.
TEACHING METHODOLOGY:
• New and innovative Teaching Techniques
• Participatory interactive sessions
• Focus on group discussion
• PPT
• Film shows
• Seminars and Quiz.
• Creative writing sessions
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE FACULTY:
Prof. M.V. Rama Sarma ( Vice-Chancellor, SVU)
Prof. M.A.K.Sukumar (Director, DDE & Rector, SVU)
Prof. M. Narendra (OSD, SVU & TANA Award)
Prof. G.M.Sundaravalli (a) Consultant, Strategy Performance Innovation Unit, Centre for Good Governance, Govt., A.P., Hyderabad.
(b) Academic Senate Member, SVU
( c) Rector, SVU
(d) Vice-Chancellor, Vikram Simhapuri University, Nellore.
Prof. T. Sarada Fulbright Senior Research Fellow
ALUMNI:
The department alumni are placed in various reputed organizations like Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission Services, Karnataka Public Service Commission Services etc.,
OPPORTUNITIES:
Post Graduate Students and Ph.D scholars find employment opportunities in all Educational Institutions, Universities and Government Organizatioans.
Association with Literary Bodies like IICS, IIAS & Sahitya Akademi
Campus selections.
TEMPORARY FACULTY:
• Dr. A. Sreenivasulu
• Dr. P. Pothan Prathap
• Dr. K. Sunil Kumar
• Dr. E. Gangadhar
• Mr. K. Venkatesh Naik
SUPPORTING STAFF:
o Mr. A. Rajasekhar
o Mr. B. Sankar
o Mr. O. Arun Kumar
English
Dr. Kolakaluri Sumakiran
ProfessorEmail sumakolakaluri@yahoo.com
Prof. K. Sumakiran, joined the Department as Assistant Professor with 10 years of experience as Lecturer in English. He acted as deputy warden and Warden of the University Hostels for Men and acted as co ordinator, Remedial Coaching for SC., ST., and Minorities (UGC merged scheme) . He is the Director of PET centre SV University, Tirupati. He is a Member in various Committees of the University. He is a Member in various Boards of Studies in Universities / Autonomous Engineering Colleges.
Dr. SARADA THALLAM
ProfessorEmail saradabalaji@gmail.com
Professor Sarada Thallam teaches in the department of English, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. A post graduate from the University of Madras, her Phd was from Hyderabad Central University. She is equipped with more than 26 years of teaching experience. Her specializations include African American Women’s theatre, Gender Studies, Literary Theory, Translation Studies, Post Colonial Studies, Cultural Studies, besides a special interest in Bhakti Literature. Women poets of the Bhakti period are specially close to her talks. A consistent academic topper, she also received the best dissertation award for her thesis on African American Women’s Drama and was placed on the Dean’s Merit List at the University of Hyderabad, in the year 2003. Besides receiving multiple research grants at ASRC, she was also a recipient of the Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the year 2012-2013. She is probably the one of the few Indian scholars who has worked on African American women’s lynching drama. She has also visited the universities of Oxford, Chicago, Georgia Atlanta and Emory on academic schedules and paper presentations.
She has been invited to deliver many key note addresses , plenary talks and guest lectures at many centres of excellence and universities. Besides, she has been active in the research circuit, since she continues to publish research papers, guide research and act as a board member of research and doctoral adjudication committees of many universities. A former head, she is currently the Chairperson, BOS of the department.
English
Dr. G.M.SUNDARAVALLI
Staff Designation : ProfessorQualifications : Ph.D.
Experience : 34 Years
Faculty Type : Regular
Specializations :
Research Interests : Indian English Literature, Commonwealth iterature, American Literature, New Literatures, Comparative Literature
Email : miriam_sundaravalli@yahoo.co.in
Dr. P. USHA RANI
Staff Designation : ProfessorQualifications : M.A., Ph.D.
Experience : 28 Years
Faculty Type : REGULAR
Specializations : American Literature, British Literature, Indian English Literature, Language.
Research Interests : American Literature, British Literature, Indian English Literature, Language.
Email : p.usharani66@gmail.com
Dr. SARADA THALLAM
Staff Designation : ProfessorQualifications : M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D
Experience : 26 Years
Faculty Type : REGULAR
Specializations : Women's Writings, Literary theory, English poetry, Drama, prose, new literatures, comparative literature, translation studies. etc.
Research Interests : Women's Writings, Literary theory, English poetry, Drama, prose, new literatures, comparative literature, translation studies. etc.
Email : saradabalaji@gmail.com
Dr. Kolakaluri Sumakiran
Staff Designation : ProfessorQualifications : M.A., M.Phil., SLET, Ph.D.
Experience : 22 Years
Faculty Type : REGULAR
Specializations :
Research Interests :
Email : sumakolakaluri@yahoo.com
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