Activities

2016-2017

 

Fr. Francis Kurissery Endowment Lecture on ‘Challenges in Journalism’ was conducted at 10 am in the Seminar hall on 11 June, 2016. The resource person was Mr. Davis Pynadath, News Edtor, Deepika, Thrissur.

Prof C V Fransis Endowment Lecture was organised on 11 June, 2016 at 2 pm in the seminr hall. The resource person , Dr Latha Nair, Associate Professor, St Theresas’ College, Ernakulam delivered a lecture on ‘Developing Speaking skills in English’.

 

 

2017-2018

 

The department organised an “Alumni Lecture Series” in the academic year 2017-2018.

Dr. Sangeetha Janachandran, alumna of the department and founder of “Stories Social” ,  delivered a lecture on Business Prospects in Social Media on 21 Novomber , 2018.  

 

Archana Vasudev, Founder, “Talkative”, delivered a lecture on Media on 16 September, 2017.

 

Smitha Susan Thomas, Assistant Director, Hollywood, delivered a lecture on ‘Recent Trends in Movie Making’ on 11 July, 2017.

 

 

2018-2019

 

LECTURE SERIES

 

The annual Fr. Fransis Kurissery Endowment Lecture was delivered by Dr. Hany Babu M. T., Associate Professor, Delhi University, on ‘Language and Linguistics’.

 

Prof C V Fransis Endowment Lecture on ‘New Media Language’ was delivered by Dr Josephine Joseph, Associate Professor, St. Mary’s College,Thrissur.

 

A talk on “Rendezvous with Poetry” was arranged with Dr. Joicy O.J., Head, Dept. of English, Vimala College, Thrissur as the resource person.

 

First ever Alumni Gathering of the department was held on 28 December 2018 to mark the 20^th Anniversary of the inception of Functional English department. The chief guest of the day was cine artist Adhithi Ravi alumna of the department.

  

 

  

 

 

2019-2020

Fr. Fransis Kurissery Endowment Lecture  was organised on 4^th December 2019. The resource person was  Mr. Favour Francis, Faculty at Divine Institute of Media Science, Muringoor, actor, and  Creative Director at Oaktree Bandwagon and Yara Communications. He delivered a talk on ‘Branding in Media’.

 

The Department organized a class by Ms. Anagha Jayan ,Sub-Editor, Manorama Online and  alumnus of the department, on ‘Media Studies’ on 24^th September.

 

A Two-Day International Conference was organized by the department in association with English Language Teachers’ Interaction Forum (ELTIF) on 24^th and 25^th January 2020. The conference theme was ‘Language, Literature, and Culture: New Derivations & Directions in Classrooms and Outside’. The International conference was inaugurated by Dr. Rahayu Puji Haryanti, Associate Professor, University of Semarang, Indonesia, and the keynote address was delivered by Dr. Tara Ratnam, noted Teacher Educator & ELT Researcher.

 

MOU

 

Name of the Collaborating Institution	Kahaniya
Area of collaboration	Writing/ Academics/ Publication
Date of Initiation	24 JANUARY 2020
Co-ordinator Name	Dr K J Varghese
National/ International	National
Duration of collaboration	Five years
Targeting departments/ beneficiaries	English
Number of Students/ Faculty participated	250 students and 20 Faculty

 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

 

An international conference titled “Language, Literature and Culture: New Derivations & Directions in Classrooms and Outside” was conducted on 24-25^th January, 2021 in collaboration with Kahaniya.

 

 

 

2020-2021

 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

 

Two-day International Online Conference was organised by the Department of English on English Literature and Language Education: Embracing Change in Covid Times on 19 & 20 June 2020 with 50 research papers and 900 participants from 48 countries.

 

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR

 

One- Day International Seminar was organised by the Department of English,  in association with SNM training College, Moothakunnam on ‘ICT in Education during and after Covid 19’.

 

 

INVITED TALK

 

A professional Talk was organised by the department of English Christ College on 08 February 2020 on ‘Technical and Content Writing’. The resource person was Mr Subash Sarath, Software professional.

 

Prof C V Francis Endowment lecture was organised by the department of English on 02 March 2021 and the resource person was Dr Sangeetha Janachandran, Alumna.

 

 

Rev Fr.  Francis  Kurissery Endowment lecture was organised by the department of English on 25 March 2021 and the resource person was K A Joshy, Assistant Editor, Mathrubhumi Online.

 

MOU

 

Name of the collaborating Institution	BHOPAL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (BSSS)
Area of collaboration	Research/ Academics/ Publication
Co-ordinator Name	Dr K J Varghese
National/ International	National
Duration of collaboration	Five Years
Targeting departments/ beneficiaries	English
Number of Students/ Faculty participated	200 students and 20 Faculty

 

INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

 

Under the MoU, an International Virtual Conference titled “Contemporary Trends in World Literatures, Language Studies and Cultures” was conducted on 29-30^th September 2021. 600 participants joined in the two-day international conference with 257 paper presentations on various topics. Dr. K. J. Varghese, Associate Professor, Dept. of English, Christ College (Autonomous) also conducted a one-day workshop on writing quality research papers for 281 participants at BSSS.   

 

 

MOU

 

Name of the Collaborating Institution	UNIVERSITAS PGRI RONGGOLAWE, INDONESIA
Area of collaboration	Academics
Date of Initiation	19 March 2021
Co-ordinator Name	Dr K J Varghese
National/ International	International
Duration of collaboration	Five Years
Targeting departments/ beneficiaries	English
Number of Students/ Faculty participated	9 students and 8 Faculty

 

Under the MoU, a cultural exchange program was agreed between Universitas PGRI Ronggolawe, Indonesia and Christ College (Autonomous), Irinjalakuda whereby the international students were given permission for credit transfer from Christ College. Under this they were assigned various subjects offered by Christ College for a semester and the corresponding grades from the papers are to be counted under the credits in their academic programs.

 

MOU

 

Name of the Collaborating Institution	Pachyderm Tales Consultancy Private Limited
Area of collaboration	Research/ Academic/ Publication
Date of Initiation	10 JUNE 2020
Co-ordinator Name	Dr K J Varghese
National/ International	National
Duration of collaboration	Ten years
Targeting departments/ beneficiaries	English, Hindi, Malayalam, Sanskrit
Number of Students/ Faculty participated	200 students and 20 Faculty

 

Under the MoU, number of activities have been conducted, related to creative writing, conduct of workshops, seminars and symposiums. Two symposiums were conducted till date, one focusing on Creative Writing and the other on Entrepreneurship. An anthology on Travel Writing titled Sonder was published under the collaboration. The anthology consists of poetry and short stories on travel.

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

MOU

 

Name of the Collaborating Institution	UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH SIDENRENG RAPPANG
Area of collaboration	Academics
Date of Initiation	19 March 2021
Co-ordinator Name	Dr K J Varghese
National/ International	International
Duration of collaboration	Five years
Targeting departments/ beneficiaries	English
Number of Students/ Faculty participated	150 students and 8 Faculty

 

Under the MoU, Dr K. J. Varghese served as a Resource person at an international conference on education at UMS Rappang. Dr. Andy Asrifan from UMS Rappang gave a keynote address in Two-day International Online Conference.

 

  

 

MOU

 

Name of the Collaborating Institution	Universitas Al Asyariah Mandar
Area of collaboration	Academics/ Research
Date of Initiation	19 March 2021
Co-ordinator Name	Dr K J Varghese
National/ International	International
Duration of collaboration	Five years
Targeting departments/ beneficiaries	English
Number of Students/ Faculty participated	150 students and 8 Faculty

 

 

Under the MoU, Dr K. J, Varghese served as a Resource person at an International conference on education at Universitas Al Asyariah Mandar.

Dr. Muthmainnah from Universitas Al Asyariah Mandar delivered the Keynote Address at the two-day international online conference on “English Literature and Language Education: Embracing Change in Covid Times” organised by Dept. of English, Christ College (Autonomous).

 

  

 

MOU

 

Name of the Collaborating Institution	INSTITUT AGAMA ISLAM NEGERI, INDONESIA
Area of collaboration	Academics
Date of Initiation	19 March 2021
Co-ordinator Name	Dr K J Varghese
National/ International	International
Duration of collaboration	Five years
Targeting departments/ beneficiaries	English
Number of Students/ Faculty participated	150 students and 8 Faculty

 

Under the MoU, Dr K. J. Varghese from Christ College (Autonomous) served as a Resource person at two international conferences on education at Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN).

 

  

 

 

2021-2022

 

 

Title of the programme	International Creative Writing Symposium
Organized by	Dept. of English
In association with (if any)	Pachyderm Tales
Date of the event	27 June 2021
Venue (if online specify Google  meet/ Zoom)	Zoom and YouTube
Total no of attendees	400

 

An international Creative Writing Symposium, first of its kind in Christ College, Irinjalakuda was organised by the Department of English on 7 July 2021. The theme of the symposium was introduced by renowned academician Dr. Abdul Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Five renowned academicians from around the world spoke on various aspects of creative writing. There were more than 400 participants from different parts of the world.  The symposium  ended with an open invitation to publish the creative ventures of the participants in the book to be published by the organizers in association with Pachyderm Tales.

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

Title of the programme	UGC Sponsored (under autonomy grant of BSSS) Two Day Virtual International Conference on “Contemporary Trends in World Literatures, Language and Cultural Studies in English
Organized by	Dept. of English
In association with (if any)	Bhopal School of Social Sciences( Autonomous)
Date of the event	29 & 30 September 2021
Venue (if online specify Google  meet/ Zoom)	Google Meet and YouTube
Total no of attendees	800

 

 

The two day UGC Sponsored (under autonomy grant of BSSS) Virtual International Conference on “Contemporary Trends in World Literatures, Language and Cultural Studies in English was inaugurated by renowned theatre artist, Alok Chaterji. The keynote address was delivered by Prof. Paola Perez Lopez, English Institute Director, Argentina. 270 research papers were presented by teachers and research scholars from foreign and Indian universities in parallel sessions. There were around 800 participants from India and abroad.

 

  

 

  

 

Title of the programme	Inauguration of Department Activities 2021-2022
Organized by	Dept. of English
Date of the event	9 July, 2021
Venue (if online specify Google  meet/ Zoom)	Google Meet
Total no of attendees	120

 

A talk on “Rise of Digital Media in India was organised by the Department of English as part of the inauguration of association activities of the department. The resource person was Ajoy Ashirvad, Political Affairs Editor,The Wire, Delhi. The students were enlightened on  writing for new media .

 

  

 

Title of the programme	MoU with Pachyderm Tales
Organized by	Dept. of English
In association with (if any)	Pachyderm Tales
Date of the event	01 June 2021
Venue (if online specify Google  meet/ Zoom)	Zoom

 

Pachyderm Tales is registered under the Companies Act in 2020, under the nomenclature, Pachyderm Tales Consultancy Private Limited. Under the MoU, various activities related to creative writing and entrepreneurship were conducted.