The Department of English and Foreign Languages was established in May 2005 .Within a very short period of its establishment, it has been serving the five-fold objectives of Higher Education "PEARL"(Pedagogy, Extension, Application, Research and Learning).

The Department offers Post-Graduate, Post-Master's and Doctoral Research Programmes so as to cater to the needs of the students belonging to Sivagangai, Ramanathapuram Districts and other places all over India. It also offers Certificate course in French. Further, the Department has opened fresh avenues for developing command over language skills through a well equipped Language Laboratory. This Department has attracted students from China, which is a matter of pride indeed.

The Department functions with highly qualified, competent and well- trained faculty members who have expertise in their respective fields who employ modern pedagogical techniques to promote the students' skills. The Department has a well equipped library. A modern Computerized Lab has also been established at a cost of rupees fifteen lakhs. Workshops, seminars, visits and training programmes are integral part of learning experience for students and scholars.

Vision and Mission

The Department provides inclusive Higher Education opportunities by reaching the unreached through quality academic programmes in order to produce competent professionals in English and Foreign Languages irrespective of gender, location and social category.

Salient Features of the Department

• The profiles of Faculty Members are rich with publications. Project execution experience of the faculty has been leading to good research output in the form of M.Phil dissertations / Ph.D theses, and dissemination activities like article writing and seminar paper readings.
• Remedial teaching offered to slow learners.
• Special Coaching Classes are arranged periodically for the benefit of rural students.
• Inter-Disciplinary Electives are offered. (English for Mass Media, Business, Communication, Office Automation and Essentialsof Educational Psychology)
• Philosophical, Psychological & Sociological Foundations of Education has been included as one of the courses.
• Opportunities are provided to acquire fellowships and grants from different funding agencies.
• Through DEEP Club, the Department conducts classes for improving communication skills of the students of all departments.
• Special coaching classes are organized for SLET / NET exams.
• Students sharpen their listening and speaking skills through conventional and computerized language laboratory.
• Department library is equipped with latest reference books & journals.
• Final year students get placed in established educational institutions through placement cell.
• Eminent professors and erudite scholars from various universities deliver special lectures periodically.

Accomplishments of the Department

• The Department has the unique pride of attracting Chinese Students to pursue their higher Studies here. A group of six Chinese Students studied B.A. English in this department during 2002-2006. In the same academic year, another batch of three Chinese Students studied a three month course in Communication Skills in the department under the Cultural Exchange Programme.
• Within a very short duration of six years, the department has organized four International Conferences, three National Seminars and periodic guest lectures. To enhance the competency of the teachers of Alagappa University, it has also organized a one-month British Council Sponsored Workshop.
• 100% placement of M.A., M.Phil and Ph.D. Degree holders of the Department who are presently serving in 25 institutions in Tamil Nadu (Universities, Colleges of Engineering, Arts, Science, Polytechnic and Higher Secondary Schools) is a major achievement of the Department.
• Students and scholars of the Department receive good exposure through the special lectures delivered by National and International level experts.

Research Activities

Twelve Scholars are currently pursuing their Doctoral Research in English, of which eight are full-time Scholars and four Scholars are part-timers. There are 28 M.Phil Scholars who carry out research as a part of curricular requirement.

Placement Opportunities

M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. holders from this Department get placement in schools, colleges and companies through career opportunity fares organized by the Department. Besides, they are competent to serve in Executive positions and other functional areas of management.

Fellowships

Opportunities to acquire fellowships from different funding agencies such as the MHRD, the UGC, Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund and IGNOU have been provided to Research Scholars. Five scholars are pursuing Doctoral Research under Rajiv Gandhi National Research Fellowship (RGNRF) and one scholar is a recipient of Alagappa University Research Fellowship (AURF).

Organization of Conferences / Workshops / Symposia/ Seminars

• Organization of Conferences / Workshops / Symposia/ Seminars

The department promotes interaction among research scholars, experts and language specialists which is vital for sharing of experience and dissemination of innovations. Hence it organizes Conferences, Workshops, Symposia and seminars at national and international levels. Conferences on themes of significance and relevance like 'Changing Paradigms in the Teaching of English', 'Communication Skills', 'Classical Literature: East and West', 'Emerging Trends in Teaching Language and Literature', 'Trends in Modern Literature: East and West' were organized where delegates and Key Resource Persons from Canada, Bangladesh, Greece, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Oman and professors from various Universities of India shared their expertise and gave a rich literary feast to the participants.

Guest Lecture Programmes

• Guest Lecture Programmes

The Department organizes Guest Lecture Programmes periodically. Experts from the universities of this country and from abroad deliver lectures on various topics. Resource persons from State Universities, California and San-Diego State University, (U.S.A), Dhofar University, (Oman), Ghana (West Africa), Singapore and Mauritius have delivered lectures on topics such as Research Methodology for English Studies, Importance of English Literature, Creativity in English and Interview Techniques, Importance of African Culture, Importance of Language Laboratory, Effectiveness of Soft Skills, Similarities between Chinese and English Languages, Importance of Learning French, Introduction to English Literature.

Contact Details:

Dr. P. Madhan ,
Associate Professor & Head i/c
Department of English & Foreign Languages,
Alagappa University,
Karaikudi – 630 003,
Tamil Nadu, India.
E-mail : [email protected]
Phone No : 9442282517

Faculty

S.No	Photo	Name	Designation	Profile
1		Dr. P.Madhan	Associate Professor and Head i/c
2		Dr. S.Valliammai	Assistant Professor
3		Dr. M.Natarajan	Assistant Professor
4		Dr. SP.M.Kanimozhi	Assistant Professor
5		Dr. S.Sudha	Assistant Professor

Programmes Offered

Syllabus

• M.A English

• M.Phil. in English

• M.Phil in English (SSP)

• Ph.D. in English

• Certificate Programme in French

• Certificate Programme in German

Fee structure per Annum

S.No.	Programmes	Tuition fee	SPL Fee	Other fee	Special lecture fee	First year fee	Second year fee
1	M.A	1000	2000	1000	---	4000	3000
2	M.Phil	4000	2000	1000	---	7000	---
3	M.Phil SSP	12000	1000	2000	---	---	---
4	Certificate Programme in French	1500	---	---	---	---	---
5	Certificate Programme in German	1500	---	---	---	---	---

• Physically Challenged candidates are exempted from the payment of Tuition fee and special fee.
• Only tuition fee is exempted for SC/ST candidates and all other fees to be remitted by them

Facilities

• Computerized Language Laboratory
• Glottophone Conventional Language Laboratory
• Smart Classroom
• Seminar Hall with LCD Projector
• Research Monographs
• Library
• Computing and Network facilities to support research activities
• Research tools for Scholars
• Photocopying Facility

Language Lab

The Department has a modern Computerized Language Lab with 25 computers. English laboratory works on the client server application running in LAN. It has the following modules useful for enhancing Language skills among students to make them successful in their careers.

• Communication skills
• Learning Skills
• Phonetics
• Conversation
• Career lab for teaching public speaking, facing interview, group discussion, written communication, resume preparation, assertiveness and soft skills.

Library

Our Department library has a good collection of books, abridged and original literary works, reference books and periodicals related to British Literature, American Literature, Indian English Literature, Indian Commonwealth Literature, English Language Teaching and Teaching of French.

Research

Areas of Research

• English Language Teaching
• Indian English Literature
• Translation Works
• British Literature
• American Literature
• African Literature
• Technology Integrated Language Education

Research Projects

Sl. No.	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR	PROJECT TITLE	PROJECT PERIOD	FUNDING AGENCY	TOTAL GRANT Rs. in Lakhs
COMPLETED PROJECTS
1	Dr. S. Subbiah	Teacher Absenteeism Student Absenteeism in Primary And Upper Primary Schools in Select Districts of Tamil Nadu	July 2009-Jan.2010	Govt. of Tamil Nadu	3.33
2	Dr. S. Subbiah	Enhancing Scholastic Achievement of Primary Children with Mild Mental Retardation through a Competency Updating Teacher Training Programme for Inclusive Education	Feb. 2010-Dec. 2014	UGC	6.20
3	Dr. S. Subbiah	Attitude of Teachers, Parents and Children towards Punishment Imposed in Primary and Upper Primary Schools	Sep.2009- March. 2013	AURF	0.60
ON-GOING PROJECTS
4	Dr. P. Madhan	Realism in the Select Fictional Writings of Arunthathi Roy, Kiran Desai and Anita Nair: A Study	Feb. 2016 –Feb. 2018	AURF	0.50
5	Dr. M. Natarajan	M. H. Abrams’ A Glossary of Literary Terms: A Tamil Translation	Mar.2017-Mar.2019	AURF	0.50
6.	Dr. P. Madhan &  Dr. M. Natarajan	Women Context In Bharathiyar’s Writings: English Translation	Mar.2017-Mar.2019	AURF	3.00
7.	Dr. SP.M Kanimozhi	Feministic Voices as Echoed in the Novels of Bama and Buchi Emecheta	Mar.2017-Mar.2019	AURF	0.25
8.	Dr.S. Valliammai	Effectiveness of Collaborative Language learning in imporving the communicative competence of the woman students belonging to the marginalized sector at the tertiary level	Mar.2017-Mar.2019	AURF	0.25

Projects Applied

Name of the Faculty	Title of the Project	Funding Agency	Amount in lakhs
Dr. M. Natarajan Dr. P. Madhan	Advancement of Integrated Instructional Strategy in Augmenting the Ability of Government Tribal Middle School Teachers in English Language Teaching	ICSSR	15.00
Dr. SP. M. Kanimozhi Dr. S. Valliammai	Remedial Package for Developming Writing Skill to Eradicate the Errors Committed by the Degree Class Students of Tamil Nadu	ICSSR	12.48

Faculty Publications: 187

Articles in Journals : 80
Books : 09
Monographs : 03
Articles in Books : 95

	Dr.S.Subbiah	Dr.P.Madhan	Dr.S.Valliammai	Dr.M.Natarajan	Dr.SP.M.Kanimozhi	Dr. S. Sudha
Articles in Journal	25	10	10	20	10	5
Chapters	30	20	10	20	10	5
Monograph	03	03	01	01	--	--
Books	02	04	01	02	--	--

Paper Presented in Seminar/ Conferences: 316

S.No	Name of the Faculty Members	International conference	National conference/seminar	No.of Sessions chaired	No. of invited talks
1.	Dr.S.Subbiah	34	51	94	152
2	Dr.P.Madhan	17	32	5	17
3	Dr.S.Valliammai	20	36	4	4
4	Dr.M.Natarajan	15	35	5	16
5	Dr.SP.M.Kanimozhi	10	25	--	--
6	Dr.S.Sudha	12	27	--	--
	Total	108	206	108	189

Ph. Ds Produced : 23

Ph. Ds on going: 36

(2011-2017)

Name of the Faculty	Completed	On going
Dr. S. Subbiah	21	08
Dr. P. Madhan	02	08
Dr. S. Valliammai	--	08
Dr. M. Natarajan	--	08
Dr. SP. M. Kanimozhi	--	04

Ph.D. Awarded

Sl. No.	Name of the Candidate	Research Supervisor	Year of Award
1	V. Nagarajan	Dr. M. Solayan	2009
2	V. Ramakrishan	Dr. M. Solayan	2011
3	K.Shanthi	Dr. M. Solayan	2011
4	Anisha Barvin	Dr. M. Solayan	2011
5	A.Benita	Dr. M. Solayan	2012
6	S. Valliammai	Dr. M. Solayan	2012
7	P. Madhan	Dr. M. Solayan	2012
8	S. Henry Kishore	Dr. V. B. Vinoth	2012
9	S. Karthika	Dr. M. Solayan	2013
10	M. Kannadasan	Dr. S. Subbiah	2013
11	B. Kavitha	Dr. S. Subbiah	2013
12	M. Vennila	Dr. M. Solayan	2013
13	D. Vadivambal	Dr. S. Subbiah	2013
14	G. Rajesh Kumar	Dr. S. Subbiah	2014
15	M. Natarajan	Dr. S. Subbiah	2014
16	R. Thangam	Dr. S. Subbiah	2014
17	S. Meenapriyadharshini	Dr. S. Subbiah	2014
18	J. Mary Jeyanthi	Dr. S. Subbiah	2014
19	S. Sudha	Dr. S. Subbiah	2015
20	S. Madhubala	Dr. S. Subbiah	2015
21	A. Gowrimanohari	Dr. S. Subbiah	2015
22	K. Kamala Devi	Dr. S. Subbiah	2015
23	A. Kavitha	Dr. S. Subbiah	2015
24	S. Ravikumar	Dr. S. Subbiah	2016
25	Reena Varghese	Dr. V. B. Vinoth	2016
26	B. Mahalakshmi	Dr. P. Madhan	2016
27	R. Nanthini	Dr. P. Madhan	2017

Our Star Alumni

Alumni Details

S.No	NAME	DESIGNATION
1	Dr.V.Nagarajan	Associate professor,Dept. of English, AGA college ,Karaikudi
2	Dr. P. Madhan	Associate Professor ,Dept of English and Foreign Language, Alagappa university,karaikudi
3	Dr.S. Valliammai	Assistant Professor ,Dept of English and Foreign Language, Alagappa university,karaikudi
4	Dr.S.Ravikumar	Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Sree Sevugan Annamalai College, Devakottai.
5	Dr. M.Natarajan	Assistant Professor ,Dept of English and Foreign Language, Alagappa university,karaikudi
6	Dr. A. Ananthavalli	Assistant Professor ,Seethalakshmi Achi College,Pallathur
7	Dr. J. Mary Jeyanthi	Assistant Professor Dept. of English,S.A.college for women,Pallathur
8	S.Moorthi	Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Sree Sevugan Annamalai College, Devakottai.
9	Dr. A.Gowrimanohari	Assistant Professor, Mohamed Sathak Engineering College,Kilakarai
10	Dr. B.Mahalakshmi	Assistant Professor, Bharathidasan university model college,Aranthangi.
11	M.Rekha	Assistant Professor, Mohamed Sathak Engineering College,Kilakarai
12	A.sowmiya	Assistant Professor,Nachiyappa swamigal arts and science college, kovilur
13	V.Vasuki	Assistant Professor ,Sree Rajaraja CBSE School,Amaravathipudur.
14	K.Bagaavathi	Assistant Professor,Ananda college,Devakottai
15	R.Yoga	Assistant Professor,Dr.N.G.P Instute of Technology,Coimbatore
16	A.Arjunan	Assistant Professor,AUCP-Paramakudi
17	Dr.K.Panchatcharam	Assistant Professor,Dept. of English AGAC,Karaikudi
18	P.Boomiraja	Assistant Professor,Dept. of English AGAC,Karaikudi
19	M.Prema	Assistant Professor,AUCP-Paramakudi
20	A.Murugan	Assistant Professor,AUCP-Paramakudi
21	A.Gopalakrishnan	Assistant Professor,AUCP-Paramakudi
22	G.Rajkumar	Assistant Professor ,BDUMC,Vedarnyam
23	Dr.R.Thangam	Assistant Professor ,Seethalakshmi College,Pallathur
24	Dr. M. Vennila	Assistant Professor ,Seethalakshmi College,Pallathur
25	Kasthuriba Devasena.SP	Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Sree Sevugan Annamalai College, Devakottai.
26	Sundari.T.R	Assistant Professor ,Dept. of English,Dr.Umayal Ramanathan college for women,karaikudi
27	Saravanan.M	Assistant Professor, Dept. of English Bharathidasan University Constituent college.
28	Asha.K	Assistant Professor ,Dept. of English,Dr.Umayal Ramanathan college for women,karaikudi
29	Manjula.K	Assistant Professor ,Dept. of English,Dr.Umayal Ramanathan college for women,karaikudi
30	Prabha Rani .A	Assistant Professor ,Dept. of English,Sri saradha  Nikaetan college
31	Aishwarya .G	Assistant Professor ,Dept. of English,Dr.Umayal Ramanathan college for women,karaikudi
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33	Sumithra.C	Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Sree Sevugan Annamalai College, Devakottai.
34	Madhubala .S	Assistant Professor,Nachiyappa swamigal arts and science college, kovilur
35	Saravanamuthu.G	Teaching Assistant ,Dept of English and Foreign Language, Alagappa university,karaikudi
36	Suchitra.G	Assistant Professor, Dept of English,Idhaya college for women,Sarugani
37	Suguna.G	Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Sree Sevugan Annamalai College, Devakottai.
38	SenthilPriya.S	Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Sree Sevugan Annamalai College, Devakottai.
39	Maragatham.S	Assistant Professor ,Dept. of English,Dr.Umayal Ramanathan college for women,karaikudi
40	Sudha.S	Assistant Professor ,Dept. of English,Dr.Umayal Ramanathan college for women,karaikudi
41	Sathya.S	Assistant Professor ,Dept. of English,Dr.Umayal Ramanathan college for women,karaikudi
42	Anisha Barvin	Assistant Professor,Zahir Hussain college, Elayangudi
43	Dr. G.Rajesh Kumar	Assistant Professor of (DDE), Madurai kamarajar university,Madurai
44	Dr. V. Ramakrishna	Associate Professor, Dept. of English,APSA college,Thiruppathur
45	Sujatha.C	Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Sree Sevugan Annamalai College, Devakottai.
46	Pandiyarajan	Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Sree Sevugan Annamalai College, Devakottai.
47	Karthika.S	Assistant Professor,Sri Parasakthi college for women,Cutralam

Association

Associations & Literary Activities

• English Literary Association
• World Poetry Day Celebrations
• Alumni Association
• Parents' Meeting
• DEEP Club

English Literary Association (ELA)

The Department of English & Foreign Languages organizes English Literary Progammes regularly. The ELA conducts various competitions on Lyric Writing, Essay Writing, Debates, Interaction Meets and Elocution. The winners of the competitions are awarded prizes. The major objective of the ELA is to promote aural-oral competencies of rural learners.

World Poetry Day

This is a unique occasion regularly celebrated by Alagappa University on 21st March of every year. Eminent poets from Sahitya Academy and experts from various universities inspire the students through their enlightening lectures. Competitions are conducted on Poetry writing both in English and Tamil which help the students express their hidden poetic talents.

This year "World Poetry Day" was celebrated on March 21, 2011. Dr.S. Sudalaimuthu, Vice-Chancellor, Alagappa University presides over the function. Dr.G. Balakrishnan, former Vice-Principal, St. Joseph's College, Trichy, and Mr. Thangam Moorthy, Member, Sahitya Academy were the key resource persons who spoke on the importance of creating interest on poetry among the students.

Alumni Association

The Department organizes Alumni Association meeting every year. The students of the department of English and Foreign Languages hail from all walks of life and always carry bright memories of the Department, as its aim is to promote a healthy, congenial and academically interactive atmosphere. The Alumni Association of the department takes initiatives in collecting data about the past students, keeping track of their academic records and achievements. The Alumni of the department are invited to offer suggestions for more effective functioning of the department based on their experiences; this interaction benefits both the staff and students in promoting better planning. Most of the Alumni are placed in Universities, Arts & Science Colleges, Engineering Colleges and Schools.

Parents' meeting

The Department conducts Parents Meeting annually. Parents are invited to express their impressions at the meeting. The faculty members strive to communicate regularly with the parents not only to keep them aware of the progress of their wards in academic subjects, but also to keep them involved in their overall performance.

Placement

Placement Programmes

Placement activity is an integral part of the Department fulfilling the manpower requirement for English Teachers by several institutions. The Department of English and Foreign Languages and the Placement Cell of Alagappa University have been jointly organizing placement programmes since the inception of the Department. Students are employed in Engineering, Arts & Science, Polytechnic Colleges and Matriculation Schools fulfilling the need for specialists in ELT.

Placement Programme (2009-2010)

For the first time placement initiative for language students was undertaken by Alagappa University under the aegis of its Placement Cell as per the guidelines of the then Vice-Chancellor Prof. P. Ramasamy. The Department of English and Foreign languages, Alagappa University organized a Placement Programme for the appointment of faculty members in English on 25th March 2010 at the Department of English in the University Campus. Perhaps this is first of its kind in the State as generally placement activity is confined to Management and Technology Programmes only.

Twenty three institutions including Arts & Science Colleges, Polytechnic & Engineering Colleges, Teacher Education Institutions and Matriculation Schools from Sivanganga, Trichy, Pudukkottai and Thanjavur Districts turned up to pick up faculty members required for their institutions. The large scale paucity in the availability of quality teachers of English has lead to this kind of efforts by educational institutions visiting universities for picking up qualified language faculty from the outgoing batch of PG students/M.Phil/Ph.D scholars.

Placement Programme (2010-2011)

The Department of English and Foreign Languages and placement cell of Alagappa University jointly organized a placement programme on 29th April, 2011 in the university campus. 12 Arts and Science and Engineering colleges and Matriculation Schools from Sivaganga, Trichy, Pudukottai and Thanjavur Districts turned out to pick faculty members for their institutions. Out of 22 students from the Department of English & Foreign Languages participated in the placement programme, 20 students got selected.

Placement record

Program	2011-2012	2012-2013	2013-2014	2014-2015	2015-16
MA	89%	90%	95%	95%	97%
M.Phil	90%	95%	95%	100%	100%
Ph.D	70%	75%	90%	100%	100%

Magazine / Newsletters

• War and Literature I

• War and Literature II

Photos / Videos

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  Prof.S. Subbiah, Vice-Chancellor, Alagappa University, Delivering presidential address

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  Prof. Balachandar delivering key note address in Cambridge university work shop in December 2016

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  Dr. K. Chellappan, Former Director, State Institute of English, Chennai delivering Inaugural address

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  Prof. Mustafizur Rahman, Former Vice-chamcellor, People's University, Bangaladesh, delivering Key note address

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  Parents Teacher Meet February 2016

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  ACT NEXT 2015

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  Dr. A. L. Katonis, University of Thesskolosini, Greece, delivering special address

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  Dr. P. Maruthanayagam, Fellow, Central Institute of Classical Tamil, delivering Key note address

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  Dr. Seethalakshmi, Professor, NTU, Singapore, delivering special address

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  Dr. Thangasamy, Vice-chancellor, Tamil Nadu Teacher Education University, Chennai delivering Inaugural Address

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  Dr. Vijayalectumi Subramanian, Associate Professor, University Putra Malaysia, delivering special address

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  French Visiting Professor Sachithanantham addressing the students

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  Kavingar Thangam Moorthy, Best Teacher National Awardee, delivering Valedictory Address

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  Prof. Baradwaj deliveringrof .Chellappan Endowment Lecture in November 2016

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  Prof. Chellappan Endowment Lecture in October 2015

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  part of the audience of 2014 National Conference

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  Releasing of Souvenir

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  Releasing of Book in the National Seminar on World Poetry Ancient and Modern.

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  Prof.K.Chellappan Endowment Lecture in october 2015-chief guest prof. Ayothi,former Hod of English, Trichy Bharadidasan university

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  Prof. V. Lakshman, VIsiting Professor, University of Dodoma, Republic of Tanzia, delivering a lecture on Critical Trends

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  Prof. Sethu Sudalaimuth, Vice-chancellor, delivering presidential address

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  .Prof. Meerarao, from Karnataka delivering her speech in 2014 National Conference on Comparative Literature

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  Dr. P. Subas Chandrabose, Member of Syndicate, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, offering felicitation

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