Profile: Dept .of Engl. and M.E.L.,JMI

Faculty of Humanities and Languages

Dean: Prof. Akhtarul Wasey
Office Telephone Number : +91 (11) 26983578, 26981717 Ext. 2800

The Faculty has seven departments—Arabic, English and Modern European Languages, Hindi, History and Culture, Islamic Studies, Persian, and Urdu—offering programmes in PhD, M.Phil. (Pre-PhD), postgraduate, undergraduate, Diploma and certificate courses. The curricula of the Faculty focus upon the composite nature of the rich and myriad facets of the literature and culture of India.



Department of English and Modern European Languages
Faculty Members Courses Offered Research
Head of the Department: Prof. Shyamala A. Narayan
Office Telephone Number : +91 (11) 26981717 Ext. 2950
Email: hod_eg@jmi.ernet.in


When Jamia started at Aligarh in 1921 as an anti-colonial movement, it consciously adopted Urdu, the mother tongue of the people, as the medium of instruction. At the same time, recognising the importance of English, it has been teaching English since 1921. Syed Raouf Pasha, who taught English language and D G Ibsen, who taught Journalism, were Jamia's first English teachers.

The Department has been offering instruction for the award of the degrees of BA (since 1975), and MA (since 1983), MPhil (since 1993) and PhD (since 1988). It became a part of the Faculty of Humanities and Languages in 1985. The department has also been teaching (since 1988) Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma courses in Russian and French.

At present, it is one of the largest departments in the University, in terms of the number of students enrolled in its programmes. It offers B.A. Hons. (English), MA (English), MPhil (English), MPhil (English Language Teaching) and PhD programmes. It also offers the compulsory paper 'General English' and the optional course 'English Literature' and 'Russian Language' to all the undergraduate students of the faculties of Social science, Natural science, and Humanities and Languages.

The department has scholars from different parts of India and different universities of India and abroad. It has recognised specialists in translation. It has native speakers of Assamese, Bangla, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil and Urdu, who have expertise in foreign languages like Arabic, French, Korean, Persian, Russian, Sanskrit, apart from English. Its students also hail from most parts of the country.

The Department of English has had visiting faculty members from different foreign universities. It also has many foreign students enrolled in its programmes. In 2000-2001, it had students from Thailand, Indonesia, Yemen, Khazakistan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan.

Hyphen, the department journal, has 'Poetics and Practice of Translation' as the central theme for 2001. The central theme for its 2002 issue is 'Global Village as Text'.

The English Literary Association (ELA) of the department organizes lectures, talks and performances by eminent scholars, writers and artists from all over the world. ELA organizes functions under the following heads: Talks, Films, Wall journal (The Potters Wheel), Educational Tour, Student’s program, and Competitions. The Department also edits the English section of the Jamia's Annual Students' magazine Tehzeeb .

Sixteen scholars have been awarded PhDs in English for their researches done in this Department.

Courses of Study
Education
Ph.D.
M.Phil.
M.A.
Educational Planning and Administration),
Education
M.Ed.
M.Ed.
Elementary Education
Special Education
B.Ed./B.Ed. (Nursery Education)
B.Ed. (Special Education)
M.F.A.
Applied Art
Painting
Sculpture
Art Education
B.F.A.
Applied Art
Painting
Sculpture
Art Education
Diploma in Elementary Teacher Education
Engineering and Technology
Ph.D.
M.Sc. (Electronics)
M.Tech (Electrical Energy Systems Management)
M.Tech. (Environmental Science and Engineering)
B.Tech.
Civil
Mechanical
Electrical
Electronics & Comm.
Computer Engg
B. Arch.
Diploma
Civil
Mechanical
Electrical
Electronics & Communication
Computer Engg.

Self-Financing/Evening Programmes
M.B.A.
B.E.
Civil
Mechanical
Electrical
Electronics & Comm. Engg
Computer Engg.
Diploma
Civil
Mechanical
Electrical
Electronics
Computer Engg.

Humanities and Languages
Ph.D.
M.Phil.
English Literature
English Language Teaching
Urdu
History
Hindi
M.A.
Arabic
English
Hindi
History
Islamic Studies
Persian
Urdu
B.A. (Hons.)
Arabic/English/Hindi/Persian/ Urdu/Islamic Studies/History
BA/BA (Vocational) Functional Hindi
P.G. Diploma in Mass Media and Creative Writing (Hindi)
(Evening/Self-financing)
P.G. Diploma in TV Journalism
P.G. Diploma in Professional Urdu
Hindustani
Official Languages Hindi
Advance Diploma
Modern Arabic Language & Translation
French
Russian
Modern Persian
Diploma
Urdu Language & Proficiency
(for foreign students only)
Modern Arabic Language
French
Russian
Modern Persian
Certificate
Modern Arabic Language
French
Russian
Italian
Modern Persian

Natural Science
Ph.D
M.Sc. (Physics)
M.Sc. (Chemistry ) **
M.Sc. Biosciences
M.Sc. Biotechnology (Self-financing)
M.A./M.Sc. (Geography)*
M.A./M.Sc. (Mathematics with Computer Science)
M.Sc. Tech. (Industrial Mathematics with Computer Applications), : (IMCA) (Self Financing)
M.A./M.Sc. Mathematics (Evening/Self-financing)
MCA (Master of Computer Applications)
M.Sc. in Bio-Informatics (Self-financing)
B.Sc. (with Computer Science)
B.Sc. (Hons.)

Physics
Chemistry
Mathematics
Geography
B.A. /B.Sc. (Hons.) Geography
B.A. Mathematics
B.Sc. Biosciences
B.Sc. Biotechnology (Vocational)
B.Sc. Instrumentation (Vocational)*
B.Sc.
P.G. Diploma in Computer Applications
Adv. Diploma in Computer- Assisted Cartography
Adv. Diploma in Remote-Sensing and GIS Applications
* Master of Science degrees shall be awarded to a student who posseses bachelor's degree in Science. Similarly an Arts graduate shall be conferred Masters degree in Arts.
** The Department of Chemistry offers specialization in Material Chemistry (Polymers and Advanced Ceramics), Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry.

Law
Ph.D.
LL.M
B.A., LL.B. (Hons.)

Social Science
Ph.D
M.A.
Economics
Sociology
Political Science
Psychology
Social Work
Human Rights & Duties Education

Human Resource Management
MA/M.Sc. (Extension Education)
M.Com. (Business Management)
M.A. in Public Administration (Self-finance)
Master of International Business (MIB) (Self-financing)
B.A. (Hons.)
Economics
Sociology
Political Science
Social Work
Psychology
B.Com. (Hons.)
B.B.S. (Bachelor of Business Studies) (Hons.)
B.I.B.F (Bachelor of International Business and Finance) (Hons.)
B.A with Computer Applications (BACA)
B.A.
P.G. Diploma in Human Rights and Duties Education
P.G. Diploma in Counseling Psychology

Mass Communication Research Centre
Ph. D.
M.A. in Mass Communication
PG Diploma in Development Communication
PG Diploma in Maintenance and Operation of Broadcast Equipment

Dr. Zakir Husain Library
B. Lib. & Information Science
(Self-financing/Evening Course)

Schools
Jamia Sr. Sec. School I/II Shift
Senior School Certificate
(XI-XII)
Humanities
Sciences
Commerce
Vocational Commerce Streams
Secondary School Certificate (Class IX-X)
Jamia Middle School
Jamia Nursey School
Other Institutes
Academic Staff College
Academy of Third World Studies
Centre for Coaching and Career Planning
Zakir Husain Institute of Islamic Studies

Admissions 2005-2006

Admissions to all the courses in Jamia Millia Islamia are held annually. Candidates seeking admission to any course are required to submit the prescribed Application Form which may be obtained from the University on payment of the prescribed fees, ot it may be downloaded from this website and submitted alongwith the fees as mentioned in the Prospectus. Only original downloaded Forms should be submitted along with the prescribed fee. The candidates are required to go through an Entrance Test which is followed by an Interview and, in some specific courses, a Group Discussion is also held. The relevant information in this context is available on the following links:


Admission Forms and Prospectus
Extension in date for Submission of Admission Forms of Evening Courses
Results of Admission Entrance Tests 2005-2006

Extension of date for completion of Admission Formalities for Postgraduate Courses in faculties of Humanities & Languages, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences
Revised Schedule for Admission:(BEd., B.Ed.(Spl.), BEd. (Nursery), M.A. (Education) & M.Ed. (Spl. Ed.))
Admission Notice regarding Supernumerary Category

Details of Entrance Test Centres 2005-2006
Entrance Test Syllabi
Revised Schedule of Jamia Schools Admission Test 2005-2006

Source: http://jmi.nic.in/FHum/English.htm