About Department of English,The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda,Vadodara in Faculty of Arts, Station Road, Vadodara

The Department of English is as old as the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (1949) and owes its genesis to the Baroda College (1881). An integral part of the Faculty of Arts, it occupies a key place in the undergraduate courses of not only other Departments but also other Faculties. The Department utilizes its autonomy in the framing and teaching of its curricular programs at the undergraduate and post graduate levels as well as research. The Department was awarded the prestigious SAP DRS Phase I of UGC for research project ‘Cultural Representations and the Question of Identity in the Western Region, 1960-2000’ from 2007-2012. It has now been awarded SAP DRS – Phase II (2013-2018), for a project on ‘Representing the Region: Literary Discourses, Social Movements and Cultural Forms in Western India, 1960-2000’. The Department organizes Seminars, Conferences, Workshops, and Symposia on a regular basis. The teachers also participate in seminars, conferences and workshops at both national and the international levels. Many teachers have been recipients of national and international awards.

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