About the Department

The Department offers instruction and academic engagement across a wide spectrum of languages and fields of enquiry. In addition to its full-fledged programs viz. BA English and MA English (Creative Writing), the Department plays a crucial academic role across the University’s ecosystem by offering courses in French, German, Spanish, Hindi and Kannada across the University. Nearly 1500 students each semester engage with the Department through communication courses, language instruction, and open electives cutting across various schools and academic programs.

This broad academic footprint enables the Department to anchor the linguistic, literary, and communicative core of the University’s Liberal Arts vision. Our programs, from undergraduate to doctoral and postdoctoral levels — emphasise research-driven pedagogy, creativity, analytical thinking, and scholarly independence, preparing students for dynamic academic, cultural, and professional futures.

The department helps students explore how language shapes thought, identity, culture, communication, and human experience.

Students engage with poetry, fiction, drama, criticism, and theory, building the ability to read closely, think deeply, and interpret texts with context.

The department strengthens written, spoken, and analytical communication — skills that are valuable across academic, creative, corporate, and public-facing careers.

Language and literature connect with history, philosophy, psychology, media, politics, gender studies, and cultural studies, encouraging students to think across disciplines.

Graduates can pursue opportunities in teaching, research, publishing, journalism, content writing, editing, translation, media, communications, and higher studies.

Guided by Our Vision

To be a leading academic centre that advances humanistic inquiry through the study of languages, literatures, and cultures; fosters creativity, critical thinking, and scholarly engagement; and prepares students to address the complex intellectual and social challenges of the 21st century through interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and globally informed perspectives.

Driven by Our Mission

  • To promote research-driven teaching and learning that deepens students’ engagement with languages, literatures, and cultural expressions.
  • To nurture interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches that connect the humanities with social sciences, creative practices, communication studies, and emerging fields.
  • To strengthen foundational competencies in language, communication, and critical thinking across the University by offering high-quality instruction in multiple languages.
  • To foster creativity, interpretive skill, and scholarly independence through rigorous academic programs at the undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral, and postdoctoral levels.
  • To integrate global, ethical, and humanistic perspectives, drawing from diverse traditions of thought, cultural histories, and contemporary debates.
  • To contribute meaningfully to local and regional communities, with particular attention to Bangalore’s cultural and linguistic dynamism.
  • To create inclusive spaces for dialogue, artistic expression, and intellectual collaboration, positioning the Department as a vibrant hub of art, culture, and ideas within the University.
Programs Offered

Programs Designed for Leadership

We build strong technical foundations while preparing students to lead in an increasingly dynamic and technology-driven world. By combining academic rigour with practical application, our programmes emphasise innovation, problem-solving, and industry relevance. Students engage with emerging technologies, benefit from interdisciplinary learning, and gain hands-on experience that prepares them for real-world challenges.

Clubs and Committee

Learning Beyond the Classroom

We foster peer learning, leadership, and practical exposure beyond the classroom through our student-led clubs.

Learn More

Debate Club

English Club

NSS Club (All Schools)

The ASLA English Club

Electoral Club (All Schools)

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