The Department of English works with a vision of developing language skills with a special focus on speaking and writing skills. The students are exposed to the rudiments of language learning and are encouraged to hone their aural skills. More care and support are given to first generation learners who slowly shed their inhibitions and fear of speaking English through constant motivation and support provided by the department. Every student is given ample opportunities to maximize their language skills. The department strives to  bring the best out of students’ potential  by adopting a friendly and a  well -studied approach which help the students  fluently wield English and to write flawlessly. The students are trained to present themselves effectively with appropriate body language. The 100% results produced by the department testify the efficacy of the teaching – learning process.

English department plays a pivotal role in producing engineers equipped with English language skills. Practice session for the III-year students as part of the Communication Skills Laboratory fortify LSRW (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) skills. Students confidently exhibit their latent skills, participate in symposia, confidently face placement interviews and are equipped to tackle the requirements of the industry which helps them emerge successful in today’s competitive scenario.

V.Viswarathinam BA.,MSEN.,PGDCA.,

Language Laboratory

The department provides additional teaching and learning activities through a language laboratory. The laboratory is equipped with 60 systems, LCD projector and a TV monitor.

Completion of NPTEL Courses:

You Tube Lecture

FDPs, conferences and seminars

1. Srinivasan, Associate Professor & Head

List of Publications

• ‘Women as Crusaders in Mahasweta Devi’s Aajir and Bayen’ in ROOTS, August 2017. ISSN: 2349-8684
• ‘Women in Search of Identity: Theme of Alienation in the Plays of Mahasweta Devi’ in Dramatic Discourses: Essays on Commonwealth Plays in English, 2012. ISBN: 978-93-81723-02-9
• Presented ‘Women as Agents of Change in Mahasweta Devi’s Aajir and Water’ during National Conference on Status of Women in the 21st Century conducted by Department of English, Anna University – BIT Campus, Tiruchirappalli in September 2014. It is published in the Conference proceedings. Publisher: V K Publications. ISBN:819085670-7
• Presented ‘Emergence of the Marginalized in Mahasweta Devi’s Rudaali’ during National Seminar on Social Perspectives in Indian Writing in English in the Post-Colonial Era conducted by Department of English, Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi in February 2015. It is published in the Seminar proceedings. ISBN:978-93-83191-12-3

Participation in Seminars, conferences, FDPs

• Presented a paper ‘Pangs of a Poet: Depiction of Sordid Human Existence in Jayanta Mahapatra’s Poems’ during National Seminar on Indian Poetry in English organized by the Faculty of English and Foreign Languages, Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University on 02.02.2012

UHV

Successfully completed an online workshop on ‘Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education’ organized by AICTE between 24th and 28th August 2020.

ATAL

Successfully completed an online FDP on ‘Capacity Building’ conducted by University of Petroleum and Energy Studies between 12th and 16th October 2020.

Online FDPs / courses attended

Membership in Professional bodies: ISTE – LM45747

FDP Organized

• Jointly organized 2 Faculty Orientation Programs on Communication Skills for the faculty of SSMIET in 2015 and 2019

Guest Lectures

• Delivered a lecture on ‘Non-cognitive Skills’ during a Faculty Development Programme organized at SSMIET for faculty members on 21^st May 2016
• Delivered a lecture on ‘Communication Skills for Better Results’ on 20^th July 2017 during a Three-Day Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp for students organized at SSMIET by Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC)
• Delivered a lecture on ‘Business English’ on 29^th August 2018 during a Three Day Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp conducted for students organized at SSMIET
• Delivered a lecture on ‘Communication Skills’ on 19^th January 2019 during a Three-Day Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp conducted for students organized at SSMIET
• Delivered Guest lectures on ‘Body Language’ during Orientation Programs for faculty members of Shri Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Dindigul and Sakthi College of Arts and Science for Women, Oddanchatram on 10^th May and 12^th June 2018 respectively.
• Delivered lectures on ‘Communication Skills’ and ‘English for Research Articles’ during the Faculty Induction Program organized by SSMIET on 18^th and 21^st October 2021 respectively.
• Delivered a talk (online) on ‘English for Business and Entrepreneurship’ at GTN Arts College, Dindigul on 30.11.2021.

Other Credentials

• Writing poems in Tamil and English.
• Attended Poetry Workshops conducted by The American College, Madurai and Kodai International School, Kodaikanal under the leadership of noted creative writers Shiv K. Kumar, Kamaladas and Ayyappa Panicker. The poems written during the workshops are published in Kavithalaya.
• Posted poems in allpoetry.com
• Post Critical review of poems in fanstory.com
• Faculty Advisor for Thamizh Peravai where students’ innate talents are brought out. Magazines (‘Suvadugal’ ‘Vidiyal’) are published.
• NSS Programme Officer for a period of 1 year while serving at GTN Arts College, Dindigul. Conducted a 10-day Special camp and a few one-day camps.  Organized a Blood Donation Camp.
• ISO - Trained Internal Auditor and Management Representative
• Master of Ceremony for various functions conducted in the college.
• Acted as judge for various competitions conducted in the college and other institutions.
• Spoken English Trainer
• Assisted in the preparation of Detailed Project Report for a new institution.
• Doctoral thesis editing related to grammatical and syntactical errors.
• Letters to the Editor published in The Hindu, The New Indian Express and Deccan Chronicle.
• Acted as Judge for a few debates conducted by Tamil Mandram.
• Prepared content for advertisements and brochure (Academic institution)

1. Kothai Natchiar, Assistant Professor

Ph.D PROGRESS

• Course work completed
• Research article “Egression Women in the Novels of Shobha De” published in Tulsi on April 2017
• Research article “Prominence of Women in the Writings of Shobha De” published in IJELLH on April 2019.
• Research article “Exasperation, Animosity and Determination in Shoba De’s Sisters”, published in KALA in March 2022.
• Research article “Significance of Motherhood in Shoba De’s novels Socialite Evenings and Starry Nights”, published in SAMBODHI in May 2022.

Other Credentials

• Chief Guest for state level paper presentation on “Recent Trends in Contemporary English Language and Literature” on 18.02.2017 at Sri Hygreeva Arts and Science College, Dindigul.
• A Two-Week FDP Attended in University College of Engineering, Dindigul on GE6674- Communication & Soft Skills Development from 13^th to 24^th December 2018.
• Attended a Two-Day International Conference on “Reminiscence of Revolutionary Reality of African Literature” at Mannar Thirumalai Naicker College, Madurai, on 10^th & 11^th Jan 2019.
• Attended an International Conference on “Emerging Trends and Challenges-2018” at N P R Arts & Science College on 31^st Jan 2019.

The Head of the Department,

Department of English,

SSM Institute of Engineering and Technology,

Dindigul – 624 002.

Tamil Nadu, India.

Phone: 0451 – 2448839.

E-mail Id: hodengssmiet@gmail.com