The college was established in the year 1986 and English subject was offered as Compulsory Course with other interdisciplinary courses up to 2014. In the session 2013-14 CBCS (RUSA) was introduced in the colleges of Himachal Pradesh. Since then, the curriculum offers teaching of English Language, Literature and Communication Skills as a Compulsory Course to ensure that every student of the college studies English. Now the Department is offering Core Courses, Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses, Skill Enhancement Courses, Discipline Specific Electives and Generic Elective courses to the students. Since the establishment of the college inthe year 1986, the department of English is catering to the needs of students coming from rural area with the aim to provide a conducive climate to the learners of English and to educate students to understand the English Language and literature in English enriching them with Communicative and reading skills in English.

The Department also has a fully equipped Language lab that caters to the skill development needs of the students. The lab provides opportunity to those students who takeinterest in learning communicative skills and personality development skills in the institution.

The English Literary Society is also formed in the college with the aimto provide students an opportunity to showcase their talent and their communicative skills through various activities such as poetic recitation, novel reading, short skits ,singing , slogan writing , story writing etc, which the department conducts throughout the session intermittently.

FACULTY PROFILE

1 . Dr. Lalita Rawat, Associate Professor ( M.Phil, Ph.D)

Teaching Experience: 28 years

Specialization: Buddhism in Indian Epic

2. Dr. Harash , Assistant Professor(M.Phil, Ph.D)

Teaching Experience: 5 years

Specialization: American Literature, Indian Literature, Drama, Cultural studies

3. Ms. Vijay laxmi Assistant Professor(M.Phil)

Teaching Experience: 15 years

Specialization: Spiritual Fiction

Infrastructure:

The department is well equipped with all the recent technologies required for quality teaching andlearning.

1(a) . Smart Class Room:

The department has Smart Class room with overhead Projector and Smart Board andBlack Board.

1(b). Class Room with Black Board and Desks

2. English Language Laboratory:

The Department has a modern Language Laboratory established in April, 2017. It is self-learnable Digital Lab. The Laboratory is effectively utilized by students to maximize proficiency in language components (vocabulary and pronunciation) and in language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing).Laboratory proves beneficial for those students who are poor in use of English language. Students from rural areas who are generally weak in English can have sufficient ear training in the language lab. The basic purpose of the lab is to provide students a platform to enhance English language skills, communication skills and to practice soft skills. It provides a space for English language learning where students access audio and audio-visual materials.

Objectives:

 To equip the students with good communication skills.

 To emphasize the need of English in the technical world

 To prepare them for interviews and future job environments.

Details of language laboratory:

Laboratory Location: Old Block

Software: Globarena Technologies Pvt. Limited

Server: 01

No. of Client Computers: 15

The lab has fully computerized client server application that runs in LAN. The students access the courseware through clientsystem.

Laboratory with Computers, Desks, Overhead Projector, Interactive Board and Printer