Ph.D. English

The Department of English since its inception has been playing a pivotal role in establishing itself as a tour de force in terms of learning and leading minds. The department has been equipped with sound sources and resources. It has skilled professors who are qualified in their respective domains to enhance the credentials of the department as well as the students. The department is not only contributing its services to Akal College of Arts & Social Sciences, but as an offshoot department it is also rendering its services to other Colleges /Departments of the university like Agriculture, Commerce, Management, Basic Sciences and Engineering. The department strives to carry forth intriguing research and have Doctoral students working in myriad areas. Keeping in mind the holistic development of the students , separate academic activities are held in the department from time to time. Currently the Department runs Graduate, Post Graduate and Doctoral Programs. It also has a Communication Lab where it provides the students with a hands-on experience in linguistics and phonetics.

Eligibility Criteria For Admission

MA ENGLISH with minimum 55 % marks from a recognized University and 50 % marks in EU Entrance Test

Number of Available seats : 2

Dr.Ambika Sharma, Assistant Professor & HOD, Mobile - 9780683501

Name and contact detail of course/Department Admission Coordinator/s

Ms. Nivedita Bhardwaj, Assistant Professor, Mobile - 7889597257,

List of Ongoing Ph.D. Projects

S.No.	Name of Student & Regn. No.	Program Name	Title of Thesis / Dissertation	Major Advisor
1	Kanchan Sharma (BS19PAEN001)	Ph.D. English	Deconstructing Binaries of Being and Becoming: A Study of Margaret Atwood’s Select Novels	Dr. Ambika Sharma
2	Kumari Baveja Devi (BS19PAEN002)	Ph.D. English	An Ecocritical Study of Four Indian English Novels	Dr. Geeta Sharma
3	Pinaki Bakshi (BS20PAEN001)	Ph.D. English	An Ecofeminist Study of Selected Novels of Margaret Atwood	Dr. Ambika Sharma
4	Rashmi Verma (BS20PAEN002)	Ph.D. English	Representation of Women in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Selected Novels	Dr. Geeta Sharma
5	Vrinda Shandil (BS21PEN001)	Ph.D. English	Transcending the Boundaries of Perception: A Feminist Study of Selected Texts of Maya Angelou, Kamala Das, Azar Nafisi and Alice Walker	Dr. Geeta Sharma
6	Harjinder Kaur (BS21PEN002)	Ph.D. English	Tracing Feminine Consciousness Across Cultures in the Selected Works of Shashi Deshpande, Doris Lessing, Tasleema Nasreen and Elif Shafak	Dr. Geeta Sharma
7	Rampreet Kaur (BS22PEN001)	Ph.D. English	Scream from Screen: An Ontological Analysis of the Shoah Image through the Cinemascape	Dr. Ambika Sharma