The Department of English is one of the prestigious departments of D. A. V. College, Abohar. The department came into existence in 1960 with the sincere efforts of Sh. N.D. Grover (Founder Principal of the College). The department of English is one of the important and largest departments of the college both in terms of efficient faculty and the variety of courses it offers. Department of English has been playing a significant role in educating and empowering the students for more than half a century. The Department of English also has a literary society that aims at developing critical thinking among the students of literature. Literature being a cultural product of society or the mirror of society also helps to become good human being. The department focuses on providing an overview of literature from aesthetic, linguistic, socio-political and cultural context. It has latest teaching aids and equipments such as Language Lab, Interactive Smart Board, and Internet Faculty along with Over Head Projectors etc. to facilitate learning as well as teaching. The department has the credit of organizing National Seminars, Extension Lectures, Quizzes, Declamation and other needful activities for the overall development of the students.

Presently the Department is functioning under the headship of Mr. Varinder Kumar (M.A, M. Phil, NET-JRF, B.Ed., PGCTE). The department has stimulating undergraduate teaching programmes. Frequent Seminars, Quizzes, Poem Writing, Essay Writing, Workshop, Declamation and other activities have been organized for the benefits of talented students.

Events and Activities

1. National Seminar on “Literature, History and Culture” was organized by Department of English DAV College Abohar on 25^th 2012funded by University Grants Commission, New Delhi.
2. Documentary Movie on Malgudi Days and Climate Change was screened by Department of English DAV College Aboharon 19^th 2015.
3. An Extension Lecturewas organized by Department of English, DAV College, Abohar on 23^rd 2015. Lecture delivered by Dr. Umed Singh, Chairperson of Department of English, CDLU Sirsa. Topic of Extension Lecture was Racial Discrimination.
4. Creative writing (Poem Writing) competition was organized by Department of English DAV College Abohar on 22nd January 2016.
5. Competition of English Language Skills (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) was organized by Department of English DAV College Abohar on 3^rd November, 2017
6. An Extension Lecturewas organized by Department of English, DAV College, Abohar on 16th November 2018. Lecture delivered by Neeta Kumari, Assistant Professor, Guru Nanak Khalsa Girls College, Muktsar. Topic of Extension Lecture was Approaching Literature through Textbooks.
7. A Workshop was conducted for the students of B.AI, II, III by Department of English, DAV College, Abohar on 25^th January 2019. Topic of workshop was Translation Techniques.
8. An Extension Lecture for the students of B.A I, II, III, and for B.B.A I was organized by Department of English, DAV College, Abohar on 13^thMarch 2020. Lecture Delivered by ParneetJaggi, Associate Professor at Dr. BhimRaoAmbedkar Govt. College, Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan. Topic of Extension Lecture was Enhancing Communicative and Creative Skills.
9. An online Symposium was organized by Department of English, DAV College, Abohar on August 22, 2020.

 Books  

Mr. Varinder Kumar:  

 No. of Books Published - 5

 Dr. Anita 

Mrs. Eesha Narang 

 List of Publications

 List of Research papers published in National / International Journals

 Mr. VarinderKumar:

 No. of Research papers Published- 14

 Mrs. SarikaGoyal:

 Papers in Journals: 13

• The Colour Imagery: Sparkling Red over the Divine and the Mundane in The Death of Vishnu in Pragati, 2012
• Tracing Philosophical Foundations of Zoroastrianism and Hinduism in Literay Texts, Shodhdhara, 2014
• ChhotaBheem—In defence of the local in IJMER, Vol.4, Issue:3 (3), IF: 2.972
• Marriage and Family: An Indian Feministic Critique, IJMRD, Vol.2, Issue: 5, Part: B, 2015
• The Japanese Anime—Representing Ecological Imbalance and the Samurai Culture in Shodhdhara, Vol 4, issue 1, January, 2016
• The Fictitious World of Gurdial Singh and the Theme of Celibacy in Sarhad e patrika, Vol. II, Issue: II, Jan- Mar, 2017
• At the Cross Roads—Victims of a bipolar identity in Shodhdhara, Vol. 5, Issue:2, July, 2017
• Class, Gender and Identity: Politics of an Economic Superstructure in The Criterion, Vol. 8, Issue-V, October, 2017
• Hegemony and Resistance: Contours of a postmodern consumer culture in Pragati, Vol. 17, No.2, December, 2017
• Beauty—its ornamentation and destruction in Shodhdhara, Vol. 6, Issue:1, January, 2018
• Primitiveness, uncanniness and the sacred occultism of the inhuman --pairing with the human chromosome and the scientific enquiry in Setu, July 2019
• Cityscaping the Places of Lure: Abhay Kumar’s Cosmic Vision reflected through Historicity of monuments in Journal of the Gujarat Research Society. Vol. 21,Issue: 11,Nov. 2019.
• Empire, Ecosystems and Enlightenment: Kipling’s India. Littcrit, Vol.7, Issue 1, Aug. 2020

 Papers in Conference Proceedings: 11

• Delving deep into the well of mythology- the author’s quest to know the ultimate in ManilSuri’s The Death of Vishnu and Gita Mehta’s Karmacola in a National Seminar on “Literature, History & Culture”, Feb. 2012
• Foreign Investment in India—A threat to our nature and Sustenance Economy and Culture, Nov.2012
• Preparing Children for Domestic Violence at a National Seminar on “Domestic Violence against Women and Children”, Mar. 2014
• Gandhi’s Sakhibhav in a National Seminar on “Relevance of Gandhian Thought in the Contemporary Era”, Nov. 2014
• Swami Vivekananda and The BhagwadGita in a National Seminar on “Swami Vivekananda- The Iconic Prophet”, Jan. 2015
• Yoga for Spiritual Development in an International Seminar on “Yoga Education for Enhancing Quality in Teacher Education”, Feb. 2015
• Ambedkar’s socio-political concerns in a National Seminar on “Dr. B.R.Ambedkar- A Pioneer of Social Justice & Designer of Political Paradigm”, Feb. 2015
• Gender, Language and violence in Cyberspace presented in a National Seminar on “Gender Relations in North Western India”, Nov. 2015
• Gurdial Singh’s Sling of Tales and the Literature of fantasy in a National Seminar on “Malwa Region: Political, Economic and Socio-Cultural Aspects, Problems and Solutions”, Jan. 2016
• Human Rights in Conflict Zones in an International Seminar on “Human Rights in India: A Multifaceted Aspect”, Feb. 2016
• Gandhi—a true ascetic presented in a National Seminar on “Mahatma Gandhi’s Philosophy and the Globalised World”, Mar. 2016

 Dr. Anita:

 PAPER PUBLISHED IN SEMINAR PROCEEDINGS--7

1. Nutrition of Sports -Futuristic Trends in Physical Education Vol. III, ISBN No. 978-93-80144-71-9(2013)
2. Swami Dayanand and Women Upliftment Wave –SawamiDayanandSaraswatiEkyugNirmata ISBN No. 978-93-8333-839-9(2015)
3. Gandhi as a Socialist- Relevance of Gandhian Thought, ISBN-987-93-5113-671-2(2015)
4. Gandhi’s Vision of Cleanliness: A Need to Protect Environment- Mahatma Gandhi’s Philosophy and the Globalized World, ISBN- 978-93-86318-04-6(2016)
5. Position of Women in Malwa Region –Malwa Region Political, Economic And Social- Culture Aspects Problems and Solutions, ISBN -978-93-5113-727-6(2016)
6. Development of Human Right in India- International Conference on Human Right, ISBN- 978-93-5113-746-7(2016)
7. Women Empowerment and Education-Gender Relations In Northern Western India, ISBN No. 978-93-83338-535 (2016)

PAPER PUBLISHED IN JOURNALS NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL--14    

1. “Bama’sKarukku as A Subaltern Testimonial Autobiography”- DAV Shodhdhara Vol.2 No-:2, July 2013 ISSN 2320-2726
2. The treatment of nation and nationalism: A study of AmitavGhosh’s novel The Shadow Lines. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, IJMRD 2014: 1(2): 188-189. E-ISSN: 2349-4182. P-ISSN: 2349-5979
3. India Embedded In Novels of R.K. Narayan, International Journal of Applied Research, IJAR 2014 1(1): 188-189 ISSN Online: 2394-5869
4. History reflected in the works of Khuswant Singh, International Journal of Applied Research, IJAR 2014 1(1): 190-191 ISSN Online: 2394-5869
5. “Impact of Literature on Society” - DAV Shodhdhara Vol.3 No. 1 & 2, January & July 2015 ISSN 2320-2726
6. Role of English Skills in Futuristics Trends in Physical Education and for Sporting Fraternity, International Journal of Applied Research, IJAR 2015 1(8): 16-18 ISSN Online :2394-5869

       7.Dalit Women - International Journal of Applied Research, IJAR 2015 1(12): 549-551 ISSN Online: 2394-5869

8. Aesthetics in Dalit Literature- International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development,Vol :2, Issue: 8,210-211, Aug 2015, ISSN :2349-4182

       9.Postcolonialism in Margaret Atwood’s “Surfacing”: Disconnectedness from language, history and culture.International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, IJMRD 2015: 2(2): 709-710. E-ISSN: 2349-4182. P-ISSN: 2349-5979

10. “Gender Bias in India ”DAV Shodhdhara4 No:1, January 2016, ISSN 2320-2726
11. Defamiliarization and AmitChaudhuriInternational Journal of Advanced Educational Research. ISSN: 2455-6157. Volume 1: Issue 1: January 2016; Page No. 25-27
12. “Mahatma Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar’s Battle for Freedom and Against Caste” DAV Shodhdhara Vol.2, Issue 2, July 2016, ISSN 2320-2726
13. Defamiliarization in AmitChoudhury’sA Strange and Sublime address ,

International Journal of Advanced Research and Development, Vol-1, Issue:9, Sep 2016 Page No. 58-62, ISSN:2455-4030 

14. “Impact of Marital Separation on Women’s Mental Health” DAV Shodhdhara7, Issue 1, January 2019, ISSN 2320-2726

 Mrs. EeshaNarang:

 Papers in Internationl Journals

1. ‘The Republic and the Mirror for Princes Literature and The Renaissance’, ARS ARTIUM, an International Peer Reviewed cum Refereed Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. I, pg. 22-31, January 2013, ISSN no.2319-7889.

Paper presented in Conference/ Seminars

1. Presented a paper titled “Aura of a Literary Text in the Face of its Translation” at the Third International Conference organized by Indian Translators Association held on 23-26 June, 2012.
2. ‘Adventures of 'The Panchatantra': Translations and Afterlife’ at the National e-conference organized by Sri S. RamasamyNaidu Memorial college, Sattur,Tamil Nadu in collaboration with Sahitya Academy on 5th and 6th February, 2021 (Published in Sambodhi: Indological Research Journal of L.D.I.I., Vol. XLIV, pg.66-69. ISSN no. 2249-6661.
3. ‘The Journey Towards a Freer Self: A Study of DalipKaurTiwana’s Women Characters’ at International Seminar on Literatures from Indian Subcontinent: A Review of Different Dimensions organized by Ishwar Saran P.G. College, Prayagraj, U.P.(India) on 8^th, 9^th and 10^th of January, 2021.

 Chapters in Books

 Dr. Anita:

Freedom and Development (AmartaSen), Debate in Contemporary Political Theory,Anu Books, 2021, Page no. 76-82.

 Mrs. EeshaNarang:

 ‘The Spectator’ (English translation of a Punjabi short story ‘Darshak’ by the Punjabi writer Des Raj Kali), City: A Journal of South Asian Literature, No. 7, pp. 72-84, September 2019, City Press: Bangalore. ISBN no. 9789387621251

‘“Babel” in Benjamin: Translating the Untranslatable’, Nation, Translation and Bhasha Literatures, Sarup Book Publishers Pvt. Ltd.: New Delhi, 2013. ISBN no. 9788176259088.