Abhishek Sangavikar

Review of English and Foreign Languages

I for one, having completed my UG in a central var...

I for one, having completed my UG in a central varsity, kinda had more expectations out of this campus, as this place is usually touted as a premier institute herein southern India for English language & literature studies. But as usual, what u hear is not exactly what u see.

Literary Studies:- Now, as far as their Literary studies is concerned, indeed it appears to be diverse, with them having comparative literature, Indian literature, one or two professors offering critical humanities apart from the std canonical literature & oh! they do have a dept. for translation studies. But, am sure by now, Prof.A.V.Ashok, Prof.Dilip.C.Naik & Prof.Rajiv wouldn't be teaching anymore & would indeed suggest to audit 1-2courses of Prof.D.VenkatRao. Now, apart from them, there isn't much to talk about literature school & indeed there are various other members of the teaching faculty of this school with whom u can have one heck of an easy approach, guaranteed short & light coursework (compared to the above mentioned names), & secured grades the moment you are in their good looks...but thats what makes it so typical & boring & trust me you"ll end taking them only to fulfill your rubrics.

Interdisciplinary Studies:- Hmm, then next, their school of interdisciplinary studies indeed instantly grabs one attention the moment u see their course description. On a serious note, will suggest one to opt some courses offered by Pro.Syed of the Aesthetic & Philosophy dept. and Prof.DilipKDas & Prof.Mahadav of the Cultural Studies dept. Other courses on film studies,communication, journalism..nah..nada. Oh but unless u wanna make your grade card look good. Social Seclusion studies...i have never taken any of their courses & so u better ask others regarding that.

European & Asian Language studies:- As far as programmes concerning Language studies is concerned, they offer French, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, & surprisingly they do have a hindi dept. Mandarin, Korean, Turkish, & Persian are recent updates.

Ele & linguistics & education:- Nevertheless, i would still recommend this place if one has Linguistics (again not for phonetics & computational linguistics) , Ele & B.Ed courses in their minds. But one would face a pretty terrible time to get acclimated to the rather unusually conventional faculty of B.Ed dept (i wonder whether they are even aware of the heterodoxy tradition...trust me don't even dare to make any attempt to make them realize it) but excluding that, u get to intern at kvs & then a pretty decent campus placement.

On sight campus facilities:- their canteen, other eateries, shopping complexes, squares, hostels, play areas, gym, 24x7 reading room...man they just suck a big time. Its really green though...but its just 20+acres and so its like after 1-2visits u don't wanna again go to ntr garden (unlike osmania or hcu)....so eventually u'll get bored out of it and even with that Heritage site (a well) of the Nizams.

Library:- But then, their RameshMohan Library is really great...i mean, u won't even make it out, when you stand infront of this building that it has more than 1 lakh books.

Students:- unlike the other central varsities, this place is actually not that diverse & so is their student council which usually represent itself through candle light march & other such photo op platforms. I don't remember, the student body celebrating state formation day of either Andhra or Telangana (may be by now they would have) but kerala state formation day is observed & u see them Passionately dressing up for onam (love the pookalam part though but why sadhya..for the entire day...c'mon), saraswati & durga pooja. Excluding these festives, only dandia night & holi makes a rare cameo appearance & they really embody the spirit of universalism...but the moment the haryanvis & up-biharis make a stand off wrt song selections...that also ends abruptly. And remember that, irrespective of ur rationalistic, atheistic & agnostic stand u have to make some monetary contributions.