The Department of English has the same year of inception as the Vijayanagar College, 1964. Since 1964-65 Academic year we maintained PU and Degree courses in the same campus ENGLISH as the Basic Language. In 1991-92 college introduced OPTIONAL ENGLISH for B.A Degree course. We have been successfully maintaining OPTIONAL ENGLISH for the last 30 years. Basic English language exists from the beginning Prof.Subba Rao, Prof. Sreenivasa Rao, Prof. Raghava Varma Raja, Prof. Aravind Nadahalli etc. ran the department quite successfully. In the 2014-15 academic year we introduced M.A in English course.

Headed by Dr. G Umamaheshwar and ably supported by a dedicated team the Department continues to strive, explore and achieve. Now the permanent and guest faculties are involved in research, criticism and academic activities at present the permanent staff has Doctorate with academic track records. Our faculties are well qualified with two among them having qualified UGC NET and KSET.

The Department offers degrees at B.A and MA levels. We provide intensive mentoring to our students both in and beyond the classroom in a wide variety of forums. Ongoing lectures, film screenings, symposia, conferences, and colloquia on interdisciplinary themes make up our calendar. The Department promotes an intellectual climate of critical and creative ideation by inculcating among its students the habit of a critical reading of the word and the world alike. It has geared its academic engagements towards moulding students into responsible and socially sensitive citizens through programs that are designed to facilitate holistic development.

The academic programs offered by the Department are aligned with the University’s vision and mission. With programs offered at the undergraduate, postgraduate, and research levels, the core areas of inquiry range from domains in language and literature, to those in and around culture.