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Department of Languages


Profile

The Department of Languages has been a part of the college since its inception. The Department started with 3 lecturers, 120 students and 2 second languages - Hindi and Sanskrit. It has grown to 17 lecturers, 3243 students (approx.). The Department offers courses: 1. English (Compulsory for all I,II,III year B.Sc., B.Com, BBA and BA Students), 2. Second Languages - Sanskrit/Hindi/Telugu/French, 3. Effective Communication (BCA), 4. Communication Skills Lab (BCA), 5. English for Technical Communication (HDS). 6. SEC Communication Skills, 7. SEC Human Values for (B.Sc Computer Sciences and Life Sciences) and 8. Personality Development and Soft Skills (M.Sc Computer Science).
The Department is taking active role in designing and preparing 1. BVC Prospectus (Coordinator - Dr. Madhuri Mathur, Head, Department of Languages) and 2. VIBHA - The College Magazine (Faculty Incharge - Dr. V. Lakshmi, Assistant Professor in English).
It seeks to combine rigorous training in the effective use of English and Second languages with the cultivation of an empathetic and critical literary sensibility. The faculty members of the department engage the students to enable vibrant classroom learning by using a distinct range of pedagogies, which improves cognitive and self-learning abilities of the students. They also extend academic support to the students beyond the classroom. They are actively involved in research activities, book publications, paper publications and presentations at various national and international levels. The department opens up opportunities for the students to study at various universities and enables them to interact with people with various cultural backgrounds at different levels.

Faculty Awards/Achievements


    Qualification Enhancement

  • Award of Ph.Ds:
    1) Dr. Madhuri Mathur
    2) Dr. Meena Rani
    3) Dr. V. Lakshmi

  • Ms. P. Aishwarya:
    1) Completed PGCTE and Qualified TSSET 2023.

  • Ms. N. Stella:
    1) Completed B.Ed with distinction.

  • Ms. N. Stella:
    1) Completed B.Ed with distinction.

    • Awards/Recognitions

  • Awards:
    1) Dr. Suparna Mukherjee
    Recipient of 'Rajan Choudhary Hindi Sevi Puraskar' - 21-1-2024.

  • Recognitions/Nominations:
    1) Dr. Y. Suresh
    a) Member in OU PG Sanskrit BOS.
    b)Qualified Yoga Judge from Telangana Yoga Association.

    2) Dr. Suparna Mukherjee
    Self Learning material write approved by Maulana Azad National Urdu University.

    3) Ms. Manali Bose
    a) Member, BOS Department of French, St.Francis College for Women, Hyderabad, February 2020 onwards.
    b) Member, BOS Department of French, St.Johns Degree & PG College, Koti, Hyderabad, March 2018 onwards.
    c) Member, BOS Department of French, OU, Hyderabad (2016 onwards).

    4) Ms. P. Sarada
    Life Time member, Global Sanskrit Forum, Delhi.

  • Invitation as Resource Person/Convenor:
    1) Dr. Madhuri Mathur
    a) Resource Person - Conducted session on Academic Writing Skills during One-day Workshop on 'Unlocking Your Communication Potential: A Workshop on Effective Writing and Presentation Skills' organised by BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus - 3 February 2024.
    b)Resource Person - Day 2 of 7 Day National Level FDP organised by Avinash College of Commerce.

    2) Dr. Y. Suresh
    a) Resource Person - Pre-Ph.D Sanskrit students at Department of Sanskrit,OU.
    b) Resource Person - 'Yoga Darshanam ' for O.UM.A Sanskrit First Year students through SBPS-Samskrita Bhasha Prachara Samiti.
    c) Convenor for Session -I at Second Global Sanskrit Conference held at Pune on 27 October 2023.

    3) Ms. Annie Christina
    Resource Person - A Session on ‘Corporate Communication’ for MBA students as part of Student Development Programme.

Students Awards/Achievements

Publications

Dr. MADHURI MATHUR

Head, Dept. of Languages

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Dr. K. MEENA RANI

Lecturer

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Ms. MANALI BOSE

Lecturer

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Dr. Y. SURESH

Assistant Professor

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Ms. I. SAILAJA

Lecturer

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Ms. P. SARADA

Lecturer

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Ms. ANNIE CHRISTINA

Lecturer

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Ms. PRACHI NATH

Lecturer

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Ms. S. USHA RANI

Lecturer

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Ms. P. AISHWARYA

Lecturer

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Ms. Swathina Sashi

Lecturer

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Ms. N. Stella

Lecturer

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Ms. Sreeba K. Nair

Lecturer

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Dr. Suparna Mukherjee

Lecturer

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Ms.Florance Anthony

Lecturer

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Dr. SANDHYA DAS

Assistant Professor

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Activities 2024-25

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29-30
AUG
Languages Day 2024-25

The Department of Languages organised two-day Languages' Day events for UG students of the college where competitions in English, Sanskrit, Hindi,Telugu and French were conducted. Sanskrit Quiz on Ramayana and Mahabharata, Sanskrit numbers in a minute, Josh Talk and Just a Minute in Hindi and Telugualong withPictionary in French were conducted on 29th August 2024 after 2 pm. Storyscape (storytelling through a comic strip) and Recall Rush (a memory game)were held on 30th August 2024 2pm onwards. Head, Department of Languages, Dr.MadhuriMathur coordinated the events. Total 373 students participated out of them 232 were girls and 141 were boys.
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28
June
‘Make your own Envelopes’ Workshop

Department of Languages in collaboration with IQAC of Bhavan's Vivekananda College organised a workshop titled 'Make your own envelopes' on June 28, 2024. The aim of the workshop was to promote sustainable development goals. The event was organised as part of the activities conducted in the college in the month of June 2024, in the context of the 'World Environmental Day'. 27 students who participated in the workshop were demonstrated the craft of making envelopes from newspapers, old calendars, old Invitation cards and other such used material. Demonstrators have used gum and slurry made of all-purpose flour to make the envelopes eco-friendly.
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15
June
Induction Programme

Bhavan’s Vivekananda College of Science, Humanities and Commerce, Sainikpuri, organised an Induction Programme for the UG first year students on 15 June 2024 at Vivek Bharathi Auditorium at 10:00 am. The guests for the event were Mr. Vijay Kiran Agastya, a dynamic and accomplished entrepreneur, Mr. Vijay Cheeti, District Prohibition and Excise officer Hyderabad, DCP Aravind Babu, Deputy Commissioner of Police Cyber Crime Branch, Rachakonda Police Commissionerate,and Principal BVC Dr. GSVRK Choudary. The host for the event was Mrs. Prachi Nath, lecturer in English from the Department of Languages. The coordinator of the programme was Dr. Madhuri Mathur, Head department of Languages. The programme began with the Bhavan’s Prayer led by the students of BVC, after which, Mr. Vijay Kiran Agastya addressed the students followed by the address of Mr. Vijay Cheeti. The time was then given to Dr. Ramana, Controller of Examinations BVC to brief the students of the examination procedures. Thereafter, DCP Aravind Babu spoke on Cybercrime. Then we had Inspector Srinivas who spoke on drugs, followed by Ms. Nagalatha, police constable who spoke on Cybercrime, Ms. Mahalakshmi who spoke on ‘She Team’ and Mr. K. Kantaiah, police constable who spoke on Cybercrime. Then, the time was given to Dr. J Sharada, Assistant Professor in Microbiology, Coordinator of Library Committee, to brief the students of the college library. Then, all the coordinators of the Clubs, Cells, NCC, BSG, NSS and YRC of the college were introduced to the students. To conclude the programme, the vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Madhuri Mathur, Head Department of Languages.
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14
June
Induction Programme

Bhavan’s Vivekananda College of Science, Humanities and Commerce, Sainikpuri, organised an Induction Programme for the UG first year students on 14 June 2024 at Vivek Bharathi Auditorium at 10:00 am. The guests for the event were Swami Bhodhmayananda ji Adhyaksh Maharaj, Rama Krishna Math, Honorary Secretary BVB Sainikpuri Kendra Group Captain (Retd) D. Ramanaiah and Principal BVC Dr. GSVRK Choudary. The host for the event was Mrs. S. Usha Rani, Lecturer in English from the Department of Languages. The programme started with the lighting of the lamp by the dignitaries followed by address of the Principal, Dr. GSVRK Choudary, and address by Honorary Secretary, BVB Sainikpuri Kendra Group Captain (Retd) D. Ramanaiah. The highlight of the programme was an address by Swami Bhodhmayananda ji. Swamiji spoke about the historical journey of Swami Vivekananda, about his speech in Chicago and motivated the students to develop a self-confident and self-reliant character. Then the CGPC coordinator of the college, Dr. Seema Gosh addressed the students after which student alumnus, Rahul Singh, who is the captain of the Hyderabad Ranji Trophy team addressed the students. To conclude the programme, the vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Madhuri Mathur, Head Department of Languages and Coordinator of the UG Induction Programme.

Activities 2023-24

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26
Feb
Value Added Course

The Felicitation Programme for the Value Added Course on 'Preparation for IELTS' offered by the Department of Languages,was organised at 11:00 a.m. on February 26, 2024 in MBA seminar hall. The programme marked the successful completion of the course offered by the department,acknowledging the achievements of the students. The 30-hr Value Added Course titled ' Preparation for IELTS' was organised by the Department of Languages in collaboration with Amigos Review, in January, 2024. Ms. Annie Christina, faculty of English, commenced the session with a welcome note. The participants of the course, in their feedback, stated that the course was aptly designed to suit their requirements. They said that the sessions of the course were engaging and interactive, instilling confidence in them to aim at a satisfactoryoverall band score in IELTS. The trainers, Ms. Neeta and Ms. Krupa thanked the college and the department for the opportunity of collaboration and conveyed their eagerness towards continued association with the institution. The Head, Department of Languages and the Coordinator,Value Added Course, Dr. Madhuri Mathur expressed delight that the pilot batch of 14 students successfully completed the course. She conveyed hope that the course becomes an annual feature with larger batches of students. She congratulated the course participants and gave away the certificates, wishing them success in their endeavours. The programme concluded with the Vote of Thanks proposed by Ms. S. Usha Rani, faculty of English.
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19
Feb
Guest Lecture

Department of Languages conducted a guest lecture titled 'Crafting Compelling Content: Mastering the Digital Lanscape' at 1 pm on 19-2-2024 for the UG students. The resource person for the guest lecture, Ms. DEEPIKA JV, Senior Marketing Manager, Jaitra Wellness Pvt. Ltd. Hyderabad delivered an insightful and thought provoking lecture that enlightened the students on how Coloquial language is helping the Content in the Digital Landscape with many relatable videos.
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25
Jan
Guest Lecture

Department of Languages conducted a guest lecture titled 'Gender Representation in Films' at 12:00 noon on 25-1-2024 for the UG students. The resource person for the guest lecture, Dr. Mrudula Lakkaraju, Head, Department of English & Vice Principal, UPGCS, delivered an insightful and thought provoking lecture that sensitised the students to Gender issues, Gender portrayal in films and provided them with a new perspective to Gender with relatable examples from Indian films.
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10
Jan
Guest Lecture

Department of Languages conducted Guest Lecture on Subject 'हिंदी में रोज़गार रोज़गार में हिंदी' Speaker was Professor Rishabha Deo Sharma Former Professor & Head, PG & Research Institute, Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Hyderabad.
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22
Dec
Guest Lecture

A Guest Lecture in Sanskrit was conducted on 22nd December 2023, at 2:30p.m. on the topic 'The Wisdom of Bhagavad Gita’.Prof. Vidyanand Arya,Head, Department of Sanskrit, Osmania University was the speaker for the lecture. He elucidated the fundamental aspects of the Gita, notably the imperative of maintaining equilibrium over one’s mind and senses to transcend materialistic desires, ultimately leading to the attainment of peace.
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20
Dec
Guest Lecture

The Department of Languages of Bhavan's Vivekananda College hosted a Guest Lecture centred on the theme of "Literature and Society “on 20th December, at 12:00 noonto 1:00 p.m. in Room no 208, MBA Block. The esteemed speaker, Prof. C. Kaseem, Head of the Telugu Department, Osmania University delivered an enlightening speech to the students who had chosen Telugu as their Second Language.
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11
Dec
My Signature in my Mother Tongue Campaign

My Signature in My Mother Tongue Campaign’ wherein the students, faculty and staff signed in their mother tongue. The event brought a lot of pride and smiles on the faces of the participants who signed in diffrent languages like- Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, Odia etc.
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11
Dec
Exhibition of Posters

‘Exhibition of Posters’ where the students participated with a lot of interest and each poster consisted of a team of two. The event brought a lot of pride and smiles on the faces of the participants who presented their posters in different languages like English, Kannada, Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu, Sanskrit, Hindi, Oriya, Tulu, Lodi & Bengali.
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11
Dec
Folk Songs in Indian Languages

Folk song performance where the rich cultural spectrum of our country was duly presented through melodious performance of the students through the songs of 10 different linguistic regions of our country. They performed in Sanskrit; Marathi ;Tamil; Punjabi; Malayali ; Hindi[ vraj] ; Telugu ; Hindi [ bhojpuri] ; Manipuri ; Bengali. ChatakaChataka Re Chataka in Sanskrit, Apsara Ali in Marathi, Enjaami in Tamil, Kothe di aa mahiya in Punjabi,Monta Re; BhengemorGharererChabi in Bengali, PallivaluBhadravattakam in Malayalam, Tum bin mori in Vrajbhasha, Nanuganatallulara in Telugu, Jug jugjiwasulalanwa in Bhojpuri ThilsemKidang in Manipuri were the songs which are sung in the above mentioned languages.
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11
Dec
Cuisine Corners from Different Linguistic areas of India

The Department of languages celebrated BharatiyaBhashaDiwas to commemorate the birth anniversary of the great Tamil poet and Freedom fighter SubramaniaBharati. Several events were conducted to mark the celebration. The Indian linguistic diversity was celebrated through one of the events named Cuisine Corner, wherein 28 undergraduate students from various streams participated by bringing dishes representing states from the North, South, East, West, and Central India. There were 28 dishes in all. The participants were highly encouraged as faculty and students of the college tasted the dishes and appreciated their work.
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11
Dec
Street Play

A street play themed ‘Unity in Linguistic Diversity’ was organised as part of the celebrations. 13 students participated in the event – 1 directed the play and 12 of them performed it. The play aimed at acknowledging and paying a tribute to all the Indian languages. The student participants, through 3 different and thought-provoking stories, emphasised the need for staying united despite the linguistic barriers. The performers used Sanskrit, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Bengali, Punjabi and Odia amongst other Indian languages in oral form – in their dialogues and written form – in the charts displayed at the end of the play. The street play was an impactful demonstration of the spirit of oneness that unites all Indians.

Activities Odd Semester 2023-24

Activities 2020-23