ALUMNI

A department alumni meeting was held on 02-03-2024 at the Department of English.The members discussed the poor participation of Alumni and decided to increase the number of participants in future. The following were elected as the office bearers President: Janardhanan K.K.P Secretary: Premachandran Keezhoth Treasurer: Mini Nambiar    

The PG Department of English and Research Centre, Payyanur College, Payyanur conducted an interactive session with the eminent alumnus on 20.12.2023 at 10.30 am in the III BA English Classroom, A graduate in cinematography from the Pune Film Institute and very popular in the Mumbai film industry, winner of the Kerala Chalachitra Academy Award for the film Carbon, K.U. Mohanan was the resource person who graced the occasion. Dr. Sreehari A. C. welcomed the gathering and gave an overall idea regarding the film studies included in the UG and PG syllabus. Sri. K.U. Mohanan described himself as a cinema practitioner who didn’t believe in the systematic way of looking at things. He spoke for more than two hours about his artistic journey and film to the new generation in the English department, where he studied in the seventies. Students and faculty members actively participated in the discussion. Dr. Resmi R. delivered Vote of Thanks. Shri K.U. Mohanan a great artist, came on a phone call at a very short notice and spoke to the audience as a very ordinary man.

An interactive talk on “Voices from the Margin Sound” by Mridula Bhavani, an alumna of the department, was conducted on 09 March 2023. She talked about her career choice and prospects of freelancing. She chose journalism to tell how the system works. She spoke about translation and the way a text changes during the process of translation. She spoke about publishing houses also. She introduced the book she translated, titled The Oxygen.

The PG Department of English, Payyanur College, Payyanur, organised a workshop on Research Methodology on 19th January 2023. Ms. C Labeeba, Research Scholar in Kannur University was the Resource Person. Dr Aiswarya P K, Faculty, Payyanur College introduced the speaker and welcomed the gathering.  The audience responded actively with comments and queries. Devapriya EV and Chithralekha of 3rd DC English along with Ashley David of PG department of English shared their doubts. Having commenced at 10.a.m, the lecture spanned over an hour and ended with   Revathi of 2^nd PG proposing the vote of thanks. Dr V M Santhosh, Principal, Payyanur and Mani K P, faculty of English Department were also present. The session was indeed inspiring and a huge success.

As a part of the Vantage Lecture Series organised by the PG Department of English, Payyanur College, Sreetilak Sambhanda, the Executive Vice President, Viva Books and Viva Education, Delhi and an alumnus of the department delivered a lecture on " Matching up to the Machines: Cognification, AI and the Future of Human Creativity" on 5 th January 2023 at the College Seminar Hall. Mr. Sreetilak spoke about the everyday applications of AI with interesting examples and prompted the audience to analyse the opportunities and challenges AI offers to creative arts. Dr. A C Sreehari, Assistant Professor, welcomed the gathering and introduced the guest to the audience. Meghna of final year BA English extended the vote of thanks. All the faculties and the students of the department attended the programme.

A class by Ms Aiswarya Sureshan, Research Scholar, NIT Warangal and an alumna of the Department to celebrate the Teachers' Day was arranged on 5 September 2022. She handled a session on "From Anthropocentrism to Ecocentrism: Evolution of Eco Centric World in the Context of Covid 19". By arranging a class by an alumna on this Teachers' Day and by entrusting the students to organise the technical session, the students and former students were given the opportunity for taking the lead role in the teaching-learning process. Such a role reversal would definitely boost the morale of the students.