English

Year of establishment : 1901
Location : 2nd Floor, Banikanta Kakati Bhawan

History : The Department of English has been an integral part of Cotton College since 1901, the year the college itself came into being. For more than a century now it has been playing a pivotal role in contributing to the academic and cultural life of the entire northeastern region of the country. Prof. F.W. Südmersen, founder Principal of Cotton College also taught English initially for two years. Prof. Narendranath Roy, who joined the college in 1903, was the first full time teacher of the department. From the session 1913-14, Honours (now called ‘Major’) Course in English was introduced under Calcutta University. M.A. course in English (Group-A) under Calcutta University was introduced in Cotton College in 1914 and that was the beginning of Post-Graduate education in Assam. However, with the close of the session 1932-33, the M.A. classes in English were abolished due to economic depression. Again PG course in English under Gauhati University was started in this Department only in 1979.

Courses offered : HS Course Three year Degree Course (B.A.) Two year (four Semester) Post-Graduate Course (M.A.) One year Diploma in Cultural Studies (Self-financing) 6 months long Certificate Course in Montessori Teachers Training (Self-financing)

Specialization offered in M.A. :

Option - A =Indian English Literature
Option - B=American Literature
Option - C=Women and Literature
Option - D=Literary Theory

 Faculty Members :


Name : Ms. Aditi Sharma
Designation : Associate Professor
Educational Qualification : M.A.
Area of Specialization : English Language Teaching & Phonetics
Contact Number : 9954202172
Email :

Name : Dr. Gautam Sarma
Designation : Head & Associate Professor
Educational Qualification : M.A., Ph.D.
Area of Specialization : Renaissance Drama, Literary Criticism, Indian Drama
Contact Number : 9435104661
Email : [email protected]

Name : Sri Amlandeep Das
Designation : Associate Professor
Educational Qualification : M.A.
Area of Specialization : Seventeenth Century Poetry, Drama
Contact Number : 9435018848, 2453762 (Res)
Email : [email protected]

Name : Sri Santanu Phukan
Designation : Associate Professor
Educational Qualification : M.A.
Area of Specialization : Fiction, Drama and Phonetics
Contact Number : 9706046720
Email : [email protected]

Name : Dr. Abanti Barua Bharali
Designation : Associate Professor
Educational Qualification : M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Area of Specialization : Fiction and Indian English Literature
Contact Number : 9435109766, 2514084 (Res)
Email : [email protected]

Name : Dr. Geetam Sarma
Designation : Associate Professor
Educational Qualification : M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Area of Specialization : American Fiction, Twentieth Century Fiction
Contact Number : 9864024647
Email : [email protected]

Name : Dr. Garima Kalita
Designation : Associate Professor
Educational Qualification : M.A., Ph.D.
Area of Specialization : Modern Fiction, Literary Theory, European Literature
Contact Number : 9435013329
Email : [email protected]

Name : Dr. Arunabha Bhuyan
Designation : Associate Professor
Educational Qualification : M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Area of Specialization : Fiction and Indian Fiction in English
Contact Number : 9864025208, 2521559 (Res)
Email : [email protected]

Name : Sri Kiron Chandra Bhuyan
Designation : Associate Professor
Educational Qualification : M.A., M.Phil.
Area of Specialization : American Fiction
Contact Number : 9435019827
Email : [email protected]

Name : Dr. Rakhee Kalita Moral
Designation : Associate Professor
Educational Qualification : M.A., Ph.D.
Area of Specialization : Literary Theory, American Poetry, Modernism
Contact Number : 9864068574
Email : [email protected]

Name : Dr. Deetimali Barua Nath
Designation : Associate Professor
Educational Qualification : M.A., Ph.D.
Area of Specialization : Fiction and Indian writing in English
Contact Number : 9864262797
Email : [email protected]

Name : Ms. Afsana Begum Borbhuyan
Designation : Associate Professor
Educational Qualification : M.A.
Area of Specialization : Linguistics and Indian writing in English
Contact Number : 9435046669, 2520431 (Res)
Email : [email protected]

Name : Dr. Merry Barua Bora
Designation : Assistant Professor
Educational Qualification : M.A.
Area of Specialization : Literary Theory, Indian writing in English, American writing
Contact Number : 9435383181
Email : [email protected]

Name : Sri Dhrubajyoti Das
Designation : Assistant Professor
Educational Qualification : M.A., M.Phil.
Area of Specialization : Literary Criticism, Fiction
Contact Number : 9435077421
Email : [email protected]

Name : Ms. Sanghamitra Sadhu
Designation : Assistant Professor
Educational Qualification : M.A.
Area of Specialization : Literary Criticism, Fiction
Contact Number : 9435481671
Email :

Name : Ms. Aparna Nath
Designation : Assistant Professor
Educational Qualification : M.A.
Area of Specialization : Literary Theory, Indian writing in English
Contact Number : 9435117677
Email :

Name : Ms.Kalpana Bora Barman
Designation : Assistant Professor
Educational Qualification : M.A., M.Phil. 
Area of Specialization : Indian English Literature, Women's Writing, African-American Literature
Contact Number : 9435119768
Email : [email protected]

Office Staff Members :

1. Sri Abhiram Saloi
2. Sri Rajani Kalita

 Former Faculty Members :

Facilities :

The Department has one Seminar Library with 678 books & 9 journals, and is equipped with modern audio-visual teaching aids like OHP etc. It has got 2 computers having round the clock internet connectivity. The Department is part of the multimedia Language Laboratory established in the college with a fund provided by the University Grants Commission under CPE Scheme to facilitate the learning of the English and other languages so that the students can develop effective communication skills in these languages.

Activities :

English Department regularly organizes Workshops, Guest Lectures, Talks etc. The Department has been organizing a series of Memorial Lectures annually since 1987 in memory of Late Prof. Anandeswar Sarma, former Head of the Department. These Lectures have also been published. The Department publishes a Departmental journal entitled 'Negotiations' and another student journal entitled 'Voices'. English Department has two intra-departmental associations namely 'English Association' and 'Shakespeare Society', under whose banner various academic as well as extracurricular activities are carried out. The Department also brings out its wall magazine entitled "Graphiti" annually.

Recognized Ph. D. Guides of the Department :