Achievements
Conferences, Seminars, Symposia, Workshops etc
Given below is a list of Conferences, Seminars, Symposia, Workshops etc we have organised between December 1981 and March 2016.
National Conference, December 1981,2012
32nd All India English Teachers’ Conference organised for the Indian Association of English Studies, New Delhi by the Department of English, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar 29-31 December 1981
57th All India English Teachers’ Conference organised for the Indian Association of English Studies, New Delhi by the Department of English, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar 21-23 December 2012
Summer Institutes (National Level): January 1985 to March 1987
| 1 | Summer Institute in English Language Teaching | UGC Sponsored | 10 October to 06 November 1985 |
| 2 | Summer Institute in English Language Teaching | UGC Sponsored | 01 October to 28 October 1986 |
| 3 | Advanced Level Summer Institute in English Language Teaching | UGC Sponsored | 01 December to 28 December 1987 |
National Level Seminars: March 1989 to March 2016
| 1 | New Criticism and After | UGC Sponsored | 27 November to 28 November 1989 |
| 2 | The Poetics of Protest Novel | UGC Sponsored | 14 February to 16 February 1991 |
| 3 | Shelley’s Poetry: A Revaluation | UGC Sponsored | 18 February to 19 February 1993 |
| 4 | Post-Seventy Indian Novels: Marathi and Gujarati | UGC Sponsored | 13 to 15 October 1997 |
| 5 | Postmodernism in Gujarati and Hindi Poetry | UGC Sponsored | 18 to 19 August 1998 |
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Literary Representation of Community, Culture and Ideology in Post 1970 Novels in Gujarati, Hindi and Indian English Literatures | UGC SAP-DRS (Phase-I) | 29 December to 31 December 2004 |
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Literary Representation of Community, Culture and Ideology in Post 1970 Poetry in Gujarati, Hindi and Indian English Literatures | UGC SAP-DRS (Phase-I) | 22 September to 24 September 2005 |
| 8 | Community, Culture and Ideology in Modern Indian Drama | UGC SAP-DRS (Phase-I) | 2 February to 4 February 2007 |
| 9 | Ideology of Community-Culture in India after 1970s | UGC SAP-DRS (Phase-I) | 18 February to 19 February 2008 |
| 10 | Representation of Community, Culture and Ideology in Gujarati, Hindi and Indian English Literatures 1990s Onward | UGC SAP-DRS (Phase-I) | 30 March to 31March 2009 |
| 11 | Literary Representation of Social Change in Novels and Plays in Gujarati, Hindi, and Indian English Literatures (1971 to 1981) | UGC SAP-DRS (Phase-II) | 26 February to 28 February 2010 |
| 12 | Literary Representation of Social Change in Novels and Plays in Gujarati, Hindi, and Indian English Literatures (1982 to 1992) | UGC SAP-DRS (Phase-II) | 28 January to 30 January 2011 |
| 13 | Literary Theory and Research: Present and Future | UGC unassigned Grants, SPU | 17 March to 18 March 2011 |
| 14 | Literary Representation of Social Change in Novels and Plays in Gujarati, Hindi, and Indian English Literatures (1993 to 2002) | UGC SAP-DRS (Phase-II) | 24 to 26 February 2012 |
| 15 | Literary Representation of Social Change in Novels and Plays in Gujarati, Hindi, and Indian English Literatures (2003 to 2013) | UGC SAP-DRS (Phase-II) | 18 to 19 March 2013 |
| 16 | Literary Representation of Social Change in Novels and Plays in Gujarati, Hindi, and Indian English Literatures (1971 to 2013) | UGC SAP-DRS (Phase-II) | 21 to 22 February 2014 |
National-Level Workshops: March 1989 and February-March 2007
| 1 | National Workshop on Contemporary Indian English Poetry | UGC sponsored | 20 March to 26 March 1989 |
| 2 | National Workshop on Hindu Encyclopaedia | Sponsored by Hardwar Ashram Sponsored | 26 February to 03 March 2007 |
Refresher Courses: 1993, and November 2000 to June 2002
| 1 | Teaching of English Literature and Literary Theories | UGC Sponsored |
1 to 21 October 1993 |
| 2 | Teaching of English Language and Literature | Academic Staff College, Gujarat University | 1 to 21 November 2000 |
| 3 | Translation Theory and Practice and Communication Skills | UGC Sponsored | 1 to 21 June 2001 |
| 4 | Indian Narratives: Western and Eastern and The Teaching of Poetry | UGC Sponsored | 21 November to 11 December 2001 |
| 5 | Contemporary Literature in English and Literature and Literary Theories | UGC Sponsored | 1 to 21 June 2002 |
State Level Symposia: January 2004 to March 2009
| 1 | Multiculturalism: Canada and India | SICI Sponsored | 20 January 2004 |
| 2 | Reconstructing the Nation in the Era of Globalisation | SICI Sponsored | 11 March to 12 March 2005 |
| 3 | Postmodernism in Canadian Fiction | SICI Sponsored | 21 January 2006 |
State-Level Workshops: March 1989 to February 2010
| 4 | Two-day State-Level Workshop on the Identification and Selection of Reading Materials | Sponsored by UGC and British Council | 17 to 18 August 2000 |
| 5 | Two-day State-Level Workshop on the Preparation of the Rubrics and Questions on the Materials Selected | Sponsored by UGC and British Council | 18 to 19 January 2001 |
| 6 | Two-day State-Level Workshop on the Finalisation of the Rubrics and Items of the Text-based Grammar and Questions Framing | Sponsored by UGC and British Council | 17 to 18 June 2001 |
| 7 | Workshop for Seeking Feedback on Structural Changes from Local Teacher-Alumni | Sponsored by the Department | 05 September 2007 |