[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 14 | July 13, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036]

UGC Sponsored National Seminar (Sixth National Level Activity of the Dept. of English)

On ‘Contemporary Literary Discourses in Indian English‘, 28-29, August 2015

 Organized by

The Department of English

Sri Bhuvanendra College, Karkala

ABOUT KARKALA:

Karkala is a historic town in Udupi District, known for idol carving and cashew exporting. It is situated on the foothills of the Western Ghats, a bio-diversity hot spot. It is 54 kms away from  the Port City, Mangalore and 36 kms away from the Temple City, Udupi. These two cities have the well connectivity of the railways. Bajpe Airport is only 50 kms away from this town. The Holy places – Dharmasthala, Srigeri, Kollur, and Horanadu are within the radius of 65 kms.

The monolithic statue Gommateshwara, Chathurmukh Basadi, Sri Venkatramana Temple, St. Lawrence Church and Koti-Chennayya Theme Park are the important tourist spots.  Beedi rolling and cashew processing are the important economic activities which have been supporting thousands of families for their livelihood.

About the College:

Sri Bhuvanendra College, affiliated to the Mangalore University, is a premier institution in Coastal Karnataka.  The college campus is situated on the beautiful outskirts of Karkala Town, a place quite congenial for the higher studies. It has excellent educational facilities with well equipped laboratories and infrastructure. It has a good library with the collection of 80,000 volumes. A Post graduate is also functioning on this campus with Commerce, Economics and Mathematics.  Three hostels – two for men and one for women are accommodating 600 students.

About the Dept. of English:

The Dept. of English has been organising the seminars/workshops regularly ever since the Golden Jubilee Year of the college. So far five National Level activities have been conducted. The scholars like Prof. Sumanyu Satpathy, Delhi, Prof. G.J.V. Prasad, New Delhi, Prof. S.R. Narayana Rao, Kumta,  Dr. Ganesh Devy, Baroda, Dr. R. Shashidhar, M’lore, Dr. Maya Pandit, Hyderabad, Prof. R.K. Dhawan, Delhi, Dr. H.S. Shivaprakash, New Delhi, Prof. Dilipkumar Basu, Delhi, Prof. Rajendra Chenni, Shimoga, Dr. Purushotham Bilimale, New Delhi, Dr. B.Y. Patil, Harihara, Dr. Nataraj Huliyar, B’lore, Dr. C. Naganna, Mysore, Dr. M.G. Hegde, Kumta, Dr. R.G. Hegde, Dandeli, Dr. Ravishankar Rao, M’lore, Dr. Marie Raj, Goa, Dr. Madhav Bhat, Puttur and so on participated in the past and enlightended the delegates with their scholarly presentations. (more…)