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Formation of the DEPT. OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES The department of Humanities and Social Sciences was started in 2009, after bifurcation from the former combined DEPT. OF MATHEMATICS AND HUMANITIES. At the moment there are five faculty members, two of whom joined the department recently. Faculty: Prof. D. S. Kesava Rao Professor of English Dr. M. Raja Vishwanathan Assistant Professor of English and Head of the department Dr. K . Madhavi Associate Professor of English Dr. B. Spoorthi Assistant Professor of English Dr. P. Madhumathi Assistant Professor English Vision and Mission of the Department VISION - To promote excellence in education by offering a variety of courses at the undergraduate and post graduate levels to equip the students of National Institute of Technology Warangal with the requisite linguistic and people skills required to excel in any field. Humanities and Social Sciences Department offers courses across the board ranging from basic to advanced courses in English, catering for diverse needs of students. MISSION- To impart quality education and life skills that enable students to become successful on the personal, academic, and professional front; to foster critical thinking through a diverse range of courses aimed at making students industry ready; to encourage and facilitate research in advanced areas of Humanities. Faculty strength All faculty members : Have PhD; Have published extensively in the areas of ELT, British literature and American literature in reputed national and international journals Have guided research in diverse areas in ELT and literature; four PhDs have been awarded between 2014 and 2018 in ELT; Are motivated to guide research in such emerging areas of ELT as English for Science & Technology, CALL, Creative Writing in English , Business communication and Cultural Politics in Language Teaching. Have organized workshops, STTPs and seminars highlighting recent developments in English Language Teaching and Learning; Are keen on carrying out projects in a gamut of areas in ELT such as bilingualism and bilingual education, narrative techniques, academic reading, etc. Are members of Board of Studies of Central, State and private universities across the country. Courses offered by H and SS department to other departments Compulsory course(s) I B.Tech-– English for Technical Communication- All Branches MBA – Business Communication- I year I semester OPEN ELECTIVES Soft Skills III B.Tech II Semester Corporate Communication – IV B.Tech I semester AUDIT COURSE English for Scientific Communication for PhD Scholars across departments INFRASTRUCTURE The department has an English Language Communication Skills Lab housed in computer centre for imparting practical training in communication skills to students of I B.Tech ; an audio visual lab with an LCD projector is used to teach the nuances of listening and speaking skills through software procured for the purpose.
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