School of Humanities

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The School of Humanities comprises these departments:

1. English
2. English
3. Garo
4. Hindi
5. Khasi
6. Linguistics
7. Philosophy

About the School of Humanities

The School of Humanities comprises of Seven Departments; five departments are in  Shillong  Campus, viz., English, Philosophy, Khasi, Linguistics and Hindi, and two Departments  are in Tura Campus, i.e., English and Garo. The Department of English, NEHU, Shillong, established in 1973 is one of the oldest departments of the university. All Departments within the School conduct the MA and PhD programmes. Some Departments like Khasi, Linguistics and Hindi also conduct the MPhil programme till the academic year 2020-21. Faculty members of the School are actively involved in teaching, research supervision, collaborations and research projects. They are also involved in organising academic programmes for the students, college and university teachers and in other academic activities. Each Department has its own identified thrust areas of research. In the last five years;  faculty members of the School have produced a large number of research publications in professional and literary journals. A few of them have published books as sole author whereas others as co-authors and contributed chapters to number of books. Faculty of the School have receive a number of prestigious awards and recognition viz. Padmashree award, Fulbright Fellowship, Chancellor’s Overseas Non-Resident Award and also faculty consisting of writers, poets and critics, with prestigious awards, Junior Fellowship by the University Grants Commission, Government of India for a PhD project, Kiang Nangbah National award by Ramnika Foundation, on 31/3/18 at Mandi House, New Delhi, "SROT SAMMAN 2017" Northeast Katha Sahitya Utsav (North East Prose Literary Festival) Agartala, Tripura, the InWENA Award in the category  "India's Persona of the Decade - Grass-root Impact and Social sphere North Eastern Region for the  significant contribution in Khasi literature, art, culture and language at the national and international level" on 15^th September 2017 at New Delhi. Award the Honorium Crest for the special contribution to Literature held on 16^th March, 2018, at Dhaka, Bangladesh and award for the exemplary contribution to Khasi Culture and literature in the South Asian Culture and Literature Summit 2019 on 28^th March 2019 at Jahangirabad, Bangladesh by the Association for Asian Culture and Literature.

Besides classroom teaching, faculty have presented papers in seminars, workshops and conferences. A number of faculty members have been invited as resource persons, keynote speakers, Chief Guests. Others were invited as Chairpersons in different programmes at the local, regional, national and international seminars, conferences, workshops. Our school have also conducted refresher courses, special lectures, memorial lectures and celebration of eminent personalities like Soso Tham, Kiang Nangbah, Tirot Sing and others. Faculty members of each Department have contributed to various fields according to their specialization.  Research scholars who have registered availed JRFs; Rajiv Gandhi SC/ST Fellowship; Non-NET and Post-doctoral. There are departments who have undertaken research projects at the state and national level and signed MOU with other university like Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand on January 2019. The students of the Department too have contributed immensely through their all-round participation in publication of magazines, in quiz, debate, creative writing and several other co-curricular level activities / competitions and also in students’ union activities, contributing overall to the university’s vibrant social, academic and cultural atmosphere. They also actively involved in NSS, programmes like Blood donation, planting of trees and other social works. The School also boasts of some of the best student alumni who have been placed to serve the government of Meghalaya and other North Eastern states and in companies. Few of them have become internationally known poets, writers, artists, teachers and principals of  School, Colleges, politicians, administrative advisors,  bank officers and other jobs. Some Departments have undertaken study tours for students taking them to various places in the state and other states of India. Overall, the School has made progress in diverse research fields with acclamation.