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Department of Kannada

It was in June 1958, when St.Philomena College, Puttur started functioning the Kannada Dept. was interlinked along with it. When we glance the history of the department, the ancestors who toiled for the birth and growth of the department should not go unnoticed. Prof.M.Venkatramana Bhat (Popularly known as M.V. Bhat and V.B.Moleyar) was the founder member of the department. Later he became the first head of the department till his retirement (1994) he successfully worked for the progress of the department in particular and of the College in general. Before coming to Puttur, he served in Christen College Madras. It was through Prof. M.V. Bhat’s effort that our college could get volumes of old Kannada Literature from Christian College Madras. He was instrumental in starting the Kannada Sangha in our college in the year 1975. Though many staff members entered the department, they left for different reasons at times. The names of those who served in the department till their retirement is worth mentioning Prof.P.M.V. Bhat rendered long valuable service (1967 – 1996).

Prof.A.Harinarayana Bhat ably assisted his colleagues and rendered his service in the department from 1976 to 2007.It is proper to mention the services of Mr.Chethan Kumar T.(1999 – 2008), Mr. Sheenappa Naika K (2008 – 2009), Ms. Sandhya Kumari (2009 – 2012), Smt.Baby.A.(2012 – 13),  and Smt.Harinakshi M.D(2013 – 2016)who served in the Dept. of Kannada for a short duration.

Vision

·        Inculcate language and literary sensibility and enhance the knowledge of the students.

·        To accommodate good learning atmosphere and empower the students to accustom with Kannada Literature.

·        To keep alive the skill of reading the script and language of inscriptions

Mission:

·        To teach the values of great poets and literary personalities.

·        To inculcate the values of life and make the students responsible citizen of the society

·        To enhance students’ knowledge for overall social and educational development.

·        To create an environment to acquaint with innovative approaches for higher learning through Kannada language.

·        To expose native Kannada for the exploration of Kannada Literature.

OBJECTIVES:

·        To enable the students comprehend the spoken form.

·        To develop students ability to use Kannada in day-to-day life and real life situation.

·        To write simple Kannada to express ideas etc.

·        To use Kannada effectively for study purpose across the curriculum.

·        To develop interest in and appreciation of Literature.

FACULTY
Dr Vijay Kumar M
Vice Principal
Head- Kannada
Associate Professor
M.A. (Kannada)
M.Phil.
Ph.D.
Teaching from 29 Years
With us from 28 Years
Dr Basthyam Pais
Assistant Professor
M.A.
M.Phil.
SLET
Ph.D.
Teaching from 20 Years
With us from 16 Years
Prashanthi N
Assistant Professor
M.A. (Kannada)
Teaching from 8 Years
With us from 8 Years
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