Established in 2012, the Department of English is not as old as the College. In 2010 the Department of English It was the first to begin the General course and in 2012, started its voyage as a full fledged department in both the Honours and General courses. The committed faculty members offer a curriculum that, in addition to following the syllabus prescribed by the West Bengal State University, requires students to read and reflect on several books in addition to the prescribed texts, and to be acquainted with critical theories, literary trends, cultural movements and contemporary media. 

This department offers the Honours and Elective English courses as well as the AECC course for the first year students. In under graduate Honours classes, the student teacher ratio is about 50:1. 

Faculty members are actively involved in research, presenting papers in national and international seminars and publishing in several books and journals. 

Many students of English Honours opt for the Masters Course in English in reputed national and international institutions. Several students also opt for other fields like social development, publishing, journalism and media. The department has a long list of academics as well as established authors to its credit. In keeping with the evolving career trends, the college also facilitates specialized courses on editing and publishing, a major thriving industry today. Social welfare and development, journalism and media (print as well as electronic) are other fields that absorb students of the department. There is also an increasing demand in the corporate sector for technical writers and language experts and a number of our English graduates are hired by companies such as TCS, Cognizant, IBM and so on. Other fields like business administration, banking, law, advertising, public relations, tourism and hospitality, academic counselling are also available to the students of English.