• Palace Compound (Konung Mamang), Near BOAT Imphal-East, Manipur, India

MANIPUR UNIVERSITY OF CULTURE (MUC)

DEPARTMENT OF English

Department of English, Manipur University of Culture offers integrated, interdisciplinary programmes of teaching and research in English Language and English Literature (including Indian and North East Literature). The B.A. programme in English, open to all disciplines, besides giving basic courses in descriptive and general English, places particular emphasis to supplement their own language learning activities with theoretical insights and practical applications of literature. The programme seeks to develop in the students an ability to relate literature to their own indigenous context, to compare literary theories and texts and to explore the way history, culture, ideology and material forces condition literary texts. This allows for considerable interdisciplinary intellectual interaction.


The Department also imparts an additional course on “Communication and Soft Skills in English” to the VIth Semester students to equip them with the pragmatic skills of learning and speaking in the said language. The Department has also plans for offering graduate, post-graduate, doctorate and post-doctorate studies in the near future.

Aim :

  • Enabling students to understand the academic discourse on the various issues pertaining to tribal communities.
  • Providing institutional and research facilities to disseminate various areas of tribal knowledge.
  • Building strong fundamental knowledge among students to pursue higher education.
  • Developing educational pathways to maximize the students’ option of career choices.


    • Objective :
  • To prepare students with solid foundation in tribal knowledge.
  • To impart comprehensive studies on various issues relating to tribal community.
  • To prepare students to engage in professional development by conducting project work / dissertation.
  • To inculcate students with professional ethics.
  • To collaborate with national and international universities for undertaking cultural studies and research on tribal studies.

    • Course Offer

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    Course Structure

    BA in Tribal Studies (BTS) is a three years degree course divided in six semester system. In every semester there are three core papers on Tribal Studies and three compulsory papers on English, Culture Studies and MIL (Manipuri)/Elective English. From Fifth semester, the course is designed to focus wholly on Tribal Studies without any compulsory paper. In sixth semester, the students will also have to take up a project work which includes field work under the supervision of a faculty. The individual who has passed 10+2 of the general education can apply for admission to BTS. The medium of instruction and examination is English.
    Each paper carries 100 marks. The distributions of the marks are 20 marks from internal assessment and 80 marks from end semester examination.
    The course is designed to impart knowledge on the nature and significance of tribal studies providing an ethnographic understanding of the tribes through innovative teaching and supervised research project work. Graduates from Tribal Studies can pursue Master of Arts or appear for competitive recruitment examinations at the state and national level or seek employment at the NGOs of Tribal Development Schemes. They can also apply for scholarship/fellowship to the concerned Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Culture to undertake research work.

    Assistant Professor & HOD i/c :

    1. Dr. Binata Nongmaithem

    Assistant Professor :

    1. Dr. Irom Robindro Singh
    2. Dr. Sujata Huidrom
    3. Naorem Sandeep