Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Department Profile

Name of the Department – Marathi

Introduction of the department:
The Marathi Department has been functioning since the College's founding. Part I, II, and III of the B.A. and Part I of the B.Com programs are taught in Marathi Department. There are three professors in the department: two are employed full-time, and one is on clock hour basis. With order to cultivate students' enthusiasm in the Marathi regional language, improve their attitude toward language, and advance their language proficiency. The department carries out research, investigations, teaching, and activities aimed at equipping students with employable skills. Through the drafting of research papers, projects, and field trips involving the gathering, study, and analysis of folklore, an attempt is made to broaden the students' research perspective and foster a research attitude in them.

Objectives of the Department:
1. To develop linguistic and literary skills
2. To develop reading ability among the students.
3. To conduct research in various areas of Marathi studies, including literature, linguistics, and cultural studies
4. To develop aptitude among the students about Dialect & Folk Literature.
5.To organize literary festivals, workshops, and seminars to promote Marathi language and literature.

Offering Programmes:- UG : BA Marathi

Department Faculty Profile:

Sr.No	Name &Designation of the Faculty	Qualification	Experience (in years)	Research Contribution
1	Prof.(Dr.) Datta Patil	M.A., M.Phil., SET, Ph.D.	27	International Papers: 13 National Papers: 61
2	Dr. NileshShelake	M.A.B.Ed., NET, SET, Ph.D.	18	International Papers:01 National Papers:14
3	Smt. VandanaKhorate	M.A.B.Ed., SET	03	International Papers:06 National Papers:03

Department MoU:

Department Achievements:
1.Our departmental student MeenakshiHiremath Awarded Ph.D under the guidance of Dr. D.M.Patil. (30-06-2018)
2..Our departmental student PraveenshingShiledar Awarded Ph.D. (Sept., 2022)
3. SheetalPatale one of the student of our department passed SET exam. (November, 2022)
4. Faculty member and the Head of our department Dr. D.M.Patilnominated as a chairman ofBoS, Marathi, Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
5. Department organized one National Seminar and Published Souvenir.

Other Information :
The Department has conducted Unicode course and free online ModiLipi Course.

Sr.No	Name of the Collaborative organization	Date of Signed	Duration	Activity Details (In short)
1	Dakshin Maharashtra SahitySabha, Kolhapur	7 January, 2019	1 Year	Organized One Day National Seminar 9th March, 2019
2	Padmbhushan Dr. KrantiveerNagnathannaNaikwadi Kala Mahavidyalay, Zare, Tal- Atpadi Dist-Sangli	1 December, 2022	1 Year	Organized Online ModiLipi Course 11th December to 18thDecember, 2022