Leadership - Amity School of Liberal Arts & Foreign Languages

Prof. (Dr) Udaya Narayana SinghDean, Faculty of Arts & Chair Professor, ACLis
HoD, Foreign Languages
Amity University Haryana, Gurugram

Welcome to the World of Arts

On the behalf of the entire Faculty of Arts, I would like to welcome you all in the exploration journey of an ineluctable avenue of career development in hardcore humanities, especially in Liberal Arts and Foreign Languages. Language and Literature as objects of study connect very well with studies of time, place and polity. As a social tool, language has been a very important stepping stone in the development of humankind. Communication, expression, presentation, and delivery in each of our fields have been majorly dependent on this tool. Amity University, matching steps with the changing times, provides every Amitian an opportunity to study and learn a foreign language of their choice (at no extra cost) as well as effective Communications as a part of academic curriculum.

Foreign language learning provides multi-dimensional growth to an individual’s persona. We already know that knowledge of English apart from our mother tongue opens up so many opportunities to a person. Imagine the vantage point students can have while learning a foreign language in this immensely globalised world! Language learning does not just enable an individual with a particular language; rather it opens up a portal to completely different culture. Scientific findings state that the knowledge of a different language makes a person more adaptive to change and more accepting of varied work and cultural environments.

Amity School of Liberal Arts & Foreign Languages (ASLA & FL), Gurugram, in tandem with the vision of Amity University, has been providing its students with the best quality training in Languages, Linguistics, Literature, History and Political Science – including many additional areas such as Sanskrit Studies, Performing Arts, Quebec Studies, Tagore Studies etc which are all tailored as per their demands, interests and requirements. For the last decade, ASLA & FL has been tirelessly striving to take Amity University, Gurugram, to achieve greater distinctions. We continuously provide opportunities to our students to participate in various competitions, held in cultural centres and top ranking universities. Not just the students, but also the faculty members are motivated to better themselves on methodological and research levels.

Knowledge of foreign language, literature, politics and governance as well as history are all required for a multi-dimensional growth of an individual’s persona. We already know that knowledge of English apart from our mother tongues and a number of foreign languages opens up so many opportunities to a person. Applied Linguistics and TESOL as a newly introduced discipline in the School has been doing very well. Imagine the vantage point students can have while learning the languages we teach in this immensely globalised world! Studying of liberal arts does not just enable an individual with a particular time, space and community, it rather opens up a portal to completely different culture. Scientific findings of the disciplines we handle make a person more adaptive to change and more accepting of varied work and cultural environments.

Past record of 100% placement of our undergraduate students in various disciplines is an authentication of our claims. To bring international standards to our teaching process, we have also been collaborating with embassies, cultural centres, international universities among other renowned institutes through MoUs and student exchange programmes. Our students are provided with and encouraged to garner knowledge of national and international events and perspectives. We ensure that the academic and intellectual pursuits of our students never see an end.

At Amity School of Liberal Arts and Foreign Languages, we don’t train students, we educate and empower them.

Prof.(Dr) Sanjay K. Jha Director, Amity School of Liberal Arts & Foreign Languages
Amity University Haryana, Gurugram

Welcome to Amity School of Liberal Arts & Foreign Languages (ASLA & FL) at Amity University Haryana, Gurugram. Since its inception in 2012, ASLA & FL has undergone rapid academic growth with its vision at par with institutes of international stature joining the league of world class Centre of Excellence in Liberal Arts. The School upholds its three objectives: (i) disseminating the importance of Liberal Arts for proper integration of knowledge with intellect and instilling moral values in students, (ii) creating an intellectual forum to explore workable solutions of cross-cutting issues of Liberal Arts and Languages, and (iii) enabling students to be at par with their global counterparts academically and to help them excel in research, professional and academic spheres using flexi curriculum.

Apart from existing world-class degree-programmes like BA, MA and PhD in History, Political Science, English, Sanskrit, Applied Linguistics & ELT/TESOL and Foreign Languages backed with two value-added courses: Communication Skills and Physical Education, the School, as part of its futuristic venture, plans to launch two more Master Programmes of Philosophy and Sociology. With a promising team of (teaching & non-teaching) and the energy of all our students, the School is bustling with academic and extra-curricular activities.

The School is unique because of its enduring legacy of providing education to all irrespective of class, creed, sect, religion, and nationality. The School is always bustling with academic and extra-curricular activities to nurture and enrich the academic, managerial, organizational, communication, interpersonal, personal and professional skills of the students. With weekly conduct of seminars, workshops, conferences, field visits, expert lectures, community awareness campaigns, internships, etc. the School provides its students a holistic exposure to academic, social, cultural, professional, and spiritual aspects of life.

ASLA & FL publishes two peer reviewed journals and one newsletter namely, (i) International Journal of Innovations in TESOL and Applied Linguistics (Quarterly), (ii) International Journal of Innovations in Liberal Arts (Biannual), and (iii) ASLA & FL Newsletter (Annual). To stay competitive in a global scenario for holistic development of the students, ASLA & FL is not only collaborating with several Indian and overseas universities, but more importantly, it has recently established its own placement cell and in-house training programmes to ensure that its students become ideal candidates for local, national, and international organizations. To this end, all the faculty members of ASLA & FL are expected to create and strengthen the intellectual ambience of openness to ideas and plurality of perspectives.

As Director of ASLA & FL, it is a privilege for me to work with my distinguished faculty from the diversified areas of Humanities and Social Sciences. We collectively and creatively address issues and seek innovative approaches to meeting the academic and non-academic challenges of our students. Finally, I urge upon all my dear students to take ASLA & FL to a new height of academic excellence and eminence by making a mark in their areas of specializations and by proving themselves as good human beings and worthy global citizens.