The Department of English was established since the inception of Government College For Girls, Ludhiana. It offers a vast environment to the students to learn and evolve. Students get various opportunities alongside the completion of their education by which they get well-groomed in terms of communication skills and confidence towards the English language. GCG offers English as a compulsory subject in all the streams and Elective English, Functional English and English Honours to BA Students and Journalism as an add on course to the students from all streams, who are keen to learn and explore English in depth. A faculty of highly educated teachers work together with complete dedication and hard work to make it all a success. Various events and activities are conducted under the guidance of Head of Department and other teachers of the department. Events are organized quite often in the department. Essay writing, poem recitation, debates, elocution, declamation, caption writing including many other activities takes place frequently to upgrade skills and confidence of students towards English language. Various inter college events and district level competitions take place in GCG campus. GCG has won many prizes in intercollege competitions such as debate, declamation, TV interviewing, story writing, essay writing, mock presentation, AD mad show, advertisement copy-writing and many other activities along with overall college trophies too. Extension lectures are delivered to the students and seminars are conducted by specialist in the field of English who are invited especially for this purpose. Field trips and visits to radio station, TV Station and press are also conducted. The infrastructure of college is designed to make learning easier and fun. All classrooms have smart boards which are used to show animated summaries related to syllabus and other education material which is beneficial for students. On top of that the Functional English (media lab), Journalism lab & departmental library looks worth an eye. It has all the required equipment which comes in use such as from a basic ring light to advanced machines which are used for teaching phonetics and improving language. These devices operate by listening the pronunciation and tells the correct pronunciation through the headphones connected to it. The lab has computers, chroma key backdrop, ring light, microphones, cameras and all other latest equipment required in Journalism and English learning. The aim of English department of Government College for Girls is to make students evolve their language and vocabulary and develop confidence through extra-curricular activities along with the completion of their education. Vision of English Department: In the race for excellence, there is no finishing line” Mission Department of English constantly strives to ignite the minds and intellect of the students by imparting quality education through audio-visual aids, extension lectures by eminent scholars, field trips to radio station, TV Station and press etc. Extra-curricular activities like debates, dramatics, declamation contests, poetical recitation competitions, great orations, story narrating, caption writing & slogan writing competitions are organized to hone the literary skills of the students. We endeavour to improve their pronunciation, word accent and above all, enrich their vocabulary for the holistic development of their personalities.