The Department of English started functioning in the year of the inception of the college(1968) under the headship of Prof.C J Abdul Salam. The UG programme commenced in the year 1994 and the PG programme in 1998. The Research Centre in English was granted in the year 2021. At present Dr Reena Mohamed P M is the head of the department. There are 7 permanent faculty members and 2 guest teachers in the aided section and 4 teachers in the self-financing section. The department takes the initiative in conducting the ASAP Programme, a Kerala Government Higher Education initiative introduced in the year 2013 which aims at equipping young talents with additional specific skill sets along with their regular courses to make them employable. The department offers 6 certificate courses for the interested students of all departments. The unique practices of the department include Aspiring Teacher's Forum(ATF) and Journal Club(JC). The objective of ATF is to prepare PG students for teacher jobs with an emphasis on class management, communication skills and confidence improvement. The journal club aims to acquaint the students with research methodology and equip them to write research articles. The department also organises various programmes like invited lectures, orientation programmes for first-year students, programmes in connection with reading day, National Seminars on topics of contemporary relevance etc. regularly.