The Department of English observed “World Literacy Day” on 8^th of September, 2010 in the Theatrix at 2.30 p.m. The students of both Degree and Intermediate were encouraged to participate in the Elocution and Collage Competition to bring awareness on the significance of literacy. The topic for Elocution was “Can Literacy make a difference?” and ‘Literacy’ for Collage. Both the topics were announced a day before the competition. The students from both Degree and Intermediate participated enthusiastically in great number.  The judges of the day were Ms. Ruchira Mithra , lecturer from department of English and Mr.Dayanand Babu, lecturer from Department of Mathematics. They declared Mohit of I B.A Mass com as the winner and Kavya of I B.A Mass com as the runner up. The Winner of Collage competition was Khushboo (II B.A Mass Com) and runner up was Obadhay Ray (I B.A Mass Com).  By the end of the programme, the students became aware that every individual has to put in his/her effort to change the world with literacy and can make a huge difference.