Gallery Photos - centenary celebration of German language teaching at DES

The department organizes guest lectures and workshops for German Special students. Following are a few highlights of the academic year 2021-22.

  1. Alumni Network: ‘Zukunftsmusik – Berufschancen mit Deutsch' : (Visions of the Future - Career Opportunities with German) Webinar interviews of Alumni in order to guide the present students about career avenues in translation and other fields. Three webinars were conducted so far

  • First webinar was conducted on 17 July 2021. Resource Person: Alumni of Fergusson College – Ms. Swarali Paranjpe - Product Data Manager and Project Lead, Mercedes Benz AG, Böblingen, Germany 

  • Second Webinar was conducted on 21 August 2021 

Resource Person : Ms. Aditi Gosavi - Senior Advisor, Public Relations and Communication, DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch dienst – German Academic Exchange Service) 

  • Third Webinar  was conducted on 30 April 2022 

Resource Person - Ms. AnujaPhadke - Inhouse Translator and Proofreader, Ernst and Young, Frankfurt, Germany

  1. Lecture Series on Film Making and Film Appreciation by Inhouse Faculty Ms. Kimaya Mehta from Department of Media and Communication, Fergusson College.


  1. Guest lectures on Philosophy    Lecture 1. Basics of Philosophy by Dr. Radhika Jadhav, Department of Philosophy, Fergusson College, Pune Lecture 2. Philosophy of Immanuel Kant - Resource Person : Dr. Shiwanee Parimal (German Dept, SPPU)


  1. Guest Lecture by Iris Becker (German Nativ) on “ What is India to me?” 

Resource Person: Ms. Iris Becker, Director Lets Bridge IT, Pune.

  1. Online Professional German Communication Course (in collaboration with Paathshala) was conducted from 15th March to 1 st April 2022.

  2. Student’s Seminar for students from Fergusson College, Modern College and German Dept, SPPU (Joint Seminar on a novel “Aus dem Leben eines indischen Taugenichts” written by Prof. Dilip Rajguru) was conducted on 23rd April 2022 at AV Hall, Fergusson College, Pune.

  3. Guest lecture on Literary Translation by Dr. Sunanda Mahajan on 11th April 2022

  4. Guest Lecture on Translation Profile by Mrs. Leena Deo on 16th April 2022.

Guest lecture by Christina Rath (German Native) on German Cuisine  on 2nd May 2022.