A special Awareness Programme on acid attack victims, is being organized by the Department of Psychology, West Bengal State University, in collaboration with IQAC, on the 30th of December, 2022. The timing of the event is from 12 noon to 2 pm, and the venue is Room Number 218. Rimi Chakraborty, Manisha Pailan (Survivor of Acid Attack), and Ujjal Pal would be the speakers for the event, on behalf of Chitkar, an organization dedicated to acid attack remediation.
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Today WBSU signed MOU with Chembiotic of purnendu chatterji group. It wll be an all inclusive collaboration in the field of Research, academic exchange program, sharing of lab and infrastucture, endowment of materials, internship, training and placement. The beneficiary Depts. will be Chemistry, Microbiology andย Biochemistry.
Itโs time for celebration at the Department of English.
The Department of English is delighted to share the news that ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ท๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ and Md. ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐น๐ถ have received the highly prestigious award from Association for Asian Studies (AAS) entitled ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ (๐๐๐๐) ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต for their proposed projects. The award is the first of its kind to open non-US students to participate in a non-level playing field of grants, which are mostly directed at US and EU students.
Abhijit is currently pursuing his PhD at the Department of English, WBSU. and Kasir has completed his Masters from the Department in 2022.
It is a moment of great pride for the entire department as they competed with many applicants from 17 countries all over the world. It is important to note that the acceptance rate was less than 1% this year. There is a possibility that the awardees will be able to mentor next yearโs applicants too.
The Department of English, WBSU, is especially grateful to the Visiting Fulbright Nehru Fellow, Dr. Abhijeet Paul ( UC, Berkeley). who has been instrumental in guiding and supporting Abhijt and Kasir. We thank him wholeheartedly for his consistent and generousย support.
National Consumer Day was observed in a befitting manner at the West Bengal State University in collaboration with the Department of Consumer Affairs & F.B.P. GoWB.. a Scotch Awardee Department. Professor Mahua Das Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, Atanu Gayen Hon’ble Assistant Director DCA & FBP and Prof. Dr. Pranam Dhar HOD Department of Commerce West Bengal State University were present at the event.
