A Special Lecture has been organized by the Department of Education in collaboration with the IQAC, West Bengal State University, on 9th February 2023, titled GLOBAL PATTERNS OF LIFELONG LEARNING: LOOKING FOR ITS STUDY AND EMPLOYABILITY OPPORTUNITIES. The speaker was Dr Sk. Aktar Ali, Faculty at the Department of Educational Sciences, University of Turku, Finland, is an eminent scholar in the field of Lifelong Learning from a global perspective.
Dr Shnaoli Chakraborty Acharya, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, West Bengal State University, the host and the convener of the Special Lecture, commenced the programme with a short welcoming speech to express her gratitude towards the distinguished speaker and other honourable Professors and Chairs of the University; the Chief Patron of the program honourable Vice-Chancellor Prof. Mahua Das in her absentia, IQAC Director Prof. Sutapa Chatterjee Sarkar in her absentia and the Head of the Education Department Prof. Abhijit Kumar Pal in his absentia. She introduced the speaker to the audience and welcomed Dr Sushanta Banerjee, the University Librarian & Director of the Centre for Advanced Studies; Prof. Anirban Sarkar, Director of the Management Studies and Srimanti Sarkar, Department of Political Science, WBSU, with great pleasure for their physical presence and concern for the relevant talk.
Dr Ali delivered his lecture in two segments. In the first half of his lecture, he illustrated the process of defining the term ‘Lifelong Learning’ using the documentary research method. He mentioned the UGC guideline on Lifelong Learning and pointed out that so far India has no dedicated policy on Life Long Learning. He mentioned that he had initiated the documentary research looking for the global perspective of Lifelong Learning. He emphasized the impact of some transnational organizations, like ‘The European Union’, ‘UNESCO’ and ‘The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’, on Lifelong Learning. He revealed how global capitalism, reflexive modernization and digitalization boosted the relevance of a knowledge-based society and its inclusion in the curriculum. From global policies he concluded that this discipline cannot be considered as an isolated entity, it must be integrated with some other socio-economic entities like ‘the labour market’, ‘social security’, ‘education’, ‘literacy’, ‘ethnicity’ and ‘gender equality’ etc. Hence the speaker mentioned Lifelong Learning as a floating signifier.
In the second half, the speaker criticized that Lifelong Learning is continued to be dominated by Adult Literacy in India. He illustrated the triangular connection among stakeholders, educational institutions and the labour market and mentioned that there is a huge mismatch of competency between the labour market and the education sector. He pointed out some supportive data from newspaper articles, research papers and policy papers to emphasize the mismatch. He briefly introduced the various scholarships/fellowships/funding available for higher study in abroad. He ignited the desire among the students with his great oratory skill. Overall, it was an interactive programme. Students were highly attentive and enjoyed the lecture thoroughly. At the end of the programme, a few students shared their experiences of listening to the lecture.
The programme was successfully ended with a vote of thanks by Dr Ajit Mondal, Assistant Professor at the Department of Education, WBSU.

আন্তর্জাতিক মাতৃভাষা দিবস উপলক্ষে ২১ ফেব্রুয়ারি পশ্চিমবঙ্গ রাষ্ট্রীয় বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে বাংলা বিভাগ একটি অনুষ্ঠানের আয়োজন করে।অনুষ্ঠানের প্রারম্ভে ভাষা শহীদদের প্রতি শ্রদ্ধা জানিয়ে শহীদ বেদীতে পুষ্প অর্পণ করা হয়।এরপর উদ্বোধনী সঙ্গীত পরিবেশন করে বিভাগের ছাত্রছাত্রীরা।সেদিনের বক্তা ছিলেন বিশিষ্ট লেখক স্বপ্নময় চক্রবর্তী।তাঁর বক্তব্যের বিষয় ছিল ‘আখ‍্যানের ভাষা,লেখকের সঙ্কট ‘ উপস্থিত সকলকে সমৃদ্ধ করে তাঁর বক্তব্য। শেষে ছাত্রছাত্রীদের অনবদ্য গীতিনাট্য ও নৃত্যনাট্যে ,আবৃত্তি সবার মন ভরিয়ে দেয়।অনুষ্ঠানের উদ্বোধক ছিলেন বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের উপাচার্য ড.মহুয়া দাস মহাশয়া।আহ্বায়ক ছিলেন বাংলা বিভাগের প্রধান ড. সোমা ভদ্র রায়।উপস্থিত ছিলেন বিভাগের অধ্যাপকগণ এবং বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের গ্রন্থাগারিক ড.সুশান্ত ব্যানার্জী।

A gift to my University on its foundation day and history created for WBSU. 110 Candidates Appeared, 40 were Shortlisted and 19 Candidates are being Selected for School Teacher Position by TGES with a minimum salary of Rs. 40,000/- pm. On this occasion, I would like to quote my mother “Giving Job is Giving Life”.

“This is the real Celebration of the University Foundation Day. Congrats Arijit for showcasing the real role and responsibility of an ideal teacher.”

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It gives us immense pleasure to inform you that the Department of Psychology, West Bengal State University is going to organize the 2nd International Conference on Peace Psychology to be held on 11-12 May 2023 (Thursday and Friday) at the University Campus. As in 2022, this year too the conference would take place in blended mode.

It is an honour for us to invite you to register and join this enriching conference, comprising renowned speakers across the continents. The theme for the 2023 conference would be: “The journey to Peace: Within Self and Beyond”.

The participation of psychology students/ scholars/faculty members/ professionals will be duly appreciated. Kindly send your abstracts by 31st March 2023. Please check the corresponding flyer for necessary details.

The registration link is as follows: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1J-7O_3UBvqzJJHbGvnF-QNaXV7GSEIhO-JV-5fiNqYc/edit?chromeless=1

The Central Library of West Bengal State University, in association with the Commonwealth Educational Media Center for Asia, ( CEMCA) has successfully organized the three-day workshop on Capacity Building for Open Educational Resources (OER). Faculty members of WBSU and library professionals from the University’s affiliated colleges participated in this three-day workshop. Professors from the University of North Bengal, Netaji Subhas Open University, Rabindra Bharti University, and other eminent educational institutes successfully participated in this workshop. The workshop was inaugurated by the Honourable Vice Chancellor Professor Mohua Das, while all the other university officers and IQAC director were present. The Director of (CEMCA) Dr. B Shadrach, and program coordinator Ms. Manika Sharma of CEMCA, joined the inaugural event from CEMCA’s New Delhi office. Dr. Shadrach, in his inaugural address, expressed his gratitude towards the University for undertaking this workshop which immensely benefits students, research scholars, and faculty members of the University. The participants, right from the inaugural session to the end of the workshop can be best described as enthralled due to the knowledge that they shared and at the same time gained through this workshop and therefore making this workshop an event of quintessential importance.
The University Librarian and Director, the Centre for Advanced Studies, Dr. Sushanta Banerjee, expressed his sincere gratitude to all the faculty members, non-teaching staff, officers, the honorable Vice Chancellor, and specially the team members of the organising committee for their unconditional help and support to make thisj event a grand success. Dr. Banerjee also sincerely appreciated the contribution and support given by Dr Barnali Roy Choudhury,
Resource Person, CEMCA & Assistant Professor, DLIS, Netaji Subhas Open University .

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This training programme was intended for female students and was sponsored by Mahindra Pride Classroom Naandi Foundation. About 50 students from West Bengal State University and its affiliated colleges attended the training and 35 students successfully completed the training. This training is provided at free of cost to our students. I congratulate to all participants and I would like to thank to our sponsor.