A team of scientists from IIT Kharagpur, Calcutta University, and the University of Western Ontario has unlocked remarkable findings about ancient rainforests preserved in coal deposits in Gujarat’s Vastan coal mines.
The Jagadhatri Puja of Sir Gooroodas Banerjee, the first Indian vice-chancellor of Calcutta University enters its 152nd year.
The Calcutta University students, affiliated to the Trinamul Congress Chhatra Parishad (TMCP), demanding the resignation of vice-chancellor, had planned a gherao of the VC office on Tuesday.
Vidyanagar College (Mahavidyalaya) is notable as the place where Pranab Mukherjee, the only Bengali President of India, began and ended his teaching career.
Dasgupta, the well-known heritage bookstore in the city, is going to open its outlet in south Kolkata on 1 May.
For the first time in the 163-year history of the university the convocation was held without the chancellor.
The situation became so tense that the security personnel had to escort Dhankar to the green room.
“Let us all be in congratulatory and celebratory mode on the momentous occasion of honoring distinguished son of the soil Dr Abhijit Banerjee. Thinking beyond history, culture and time is the forte of Bengal’s mindscape. Bengalis time and again have led the way for countrymen. Dr Abhijit Banerjee accomplishments are the latest noteworthy in this regard,” stated a release issued by the Raj Bhavan.
However, the final decision on the matter has not been taken yet by the varsity where the convocation is scheduled to be held on January 28.
The disruptive technology of the twenty-first century has derailed the relationship between degrees and jobs and has made conventional learning obsolete. A computer operated by a semi-literate person can now do in moments what an army of educated clerks used to do in months.
