Seminars and workshops

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” – Henry Ford.

What could be more interesting and retaining than learning in heterogeneous groups where popular talks are delivered by experts? That is precisely the reason why we, at Sister Nibedita Government General Degree College for Girls, organized Seminars on a regular basis for all, old and young!

Seminars

1. Professor (Dr.) Krishna Roy, Principal of the college delivered a lecture on ‘Career Advancement Scheme under UGC Regulation, 2016’ on a special seminar on 20 February 2018.
2. In-house seminars are delivered by teachers of different specializations in a very lucid yet captivating manner so that students would be engrossed and benefitted. Not only would they know and learn new topics and subjects, but a broader horizon would open up in front of them. Learning the art of speaking in public while managing a precise power point presentation, the right body language, and the skill to handle questions from the audience are other important aspects that our students get to train themselves within the process of attending such weekly/ fortnightly seminars. We also plan to invite speakers from different disciplines from varied Institutions who would enrich our faculties and students with their worthy talks and valuable time. In near future, our students would also be competent enough to deliver such seminars from their end. All the speakers are felicitated with a small token of appreciation for their time and effort towards presenting a beautiful seminar.

In-house Seminar	Date	Topic	Speaker	Attended by
Seminar 1	8 August, 2017	Gender Politics and Biological Sciences	Dr. Nandita Bagchi, Deptt. of Philosophy	Teachers and Students
		Awareness of How to Prevent Mosquito Bite	Sri Jayanta Nandi, Deptt. of Sanskrit	-Do-
Seminar 2	29 August, 2017	Happiness in Economics	Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya, Deptt. of Economics	-Do-
Seminar 3	12 September, 2017	When Your Food Plate Costs the Same as Your Gold Necklace: CAVIAR	Sri Sreejit Ghosh, Deptt. of Physiology	-Do-
Seminar 4	14 November, 2017	Flower Valley Destinations of India	Sri Samrat Bhattacharyya, Deptt. of Botany	-Do-
Seminar 5	12 December, 2017	Sahityer bojha pora - ekti prokolpo	Dr. Subha Lakshmi Dasgupta Deptt. of Bengali	-Do-
Seminar 6	09 January, 2018	Myth	Dr. Samir Mandal Deptt. of Zoology	-Do-



3. The Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt. of India, Kolkata Chapter organized an Interactive Seminar-cum-Quiz Contest on state-of-the-art technological innovations and interventions in the field of Energy Crisis and Conservation on 9 August, 2017 in the college premises.
4. As a part inauguration of the NSS unit in the college organized seminar on 28 March, 2017. Prof (Dr.) Krishna Roy, Principal of the college discussed the topic ‘Participation of NSS and Adolescent Health Issues' and Dr. Sharadindra Chakrabarti, Associate Professor, Department of Geology, spoke on ‘Water Literacy'.
5. 'International Mother Language Day' was observed on 8 March, 2017. Smt. Trishna Basak, eminent writer and researcher delivered her informative lecture in the seminar organized in the college premises.
6. As a part of yearlong celebration of 150th Birth Anniversary of Sister Nivedita, a Seminar Series on Women Empowerment and Higher Learning: Revisiting the Perspectives of Sister Nivedita in this e-Era consisting of five Inter-Disciplinary State Level Seminars was organized by different departments of the college and was sponsored by the Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal. Each seminar was carried out with a poster session. Dates, themes, invited speakers and involved departments are as follows:

Seminar Series	Date	Theme	Invited Speakers	Organising Departments
Seminar 1	28 September, 2016	Sister Nivedita : A Contemporary Synergism of Inclusivity, Women Empowerment and Environment-Compliant Society	Prof. Dilip Sinha	Geology, Geography, Economics
			Prof. Arunabha Majumder
Seminar 2	29 November, 2016	Vivid Facets of Higher Learning Towards Conservation of Life	Prof. Sabyasachi Sarkar	Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science
			Dr. Mallar Ray
Seminar 3	6 December, 2016	Women’s Empowerment and Higher Learning	Smt. Jaya Chowdhury	Bengali, English, Philosophy, Political Science, Sanskrit
			Dr. Sampa Sen
Seminar 4	15 December, 2016	Bio-Revolution and Progressive Life	Prof. Goutam Paul,	Botany, Zoology, Physiology, Food & Nutrition, Microbiology
			Prof. Syamal Chakraborti
			Prof. Subir Dasgupta
Seminar 5	21 February, 2017	Sister Nivedita: A Symbol of Women Empowerment	Dr. Ratnabali Banerjee	Sister Nibedita Govt. General Degree College For Girls (Centrally)
			Prof. Asoke Chandra Ghose

7. A seminar was conducted by Kolkata Police on ‘Social Awareness against Narcotic Drug Abuse’ was held on 20 September, 2016. Sri Amit Chatterjee, Officer, Detective Department, Narcotic Cell, Lal Bazar spoke on pros and cons of drug addiction.
8. National Nutrition Week was celebrated by the Department of Food & Nutrition by conducting a seminar on Life Cycle Approach: For Better Nutrition on 6 September, 2016. Dr. Jagadbandhu Chakrabarti, Ex-Director, Central Food Laboratory, Kolkata was the invited speaker. The seminar also included poster session.
9. Dr. Sharadindra Chakraborti, HoD, Deptt. of Geology, delivered a seminar talk on ‘Our Imperiled Environment: The Exemplar of Fluoride Pollution in Purulia District, West Bengal.
10. Dr. Soumitra Basu, Professor, Rabindra Bharati University delivered a special lecture on 15 March, 2016 on the occasion of International Mother Language Day.
11. Special Orientation Lecture Series arranged successively on different dates in March 2016 in the college for motivating students in field and laboratory techniques of Geology by Dr. Sudipta Lahiri, Former Deputy Director General, Geological Survey of India (GSI), North-Eastern Region, Shillong.
12. Professor (Dr.) Krishna Roy, Principal of the college delivered a lecture on ‘Career Advancement Scheme under UGC Regulation, 2010’ on a special seminar on 1 August, 2015.

Workshops

1. A Training Programme on HRMS Sub-Module, organized by the Department of Higher Education, Science & Technology and Bio-technology, Government of West Bengal, was held on 14 June, 2017. Principal of the college and Sri Bholanath Pakhira from Deptt. of Chemistry attended the programme. On the basis of the guidelines provided in the programme, a special workshop on HRMS was held on 1 August, 2017 to facilitate the execution of different kinds of official work associated with college service. The demonstration was given by Sri Bholanath Pakhira, Deptt. of Chemistry.
2. State Bank of India, Alipore Branch organized a Student Awareness Camp on 23 February, 2016.
3. Pidlite Industries Limited conducted a workshop to train the college students in different sorts of art-works using its art materials in the College Seminar Hall on 9 February, 2016.
4. A Library Workshop was organized on 15 December, 2015 for development of the new college library.
5. A special mock exercise or training and workshop was arranged on 19 November, 2015 in the college premises and also in the adjacent grassy land for earthquake management by the Department of Disaster Management, Government of West Bengal.
6. A workshop on Financial Purchase Policy, E-tendering, E-Pradan and allied issues concerning financial affairs of college employees was held on 15 September, 2015. The speaker was Mr. Debasis Datta, Deputy Finance Advisor, Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal.