Seminars, Special Lectures & Workshops

Press Visit & Study Tour 

1. In 2018, The students of the Fifth Semester visited Jadavpur University Press, where they were initiated to the various processes related to Letter Press, Offset and Digital Printing and Book Binding. The visit was followed by a very enriching lecture by Professor Abhijit Gupta, addressing various issues in Early Printing in Bengal and contemporary trends in the studies in Book History. The tour and the lecture were attended by the students from both campuses of the college.
2. The department organised a tour of Santiniketan for the final semester Under-Graduate students of the department between 22 and 24 February 2019. The students visited the Rabindra Bhavan Museum and Archives and the Uttarayan Complex, followed by a dedicated walk to appreciate the sculptures of Ramkinkar Baij and the celebrated fresco by Benod Behari Mukherjee at Hindi Bhavan. Later, they were escorted to the Shanibarer Hat, a rural make-shift market place for traditional crafts and Kankalitala, an ancient religious site dedicated to the Mother Goddess.
3. As a part of the curriculum, the students of third year, both from Raghabpur and Park Street campus, visited Saraswati Press, Kolkata in September 2019. This press is one of the finest amongst Asian countries. The students were accompanied by the concerned professors from both campuses. They were helped to have a practical and thorough knowledge with the printing technology. 
4. The department organised three-day study tour to Murshidabad for the outgoing batch of UG & PG Students of the department from March 3 to 5 2023. In the span of the couple of days, the students explored the palatial mansions, historical monuments and religious sites of Murshidabad. The students accompanied by their professors visited the famous Hajarduari Palace, Katra Masjid, Madina Masjid, Jafargunj, Kathgola Garden House, Jagat Seth’s House, Nasipur Palace, Kiriteshwari Temple, Rani Bhabani Temple, the tombs of Mirzafar and Ajimunnesha, Don Bosco Church, and many other places of rich historical significance. A tour across these sites left a significant impact on minds of the students—the history of Bengali literature seemed to come alive in these places as these sites are intricately related to the origin and proliferation of medieval Bengali literature and the literary history of nineteenth century Bengal. 

Literary Meet 

A literary meet named ‘Sahaj Pather Asare’ has been organised from the Department of Bengali on March 1, 2023. All of the students and members of the literary club joined this meet.

Outreach Programmes

1. Students and teachers of the departments, in association with the Alumni Association, engaged in a drive to cope with the aftermath of ‘AMPHAN’ during May-June 2020.
2. The Department has been engaged with a State Government Project titled ‘School Exposure Visit to St. Xavier’s College, Raghabpur Campus’ to promote higher education in rural Bengal since June 2023. 

Students’ Progression: 

• Samaresh Bag, alumnus of 2014-17 batch has passed the NET (2020) and qualified for the National Research Fellowship from UGC.
• Post-graduate students of the department forayed into two different ventures of electronically publishing little magazines, named Sangrag and Ungo-Nouka, respectively.
• Rahul Mondal, alumnus of batch has passed the NET (2022) and qualified for the National Research Fellowship from UGC. He is currently pursuing his PhD in the Postgraduate & Research Department of Bengali, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata.
• Saswati Biswas, alumnus of 2019-2021, first batch of PG has passed the SET (2022) and pursuing her PhD in the Postgraduate & Research Department of Bengali, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata. She worked as a Research Assistant in UGC STRIDE Project at Kaji Najrul University from September 2022 to January 2023.
• Satyaki Roychowdhury, alumnus of 2019-2021, first batch of PG is working as a content creator (legal) intern in Netflix.
• Anamika Biswas, alumnus of 2019-2021, first batch of PG is working as a coordinator (production) of a FMCG company. She is the Head of social media at MDF Studios and owner as well as the founder of Green Eyes Plants.
• Ankan Maiti, alumnus of 2019-2021, first batch of PG has presented a paper titled ‘Ek Pashlaa Brishti: Parinata Bayaser Dike Padakshep’ in an international seminar organised by the Department of Bengali, Ramakrishna Mission Residential College (Autonomous), Narendrapur on May 30, 2022.
• Sayan Bhattacharya, alumnus of 2021-2023, is working as a theatre practitioner and actor at many films and web serieses.
• Swagata Lakshmi Saha, alumnus of 2021-2023, participated and presented papers in two seminars organised by Malda College (3.2.2022) and Ramakrishna Mission Residential Mahavidyalaya, Narendrapur (30.5.2022) respectively.
• Gour Saha, student from PG semester II has participated in a seminar on ‘Contemporary Trends in Political Theory’ organised by the department of Political Science of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math on 16th March 2023.