Fourteen heads of state and government and five Nobel laureates. That’s the record so far. We are, of course, talking about the venerable University of Calcutta, which completed its 165th year yesterday. True to its turbulent history, the birthday was marked by demonstrations by a
School closures due to the nationwide lockdown in March 2020 meant that children were disengaged with formal education for a prolonged period. The resulting talks around e-education exposed India’s digital divide, with only 24 percent households having access to the internet. Children studying in government
This year is very special for the people of Hatkhola village under Basanti Community Development (CD) Block in the Canning Subdivision of South 24 Parganas. A non-descript village tucked deep inside Basanti and inhabited by tribals, Scheduled caste and Scheduled tribes, those who have been
“Teachers are people who start things they never see finished, and for which they never get thanks until it is too late.” ― Max Forman NA teacher from Malda has been selected to receive the prestigious President’s Medal for introducing an innovative method of imparting education
An all girls’ school was set up in Calcutta’s ‘King Parish’ just a year before India achieved independence. What was interesting about the school is that it was named after the Queen. And today, it celebrates 75 years of education and social engagement. Our Lady Queen
A collection of intriguing pictographs on seals, on shards of pottery, on tablets, on ivory rods. Clearly indicating a pattern, but tantalisingly out of reach when it comes to decoding what they meant. For decades, this has been the status of the inscriptions found on
We have all heard of Dasarath Manjhi – The Mountain Man, who carved a path through a hillock to shorten the travel route from his remote village. Even a movie was made on him. But how many of us know of Naren Hansda, the folk
“We nurture our creativity when we release our inner child. Let it run and roam free. It will take you on a brighter journey.” ― Serina Hartwell CDodo Biswas had an identical feeling and realized the need to liberate children from the dreary shackles of daily
Amartya Sengupta, a graduate from Medical College Hospital Kolkata (MCHK) topped the Institutes of National Importance Combined Entrance Test (INI-CET) this year. This all-India competitive examination allows an MBBS doctor to step into a few select elite medical institutes like AIIMS New Delhi to study
In what is quite possibly a unique partnership, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Kolkata yesterday, July 30, between the National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organization (NATMO) and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) for the preparation of utility/information maps of all districts