The horrifying incident recently at one of the premier institutions of India and Kolkata yet again opened our eyes to the social disease called ragging. Swapnadeep Kundu, a 17-year-old boy, who became a victim of ragging and lost his life after just 3 days of
Teachers and doctors are considered noble professions as they serve the society as a whole. GetBengal has celebrated those altruistic individuals who serve the society without asking anything in return. Their efforts have played a crucial role in helping the poor who may not have the fortune
Deep Narayan Nayak, nominated for the Global Teacher Award Two Indian educators, Deep Narayan Nayak, a primary school teacher from West Bengal, and Hari Krishna Patacharu, an English teacher from Andhra Pradesh, have made it to the top 50 shortlist for the 2023 Global Teacher Prize.
Sea-robin species found in Digha Digha has hit the headlines again, not just for the new additions to this tourism hub, but among the scientific community as a new Fish Species has been discovered in the Digha Mohona. Science journals across the globe are abuzz with
Matchbox collector Srijan De Sarkar The word ‘phillumeny’ was first used by the British matchbox collector, Marjorie S Evans in the 1930s, but was debated because matchbox collectors have argued that they are not “light lovers” to be precise. Irrespective of what they are called, matchbox
Titas Ranadeep Sadhu, popularly known as Titas Sadhu People outside the sports fraternity in India usually distance themselves from women’s sporting events like football, hockey or cricket and are ignorant of the developments taking place in these sectors. Hence, they were jolted out of stupor when
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is India's highest science award given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental in seven scientific disciplines — biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, medicine, engineering
The education sector in West Bengal shines bright. It did so forever as we have always given priority to education. The age-old limerick – ‘Lekha-pora koray je/ Gari-ghora choray shay’ (One who studies, rises in society and enjoys financial privileges like riding cars) is a
Professor Asok Das received D. Lit. at The University of London It was mid-1970s and Dr. Asok Kumar Das, was working as the director of Jaipur’s Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum when he received a trunk call from Kolkata. The caller, with an unmistakable rich
Chandra Shekhar Ghosh-Founder, MD & CEO of Bandhan Bank In 2014, when the Reserve Bank of India named the two organisations which had been awarded banking licences that year, not too many Indians would have heard of Chandra Shekhar Ghosh or his non-banking financial company (NBFC) Bandhan Financial