Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College

Mentorship training 12.05.23

Mentors play a crucial role in enhancing students' wellbeing in an academic institution. Senior student and teacher mentors are being trained to 'take care' of junior students, and ensure that none feel alienated. A mentorship structure as per UGC norms is being made more effective.
Training provided by Anti-Ragging Committee, in collaboration with Students' Welfare Committee.

Stress Management Workshop - 4.5.23
Stress Management is a core skill to be development in order to excel in any field. Trainers from the Art of Living conducted a hands-on "Stress Management Workshop" for students, teachers and non-teaching staff of the College.
This was organised by Students' Welfare Committee in collaboration with Internal Quality Assurance Cell.

State Archaeological Museum is established in 1962 in proper Behala area.
We the Professors and the students of JCC College(HISTORY DEPT.) fortunate enough to visit this archaeological museum on 11th of May 2023, as this is a place having lots of collections regarding the city’s cultural past and its reserves.
The museum has a neat collection of art and artifacts regarding its historic past. We were astounded by its collection of objects and pottery excavated during different phases of historical excavations. Truly educative and enriched with rich history of Bengal. One needs to visit this to gain experience on the unknown facts and figures in the history of Bengal.
The museum has six galleries with photograph, statues and artefacts. Some very significant artefacts from early historical site of Chandraketugarh are on display. Museum contains rare archaeological history of Bengal.
This is a well maintained museum with friendly staffs. This museum contains rare archaeological history of Bengal. We got a good knowledge about the history and culture of Bengal.

Thanks to Equal Opportunity Centre-JCC College for organising an interactive session with students about "Making the Household Equal and Safe" (across the gender & s*xuality spectrum), in collaboration with Women's Cell, Deshbandhu College for Girls', in November 2022.
Principal, J.C.C. College, inaugurated the session. Three speakers helped students gain insight on how social structures as patriarchy, discriminate against and damage humans across the gender and s*xuality spectrum, with special focus on the area of household.
- Amrita Dasgupta (Director, Swayam) delved into issues of girls, women;
- Avinaba Dutta (Co-founder Pleqsus India, independent public policy researcher) helped understand discrimination against transgender persons and s*xual minorities;
- Deep Purakayastha (Director, Praajak) brought out complex ways in which patriarchy turns against men and boys.
We learnt more about struggles of the transgender people through a short documentary on Anuprabha Das Majumder, who could not be with us in person.
Students of both Colleges, and Jadavpur University participated actively through performances, interactions, art and experience sharing.
Discussions culminated into a clearer understanding of how to make the household space more equal and safe across gender and s*xuality spectrum. While everyone in the audience experience some "household" in some form or other, this session especially benefitted students of Gender and Sexuality courses offered by the Department of Sociology.

Departments of Sociology, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College and Jadavpur University, jointly organised a session in the area of Sociology of Development on 22.11.22 at Dept of Sociology, Jadavpur University.
Principal, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College, Dr Pankaj Kumar Roy delivered his welcome address on behalf of the College, while Professor and Head, Department of Sociology, Dr Amites Mukhopadhyay welcomed all on behalf of Dept of Sociology, Jadavpur University.
Dr Dalia Chakraborty, Professor, Dept of Sociology, Jadavpur University, spoke on the Role of NGOs in Developement to set the context for the core presentation.
Sri Deep Purakayastha gave the central presentation on "Stigma, Discrimination and Violence: The Unfinished Story of Nomadic Citizens", drawing from experiences of discovering and empowering nomadic populations within Bengal. The presentation invited much interaction from students and faculty alike.
Over a hundred students from UG, PG, MPhil and PhD levels of both institutions, along with faculty across humanities departments, attended the talk.
Dr Angana Dutta, Faculty, Department of Sociology hosted the event.

Learning is so much more complete when classroom lectures are supplemented with diverse media! Students attending powerful drama "Aalo Ondhokare Jai" by RACSHA youth group, to grasp the nuances of child abuse beyond text book pages. Sexual abuse of the male child, the disabled person, associated laws, lag in implementations, along with s*xual abuse of the girl child, are few of the vital dimensions covered by the powerful play.

Principal Sir, Dr. PANKAJ KUMAR ROY on 23rd of Dec.2022.
The theme focused on how
Durga Puja celebrates the victory of the goddess Durga over the demon king Mahishasura got recognition globally now.
This is the basis on which historian Tapati Guha-Thakurta, in her book In the Name of the Goddess: The Durga Pujas of Contemporary Kolkata (2015), traced the evolution of traditional pujo to its modern-day forms. Beyond religious aspects, she aimed to highlight the creative, cultural, and social economy that the grand festival generates.
It was with this acknowledgement that UNESCO, in December 2021, included the Durga Puja in its Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Guha-Thakurta was the historian behind this coveted tag, chosen by the Ministry of Culture to bring to light that the 10-day festival is a multi-layered, dynamic, and an integral aspect of Kolkata’s socio-cultural and political landscape.

Training program for students arranged by JCC Training and Placement Cell, JCC College in collaboration with Basanti Devi College (https://www.basantidevicollege.edu.in/) and PIBM: Pune Institute of Business Management (https://www.pibm.in/) on 9/12/2022 at 12 noon in JCC college campus

Training program for students arranged by JCC Training and Placement Cell, JCC College in collaboration with Basanti Devi College (https://www.basantidevicollege.edu.in/) and PIBM: Pune Institute of Business Management (https://www.pibm.in/) on 9/12/2022 at 12 noon in JCC college campus

গত ১৬ই সেপ্টেম্বর ২০২২ তারিখে যোগেশ চন্দ্র চৌধুরী কলেজে একটি ক্যারিয়ার কাউন্সেলিং সংক্রান্ত কর্মশালা আয়োজিত হয়েছিল, কলেজের ট্রেনিং এন্ড প্লেসমেন্ট সেল এবং ইংরেজি বিভাগের উদ্যোগে. উক্ত কর্মশালায় বক্তব্য রেখেছিলেন শ্রী সুসময় বিশ্বাস, সরকারি আমলা , ড: দিপ্তেন্দু চ্যাটার্জী, অ্যাসোসিয়েট প্রফেসর, ডিপার্টমেন্ট অফ এনথ্রোপোলজি, কলকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (প্রাক্তন ডেপুটি রেজিস্ট্রার, কলকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) এবং সুদেষ্ণা ব্যানার্জী, জার্নালিস্ট. কি কি উপায় অবলম্বন করে একজন শিক্ষার্থী সরকারি চাকরি (বিশেষত WBCS ) পেতে পারে তা বিস্তারিত ভাবে আলোচনা করেন শ্রী সুসময় বিশ্বাস. সুদেষ্ণা ব্যানার্জী তার মনোগ্রাহী আলোচনায় সাংবাদিকতার বিভিন্ন আধুনিক ধ্যানধারণা ছাত্রছাত্রীদের সামনে তুলে ধরেন. সরকারি চাকরি এবং সাংবাদিকতা বাদে র অন্য কি কি উপায় একজন শিক্ষার্থী নিজের পায়ে দাঁড়াতে পারে তা বিস্তারিতভাবে আলোচনা করেন ড: দিপ্তেন্দু চ্যাটার্জী. এই অনুষ্ঠানের মূল উৎসাহদাতা কলেজের অধ্যক্ষ ড: পঙ্কজ কুমার রায়. উনি মনে করেন যে শুধু বন্ধ ঘরের মধ্যে পাঠদান শিক্ষকের একমাত্র কর্তব্য হতে পারে না, ছাত্রের অর্জিত শিক্ষাকে সঠিক পথে পরিচালনা করে ছাত্রের কর্মজীবনের পথ প্রশস্ত করা শিক্ষকের অবশ্য কর্তব্য. অধ্যক্ষ মহাশয়ের মহৎ উদ্দেশ্যকে সফল করার লক্ষ্যে এই অনুষ্ঠানের আয়োজন করা হয়েছিল. এই অনুষ্ঠানে ছাত্রছাত্রীদের বিপুল উপস্থিতি ও উৎসাহ অনুষ্ঠানের সাফল্যকে নিশ্চিত করেছে. ছাত্রছাত্রীদের মধ্যে সাহিল হায়দার, কঙ্কনিকা চক্রবর্তী এবং আরও অনেকে জানিয়েছে যে এই কর্মশালায় এসে তারা বিশেষভাবে উপকৃত হয়েছে এবং তারা জানিয়েছে যে এই ধরণের অনুষ্ঠান যেন ভবিষ্যতে আরো বেশি করে সংগঠিত করা হয় ছাত্রছাত্রীদের ভবিষ্যতের কথা ভেবে.

Axis bank campus drive on 6/5/2022 for JCC students

ICICI prudential Life insurance campus drive on 5/5/2022 for JCC students

On the auspicious day of 24th September, 2022 JCC College,NSS units I,II,III,IV conduct an Orientation programme for the 1st semester students. College Principal Dr. Pankaj kr. Roy and Youth Officer,Sri Agnimeel Das, presented their valuable speech to the students.

Organised an Invited Lecture on Mahendralal Sarkar and Scientific Nationalism in 19th century India by esteemed guest Dr. Chittabrata Palit on 22nd of Sept,2022.

Few glimpse of Departmental visit to Asiatic Society (2022).

Visit to Indian Museum (History Department,2022)

When reflecting on the history of photography in India, the names that come to mind are mostly of men : Lala Deen Dayal, Kulwant Roy and the likes. In the 20th century, Homai Vyarawalla emerged as first female professional photojournalist; her pictures are telling of an important period in Indian history. Around the same time, two women in Bengal, with their passion for photography, captured moments that reflected the inner worlds of women, in a country moving towards independence – unfortunately, these were lost to history.
The Jadunath Bhavan Museum and Resource Centre, Kolkata is hosting an exhibition of photographs by Debalina Mazumder and Manobina Roy (b.1919).
This exhibition brings together for the first time the photographic oeuvre of the twin sisters, Debalina Mazumder (1919 -2012) and Manobina Roy (1919 - 2001) from their respective family collections. Debalina and Manobina were initiated into the art of photography when they were just thirteen, by their father Binode Behari Sen Roy, a school principal in the princely state of Ramnagar in the United Provinces. They began their photographic practice together, often using each other and other family members as models, sent their work for photography salons from the late 1930s, and later, after their marriages, carried on their work separately within the spaces of their homes, carrying it only occasionally into a public domain.
Exemplars among early women photographers in India, Manobina Roy’s and Debalina Mazumder's work stands testimony to the many documentary and aesthetic uses of the camera within the worlds they inhabited.
We the teachers along with the students of the Department of History, Jogesh Chandra Choudhuri College, Kolkata, were fortunate enough to get a chance on 24th March,2022 for a historically themed visit and being a part of this event.
Special thanks to Kamalika Mukherjee for being our Curator, who was all along the way guided our students and explained the stories behind the historical capturing of "Twin Sisters".
Here’s a glimpse into some of their works....

Wall magazine on Bengali comics litterateur Narayan Debnath, created by Bengali Honours Semester 2 students.
19.05.2022

Demonstration class of Raibneshe Dance, for Bengali Honours students on 02.05.2022.
Arranged by the Department of Bengali and Prabaha Kalabhoomi.

A Gender Sensitisation session for the students was organised by the Department of Sociology in collaboration with the Department of History, supported by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell on 17.05.2022. The constant motivation of Dr Pankaj Kumar Roy, Principal, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College made the training possible.
The College wholeheartedly thanks Dr Sreemoyee Tarafder for conducting the thoroughly engaging session. Complex concepts were made lucid and students felt 'heard' with the long question answer session.
Miss Shakti Banerjee very kindly and analytically shared her journey since childhood, from gender dysphoria, social reactions therein, to a complete transformation with s*x reassignment. Much gratitude to Miss Banerjee for enlightening the students with her experience.
We thank every teacher, volunteer, staff and well wisher who made this session possible.

The Department of Sociology, Department of History and the Internal Quality Assurance Cell eagerly looks forward to hosting Dr Sreemoyee Tarafder Chattopadhyay for conducting a Gender Sensitisation session for the students on 17.05.2022.

Students go for field trip to a community development project organised by Praajak India where sports is being used to establish gender equality and youth empowerment.

24.03.2022

Students of the Department reflect on various social issues through online presentations during lockdown, in different inter-college events organised by Swayam.

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