Commemorating World Environment Day with an Online Special Lecture:
On 5th June 2020, the Environmental Development Committee organized an online special
lecture on “Environment and Climate Concerns: Rethinking Education Strategies” to mark the occasion of World Environment Day. It was a privilege for the Committee to have as the speaker Dr. Duke Ghosh, Partner, Global Change Research. He was the Fellow of The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders’ Fellowship Fund (SYLFF) and also a former WOTRO-NOW Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Global Change Programme, Jadavpur University. He has also been a research Fellow of the Science and Policy Research Institute (SPRU) of the University of Sussex and is currently the Partner and Researcher at Global Change Research, Kolkata. An Economist by training, Dr. Ghosh has a rich experience of providing research and consulting services to the government and institutions like the Government of India, various State Governments, ADB, UNIDO, UNDP, DFID, SIDA, CII, Price Water House, and Coopers, Ernst & Young, OxfordPolicy Management, etc. Dr. Ghosh has completed his Ph. D. research in Economics at Jadavpur University as a SYLFF (The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders’ Fellowship Fund)Fellow and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
50 Teachers of the college from all the departments as well as 12 students of the Nature Club attended the talk.
Dr. Ghosh elaborated on the various impacts of climate change especially concentrating on the economy of the world. He advised on a multi-disciplinary approach to understand and solve various environmental issues focussing on how individuals could develop themselves and be aware of the problems of the world we all are a part of. He also advised as to what we, as parents and teachers, could do to improve life on the planet and come up with strategies and solutions to combat climatic concerns.
The lecture was highly informative and engrossing and kept all listeners engaged till the very end. The lecture was followed by a question-answer session. Questions were asked by the students and faculties as well. The interest of the students was apparent from the questions that kept flowing from them. The program was a great success since it was appreciated by the students and the faculties alike.
The students of Semester III and V of the B.Com. Afternoon section were taken to the SOBISCO Factory near Dankuni on 22nd of February 2023. The bus left the college campus with a total of 38 students, 6 faculty members and reached the factory by 2.30 pm. After reaching the factory, all were taken to …
Date of the activity: 20.06.2024 Time: 10am – 2pm Objective of the event: To promote the students’ physical and mental well-being through yoga. Brief description of the event: On June 20, 2024, the NSS unit, in collaboration with Sapgachi Humanity for You & Me (HUM), celebrated International Yoga Day with the children of Panch Darshiya …
Name of the activity: The Department of Business Administration, in collaboration with the National Service Scheme (NSS), conducted an Extension and Outreach Programme at Keoratala Sarbodoya Sishu Niketan, Nischintapur. The event aimed to engage young students in creative and interactive learning while supporting their educational needs through essential stationery distribution. Category of activity: The programme …
Amidst the hullaballoo of rallies and traffic jam 23 students from The Bhawanipur Education Society College accompanied by Prof. Vijay Kothari and Prof. Divyesh Shah visited Makers Loft`s (a space for makers) at Ballygaunge Place. We were welcomed by Ms. Meghna Bhutoria Founder and CEO of Maker`s Loft. Later, we were split into two batches …
World Environment Day
Commemorating World Environment Day with an Online Special Lecture:
On 5th June 2020, the Environmental Development Committee organized an online special
lecture on “Environment and Climate Concerns: Rethinking Education Strategies” to mark the occasion of World Environment Day. It was a privilege for the Committee to have as the speaker Dr. Duke Ghosh, Partner, Global Change Research. He was the Fellow of The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders’ Fellowship Fund (SYLFF) and also a former WOTRO-NOW Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Global Change Programme, Jadavpur University. He has also been a research Fellow of the Science and Policy Research Institute (SPRU) of the University of Sussex and is currently the Partner and Researcher at Global Change Research, Kolkata. An Economist by training, Dr. Ghosh has a rich experience of providing research and consulting services to the government and institutions like the Government of India, various State Governments, ADB, UNIDO, UNDP, DFID, SIDA, CII, Price Water House, and Coopers, Ernst & Young, OxfordPolicy Management, etc. Dr. Ghosh has completed his Ph. D. research in Economics at Jadavpur University as a SYLFF (The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders’ Fellowship Fund)Fellow and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
50 Teachers of the college from all the departments as well as 12 students of the Nature Club attended the talk.
Dr. Ghosh elaborated on the various impacts of climate change especially concentrating on the economy of the world. He advised on a multi-disciplinary approach to understand and solve various environmental issues focussing on how individuals could develop themselves and be aware of the problems of the world we all are a part of. He also advised as to what we, as parents and teachers, could do to improve life on the planet and come up with strategies and solutions to combat climatic concerns.
The lecture was highly informative and engrossing and kept all listeners engaged till the very end. The lecture was followed by a question-answer session. Questions were asked by the students and faculties as well. The interest of the students was apparent from the questions that kept flowing from them. The program was a great success since it was appreciated by the students and the faculties alike.
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