TENTATIVE PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

National Seminar to commemorate 200 YEARS OF INDIAN VERNACULAR JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION: BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF ‘BANGAL GAZETTI’, THE FIRST VERNACULAR NEWS PAPER IN

Organized by: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (An Autonomous Body under the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India) & Society for Asian Studies 3/251, R. K. Chatterjee Road, Kolkata 700042 Contact: 9432490361 Website: www.kolkatasocietyforasianstudies.com

DAY 1: FRIDAY, 27 OCTOBER 2017

Venue: Azad Bhavan, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies IB Block, Plot No. 166 Sector III, Salt Lake, Kolkata – 700106

REGISTRATION: 9.30 -10.00 AM

INAUGURAL SESSION: 10.00 AM - 11.30 AM

10.00 AM Welcome Address- Durga Basu, Vice President, KSAS 10.05 AM Inaugural Address- Chandan Mitra 10.25 AM Key Note Address - Hiranmay Karlekar 10.55 AM Address of The Guest of Honour- Snehasis Sur 11.15 AM Presidential Address – Pallab Sengupta, Former President, The Asiatic Society 11.25 AM Vote of Thanks – Sarmistha De Basu, Secretary, KSAS

TEA BREAK: 11.30 - 11.45 AM FIRST ACADEMIC SESSION: 11.45 AM - 01.30 PM

EVALUATION OF MEDIA STUDIES IN INDIA AND BENGAL’S INITIATIVE Co-ordinator: Snehasis Sur, senior TV Journalist, Doordarshan News, Kolkata

Ramkrishna Chatterjee Consenting & Dissenting Voices of Vernacular Publication Secretary, The Asiatic Society Journalism in Bengal (1818-1840’s) Subir Bandyopadhyay Freedom of the Press, Right to Privacy and Lecturer Indira Gandhi National Open University State Authority: A journey of last two centuries Biplab Loho Chowdhury Development of Journalism and Media Professor and In-charge Centre for Journalism and Mass Communication, Visva Bharati

LUNCH BREAK : 01.30 PM - 02.30 PM SECOND ACADEMIC SESSION: 02.30 PM - 04.15 PM

DEVELOPMENT AND MODERNIZATION IN INDIAN JOURNALISM AND MASS MEDIA

Co-ordinator: Chandan Mitra, Editor and Managing Director, The Pioneer, Delhi

Partha Chattopadhaya March of Bengali Press over 200 years and Former Dean of Mass Communication : Assam challenges of modernity Central University, Editor of Paribartaan and Daily Bangolok, Former Special Correspondent of Anandabazar Patrika Mahua Sarkar, Vernacular Journalism in Nineteenth Professor and Head, Department of History Century Bengal Jadavpur University Saikat Majumdar Journalism at the time of Live Streaming & Assistant Professor, Journalism and Mass Breaking News Communication, Amity University, Kolkata

TEA BREAK: 04. 15 PM - 04.30 PM

THIRD ACADEMIC SESSION: 04.30 PM - 06.15 PM

CHALLENGES OF VERNACULAR JOURNALISM

Co-ordinator: Samik Bandyopadhyay Scholar, Editor-publisher, Translator, Lexicographer, Bibliophile, Critic of Indian art, theatre and film

Subir Ghosh Indian Newspapers: Harbingers of National Senior Journalist, Awakening Principal, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Sarvani Gooptu Locating Bharat in Asia: Ideas in Cosmopolitanism Professor, Netaji Institute for Asian Studies and Nationalism in Vernacular Periodicals in 20th century Bengal Debashish Mukhopadhyay The District or Suburban news in the Vernacular Journalist, Aajkaal, Saptahik Bartaman Newspapers

2 DAY 2: SATURDAY, 28 OCTOBER 2017

Venue: Azad Bhavan, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies IB Block, Plot No. 166 Sector III, Salt Lake. Kolkata – 700106

FOURTH ACADEMIC SESSION: 10.00 PM - 11.45 PM

POST COLONIAL EXPERIENCE AND INDIAN PRINT MEDIA

Co-ordinator: Partha Pratim Basu Professor of International Relations and Director, School of Media, Communication and Culture, Jadavpur University

Saumendranath Bera Role of the Press in Promoting Free Flow of Department of Journalism and Mass Information and Ideas Communication, University of Calcutta Sudipta Sengupta The Myth called Post Colonialism in the Context Journalist, Senior Editor, Aajkaal of Mass Media in India Today Piyasi Bharasa The Role of Media as an Instrument of Cultural Assistant Prof Department of Policy: Facilitating and Promoting the Cultural Museology, University of Calcutta Heritage

TEA BREAK: 11.45 AM – 12.00 PM FIFTH ACADEMIC SESSION: 12.00 PM - 1.45 PM

MASS COMMUNICATION IN INDIA AND ROLE OF VERNACULAR NEWSPAPER

Co-ordinator: Sudipta Sengupta Journalist, Senior Editor, Aajkaal, Former President of Press Club, Kolkata

Susnata Das Growth of Political Consciousness and Professor, History Department & Director, The Bengali Press in the Colonial Period Vidyasagar Centre of Indological Studies, (1821-1947) Rabindra Bharati University Minakshi Sinha The Role of Vernacular Newspaper in Former Reader Hiralal Majumdar Memorial Modern Period College for Women, Guest Lecturer Rabindra Bharati University, Vidyasagar University, Netaji Subhas Open University, Bethune College, Sarojini Naidu College Santanu Sanyal Mass Communication in India and Role of Former Deputy Editor, Group , Vernacular Newspapers in Modern World Lecturer, Department of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Calcutta

Lunch Break: 1.45 PM – 2.45 PM

3 SIXTH ACADEMIC SESSION: 02.45 PM - 04.30 PM

MEDIA AND EDUCATION: EMPOWERMENT: GLOBALIZATION

Co-ordinator: Hiranmay Karlekar Consultant Editor of The Pioneer, Deputy Editor of , Former Editor of

Abhijit Das Gupta MEDIA at the cross roads Dean SRFTI Partha Pratim Basu Professor of International Relations and Media and human rights in India: A Fraught Director, School of Media, Communication Partnership and Culture, Jadavpur University Manasi Sengupta Department of Journalism and Mass Media Education : Globalization and communication Women's Empowerment Shri Shikshayatan College Kolkata

TEA – 04.30 PM - 04.45 PM

VALEDICTORY SESSION: 04.45 PM – 6.00 PM

Chief Guest: Pankaj Rag, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Government of India

Chair: Vinay Kumar Srivastava, Director, MAKAIAS

Valedictory Address: Samik Bandyopadhyay, Scholar, Editor-publisher, Translator, Lexicographer, Bibliophile, Critic of Indian art, theatre and film

Vote of Thanks: Arpita Basu, Treasurer, KSAS

* Please, note that the programme is subject to change, and will be updated continuously up to the seminar. 4