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ABOUT THE SEMINAR: Greetings from the Organizing Committee: ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR Scientific and technological advances, economic and Dear friends and colleagues, political realities along with pluralistic worldviews have on You are cordially invited to attend the One Day International made ethics and values indispensable significant components ST ST Seminar “VALUES AND ETHICS IN 21 CENTURY: VALUES AND ETHICS IN 21 across the strata of society. It is a known fact that philosophy AN EDUCATIONAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL and Education are interrelated but what roots down to the th DISCOURSE” on 6 of February, 2020 jointly organized CENTURY: AN EDUCATIONAL AND bedrock across these two fields of knowledge are ethics and by Department of Education and Department of Philosophy, values. Ethics is a branch of philosophy that involves Acharya Prafulla Chandra College in collaboration with PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOURSE systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of Department of Education and Department of Philosophy, th right and wrong conduct. In ethics, value denotes the degree Date: 6 of February, 2020 West Bengal State University. of importance of something or action, with the aim of Your active participation is eagerly awaited. determining what actions are best to do or what way is best Venue: Acharya Prafulla Chandra College, With regards, to live, or to describe the significance of different actions. New Barrackpore Dr. Nandini Ganguli Dr. S. Bhowmik Values affect ethical behavior of a person or are the basis of Dr. Gouri Kumar Nanda Principal their intentional activities. In the fast changing, Indian Organized by Joint Conveners Chairman society where every individual is facing ethical confusions Organizing Committee and conflicting values, education seems to be the only Department of Education solution. ABOUT ACHARYA PRAFULLA CHANDRA and COLLEGE: RESOURCE PERSONS: Department of Philosophy Dr. Emile Puig Vilaro, Associate Professor, Faculty Acharya Prafulla Chandra College was established on 16th of Education and Psychology, University of Girona. August 1960 under the ‘Dispersal Scheme’. The college, Acharya Prafulla Chandra College Dr. Asheesh Srivastava, Professor, Head & Dean, situated in the outskirt of Kolkata, has secured for itself a Department of Educational Studies, Mahatma niche in the field of UG education in West Bengal. The Gandhi Central University Bihar, Motihari college offers 26 UG courses and 8 PG courses. The college Dr. Debasri Banerjee, Professor, Department of has been accredited (2nd cycle) grade "A" with CGPA 3.23 Education, University of Calcutta. by NAAC. In the true spirit of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Dr. Abhijit Kumar Pal, Professor & Head, Department of Education, West Bengal State Roy, the college from its nascent state has tried to propagate University the ideals of this great man and motto illustrates this: Dr. Sabita Samanta, Professor & Head, Department ‘Service, Knowledge, and Sacrifice’. In Collaboration with of Philosophy, West Bengal State University Dr. Kuntala Bhattacharya, Associate Professor, ABOUT WEST BENGAL STATE UNIVERSITY: Department of Education Department of Philosophy, Rabindra Bharati West Bengal State University (WBSU) is a state university and University situated in outskirt of Barasat city (district headquarter of Department of Philosophy ADVISORY COMMITTEE: North 24 Parganas), West Bengal, India, offering various educational programs at the UG, PG and Doctoral level in 1. Prof. Sougata Roy, Hon’ble Member of Parliament. West Bengal State University the field of Arts, Science, Commerce, Education etc. The 2. Prof. Basab Choudhuri, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, mission of the University is to create an academic ecosystem West Bengal State University catering to the needs and aspirations of young students of the 3. Smt. Tripti Majumder, Chairman, New Barrackpore district including many first generation learners, imparting to Municipality. them man-making education, with skill sets that can be 4. Dr. N.C. Halder, Hon’ble President, G.B. retrofitted with the changing requirements of time, so as to 5. Sri Nirmal Kumar Basu, Hon’ble Member, G.B. make them competitive within and outside the boundary of 6. Bidhan Chandra Mondal, Hon’ble Member, G.B. the country. 7. Dr. Partha Pratim Dasgupta, Hon’ble Member, G.B. 8. Prof. Avijit Das, Hon’ble Member, G.B. 9. Dr. Dipanwita Mukherjee, Hon’ble Member, G.B. ORGANISING COMMITTEE: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS AND FULL PAPERS: OBJECTIVES OF THE SEMINAR: Original research papers are invited from students, research CHAIRPERSON: To understand the importance of values and ethics in scholars, teachers and other professionals for oral and Dr. Saktibrata Bhowmik, Principal, Acharya the 21st century. poster presentation at the seminar. Selected papers, after Prafulla Chandra College To explore the various dimensions of values and ethics scrutiny by peer review committee, will be published as CONVENORS: in the field of education. an edited book with ISBN. Dr. Nandini Ganguli, Associate Professor, Department To gather in-depth knowledge of values and ethics of Philosophy, Acharya Prafulla Chandra College from a philosophical perspective. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Dr. Gouri Kumar Nanda, Assistant Professor, To understand how to inculcate values among the Abstract: Title of the paper with Author’s name, Department of Education, Acharya Prafulla Chandra various components of academia. designation & affiliation, within 300 words and 2 to 8 key College To discuss the various values and ethics related words. CO-CONVENORS: problems in society. Dr. Abhijit Kumar Pal, Professor and Head, Department Full Paper: Paper should be written in English in MS word of Education, West Bengal State University FOCUS AREAS INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED: with Times New Roman, within 3000 words, font 12 (Text) Dr. Sabita Samanta, Professor and Head, Department of Values in transition & referencing style APA 6th edition. Philosophy, West Bengal State University Environmental ethics Abstract and Paper submission: [email protected], [email protected] CO-ORDINATORS: Indian Ethics Sima Roy, Assistant Professor, Department of Western Ethics Philosophy, Acharya Prafulla Chandra College IMPORTANT DATES: Values and ethics in education Waeza Tazien, Assistant Professor, Department of Last date for submitting the Abstracts: 29.01.2020 Values in postmodernism Intimation of Acceptance of Abstracts: 01.02.2020 Education, Acharya Prafulla Chandra College Values for sustainable development in Education Last date for Registration: 02.02.2020 TREASURER: Social Philosophy and ethics Last date for submitting Full papers: 03.02.2020 Dr. Arabinda Das, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Acharya Prafulla Chandra College Feminist ethics REGISTRATION FEE: Religion and Ethics Participants Paper Presenters MEMBERS: Traditional values versus modern values Students 200 300 Dr. Ajit Mondal, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, West Bengal State University Research Scholars 300 500 Role of value oriented education for peace and Dr. Shnaoli Chakraborty Acharya, Assistant Professor, Teachers 500 700 harmony in society. Department of Education, West Bengal State University Dr. Aditi Dasgupta, Associate Professor, Department of Value management Registration Link: “International Seminar on Values and Philosophy, West Bengal State University Values and ethics in various Educational Reports Ethics” in www.apccollege.ac.in. Link will be open from Dr. Atreeyee Mukherjee, Assistant Professor, Department of Pragmatic approach in ethics 14.01.2020 onwards. Late date of registration is Philosophy, West Bengal State University Values for wellness 02.02.2020. Dr. Bikash Mondal, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, West Bengal State University Career oriented values BANK DETAILS Dip Chakraborty, Department of Education, Acharya Prafulla Values in the Indian Constitution Chandra College Fees can be deposited online through payment gateway Value Conflicts Tarun Samanta , Department of Education, Acharya Prafulla of AXIS Bank given in the registration link. Chandra College Research Ethics Arpita Choudhury, Department of Philosophy, Acharya Teachers’ professional ethics Prafulla Chandra College CONTACT DETAILS Values in Women Education Swarnali Mukhopadhyay, Department of Philosophy, Work Attitudes and Values enhancement Dr. Nandini Ganguli: 9674910369 Acharya Prafulla Chandra College Dr. Gouri Kumar Nanda: 9433438992 Gopa Sarkar Dawn, Department of Philosophy, Acharya Values for leadership in Education Waeza Tazien: 9674188333 Prafulla Chandra College .