National Level Technical Fest – HORIZON12 of BCREC in association with the Times of India.

B.C.Roy Engineering College, Durgapur popularly known as BCREC in association with the Times of India (the official media partner) organized their 10^thedition of National Level Technical Fest – HORIZON12 from 25^th to 27^thFebruary in a grandeur manner. The other sponsors were 93.5 Red FM (Radio Partner) Pantaloons (Merchandise Partner) Globsyn Skills (Gold Sponsor) and Ardent Collaborations and many more.

“This college was set up in 2000 by the Dr. B.C.Roy Engineering College Society of the philanthropic visions of the group of entrepreneurs based in Durgapur. It is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, the architect of modern West Bengal. This college is approved by AICTE. It is our great pride and privilege to declare that BCERC is the only college from West Bengal to be selected for the Indo-US Universities EDUSAT.” – Avers Prof. S. N.Basu - the Principal of this college.

Professor Dr. Swapan Bhattacharya, Former Director of NIT Durgapur was the Chief Guest who delivered his valuable lecture in the inaugural ceremony on 25^th which enlightened the students and highly praised by the guests and teachers who were present in the auditorium. In fine he advised the students in all to become a benchmark in their own domain and not to be a mediocre and never to compromise with quality in the field they have their passion. Dulal Mitra-President, S.N. Basu, the Principal and Tarun Bhattacherjee , Treasurer of this College were also present in the Dias and they all said a few words about the college and the fest.

“Today engineering students are eager to face new challenges and thrive on risks. Whether it is concerning their technical aptitude or general management skills, they are inclined towards broadening their horizon of knowledge. HORIZONE’12 is one such attempt to let the budding engineers from 35 different colleges and more than 1000 students took active part to quench the thirst for knowledge on the war of mind and talent” – said Amitava Chakraborty, the Head of the Corporate Affairs of BCREC.

In fact Horizon offered a wide range of events for the students to showcase their creativity in the field of technology and management. Major attractions for this event were TECHNOCRATZZ which provided a platform for the budding talents to present their innovative ideas in the field of technology. The lists of speakers are unending and the most noticeable were Mr. Animesh Mukherjee who is presently an Asst. Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. He worked as a post doctoral researcher in the Complex Systems Lagrance Lab, Institute for Scientific Interchange Foundation, Italy. He enthralled the young minds with the modern concepts of Computer networking. He came along with other four scholars from IIT Kharagpur. The others were Mr. Maunendra Sankar Desarkar. He slot was on Amazing Amazon to Fascinating Face book – Recommendation Problems and Algorithmic Frame works, Mr. Prasenjit Mondal whose presentation was on Medical Image Processing and Mr. Sanjay Chatterjee’s presentation was on Bengali to Hindi Machine Translation using Transfer Based Framework.

The most other attractive programme was ROBOTRIX where latest Robot Technology was highlighted. Though technology of Robots is not new but technology upgrades itself every day and Robotics maintains its status as the thriving field of challenge with new inventions paving the way to artificial intelligence. TECHNOCRATZZ (Technical Paper Presentation) show cased new ideas in the field of modern technology and applied thought and delivered something profound for building tomorrow methodical and industrial world. BIZZCOGITO (B-Plan) for developing entrepreneurial abilities – it was a platform to foster entrepreneurship at college. JUNKOTONICS – turn scrap to gold, where people can make technical devices using junk and turn the scrap into gold. The primary concern in today’s world is our environment. The 3 Rs –Reduce, Recycle, Re-use were the essence to save the environmental degradation.

Filled with fun and excitement on the closing day that is on 27^th was illuminated by IGNITIA 2K12 where top six teams competed in this General Knowledge and Entertainment Quiz. The event was conducted by RJ Neil the renowned radio jockey in the West Bengal circle. He is currently a part of Oye FM. All the students and others present applauded the quiz master for his Excellency.

The last day of Tech Fest saw the war of the Robots and the closing ceremony was illuminated by IGNITIA 2K12 with RJ Niel’s charismatic personality and humourous attitude being the centre of attraction. Top 6 teams were shortlisted out of 362 teams for this mega event. Prizes worth Rs.1,50,000/- were grabbed by the participants in 19 events making HORIZON 2012 a grand success.

 

The Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures by the eminent and upcoming artists of Durgapur.

 

                The growing popularity of Indian Art worldwide is incontrovertible and the art enthusiasts from all around the globe are taking interest in Indian Art that is unique and also proved to be an excellent investment. Over generation India has gifted its finest artists to the world and Durgapur Steel City is also not lagging behind in this genre and their works are also unparallel. To provide the potential artists of this twin city people with a platform and to bring to the forefront their artistic talents, Durgapur Contemporary Artists Circle organized an exhibition of painting and sculpture at Ramkinkar Beiz Art Gallery, Srijani Hall, City Centre, Durgapur from 31.12.2011 to 6.1.2012. The renowned artists like Amal Chandra  Gorai, Manoj Kumar Kolay, Chanchal Bose, Tapan Das, Nirmal Roy, Samir Roy and Suit  Pal displayed their paintings and sculptures in the Gallery- at ‘Harmony’ – a group of exhibition of paintings and sculptures.  A number of people attended daily and appreciated their valuable works.

                “Durgapur is up surging in every field and in the field of paintings and sculptures the city is also not in the bottom line” says Samiran Roy, Sr. Teacher of Durgapur though he is not an Artist but loves Art from his heart.

                Amal Chandra Gorai, the renowned artist living in City Center and an employee of Durgapur Steel Plant, says, “We are arranging such exhibition for more than ten years in this city in some other places. For the last two years we are arranging such exhibition with the paintings and sculptures of the artists of Durgapur, Asansol and Burdwan. Previously only a few were showed their interest to display their valuable works but now many artists are coming to join with us and displaying their works spontaneously in our Gallery. Apart from showing their works, we also provide suggestions for restoration and preservation of valuable paintings and objects of the art. We know how valuable their paintings are and accordingly we instruct the budding artists how to preserve their paintings particularly during the monsoon and summer seasons when the pictures get mostly damaged. ”

                Manoj Kumar Kolay, the talented artist , an employee of Durgapur Thermal Power Station, DVC, says, “For the last two years we are arranging such paintings in the Srijani Hall. Thanks to the Mayor and other Officials for providing us such a nice auditorium in the heart of this city where many people can join this exhibition. But to arrange such a huge programme we are facing great difficulties and the much impediment is adequate finance. We spend all the expenses from our own and that is becoming too hard for us.  If we get help from the Government or any private organizations we hope we can run our mission in a large scale where many renowned artists of this twin city can display their works and the buds in this field also get enlightened. We look forward for their immense support to share our thoughts and ideas on Indian contemporary art that will inspire us on our journey towards perfection in this industrial town.”

                        Tapan Das of SEPCO Township, Durgapur says, “I manage two studios one in New Delhi and the other in Durgapur. After obtaining Diploma in Fire Arts from the Academy of Music and Fine Arts and Visual Art from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata I devote myself in this field. I have already exhibited my works in many places in our Country since 2009 and I try to join with my works anywhere I get a call. In this Harmony, it is our endeavour to increase awareness, understanding and appreciation of art forms among general people, the students and the kids so that they also get interest to build their career as an Artist. ”

 

 

 

Commendable activities of the DSP Mahila Samaj in Durgapur under the Corporate Social Responsibility of the Steel Authority of India Limited.

Commendable activities of the DSP Mahila Samaj in Durgapur under the Corporate Social Responsibility of the Steel Authority of India Limited.

In Durgapur and Asansol Industrial complex there are a number of clubs and organizations who are rending various benevolent services to the people throughout the year. But the commendable activities of the philanthropic organization DSP Mahila Samaj supported by Durgapur Steel Plant under Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) since 1961 is highly praiseworthy especially to the people of Below Poverty Line (BPL) in this vast areas. It mainly works among the under privileged sections of the society through various schemes like Free Education, Health, Vocational Training and Employment generation, Spice making, Mother and Child Care Unit, Immunization center and many other benevolent activities.

            President Mrs. Shobha Bajaj says, “DSP Mahila Samaj is the other name for the service to the mankind, providing education, employment, medical aid to the poor and down trodden people of the society. Recognizing that education is an integral part of human development and accepting the constitutional right of every person to education, SAIL has contributing to increase the literacy rates in the areas of its operations mainly among the underprivileged section of people. Particularly for the educationally backward people  of this city DSP is running six Mukul schools in the steel township and imparting education to a number of children below five years of age. Not only that our Samaj provides Books and stationeries, Mid-day Meal, Teefin, Uniform including shoes even the school bag and water bottles to all the students free of cost. Our Samaj is very conscious of their need and run the well equipped schools with all such facilities in order to dedicate them more in their studies. Actually we work for the holistic development of the under privileged children providing free education, health care benefits, recreation and support to well establish them and self reliant in their life. ”

            The Samaj has also another school only for girl child belonging to the BPL families  up to class – V named as “SAIL Kanya Shiksha Niketan” in A-Zone Steel Township where nearly three hundred  children get free education. Here also the students are provided with books, uniforms, educational kits and all stationery items free of cost. A morning teefin and hot nourishing meal at noon is provided to them daily. All the BPL families are happy for taking the step of educating the ‘girl child’ in their society.

            “The Vocational Training Center certified under the AICTE, West Bengal which is founded by DSP’s CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) which has more than 30 students under training every semester. They are awarded with certificates at the end of the course. Besides, we also have a sewing centre which provides uniform to Schools, Hospital and other organizations. DSP Hospitals’ bed sheets and other surgical gowns, ward boys’ dresses etc are also stitched and supplied from time to time. In the field of Health and medical care Mahila Samaj always plays a pivotal role in the steel city. We run a regular mother and child care unit for five days in a week and arrange a weekly child immunization centre on our premises on every Tuesday and we immune the new born babies and the child up to the age of five. We arrange an eye checking camp in every month where all the children and women under BPL can examine their eyes.  In addition to that various health camps have been organized in many places and we render our services at places like leper’s colony at Sagarbhanga and other nearby villages to combat the threat of Leprosy and other deadly diseases.” – says Mrs. Srimati Chowdhury, Secretary of Mahila Samaj.

 SAIL units have consistently partnered with the universal immunization program and reported average immunization coverage of a large percentage for BCG, Polio, Measles and other vaccines and the Mahila Samaj always stretch their hands in this noble mission to combat the trench of many such diseases through such programmes.. Not only that the Mahila Samaj always try to serve the society in various ways. They have a spice centre where in their own grinding machine they prepare pure spices that are available in various centers of this town. Packaging and distribution work completely done by the active ladies working in this society so that purity and wholesomeness always remain in those products. We supply those spices by our own group in various Clubs, Hospitals and other establishments. These products are not available in the local market.

“Members of the Samaj are no way behind in cultural activities. We arrange a kind of Fete, Teej, Holi Milan and Annual Day in Samaj Premises. Stalls for various food and hand made products are installed in the Mela by the ladies of this Samaj. The economy of the Samaj is being carried out by the sale of old clothes and contribution by the members of Samaj besides the other aids of SAIL under CSR. I am happy to say that under our guidance and co-operation, we are sailing high to soar the sky as men are working hard in their area to keep up the economy of the country”- said Mrs. Bajaj, the President of the Samaj further.

“We all try to serve our handmade food products in the entire Fete and other special occasions and the most significant thing is that our honourable President also prepares some innovative recipes and we sell in the fete in our different Stalls. Her leadership style is inimitable. She always helps the Samaj to bring some changes and improvement in the entire sphere. Actually her inspiration, co-operation and heartwarming approach is the essence of our innovative ideas and concepts and devotion.” – says Srimati Chowdhury further.

All year round the activities of the Samaj is coordinated and conducted by the total sincere efforts of the Secretary of this Samaj Mrs. Chowdhury with some active members and under the guidance, inspiration and advice of the President Mrs. Shobha Bajaj.

        

Durgapur Municipal Corporation celebrated the 150th Birth Anniversary in a pomp and grandeur manner.

Durgapur Municipal Corporation celebrated the 150^th Birth Anniversary in a pomp and grandeur manner.

Durgapur Municipal Corporation celebrated the 150^th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda in a gala way in Srijani Auditorium with grandeur on 4^thFebruary 2012 . Crowds of enthusiastic people attended the programme. Smt Sunanda Ghosh the renowned singer from Kolkata, Shri Biplab Chattopadhyay and Shri Goutam Dutta of this City presented devotional and patriotic songs. Besides Debesh Thakur, the renowned elocutionist of Burdwan performed his Sruti Natak ‘Param Purush Sri Ramkrishna’ and bemused the audiences.

Mayor Rathin Roy is lighting the candle

The group of Shrutyonupras.

Special mention goes to Shrutyonupras team who presented the ‘Abriti Alekshya’ “Ebar Phirao More” on the beliefs and feelings of Swami Vivekananda. It was composed and directed by Shri Goutam Chakraborty – the famous elocutionist of Durgapur. The whole programme enchanted the audiences in the Srijani Auditorium, City Center. Durgapur There was a pin drop of silence in the hall when they all performed the Alekshya. They were 14 in all and everybody performed to the excel. Mayor Rathin Roy specially thanked Shri Goutam Chakrabaorty for his incredible script writing, team work and direction which really enkindled the people more to rethink on the philosophy of Swami Vivekananda even now. The melodious tune of Dipankar Chakaborty who presented the relevant devotional and patriotic songs heightened much the whole programme of Shrutyonupras. Last year Goutam Chakraborty celebrated the 150^th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore throughout the year through various programme in various places of Durgapur. In honour of Tagore he released a CD of 150 poems “Ekdin Shatabarsha Pare” by his students from the age group of six to sixty which gathered much reputation of this famous elocutionist. He has plans to celebrate the 150^th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda through various programme and the most attractive is the Drama by his kid artists on Swami Vibekanantda’s child life ‘Naam Jar Bile’ written by Shri Arati Kumar Bose, the famous writer of this City. The programme was ended by the Nrittya Alekshya on the Philosophy of Swamiji by the students of Durgapur Children’s Academy .

Rathin Roy, Mayor, Durgapur Municipal Corporation says, “Last year we have celebrated the 150^th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore and Acharya Prafullya Chandra Roy in this auditorium through various programme. Today we are celebrating the 150^th birth anniversary of the legend Swami Vivekananda. He needs no introduction for his is a household name in India. Swamiji was one of the greatest spiritual leaders of the modern world, a great lover of humanity whose unconditional love extended to all people without any distinctions of caste, class, creed, race, region or religion. In this auspicious occasion we are releasing one book in honour of the spiritual monk Swami Vivekananda as Bahurupe Sammukhe Tomar. Earlier we have published other two books ‘Ami Tomaderi Lok’in honour of Rabindra Nath Tagore and Srishti Sukher Ullase in memory of Kaji Najrul Islam. ”

He honoured all the famous writers of this valuable book who were present in the auditorium on that day and without whose contribution it was not possible for DMC (Durgapur Municipal Corporation) to publish such a worthy and informative book and he especially thanked Shri Ashoke Majumdar for his valuable involvement. Some rare pictures of Swamiji in the august convention of Chicago which was itself a vindication to the world of the wonderful doctrine really enriched the book.

“We heartily want that more and more people of this city come and take active part in various cultural activity. We want the manifestation of the budding stars of this industrial complex and we always extend our help in this noble mission and this center has been set up with this aim only.”- says Mayor further.

Haal Khata Anusthan in Bengal.

Haal Khata Anusthan

 

Even in this fast age of communication when lot of work is done through e-mail, SMS or through face booking, Haal Khata in poila baisakh still gains prominence in this city. All the traders have arranged to observe the day religiously and gorgeously. In fact it is the day to open new ledgers – the typical khata covered with red cotton cloth (lal shalu) and a thread to tie up the copy properly. People are now adopting a lot of new gadgets like Computer, Laptop to deal with the customers yet the age old ‘haal khata’ still serves a vital role in trading with the customers. Shop owners eagerly wait for the day to clear up the outstanding dues or debts from their customers.

All the shops in Benachity, Chandidas, Asish Market and everywhere in this city are well decorated with mango leaves and banana trunks. Pujas are performed during the morning hours. The priest decorates the haal khata with stamp of coins dipped in red vermilion - a symbol of good sign. They send invitation cards to the prospective customers or make a phone call or sends SMS to join the festival.

The shops like Rajlakshmi Jewellers, Chandan Jewellers, Durgapur Variety Stores and others celebrate the day most gorgeously. People with ethnic dresses queue up themselves in the respective shops. They exchange warm wishes, clears up their dues and return with gifts, sweet packets and calendars.

Gouranga Banik a trader of Benachity who has a number of stalls says, “Before poila baisakh we remain very busy throughout the month of chairtra on the occasion of chaitra sell. In fact it has become a fashion now to shop in the chaitra sell market at a discount price. Crowds of people of the twin city pick and choose their choiceable items from us. But things differ from regular business and chaitra sell business. Customers are very fastidious and always try to bargain heavily. ”

Sweet shops owners are very busy. Naren Saha of a renowned sweet shop says, “Chhana become scares on this day due to heavy demand. We bring the chhana from other places to meet up the demand. Since we never compromise with quality and size of the sweets, people always try to book their packets from there. ”

Not only the sweet shop almost all the gift shops are busy now to sell their gift items. Exchange of gift among the loved ones is now in practice among the city people on this day. Arshad Ali, owner of Archie’s, City Center says, “This year we have collected varieties of show pieces, Photo Album, Pens and greetings Card. The sales of such items are high this year. The rush of young and kids are high now – in fact elder people come rare to our shop for gifts on the special occasions.”

 

Health is wealth – this has now become the only mantra of the city people.

Though people in this industrial city are busy with their hectic day to day schedule, various career option, proper education of their siblings, family pressure and of course to maintain sociability, yet a good number of people are utilizing their time for keeping their health fit. Now groups of people are going to different centers at the predawn hour to practice yogasana or pranayama with the help of veteran instructors there. In Durgapur Steel City the rapid growth in number of various yogpits, gym centers and spas rightly proclaim so and the craze for pranayama – the art of breathing and the art of living – the packages of Swami Ramdev’ji and Shri Shri Rabi Sankar’Ji is high now in this city. Even the kids, the housewives and the school and college goers are practicing pranayama regularly. Age is no bar. Today Pranayama has entered every drawing room of our country and people from every corner of our society irrespective of age, sex and profile are getting wrapped up in the newly found meaning of health

Training is going on

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Pataki Chowdhury, 75 of Indraprastha, Amrai says, “I am practicing such pranayama since five years and in my late seventies still I am energetic and young. I keep myself busy from dawn to late night. A few years ago I was suffering from several ailments but after practicing such pranayama and asanas I am quite fit and energetic. I do not like to miss a day be it a stormy or frosty. ”

            In Sarada Nagar groups of women are performing such activities since a few years. The instructor, Biswanath Acharjee says, “After having a training in this field I teach this technique to the interested people here. In my group more than 35 people come here regularly and all are very particular and punctual. I feel proud of my team members.

Uday Chatterjee, who has recently taken over the charge as Instructor of Amrai Yoga Shibir says, “A few years ago I was suffering from many ailments. I consulted a good number of renowned doctors for my problems but to no effect. After that I started to follow the instructions of Ramdev’ji wholeheartedly and now I am leading a healthy, happy and peaceful life. In my team there are nearly 50 members and all are very particular in this respect. I pay hearty attention to all the participants here. ”

Shibdas Banerjee of this shibir says, “A year ago I was so ill that I had to go to Vellore for my treatment. My wife and son became hopeless with me. But after joining this shibir and doing such activities now I am free from all such problems. I remain active throughout the day. Thanks to our senior instructor and adviser Gouranga Chandra Sikdar whose personal care and instruction/advice helped me a lot. Only for his active endeavour this shibir was started in our village a few years ago and now gained much popularity. Today it has given a new life to lots of those who had given up the least hope of survival and their life was engrossed with morbidity, melancholy and mood of hopelessness & feelings of inadequacy. ”

At the predawn hours before the early rays of sun kisses the industrial town and when the maximum are still enjoying the last hours in their cozy bed, ignoring the severe cold and rain they gather in this holy place and under the banyan trees and start practicing yoga, exercise and pranayama in the serene atmosphere.

Amar Saha, Naru Gopal Dutta, Mithu Rajak are to name a few who were suffering from obesity, hypertension, insomnia and some other problems and could not even dream to pass a day without popping pills and medicine are now leading a healthy life.

Even the women folk are also in no way lagging behind. Though they are typically not quite inclined towards joining such activities because of their domestic drudgery; yet the number of female participants in these two camps is in no way less appreciable. “Pranayama makes us doubly energetic and has given us a new blend of life” states the housewives who are staunch members of the camp. Even the working women and the college girls also manage to cut some time to attend the pranayama session by compromising with their busy and hectic schedule.

‘The benefits of pranayama need no recommendation. The only thing that needs a hearty commendation is the effort and the enthusiasm and that only has made these shibir a frontrunner in this noble mission. Yogic principle is now considered as the highest form of purification and self discipline covering both mind and body. I would be happy if more people join here. ’ said GC Sikdar further.

Celebration of 50 years of theRotary Club of Durgapur on 21st January 2012.

Celebration of 50 years of theRotary Club of Durgapur on 21^st January 2012.

The RotaryClub of Durgapur has celebrated their long fifty years of successful Journey in joyous manner in this City on 21^st January 2012 in their Club in MAMC Township. Almost all the members were present with their better halves. It was established in the year 1961 and received charter in 21st January 1962 by the honourable President Mr. P. C. Neogy. Since their inception they are doing commendable activities in this city as well as to the society as a whole without any caste and creed. The admirable activities during this long period have become the talk of the town and people set example of their benevolent activities to the needy and deprived people everywhere. Eminent Doctors, Engineers, Scientists, Educationist, Business magnets and other well established people of this City are the proud members of this Club. It is situated in MAMC Township, Durgapur. “All of us actively practiced vocational service before we became Rotarians or else we would not be in Rotary. We have selected because our club friends were convinced that we are competent, trustworthy, fair and honest people. All we need to do is to maintain the faith our fellow Rotarians have placed in us by precept– and it is the punch line of our membership. I am proud of my club members, for their dedication and sincere relentless effort to improve the miserable condition of the browbeaten people and others to achieve their dreams in every walks of their life. ” – says Rotarian Dr. B. R. Datta, the President of the Rotary Club.

Celebration of the World Consumer Rights Day by Durgapur Consumer Association.

Celebration of the World Consumer Rights Day by Durgapur Consumer Association.

15th March was the World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) and Durgapur Consumer Association (VCO under Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Govt. of India) observed the day in befitting manner. They organized a seminar on this issue on their office room at Benachity where many of the dignitaries, life members, officials and many other people were present. Mr. T.S.Mukherjee, President of Durgapur Consumer Association (DCA) said, “Every year we observe this Day through various programmes like street corner meetings, Distribution of handbills and leaflets, Seminars and workshops to make the general people aware about their rights and duties and at the same time to help them to acquire knowledge and skills needed to make them informed, to increase confidence of choices about goods and services and to know the basic Consumer Rights and Responsibilities and at the same time how to act on them. But this year we are observing this Day in our office at the Benachity House, Ddurgapur-4 and arranged a seminar only where a number of people attended spontaneously and gained immense knowledge through various discussions and verbal communications. ”

“In 1996 at the initial stage this Association was formed with only 10 to 15 members and we feel proud to say that now we are nearly 350 and we belong from all sects of people from Engineer to Doctors, from Lawyer to Poets and from common people to social activists” – avers the President.

Throughout the year this Association conducts several meetings and seminars with many service providers and other institutions with whom the consumers are directly associated. On the 25th Anniversary Day of the Consumer Protection Act that is on 24th December 2011 Durgapur Consumer Association in association with the Federation of Consumer Associations, West Bengal (FCAWB) arranged a State Level workshop on the Consumer Education on Telecom Services at Hotel Peerless Inn, City Center where Chandranath Chatterjee, Secretary of FCAWB and many other registered members of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and other dignitaries were present in that workshop. Many a people shared their experiences with the service providers and people gained much knowledge on several issues. 

T S Mukherjee

Similarly on 21st March they had conducted a programme for Consumers in the Capital Market on Investment in Capital Market at Hotel Peerless Sarovar Portico, in joint collaboration with Calcutta Stock Exchange Limited (CSE) and Federation of Consumer Association, West Bengal (FCAWB) and good number of people attended the seminar. Chandranath Chatterjee, Secretary of FCAWB said, “This type of Seminars helps the people a lot. I appreciate the endeavour of DCA for their initiative for such Seminars and Workshops particularly with various service providers, Stock Exchange and other financial institutions. Now everybody should be financially literate to safe their investments because wise investment is safe deposit. All the consumers should be well aware about their legal rights and their duties in case of any deviation from such things. ”

Mr. Amit Santra – Manager Surveillance delivered the Key Note Address. In the Interactive Session Mr. B. Madhav Reddy, MD & CEO of CSE Limited delivered his valuable lecture on this Investor Awareness Initiative Programme.

From the inception till now DCA has sorted out more than 1000 written complaints and those remained out of their jurisdiction sent to the District Consumer Forum for redressal. “Since it is the only organization in this vast industrial area and complaints are coming huge in numbers; we are unable to redress all such things in our Office amicably. In our District there is only one Consumer Court in Burdwan Sadar only. We have requested many a time to the Honourable Minister of Consumer Affairs for establishing a Consumer Court/Circuit Bench in Durgapur but the matter is still lying pending.” –said the President further.

“Consumer Protection Act 1986 under the Parliament of India which aims to provide for better protection of the interests of consumers and for that purpose the Department is undertaking various multi-media programmes to generate consumer awareness in many ways. Though it can be said that awareness is still low in our country yet for various campaign through Radio and TV like ‘Jago Grahak Jago’ and others people are becoming much conscious and we hope things will be much better in the near future”- says T. S. Mukherjee, President of Durgapur Consumer Association.

The Grand Finale of the Electronic Expo

The Grand Finale of the Electronic Expo in the Junction Mall, Durgapur in association with the Times of India. 

Junction Mall presented their Electronics Expo – electronics fair in association with the Times of India first time in this city from 10^th to 18^thMarch - an event where the best brands were converged and displayed their wares. Crowds of people attended the programme. The people from Asansol, Raniganj, Andal and other areas were bee-lined themselves to join the programme and all the stall owners are happy for their huge turnover.

In their “Grab-a-scratch-card” intriguing programme a good number of people from Burdwan, Birbhum, Bankura, Purulia joined the contest and yielded exciting prizes on all the days of the event. Moreover in that Electronics Expo – there were various other attractive and innovative programme. They had arranged for Broken Barrier – the inter college fashion show competition. Many of the college girls and boys who had a dream of becoming a modeler and were not getting any chances to explore themselves, they got a very good platform in this event. In Zoom Photography competition many passionate photographers participated in the programme to show their charisma in this field and Saikat Maity became the champion in Nature Photography and Bappaditya Chandra became the champion in both the wild life and expression division. . In the Technova Programme – the Techno and Electronic Innovation Competition almost all the students from the renowned Engineering Colleges had participated and Gourav Singh from NIT, Durgapur became the Champion and Amit Dutta and Ritwik Poddar both from NIT, Durgapur bagged the runners up trophy. Many students from other colleges like BC Roy Engineering College, NHIT showed their innovative researches in the field of electronic innovation.

There were many other attractive programmes for the kids also in the ‘kids carnival’ – the sit n draw, IQ Test, Dance Competition and the like. In the grane finale of their ‘Nachle’ programme – Debajyoti became the champion and Devlina became the runner up in the kids’ Division and from 16+ GROUP Jiten Das from Bankura showed his excellent performance in this field and all the judges and the passionate audiences applauded him much for his charisma and bagged the Championship Trophy and Achinta Das became the runner up in this Division. In this fashion show ‘Manichitram’ the art institution took the entire responsibility of choreography and others to embellish the programme. The Groovers Group became the group champion in this Nachle programme. In the best junction couple award competition many a couple took part to grab the award by qualifying many stages but finally Mr. & Mrs. Saraogi of Durgapur became and Mr. & Mrs. Bhasin of Durgapur became the runner up.

In this attractive programme SHARP was the Gold Sponsor, ASHA Advertising, Durgapur being the Outdoor Partner, Express News – being the Channel Partner and Blue Ribbon is their Event Partner.

Located in the heart of Durgapur Junction Mall spread over 4,00,0000 sq ft with six floors and basement, provides a holistic shopping and entertainment experience. Sprawling over 2.8 acres, this amusement zone offers great shopping and entertainment options. This has become the evening rendezvous of the people for Cafes, departmental stores, gaming zones, restaurants and a host of other entertainment facilities of international standards.

Since the retail industry is booming up a good number of young boys and girls are getting their employment opportunity with lucrative packages in various malls in Durgapur.

Shopping in a swanky mall with top line brands, watching movies in five star luxury and treating oneself to a wide variety of mouth watering delicacies is now a reality for the people of Durgapur. Thanks to Junction with the perfect combination of a sparking ambience and congregation of other forms of entertainment that a mall can offer, now the city need not look any further.

Strategically located in the commercial center of Durgapur, Junction Mall is a one of its kind mall that brings shopping, entertainment and the best of brands all under one roof.

Kanchan Kumar Chatterjee. (with Pic).

Musical show in Durgapur an Indo – French Project.

Musical show in Durgapur an

Indo – French Project.

City people are celebrating the 150^th birth centenary of Swami Vivekananda through various colourful programmes and it will be celebrated throughout the year in different ways and in different places of this city. Gurukul– the advanced classical music learning center of Durgapur established in the year 2002 with the sole purpose of teaching and promoting Indian Classical Music and Dance celebrated the birth centenary of Swami Vivekananda –HERITAGE 2012 in a gala way with various attractive programme on 10^th of March at Srijani Auditorium, City Center, Durgapur .

The programme of Panchajannyas's artists.

After the valuable Speech of the Chief Guest Srimat Apteswaranandaji Maharaj of Ramharipur, Bankura and followed by Saraswati Bandana by the students of Gurukul, Ishani Hazra performed her vocal recital on ‘Behag Raag’ accompanied by Sri Biswanit Chakraborty in Tabla and that was a nice programme. The voice and excellance performance of the budding artist was applauded much by the audience. The Tabla solo recital by Madjurjya Barthakar, Kolkata was also very charming.

Haimanti Shukla's solo performance.

After that Panchajanya Group of the city performed their dance drama and enthralled the audience by their excel performance. Panchajanya was found to enrich the Indian Cultural heritage among the people of Durgapur especially the next generation who are going to forget this heritage by the rampant influence of pop and rock songs. Soma Bhaumik the founder this Panchajanya says, “Though I am an Electrical Engineer from NIT-Tripura I have devoted major part of my life in learning and teaching the ancient dance from Bharatnatayam. We know very well that Durgapur was very rich in art and culture during 70s and 80s. But with the progression of technology Durgapur people became much techno-minded and its advancement in the cultural heritage took a back and we by our sincere effort and training promise to bring back the cultural mind of Durgapur.”

Panchajanya is located in the posh area of city center, Durgapur. The din and bustle free Ashramik atmosphere attracts the people much to enroll their names with this reputed organization in many fields like Dance, Vocal voice training with Musicians, Yoga, Art and Craft. In this programme the group performed their Dance Programme on the theme Holi. The composition and choreography was specially done by Soma Bhaumik. “Holi is the festival of Northern India but in this programme we have celebrated it with difference dance styles of North India merging with South Indian Dance Forms. We also convey our warm gratitude to Gurukulfor inviting us to perform such a colourful on their prestigious programme Heritage-2012”- said Soma.

“We achieved a lot by performing different cultural programmes based on different aspects of our society like Ban Pollithine, How man concurred this blue planet, Child Rights, Family Bonding, Navaras etc only to spread the message about the enrichment of our own Indian culture and highly praised much my the city people.” said Kamanashish Bhaumik, husband of Soma Bhaumik, a SAIL Executive (Alloy Steels Plant) but intensely attached with the Panchajanya.

Durgadas Karmakar, the President of Gurukul says, “The Music of the band is influenced by the transcendental aroma of pure divinity and spirituality of the majestic Indian Classical Music as well as the unique flavour o the jazz clubs of Europe. Their sound brings the bizarre tastes the Indian and French masala gets mingled through the influences of L. Shankar and Shakti on one hand and John Coltrane, Chick Korea and Giovanni Hidalgo on the other. ”

The primal note of Naada Naissance was struck in September 2011 as four musicians were just hanging out and jamming with their instruments in Metz, France. Rajib and Surojato – the two musical brothers were on a concert tour in Europe where they met Damien and Pierre. Damien a multi percussionist is also taking talimfrom Pt. Shankar Ghosh about Indian percussions. Pierre a three time winner of international competitions (Watrelos, UFAM and Leopold Bellan) and obtained his Cefedem Diploma in Saxophone at the Ile-de-France. “I love to explore music from all over the world around and find Jazz to be my center of attraction” –said Pierre.

Rajib Karmakar with his new Instrument.

Rajib Karmakar performed his best with his newInstruments MAYUR- TANTRI . “This instrument is a blend of Sitar and Guitar and is the world's only double necked Sitar . This unique instrument is created by me with the help of Braganza and Co. Tapan Roy and Anil Haldar . It took one and a half years to build this Instrument. This is the first Concert where this instrument has been launched and I have performed” said Rajib. The accompaniment by Surojato with his Tabla was also highly praised by the passionate audiences.

The people as a whole enjoyed the NAADA NEISSANCE (a Indo – French Project) to a great extent. “Naada - Naissance” was an initiative where the eternal spirit of ‘Naada Brahma’ is weaved through the dichotomized sounds of saxophone, Tabla, Sitar, Piano and Latin Percussions and is rendered into the ‘Naisssance’ or birth of an intoxicating, charming and mystique dimension.

In the concluding part of the programme Srimati Haimanti Shukla performed her best and enamored the audiences by her magical voice. Her name is her introduction and since 1972 her charming voice has captivated the hearts of thousands of music lovers. Srimati Shukla has a history of three decades of a successful musical profession. Yet she is considered to be one of the modern singers of today. From classical music to modern songs she performs it with a seemingly effortless manner that has made her so popular among all classes of music lovers.

The National Level Technical Fest.

National Level Technical Fest – HORIZON12 of BCREC in association with the Times of India.

B.C.Roy Engineering College, Durgapur popularly known as BCREC in association with the Times of India (the official media partner) organized their 10^thedition of National Level Technical Fest – HORIZON12 from 25^th to 27^thFebruary in a grandeur manner. The other sponsors were 93.5 Red FM (Radio Partner) Pantaloons (Merchandise Partner) Globsyn Skills (Gold Sponsor) and Ardent Collaborations and many more.

“This college was set up in 2000 by the Dr. B.C.Roy Engineering College Society of the philanthropic visions of the group of entrepreneurs based in Durgapur. It is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, the architect of modern West Bengal. This college is approved by AICTE. It is our great pride and privilege to declare that BCERC is the only college from West Bengal to be selected for the Indo-US Universities EDUSAT.” – Avers Prof. S. N.Basu - the Principal of this college.

Professor Dr. Swapan Bhattacharya, Former Director of NIT Durgapur was the Chief Guest who delivered his valuable lecture in the inaugural ceremony on 25^th which enlightened the students and highly praised by the guests and teachers who were present in the auditorium. In fine he advised the students in all to become a benchmark in their own domain and not to be a mediocre and never to compromise with quality in the field they have their passion. Dulal Mitra-President, S.N. Basu, the Principal and Tarun Bhattacherjee , Treasurer of this College were also present in the Dias and they all said a few words about the college and the fest.

“Today engineering students are eager to face new challenges and thrive on risks. Whether it is concerning their technical aptitude or general management skills, they are inclined towards broadening their horizon of knowledge. HORIZONE’12 is one such attempt to let the budding engineers from 35 different colleges and more than 1000 students took active part to quench the thirst for knowledge on the war of mind and talent” – said Amitava Chakraborty, the Head of the Corporate Affairs of BCREC.

In fact Horizon offered a wide range of events for the students to showcase their creativity in the field of technology and management. Major attractions for this event were TECHNOCRATZZ which provided a platform for the budding talents to present their innovative ideas in the field of technology. The lists of speakers are unending and the most noticeable were Mr. Animesh Mukherjee who is presently an Asst. Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. He worked as a post doctoral researcher in the Complex Systems Lagrance Lab, Institute for Scientific Interchange Foundation, Italy. He enthralled the young minds with the modern concepts of Computer networking. He came along with other four scholars from IIT Kharagpur. The others were Mr. Maunendra Sankar Desarkar. He slot was on Amazing Amazon to Fascinating Face book – Recommendation Problems and Algorithmic Frame works, Mr. Prasenjit Mondal whose presentation was on Medical Image Processing and Mr. Sanjay Chatterjee’s presentation was on Bengali to Hindi Machine Translation using Transfer Based Framework.

The most other attractive programme was ROBOTRIX where latest Robot Technology was highlighted. Though technology of Robots is not new but technology upgrades itself every day and Robotics maintains its status as the thriving field of challenge with new inventions paving the way to artificial intelligence. TECHNOCRATZZ (Technical Paper Presentation) show cased new ideas in the field of modern technology and applied thought and delivered something profound for building tomorrow methodical and industrial world. BIZZCOGITO (B-Plan) for developing entrepreneurial abilities – it was a platform to foster entrepreneurship at college. JUNKOTONICS – turn scrap to gold, where people can make technical devices using junk and turn the scrap into gold. The primary concern in today’s world is our environment. The 3 Rs –Reduce, Recycle, Re-use were the essence to save the environmental degradation.

Filled with fun and excitement on the closing day that is on 27^th was illuminated by IGNITIA 2K12 where top six teams competed in this General Knowledge and Entertainment Quiz. The event was conducted by RJ Neil the renowned radio jockey in the West Bengal circle. He is currently a part of Oye FM. All the students and others present applauded the quiz master for his Excellency.

The last day of Tech Fest saw the war of the Robots and the closing ceremony was illuminated by IGNITIA 2K12 with RJ Niel’s charismatic personality and humourous attitude being the centre of attraction. Top 6 teams were shortlisted out of 362 teams for this mega event. Prizes worth Rs.1,50,000/- were grabbed by the participants in 19 events making HORIZON 2012 a grand success.

Career options programme organized by the Rotary Club of Durgapur, Central in Association with NIIT Durgapur.

Career options programme organized by the Rotary Club of Durgapur, Central in Association with NIIT Durgapur.

“If you are unable to crack JEE or IIT, you need not to think that your life has been spoilt utterly and not to be worried since now there are ample scope for the students pursuing their graduation level degrees in general line” – says Mr. Prosant Kumar, Director of NIIT, Durgapur in the seminar organized by NIIT in association with the Rotary Club of Durgapur Central on 25th March at Peerless Inn, Durgapur.

In the seminar nearly 200 students from Durgapur, Asansol, Andal, Kajora, Panagarh and other coalfield areas of different branches like Science, Humanities and Commerce attended the programme and everybody got a new meaning in respect of the options for choosing their careers.

Mrs. Madhuchhanda Sengupta, President of the Rotary Club of Durgapur Central says, “Actually stiff competitions and plenty of option now make the student confused. Before opening for a career firstly every student should analyze their interest, inclination, hobby, potentiality and opportunities as one can excel more excel more in the field of their own interest. In fine she even quoted the Darwin’s famous principle ‘survival of the fittest’ in this crucial matter.”

In fact now almost all the parents think that there are no career options other than Engineering and Medical line and if the mediocre students are failing to crack the entrance examinations, parents are starting to abuse their wards and they are getting frustrated and demoralized. Few guardians are considering the passions of their children while opting for their streams, courses and to give weightage for their options in other courses according to their interest for building their career. Parents never give any priority to the self-potentiality and interest of the candidates.

To weed out the thorn of confuse Rotary Club of Durgapur, Central and NIIT Durgapur had jointly endeavored to contour line of careers of today’s youth Gen-Y.

Tarak Nath Roy, Head (Sales & Marketing) of NIIT Durgapur said, “We take this privilege to introduce ourselves as World’s largest IT Training and Placement organization having shaped the futures of millions of students during our last thirty years of operations. It has been our constant endeavour to add value and provide the much required guidance to students who are at the threshold of taking the most important decision in their lives, the decision pertaining to the choice of career. NIIT, Asia’s No. 1 Talent Development Organization is proud to be associated with Rotary Club of Durgapur, Central and in collective effort of ours we arrange event called Gen-Y - Ask your Pioneer which is an exposition of the various career paths available for a student.”

Rtn. Dr. Sabuj Sengupta said, “Now there are various institutions rich in academic offers diverse courses in the undergraduate level under the best universities which offer a broad spectrum of curricula and courses to suit the students’ interest and strength. Reputed universities offer courses such as Accountancy, Architecture, Arts, Social Science, Business Administration, Computing, Environmental Studies, Law, Nursing and etc. Now there is abundance of opportunities to broaden their horizon and develop cross cultural perspectives.”

“Now many students are even opting their career for Sports, Dance, Acting, Music, Hotel Management which were really rare a few decades ago. Today there are remunerative career in theatre and cinema and many students are opting their career in music even. These careers are catching up a trend now among many bright students” – avers the experts there. .

Among the multifarious benevolent activities of the Rotary Club they are now showing the right path to the young generation who are the real asset of our society. They think that if young generation runs out of track then the society as a whole will never be able to lead in the path. Since many students are now busy with their plus two examinations and could not attend the seminar, Rotary Club of Durgapur Central will arrange similar event for them in April this year.

Srijani - in Durgapur.

ABOUT THE FAMOUS MODERNIZED AUDITORIUM SRIJANI IN DURGAPUR.

            Srijani Auditorium has now become the center of attraction in the twin city. It is the only place everybody wants to conduct their programme. Almost every day this area remains crowded for various cultural programmes, Exhibition, Drama competition, Annual function, congregation of eminent persons, and for other various occasion. It is the cultural centre promoted by the Durgapur Municipal Corporation.

The Srijani Hall

            This International Standard Auditorium was inaugurated by the famous actor Soumitra Chatterjee a few years ago. In that auspicious occasion many other eminent persons like the Film Director Tarun Majumdar, the noted author Sunil Ganguly, famous light technician Tapas Sen and many other eminent persons were present.

            The center compromises with an auditorium with 1370 cozy seats, an Art Gallery and a small theatre hall with nearly 200 seats. The auditorium and the gallery are named on Jibanananda Das and Ram Kinkar Beiz respectively.

             Rathin Roy,Mayor DMC said, “The centre is aimed to draw the attention of the litterateur, poets, artists and persons with innovative ideas. It is meant to help developing cultural activities. We insist the maestros in their respective fields to organize their valuable programs in the large A.C. auditorium where many people can view and learn from their activities. In earlier days we faced a great difficulty for want of such an auditorium in Durgapur and we had to hire various auditorium of other concerns for the programme, Assemblies and Seminars”.           

            It is also learnt from official source that the total cost involved to make such a standardized auditorium was approx. Rs 6 Crore out of which ADDA contributed Rs 1 Crore to build this large center.

            Since it is situated in the heart of the city and well connected with rail & road, people could easily come here. People of this city boast of such an well decorated and modernized Auditorium.

Talent Series Tournament organized by Durgapur Tennis Club Durgapur Tennis Club hosted All India Tennis Association (AITA) Talent Series Tournament for under 14 Boys’ and Girls’ from 31st December 2012 to 3rd January 2013 in which approximately 30 children from all parts of the country were participated in 4 events viz. Boys’ Singles, Girls’ Singles, Boys’ Doubles and Girls’ Doubles. The tournament was declared open by Shri Ajay Kumar Nand, IPS, the Commissioner of Police on 31st December morning. Shri Nand praised the club for its infrastructure and enthusiasm and promised all support from his end. The event was enriched with the presence of Shri Apurba Mukhopadhyay, the Hon’ble Mayor of Durgapur Municipal Corporation and MLA. Mr Gary O’Brian, the AITA Supervisor for the tournament praised the club for its hospitality and arrangement while Mr Ronny Sarkar, the ITF Referee for the tournament hoped that matches will be played in right spirits and enthusiasm and hoped that similar tournaments or even higher ranked tournaments will be regularly organised by the club in years to come. Shri Pawan Kumar Lakhotia, the President of the Club welcomed all present and hoped for continued support from all quarters while Shri Vinay Bajoria, the Secretary of the Club thanked main sponsors, viz. Birla Cement, VOLVO and Suchita and other sponsors of the tournament for their patronage. On the first day of the four day tournament total 14 matches in Boys Singles and Boys Doubles were played and the remaining matches were played on the other days. “Matches were played in true sporting spirits at All India Tennis Association (AITA) Talent Series Tournament for under 14 Boys’ and Girls’ 4 events viz. Boys’ Singles, Girls’ Singles, Boys’ Doubles and Girls’ Doubles from 31st December 2012 to today. Finals were played on 3rd January and the following players were the winners Arghya Das in Boys’ singles; Yubrani Banerjee in Girls’ singles; Khan Bahadur Molla/Ishaan Tibrewal in Boys’ doubles and Roshni Sen/Adrija Biswas in Girls’ doubles” said Vinay Bajoria, the Secretary of the Club. Trophies were handed over to the winner and finalists by Shri Apurba Mukhopadhyay, the Hon’ble Mayor of DMC and MLA. Attractive certificates were also given to all the participants. Shri Mihir Mitra and Shri S. K. Ghosh, respectively Secretary and Chief Operating Officer of Bengal Tennis Association and Shri Pawan Kumar Lakhotia the President of Durgapur Tennis Club were also present on the occasion. Shri Ghosh praised the organisation of the Tennis Club and compared the hospitality and arrangement to International ATP level tournaments. He assured full support and cooperation to Durgapur Tennis Clun for organising higher ranked tournaments in the coming years. Last year, the club organised 6th Inter District Amateur Tennis Tournament on 3rd and 4th November 2012 in which more than 60 players from approximately 15 clubs including West Bengal premier clubs like Calcutta South Club and others participated across 4 events viz. Open Singles & Doubles and Veteran Singles & Doubles. The tournament was inaugurated by Police Commissioner Shri Ajay Kumar Nand and Prizes were given by Shri Apurba Mukherjee, the Hon’ble Mayor, Durgapur and MLA and Shri S.K. Ghosh, Chief Operating Officer, Bengal Tennis Association among others. The club also hosted a youth tennis tournament this year in association with Rotary Club of Durgapur and Rotary Club of Durgapur Central. “We plan to host All India Rotary Tennis tournament in 2013” – said Mr. Pawan Kumar Lakhotia, the President of this Club.. Shri Vinay Bajoria the Secretary of the club proposed a vote of thanks at the end of the function.

Talent Series Tournament organized by Durgapur Tennis Club

Durgapur Tennis Club hosted  All India Tennis Association (AITA) Talent Series Tournament for under 14 Boys’ and Girls’ from 31st December 2012 to 3^rd January 2013 in which approximately 30 children from all parts of the country were participated in 4 events viz. Boys’ Singles, Girls’ Singles, Boys’ Doubles and Girls’ Doubles.

The matches are going on.

The tournament was declared open by Shri Ajay Kumar Nand, IPS, the Commissioner of Police  on 31^st December morning. Shri Nand praised the club for its infrastructure and enthusiasm and promised all support from his end. The event was enriched with the presence of Shri Apurba Mukhopadhyay, the Hon’ble Mayor of Durgapur Municipal Corporation and MLA.

Mayor is delivering lectures

Mr Gary O’Brian, the AITA Supervisor for the tournament praised the club for its hospitality and arrangement while Mr Ronny Sarkar, the ITF Referee for the tournament hoped that matches will be played in right spirits and enthusiasm and hoped that similar tournaments or even higher ranked tournaments will be regularly organised by the club in years to come.

Mayor is delivering lectures

Shri Pawan Kumar Lakhotia, the President of the Club welcomed all present and hoped for continued support from all quarters while Shri Vinay Bajoria, the Secretary of the Club thanked main sponsors, viz. Birla Cement, VOLVO and Suchita and other sponsors of the tournament for their patronage.

On the first day of the four day tournament total 14 matches in Boys Singles and Boys Doubles were played and the remaining matches were played on the other days.

“Matches were played in true sporting spirits at All India Tennis Association (AITA) Talent Series Tournament for under 14 Boys’ and Girls’ 4 events viz. Boys’ Singles, Girls’ Singles, Boys’ Doubles and Girls’ Doubles from 31^st December 2012 to today. Finals were played on 3^rd January and the following players were the winners Arghya Das in Boys’ singles; Yubrani Banerjee in Girls’ singles; Khan Bahadur Molla/Ishaan Tibrewal in Boys’ doubles and Roshni Sen/Adrija Biswas in Girls’ doubles” said Vinay Bajoria, the Secretary of the Club.

Trophies were handed over to the winner and finalists by Shri Apurba Mukhopadhyay, the Hon’ble Mayor of DMC and MLA. Attractive certificates were also given to all the participants. Shri Mihir Mitra and Shri S. K. Ghosh, respectively Secretary and Chief Operating Officer of Bengal Tennis Association and Shri Pawan Kumar Lakhotia the President of Durgapur Tennis Club were also present on the occasion. Shri  Ghosh praised the organisation of the Tennis Club and compared the hospitality and arrangement to International ATP level tournaments. He assured full support and cooperation to Durgapur Tennis Clun for organising higher ranked tournaments in the coming years.

The Prize giving ceremony.

          Last year, the club organised 6^th Inter District Amateur Tennis Tournament on 3^rd and 4^th November 2012 in which more than 60 players from approximately 15 clubs including West Bengal premier clubs like Calcutta South Club and others participated across 4 events viz. Open Singles & Doubles and Veteran Singles & Doubles. The tournament was inaugurated by Police Commissioner Shri Ajay Kumar Nand and Prizes were given by Shri Apurba Mukherjee, the Hon’ble Mayor, Durgapur and MLA and Shri S.K. Ghosh, Chief Operating Officer, Bengal Tennis Association among others.

The club also hosted a youth tennis tournament this year in association with Rotary Club of Durgapur and Rotary Club of Durgapur Central. “We plan to host All India Rotary Tennis tournament in 2013” – said Mr. Pawan Kumar Lakhotia, the President of this Club..

Shri Vinay Bajoria the Secretary of the club proposed a vote of thanks at the end of the function.