TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF THE TWO DAY
ENGLISH LITERARY FESTIVAL AT MUMBAI ON 30TH NOVEMBER AND 1 DECEMBER
Programme Details in Brief
Day One:
Friday, 30th November, 2012
08.30 a.m. : Registration
09.00 a.m.–10:45 a.m. : Inaugural session including Books’
Release
10:45 a.m.–11.00 a.m. : Tea Break
11.00 am–01:00 p.m. :
Parallel sessions of paper presentations on the topic
"Contemporary Indian Literature in
English: Dimensions & Directions"
01:00 p.m.–02.00 p.m. : Lunch break
02.00 p.m.—03.00 p.m. : English poetry writing competition for degree students
of Mumbai based participant colleges. (The
best and the runner up will be awarded.)
02.00 p.m.–04.00 p.m. : Poetry Reading
(Leading
English poets of the country read their
poems)
02.00 p.m.–04.00 p.m. :
Parallel Sessions of Paper Presentations on the topic “Contemporary Indian
Literature in English: Dimensions & Directions"
04.00 p.m.–04:30 p.m. : Coffee break
04:30 p.m.–06:30
p.m. :GIEWEC’s Executive Committee and General
Body
Meeting
Day Two:
Saturday, 1st December, 2012
09.00 a.m.–12.00 noon. : Workshop on Research Methodology and MLA
Style of documentation, conducted by Prof.
Dr. K. V. Dominic (Secretary of
GIEWEC, Editor of two international biannual refereed journals—Writers Editors Critics (WEC) and International Journal on Multicultural
Literature (IJML), author/editor of 22 books)
09.00 a.m.–12.00 noon : Poetry Reading Continued
10.30 a.m.–10.45 a.m. : Coffee break
12.05 p.m.–01:00 p.m. :
Valedictory Function including awards
presentation
and certificate distribution
01:00 p.m.–02.00 p.m. :
Lunch Break
02.00 pm : Mumbai Sight-seeing (The expense of the trip
will
be
shared by the sightseers)
DAY
ONE – FRIDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2012
Inaugural Session (Tentative Schedule)
09.
00 am : The special invitees are
welcomed to the dais
09.10
am : Lighting of the lamp and Prayer
song
09.15
am : Address by Prof. Satyendra Gaur,
Head-in-Charge of the Dept. English and Convenor
09.25
am : Address by Dr. (Mrs.) Sudha Vyas, Principal, K J Somaiya College of Arts
and Commerce, Mumbai
09.40
am : Presidential Address by Shri Samir
Somaiya, Hon. President or Shri V. Ranganathan, Hon. Secretary, Somaiya Trust
09.55
am : Address by Prof. Rajkamal Shiromani, President, GIEWEC
10.05
am: Key-note address by Ms. Arundhathi Subramaniam, renowned English Writer, and
books’ release
10.
35 am : Vote of thanks by Prof. K. V. Dominic,
Secretary, GIEWEC
Paper
Presentation Session 1
Date: 30.11.2012
Time: 11.00 am – 01.00 pm Time:
11.30 am – 01.30 pm
Hall: Main
Auditorium
Topic: “Contemporary Indian Literature in English:
Dimensions & Directions”
Chair Person: Dr. Latha Nair R.
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S.No
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Title of the Paper
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Presenter
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1
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Gestic Language in
Mahesh Dattani’s Play Thirty Days in
September: A Stage Play in Three Acts.
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Dr. Latha Nair R.
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2
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Vasundhev
Kutumbam
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Mr. Jayanti M. Dalal
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3
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Understanding Terrorism: Can Popular Fiction
Address Serious Issues? A Study of Jayanti M Dalal’s Novels Spatial Echoes and Bleeding Heights of Kargil
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Dr. Jayashree Palit
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4
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Portrayal of
Nature in the poetry of A. K. Ramanujan
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Ms. Barathi S.
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5
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The Revolutionary Spirit of the Contemporary Women
Writers of India
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Dr. Itishri Sarangi
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6
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Prof. K. V. Dominic—The Poet with Social
Consciousness
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Mr. Rama Krishna Perugu
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7
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The Role of Women in Amitav Ghosh’s The
Glass Palace
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Ms. Mahboobeh Khaleghi
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Paper
Presentation Session 2
Date: 30.11.2012
Time: 11.00 am – 01.00 pm Time:
11.30 am – 01.30 pm
Hall: Mini Auditorium
No. 1
Topic: “Contemporary Indian Literature in English:
Dimensions & Directions”
Chair Person: Dr. Jaydeep Sarangi
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S.No.
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Title of the Paper
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Presenter
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1
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The Metaphors of
Conquest: Trends in Contemporary
Indian Woman Marginal Poets in English
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Dr. Jaydeep Sarangi
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2
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Communication in Art Song and
Literature: Poems versus Novels
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Mr. Aju Mukhopadhyay
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3
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Perpetual Quest for Identity and
Commitment in Nissim Ezekiel Poetry
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Dr. Ratan
Bhattacharjee
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4
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The Transient
Return to the Anchorage of Life in Taslima Nasrin’s Phera
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Ms. Taniya Chakraborty
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5
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A Critical
Analysis of Jaydeep Sarangi’s From
Dulong to Beas
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Dr. S. Kumaran
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6
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Seeing Beyond the Ubiquitous: A Critical
Scanning of
T. Vasudeva Reddy’s Poetic Vision
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Prof. Kavitha Gopalakrishnan
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7
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Recharging Physiology and Activating Spirituality –Evolutions of Hinduism in the
Poetry of Paramhansa Yogananda and Swami Vivekananda
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Prof. Sibasis Jana
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Paper
Presentation Session 3
Date: 30.11.2012
Time: 02.00 pm – 04.00 pm Time:
11.30 am – 01.30 pm
Hall: Main
Auditorium
Topic: “Contemporary Indian Literature in English:
Dimensions & Directions”
Chair Person: Dr. Rajshree Trivedi
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S.No.
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Title of the Paper
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Presenter
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1
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The Paradox of
Progress and Change in India: Voices of Dissent and Assent in Arvind Adiga’s The White Tiger
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Dr. Rajshree Trivedi
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2
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Gujarat Jesuits’
Contribution to Contemporary Literature in English
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Fr. Varghese Paul, SJ
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3
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The Use of Myth in
Karnad’s The Fire and The Rain
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Mr. Kamble Rajiv Bhimrao
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4
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Suffering of Women in Anita Desai’s Fire on the Mountain
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Dr. Dipali N. Deshmukh
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5
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Hypocrisy
and Moral Breakdown of Modern Women in Shobha De’s Snapshots
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Dr. B. Krishnaiah
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6
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The
Evils of Patriarchy in Mahesh
Dattani’s Plays
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Prof. Mayurakshi Mitra
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7
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Narratives
of Despair: Globalization, Diaspora and Transnational Labour in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss
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Dr. Paromita Chakrabarti
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8
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In Quest of
Better Insights: A Case for
Language Through Literature
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Dr. Poonam Sahay
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Paper
Presentation Session 4
Date: 30.11.2012
Time: 02.00 pm – 04.00 pm Time:
11.30 am – 01.30 pm
Hall: Mini
Auditorium No. 1
Topic: “Contemporary Indian Literature in English:
Dimensions & Directions”
Chair Person: Dr. Jayashree Palit
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S.No.
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Title of the Paper
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Presenter
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1
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‘Body
of Evidence’: The New Breed of Indian Crime Fiction Writers: Cares and
Concerns.
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Dr. Jayashree Palit
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2
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The
Spirit for Revolution in Badal Sircar’ Stale
News
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Dr. Shailaja B. Wadikar
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3
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Marginalisation of
Women Characters in Kiran Desai’s Inheritance
of Loss
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Prof.
Trupti Sabharanjak
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4
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The Businessman-Politician Nexus as the
Cause of Socioeconomic Disparity and Injustice: A Realistic Portrayal of
Contemporary India in Adiga’s The White Tiger
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Dr. Vinaybhushan V. Deshmukhe
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5
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Analyzing David
Davidar’s The House of Blue Mangoes
as a depiction of
the socio-political aspects of Indian society
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Dr. Joji John Panicker
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6
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The Divided Self- Buried Desires in Anita Nair’s Ladies Coupe
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Prof.
Vijaya Krishnan
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7
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Ecofeminism in Arundhati Roy’s God of Small Things
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Mr. Vineet Radhakrishnan
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8
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Nature as a Protagonist and the Impact of
Geophysical Condition on Indian Diasporic Writings
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Dr. Shikha Dutta
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Date: 30.11.2012
Time: 02.00 pm – 03.00 pm Time:
11.30 am – 01.30 pm
Hall: Class Room
Programme: Poetry Writing Competition
for Students
Date: 30.11.2012
Time: 02.00 pm – 04.00 pm Time:
11.30 am – 01.30 pm
Hall: Mini
Auditorium No. 2
Programme: Poetry Reading
Chair Person: Prof. T. V. Reddy
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Sl. No
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Names of Poets
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1.
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Prof. T. V. Reddy
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2.
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Prof. I. K. Sharma
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3.
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Mr. Aju Mukhopadhyay
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4.
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Mr.
Jayanti M. Dalal
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5.
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Prof. Rajkamal
Shiromani
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6.
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Prof. K. V. Dominic
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7.
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Dr. Jaydeep Sarangi
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8.
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Mr. Girish H. Joshi
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9.
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Dr. Ratan
Bhattacharjee
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10.
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Ms. S. Barathi
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11.
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Dr. Itishri Sarangi
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12.
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Prof. Preeti Vaswani
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13.
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Mr. Rama Krishna Perugu
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14.
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Mr. Jacob Isaac
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15.
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Prof. Renuka Devi Jena
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16.
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Prof. Swati Vaidya
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17.
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Prof. Satyendra Gaur
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18.
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Prof. Sibasis Jana
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19.
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Ms. Chandraben
Shrimali
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20.
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Ms. Taniya Chakraborty
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21.
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Mr. Santanu Halder
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Date: 30.11.2012 Time: 04.30 pm – 06.30
pm Time:
04.00 pm – 06.00 pm
Hall: Main Auditorium
GIEWEC’s Executive and General Body
Meeting
DAY
TWO – SATURDAY, 1 DECEMBER 2012
Date: 01.12.2012
Time: 09.00 am – 12.00 noon Time:
11.30 am – 01.30 pm
Hall: Main
Auditorium
Programme: Workshop on Research Methodology and MLA
Style of Documentation
Chair Person: Prof.
K. V. Dominic
Date: 01.12.2012
Time: 09.00 am – 12.00 noon Time:
11.30 am – 01.30 pm
Hall: Mini
Auditorium No. 1
Programme: Poetry Reading
Chair Person: Mr. Aju Mukhopadhyay
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Sl. No
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Names of Poets
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1.
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Mr. Aju Mukhopadhyay
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2.
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Prof. I. K. Sharma
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3.
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Prof. T. V. Reddy
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4.
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Mr.
Jayanti M. Dalal
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5.
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Prof. Rajkamal
Shiromani
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6.
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Dr. Jaydeep Sarangi
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7.
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Mr. Girish H. Joshi
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8.
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Dr. Ratan
Bhattacharjee
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9.
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Ms. S. Barathi
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10.
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Dr. Itishri Sarangi
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11.
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Prof. Preeti Vaswani
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12.
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Mr. Rama Krishna Perugu
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13.
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Mr. Jacob Isaac
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14.
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Prof. Renuka Devi Jena
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15.
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Prof. Swati Vaidya
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16.
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Prof. Satyendra Gaur
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17.
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Prof. Sibasis Jana
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18.
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Ms. Chandraben
Shrimali
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19.
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Ms. Taniya Chakraborty
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20.
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Mr. Santanu Halder
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Date: 01.12.2012
Time: 12.05 pm – 01.00 pm Time:
11.30 am – 01.30 pm
Hall: Main
Auditorium
Programme: Valedictory Function
