Report of the National Level Two day Literary Festival of GIEWEC
in Collaboration with the Department of English, CMS College, Kottayam, Kerala on
5th and 6th December 2015
Dr. K. V. Dominic
Guild
of Indian English Writers, Editors and Critics (GIEWEC) in collaboration with
Department of English, CMS College, Kottayam, Kerala conducted a two day
national level literary festival at CMS College on 5th and 6th
December 2015. The topic for the festival was "Environmental Literature
and Beyond."
At
11 am on 4th December 2015, a Press Conference was organized by
GIEWEC at the Press Club of Kottayam. Led by Dr. K. V. Dominic,
Secretary-cum-chief organizer of the festival, Dr. Joji John Panicker, Joint
Secretary-cum-chairman of the organizing committee, Fr. Varghese Paul, Life
Member of GIEWEC and Dr. Jacob Eapen Kunnath, HoD in-charge of the Department
of English, CMS College, participated in the press conference. Detailed
information of the festival was published in the leading Malayalam Newspapers
on 5th December.
In
the inaugural session at 10 am on 5th December, Prof. T. V. Reddy,
President of the GIEWEC was the Chairperson. Dr. Joji John Panicker, Assistant Professor
of English, CMS College welcomed the guests and audience. Dr. Jacob Eapen
Kunnath delivered a short vehement speech on Eco Literature. Dr. Roy Sam
Daniel, Principal of CMS College inaugurated the literary festival by lighting
the lamp. He talked on the importance of preserving clean environment. Prof. T. V. Reddy lectured on the hazardous
effects we have been experiencing of the destruction of nature and environment.
Dr. K. V. Dominic expressed deep gratitude to Dr. Joji John Panicker for
organizing the festival. He also thanked the Faculty and students of the
Department of English as well as the college management for collaborating with the
GIEWEC for the festival. He made a special grateful mention of the great
selfless services Shri. Sudarshan Kcherry, Founder Member of GIEWEC as well as
Publisher of Authorspress, New Delhi has been rendering to the GIEWEC members
by publishing more than a hundred of their books. Shri. Sudarshan Kcherry in
his very brief address spoke of the necessity of flowing with the system. Dr.
Jaydeep Sarangi, Vice President of GIEWEC spoke on the great attempts done in
the field of Eco Literature in the country, particularly in the North Eastern
States.
In
the book launching ceremony that followed twenty eight new books and journals
of the participants were launched. The authors include Dr.
K. V. Dominic (Thodupuzha) – 6, Dr. Jaydeep Sarangi (Kolkata) – 4, Dr. T. V.
Reddy (Tirupati) – 2, Dr. Ratan Bhattacharjee (Kolkata) – 2, Dr. Shruti Das
(Berhampur) – 2, Fr. Varghese Paul, SJ (Ahmedabad) – 2, Profs. P. Gopichand
& P. Nagasuseela (Guntur) – 2, Ms. K. Pankajam (Chennai) – 2, Dr. Janatha Ratheesh (Nagercoil) – 2, Dr.
Ketaki Datta (Kolkata) -1, PCK Prem (Himachal Pradesh) – 1, Ms. Annie George
(Kottayam) – 1, Dr. Santosh Alex (Kochi) – 1.
Dr. S. Kumaran,
Treasurer of GIEWEC delivered the vote of thanks at the end of the session.
In
the paper presentation session that followed Dr. Shruti Das, HoD and Associate
Professor of English, Berhampur University chaired. After the lunch there was a
poetry reading session chaired by Prof. T. V. Reddy. Twenty poets read their
poems on the theme “Nature and Environment.” The second session of the paper
presentation was chaired by Dr. Ketaki Datta, Associate Professor of English, Bidhannagar
Govt. College, Salt Lake City, Kolkata.
GIEWEC’s Executive
Committee and General Body Meeting were conducted at 5.30 pm.
On 6th December, Sunday, the second day of the
festival there were two paper presentation sessions and one poetry reading
session. The paper presentation sessions were chaired by Prof. Sibasis Jana, Assistant Professor in English, Panskura Banamali College, Panskura,
Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, and Dr. S. Kumaran, Assistant Professor, PG &
Research Dept. of English, Thiruvalluvar Govt. Arts College, Rasipuram, Tamil
Nadu. The poetry reading session was chaired by Profs. P. Gopichand and P.
Nagasuseela, Associate Professors of English, JKC College, Guntur, Andhra
Pradesh.
In the valedictory session at 3.30 pm Dr. Ketaki Datta welcomed
the chief guests and audience. On the Dias were Dr. Roy Sam Daniel, Principal,
Dr. T. V. Reddy, Dr. K. V. Dominic and Dr. Joji John Panicker. After brief
addresses by the dignitaries participation certificates were distributed. The
festival ended with Dr. Joji John Panicker’s vote of thanks followed by the
National Anthem.
Overall, the festival was a grand success. The credit goes to
the Chairman of the Organising Committee, Dr. Joji John Panicker who took the
initiative several months before and got GIEWEC’s proposal sanctioned by the
college management. He worked really hard for several days and nights and could
very well coordinate his colleagues and PG and UG students for the great
outcome. GIEWEC’s bouquet of gratitude to him!
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