March 7 & 8, 2025
KSAS in collaboration with KCC organized a two day National Seminar on 'Gaudiya Vaishnava heritage and architecture of Bengal' on 7th and 8th March, 2025 with Gaudiya Dance and Kirtan performance and talk on Gaudiya Vaishnava Literature and Heritage and archival documentation of Bengal at the 4th Floor of Kolkata Centre for Creativity.
# The Six Months Language Courses offered by KSAS are;
Spoken and Written Bengali (basic and advance), Spoken and written Tamil (basic and advance), Spoken English (basic), Spoken and Written Pali (basic), Spoken and Written Urdu (basic), Spoken Santhali (basic and advanced), Spoken and written Sanskrit (basic), Elementary Japanese Language Course (basic), JLPT Course N5, N4 and N3 one year program
December 3, 2024
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies organized Professor Vinay Kumar Srivastava Memorial Lecture online on Google Meet on 3rd December 2024. Professor Ranjana Ray, Vice President , KSAS delivered the memorial lecture on "Beliefs and Practice connected with Bhumijas, a tribe in Eastern India".
Professor B V Sharma, Director of Anthropological Survey of India chaired the session.
Professor Kumkum Srivastava, wife of Professor Vinay Kumar Srivastava and their son Tushar Srivastava were also present in the meeting.
A few Pictures of the above event:
September 10, 2024
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies and Department of Sanskrit, Jadavpur University has organized "Endowment lecture in Memory of Professor Karunasindhu Das". The lecture was held on 10/9/2024.
Kindly find the Report attached here for the same.
A few Pictures of the above event:
August 30, 2024
KSAS organised Suniti Kumar Chatterji Memorial Lecture in collaboration with the School of Languages and Linguistics, Jadavpur University on 30th of August 2024, Friday from 3.00 PM to 5.00 PM. The venue of the lecture was at Vivekananda Hall, Ground Floor of The Subarnajayanti Building, Jadavpur University. Professor Supriya Chauduri delivered her Memorial Talk on 'Translation, Empire and Colonial Knowledge Production'.
A few Pictures of the above event:
December 03 , 2023
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies organized the 3rd Professor Vinay Kumar Srivastava Memorial Lecture on 3rd December 2023. CLICK HERE to find the brochure of the Lecture program. The recording of the program is available to the YouTube channel of KSAS.
September 15 , 2023
KSAS organised Suniti Kumar Chatterji Memorial Lecture in collaboration with the School of Languages and Linguistics, Jadavpur University on the rescheduled date 15th of September 2023, Friday from 3.00 PM to 5.00 PM.
The venue of the lecture was at TEQIP Building, Room No. 101, Ground Floor, Opposite side of Gandhi Bhaban ( middle of the Gate No. 4 & 3).
Professor Arun Kumar Ghosh delivered his Memorial Talk on প্রান্তজনের রুদ্ধ সঙ্গীত: প্রসঙ্গ মুণ্ডা গোষ্ঠী।
June 21 , 2023
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies has organized a special talk, 'South Asian Conundrum and India's Foreign Policy' on 21st June 2023
Speaker was Professor Rahul Tripathi, Department of Political Science, Goa University. Advisory Board Member, Kolkata Society for Asian Studies
The talk was covered by Saradin Bangla, a news channel based on West Bengal.
Kindly find the brochure attached here for the same.
Please find the link for the coverage.
March 30 , 2023
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies has organized Special Lectures in celebration of a Century of the Discovery of Indus Valley Civilization on 30th March, 2023, 5.00 PM - 8.00PM on G-Meet platform.
Kindly find the brochure attached here for the same.
February 16-17 , 2023
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies has organized a Two Day International Webinar on 'A Fiesta of Fifty Years of Indo Bangladesh Relations: Assessing the Varied Dynamics of Opportunities and Challenges' on 16-17 February, 2023.
Program was inaugurated by M Shoeb Chowdhury, Vice President,India Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IBCCI), Keynote has been delivered by Dr.PrabirDe,Professor at the Research and Information System For Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi, and Head of ASEAN-India Centre (AIC) at RIS.
The valedictory address was delivered by Professor Imtiaz Ahmed, Department of IR, Dhaka University and Guest of Honour was H. E. Mr. Andalib Elias, Deputy High Commissioner, Deputy High Commission, People's Republic of Bangladesh.
Many other National and International delegates were present in different sessions and shared their own views.
'Ei Samay' Shanibarer Pata was covered the news as tribute to the celebration of the International Mother Language Day.
December 17, 2022
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies organized the second online lecture in memory of Professor Vinay Kumar Srivastava (3.12.1952 - 23.12.2020) on 17th December 2022. Professor Sarit Kumar Chaudhuri, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences Rajiv Gandhi university, Ronohills, Arunachal Pradesh has delivered a lecture on Ethical Dilemmas in Anthropology: Issues and Concerns.
The Meeting was presided by Dr. Satyabrata Chakrabarti,
President, Kolkata Society for Asian Studies.
November 25, 2022
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies in collaboration with School of Languages and Linguistics, Jadavapur University organised Aacharya
Suniti Kumar Chatterji Memorial Lecture IX for the year 2022-23 on 25 November, 2022.
The venue for the Lecture was Buddhadev Basu Sabhagriha, Jadavapur University, Kolkata.
September 23, 2022
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies has organized the Endowment Lecture in memory of Late Professor Karunasindhu Das.
The lecture was delivered by Professor Samiran Chandra Charabarti, Formerly Retired Director & Professor,
School of Vedic Studies, Rabindra Bharati University. Head of the Department of Sanskrit, RBU on 23rd September 2022.
The venue was Surya Sen Mancha Auditorium
G937+4XP, Prince Anwar Shah Rd, Jodhpur Park, Kolkata, West Bengal 700068.
September 15, 2022
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies has released the Book in15th September 2022 based on 'Cultural Exchange Through
Narratives: On Folkloristics Overview' (conference held in March 2019). Professor Pallab Sengupta has unveiled
the book 'Cultural Exchange Through Folklore' . Sri Kalyan Kumar Chakravarti, former IAS and Advisory Board member
of KSAS has presided over the meeting.
July 15, 2022
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies in collaboration with the Department of International Relations of Jadavpur
University has organized a Special Lecture event of Dr. Atiur Rahman, 10th Governor of Bangladesh Central
Bank on 15th July, 2022 from 4.00 PM at the departmental Hall of IR, ground floor, PG Arts Building.
June 10-11, 2022
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies has organized an International seminar on Relevance of the Universal mission for the Bengali
Renaissance for the Sustainable future of India and the World. The seminar has been organized in collaboration with the
Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies from 10-11 June, 2022.
'বাংলার নবজাগরণ, ভারতে ও বিশ্বে তার ভবিষ্যৎ প্রভাব' শীর্ষক আলোচনা শহরে
https://www.newswaveindia.com/feature/bengal-renaissance-and-its-implications-today-event-organised-by-kolkata-society-for-asian-studies/
March 5-12, 2022
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies was organised the Faculty Development Program on Information and Communications Technology: Perspective, Methodology, Implementation, which was held from 5.3.22 to 12.3.22
November 20, 2021
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies organized The first Professor Vinay Kumar Srivastava Memorial Lecture. Professor Srivastava was the Vice President of the organization.
Dr Satyabrata Chakrabarti, President of KSAS, delivered the speech and Professor Siva Prasad Rambhatla, Advisory Board Member KSAS, presided over the meeting.
August 20, 2021
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies organized the 8th Suniti Kumar Chatterji Memorial Lecture VIII, 2021
Speaker: Dr. Uday Kumar Chakraborty
Retired Professor, Department of Bengali, Jadavapur University
Former Coordinator, Bhashacharya Suniti Kumar Chatterji Centre for Language Studies, Department of Bengali, Jadavapur University
March 28-29, 2021
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies, jointly with ICWA and ICSSR-ERC, organized an International Webinar on Indian Relations with Sri Lanka & The Maldives to analyze the opportunities as well as challenges which circumscribe the relationship in these three Nations.
The invitation card is available here - Page 1 &
Page 2
February 19, 2021
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies organized two lectures by a webinar under a Lecture series event Revisiting The Epic Sites -Archaeological Explorations and Excavations.
First Speaker was Professor Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari, National Tagore Fellow, Indira Gandhi Centre for Arts , Regional Centre-Varanasi.
The topic of his lecture was 'Kasi - Varanasi: A Unique Site of Antiquity and Living Tradition'.
The second speaker was Professor Durga Basu and her topic was 'A Historical and Cultural Trail from the Ganges to the Sagar
- A Journey through the Epic Story'.
February 13, 2021
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies organized a Special Lecture Session by Professor
Rafiqullah Khan, in memory of Professor Anisuzzaman, former National
Professor of Bangladesh and one of the Advisory Board Member of KSAS.
January 9, 2021
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies (KSAS) organized an international Webinar on
Women's Dialect
Society is the wave of social relationship and language is the tool for thought; but the way of expressing is not the
same even in the same language also. Different social levels differ sharply. The prolific research field of social
functions and significance of speech is now designated sociolinguistics. The language of women is also a part of
sociolinguistics , their way of expressing thoughts, selection of word, sentence construction, language influenced by
taboo - totem – magic - etc. make a separate era which are called women dialect, sex dialect, gender dialect, female
speech etc. Auto Jespersen, Edward Sapir, M. Han, J. L. Fischer, J. A. Fishman, Merry Hass, F. Ekka, Robin Lakoff,
M. R. Key, Jenifer Coats and many more linguists add many important facts on this matter. Nowadays women’s dialect and
the change of women’s dialect is a very serious topic of research to discover our society from a gender angle.
November 23-27, 2020
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies took an initiative to collaborate with St.Xavier's College, Kolkata, Department of History and Bhakti Vedanta Research Centre, Sri Jagannath Research Centre, Stockholm University to organize an international Faculty Development Program.
The brochure for the event is available Here
September 21-23, 2020
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies and Bhaktivedanta Research Centre jointly organized a Webinar on 'Spiritual Well being and Stress Management': Religio-Psychological Perspective.
Webinar : Day 1
September 11-12, 2020
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies organized a National Webinar on Survival constraints
of Folk Art and Artisans in the Covid-19 pandemic.
Webinar : Day 1
Webinar : Day 2
August 17, 2020
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies organized "Suniti Chatterjee Memorial Lecture VII" on Indian Culture : Heritage & Continuity.
The Speaker was Swami Shastrajnananda Maharaj, Principal, Ramkrishna Mission Residential College Autonomous, Narendrapur
Video of the online programme
January 07, 2020
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies published an edited volume by Prof Pallab Sengupta on India's Vernacular Journalism: A Journey of Two Centuries with Setu publication.
Released the Journal of Kolkata Society for Asian Studies Volume 5 Number 2, December 2019
Venue: Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata (Head Office)
Professor Alok Tripathi delivered a special lecture on Archaeological Investigations at Dwarka.
September 23-24, 2019
Two Day International Conference on “India-Nepal Relations: Rejuvenation of Bilateral Ties in the 21st Century”
organised by Kolkata Society for Asian Studies
in collaboration with Indian council of World Affairs and in partnership with Indian Council for Cultural Relations and Buddha Air, at Kolkata.
Media Report about the Conference to boost eastern India-Nepal ties
August 30, 2019 Professor Suniti Kumar Chatterji Memorial Lecture VI
By Professor Pallab Sengupta;
Chair of the session, Professor Satyabati Giri;
Organised by
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies
in collaboration with
School of Languages and Linguistics, Jadavpur University;
held at the Seminar Hall of International Relations, JU
March 15-17, 2019
Three Day International Conference on Cultural Exchange through Narratives: on Folkloristics Overview
organised by Kolkata Society for Asian Studies
in collaboration with Indian Council of Cultural Relation (ICCR), Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre(EZCC), Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya
and Anthropological Survey of India and supported by Consulate General of Japan, in Kolkata at Rabindranath Tagore Centre ICCR (9A, Ho Chi Minh Sarani,
Kankaria Estates, Park Street area, Kolkata, West Bengal 700071) on 15th and 16th March 2019 and Sabhaghar EZCC (IB 201, Sector III, IA Block, Salt Lake,
Kolkata, West Bengal 700106, Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre) on 17th of March 2019.
February 18-19, 2019
Two Day National Conference on
Contours of India’s ‘Act East’ Policy: Opportunities, Challenges and Futuristic Trends of Indo-ASEAN Partnership
Organized by Kolkata Society for Asian Studies in collaboration with Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), Centre for Social Science and Humanities,
and Institute of Foreign Policy Studies (IFPS) at CSSH Auditorium, University of Calcutta, Alipore Campus.
November 26, 2018 Special Lecture & Book Release
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies in collaboration with Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Gol Park organized a Special Lecture on
'Multiple Folds in Asian Culture' by Professor Suniti Kumar Pathak
at Turiyananda Hall of Centre for Indological Studies and Research, RMIC, South End Park, Kolkata.
Swami Suparnananda, Secretary, RMIC, released the book Sub-Regionalism and Connectivity: The BCIM Corridor,
based on the conference papers of the International Conference organized by Kolkata Society for Asian Studies in collaboration with Indian Council
of World Affairs and Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, University of Calcutta. Edited by Prof. Anindyajyoti Majumder and Dr. Sudarshana Banerjee.
August 31, 2018 Professor Suniti Kumar Chatterji Memorial Lecture V
The lecture was organized by Kolkata Society for Asian Studies in collaboration with School of Languages and Linguistics, Jadavpur University
on 31st August 2018 in Buddhadeb Basu Sabhagriha, J U. The Lecture was delivered by Prof. Mina Dan on
Bangla Monosyllables: A Sonority-based Study and the meeting was presided by Prof. Uday Kumar Chakraborty.
June 27, 2018 Special Lecture event on 'The Rohingyas: Identity and Human Rights of Marginal Community' by
Professor Mesbah Kamal, Department of History, University Of Dhaka
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies organized the Special
Lecture event on 'The Rohingyas: Identity and Human Rights of Marginal Community' by Professor Mesbah Kamal, Department of History,
University Of Dhaka at the conference Room of Azad Bhavan, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies.
April 05, 2018 Special Lecture of Dr. Phanikanta Mishra, Former Regional Director, Archaeological Survey of India on
'British Atrocities on an Archaeologist....Rakhaldas Banerjee'.
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies organized the lecture of Dr. Phanikanta Mishra, Former Regional Director, Archaeological Survey of India
on “British Atrocities on an Archaeologist....Rakhaldas Banerjee".
The Lecture was presided by Prof. Ranjana Ray..
February 26, 2018 A new series of Lecture has been started by Kolkata Society for Asian Studies, Revisiting The Epic Sites -Archaeological Explorations
and Excavations.
Kolkata Society for Asian Studies in collaboration with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies organized the first lecture of
this series on “REVISITING THE EPIC SITE - KURUKSHETRA -ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS AND EXCAVATIONS”, delivered by Mr Rajesh Purohit,
Director, Indian Museum on Monday, February 26, 2018 at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies.
January 17, 2018 Special Lecture by Professor Amalendu Bandyopadhyay
On ‘Astrology versus Astronomy’ at Vidyasagar Hall, The Asiatic Society, Kolkata.
Organised by Kolkata Society for Asian Studies and The Asiatic Society
November 17-30, 2017 Ten Days Research Methodology Course in Social Science
Organised by Kolkata Society for Asian Studies (KSAS)& Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS)
(An Autonomous Body under the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India)
VENUE: MAKAIAS IB-166 Sector III, Salt Lake, Kolkata – 700106
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (An Autonomous Body under the
Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India) and Kolkata Society for Asian Studies have organised a
Ten-Day Research Methodology Course in Social Sciences during November 17-30, 2017.
This Ten-Day course has been conceptualised and targeted for young teachers and research
scholars to enable them to formulate the research goals and handle the complex models in
data analysis to gain hands on experience on research methods through lectures, case study
discussions, field survey and software application.
In the inaugural session Prof. Durga Basu, one of the Vice Presidents of Kolkata Society for
Asian Studies and Director of the Course welcomed all the delegates. Inaugural address was
given by Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty, Director General, Raja Rammohun Roy Library
Foundation, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India. Prof. Vinay Kumar Srivastava, Director of
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies delivered the Presidential Address. The
session was ended with vote of thanks offered by Dr. Sarmistha De Basu, the Secretary of
KSAS and Co-Director of the Course.
PhD/MPhil scholars/faculties from different parts of the country attended this course.
Research methodologies in branches of Social Sciences were discussed by the faculties from
University of Calcutta, Army Institute of Management, National Institute of Technology,
Durgapur, Vidyasagar University, North Bengal University, Manipal University, Assam
University, University of Delhi and University of Hyderabad. Importance and scope of
research in social sciences, data collection, case study, research ethics, research design in
management, SPSS, emerging perspectives in international relations, types of sampling,
logistics and others were discussed by the resource persons. All the participants were taken to
Kumartuli area in Kolkata for their field survey and data collection. This course has been coordinated by Dr Arpita Basu.
November 25, 2017 Suniti Chatterji Memorial Lecture IV
organised by Kolkata Society for Asian Studies and School of Languages and Linguistics, Jadavpur University at Vivekananda Hall, Jadavpur University.
Speaker: Prof. Subhas Bhattacharya
President of the meeting: Prof. Barid Baran Ghosh
October 27- 28 , 2017
Two-day National Seminar to commemorate 200 Years of Indian Vernacular Journalism & Mass Communication: Bicentennial Celebration of ‘Bangal Gazetti’,
The First Vernacular News Paper in India
Organized by: Kolkata Society For Asian Studies & Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (An Autonomous Body under the Ministry
of Culture, Government of India)
January 12-13, 2017
International Conference on “The BCIM Initiative and India’s Act East Policy: A Reality Check” in collaboration with Indian Council
of World Affairs and Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, University of Calcutta.
September 23, 2016
A Special Lecture Programme on, Development in Mathematics in Asia: From Ancient to Modern. Speaker was Prof. Pradip Kumar Majumdar
(Former Prof. Indian Astronomy, School of Vedic Studies, Rabindra Bharati University).
May 23, 2016
Suniti Chatterji Memorial Lecture III - by Prof Asoke Kumar Dutta, Society for Natural Language Technology Research, Kolkata, on the
subject "Spoken Language: Some Specifics and Prospective" at Vivekananda Hall, Jadavpur University.
March 28-29, 2016
Two-Day workshop on “Folk Architecture of Asian Villages and Towns: A Comparative Study”
in collaboration with Archaeological Survey of India (ER) and ICSSR (ERC)
December 31, 2015
Special Lecture by Dr. Mani Lal Bhaumik on : “Our Place in Cosmos” in collaboration
with Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Gol Park.
August 12-13, 2015
Two-Day International Conference on: “New Regime under NDA Government and Sino-Indian Relation: Expectation and Uncertainty”
in collaboration with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata and Department of Political Science,
University of Calcutta.
May 29,2015
Prof. Suniti Kumar Chatterji Memorial Lecture –II in collaboration with School of Languages, Jadavpur University.
March 26, 2015
Workshop on: “Globalization and Gender” in collaboration with Jadavpur Association of International Relations, Kolkata
December 10-11, 2014
Two-Day National Conference on : “Aspects of Community Development in the North-East Indian States” in collaboration
with Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata, Centre for Studies in International Relations and Development, Kolkata
and Gurusaday Museum, Joka.
August 23,2014
Special Memorial Lecture on: “Nepali Poet Bhanubhakta Acharya”
May 29, 2014
Prof. Suniti Kumar Chatterji Memorial Lecture -I
March 8, 2014
State Level Seminar on: “North-East India: Different Windows on Inter-disciplinary Aspects” in collaboration with IGNOU
Study Centre (2810),Maulana Azad College, Kolkata and Institute of Social and Cultural Studies, Kolkata