Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur

Howrah - 711103

(Formerly Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur 1856)

150 YEAR CELEBRATIONS

November 24-25, 2006 at University Campus

PROGRAMME

Day I (24th November, 2006) 

12:00 hrs: INAUGURATION

Inaugural session shall be graced by

Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

Chief Minister, West Bengal

Prof. Sudarsan Raychaudhuri

Higher Education Minister, West Bengal

Dr. Graham Reader

Dean, Windsor University, Canada

Vice Chancellor, BESU, Shibpur                   

Sri S. S. Chakraborty

Distinguished alumnus

Sri Santanu Chatterjee

Organizing Secretary

150th Anniversary Celebration Committee, BESUS

13:00 hrs: LUNCH 

14:00 hrs: ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ON

Higher Technical Education perspective for 21^st Century Perspective

Chairperson: Prof. Amitava Ghosh, Former Director, IIT, Kharagpur

Speakers: Academic Stalwarts and Industries captains  

17:00 hrs:  HI-TEA

18:00 hrs: CULTURAL PROGRAMME

Pt. Buddhadev Dasgupta, (Ex-student) - Sarod

Sri. Dipankar Ray (Ex-student) - Flute

Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty - Vocal 

Day II (November 25, 2006) 

10:00 hrs to 13:00 hrs :

National Seminar on

Automobile Engineering: Perspective for 21st Century Perspective 

Inauguration : Sri. Nirupam Sen, Hon'ble MIC, Commerce & Industries,Govt. of West Bengal

Plenary Speaker : Dr. Peter Frise, CEO, Auto 21 Project, Network of Excellence, Govt. of Canada

Guest-of-Honour: Mr. Ravi Kant, Managing Director, Tata Motors Limited, Bombay

Others guest speakers: Director, CMERI, MD, TVS,

                                   Dr. Nihar Biswas, Windsor University, Canada

13:00 hrs: LUNCH

18:00 hrs: EVENING CULTURAL PROGRAMME

-          Manoj Murali & Manisha Nayar - Rabindra Sangeet

-          Bratati Bandyopadhyay                  -Recitation

-          Haimanti Sukla                               - Bengali Modern Song