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National Youth Day

Every year since 1985, the Government of India observes 12th January, the Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda as National Youth Day. To quote from the Government of India’s Communication, “it was felt that the philosophy of Swamiji and the ideals for which he lived and worked could be a great source of inspiration for the Indian Youth.”

Swami Vivekananda once said, “Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you think yourselves strong, strong you will be.”

Adamas University also celebrated “National Youth Day” on 12th January 2020(Sunday) from 9.30 am to 1 pm in Adamas University Auditorium.
Residential Students from different Schools performed Song, Recitation, Dance and drama, related to Swami Vivekananda’s thought.

Swami Puruseshananda Maharaj Ji from Barasat Ramakrishna Mission was our Chief Guest. He came along with his two disciples. Mr. Biswajit Das Sir (Sr. General Manager) falicited to Swami Puruseshananda Maharaj.Registrar sir,Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof. Jyotsna Yagnik madam, Dr Ripon Bhattacharya ,Dr Arpan Manna, Dr Nav Kumar Mahato, Dr Parimal Biswas, Prof Animika De Amin,Prof. Joy Chowdhury,Prof Rupanwita Das Mahapatra were present on that day. Few hostel students were also present.

It was a wonderful speech by Maharaj and then Biswajit sir and ProVice Chancellor mam also given a motivational speech to students .Performance by students were excellent.

Tuning India

Fourth General Meeting of the “Tuning India” Project for capacity building in higher education, funded by the European Union Erasmus + Program is going on from 2nd December till 6th December, 2019 in Kolkata.

Adamas University is represented in the Tuning India Project by Dr. Parimal Chandra Biswas, Dean, Students Affairs and International Relations and Dr. Ripon Bhattacharjee, Assistant Professor, School of Law and Justice.

The Project Consortium consists of 15 Indian Universities, like University of Calcutta, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Savitribai Phule Pune University, GD Goenka University, Vinoba Bhave University, Adamas University, Manipal University and others and 5 partners from European Union, like Universidad de Deusto (Spain), Universita di Bologna (Italy), Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) and others.

The Tuning India Project has the main objective to design, develop, implement and evaluate study programmes in four subject areas, like Law, Information Communication Technology, Medicine and Teacher Education in India, which align with the recent Education Policy of the government of India.

AUPF – 2019 (Dhaka, Bangladesh)

On 22-24 th November, 2019 18th Asian University President Forum (AUPF 2019) was hosted by Daffodil University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

On 22-24 th November, 2019 18th Asian University President Forum (AUPF 2019) was hosted by Daffodil University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Forum had seen 76 delegates of 40 universities from 13 countries from Asia and Europe, among those were founders, Chancellors, Vice- Chancellors, Rectors, Presidents, Professors and other distinguished guests.

Adamas University was represented in the Forum by Prof. Samit Ray, Chancellor and Dr. Parimal Chandra Biswas, Dean, Students Affairs and International Relations. Adamas University signed MoU with Daffodil University, Bangladesh and Petra Christian University, Indonesia. On behalf of Adamas University MoU was signed by Prof. Samit Ray, Chancellor. On behalf of Daffodil University MOU was signed by Prof. Dr. Yusuf M. Islam, Vice- Chancellor, Daffodil University. On Behalf of Petra Christian University MOU was signed by Mr. Djwantoro Hardjito, Rector.

Prof. Samit Ray honoured some of the honourable guests, members of the Standing Committee of AUPF 2019 by handing over them mementos of Adamas University, like Professor Dr. Kazi Shahidullah ( Chairman, University Grant Commission of Bangladesh), Dr. Sabur Khan ( Founder-Chairman, Daffodil University, President of AUPF 2019), Dr. Govindasamy Viswanathan ( Founder-Chancellor, Vellor Institute of Technology, India, President of AUPF 2020), Mr. Mingying Zhuang (Honorary President, Chaoshan College, Guangdong, China) and other distinguished guests.

The 18th Asian University President Forum (AUPF 2019) in Dhaka, Bangladesh focused on entrepreneurial education and experiential learning. Honourable Education Minister of Bangladesh, Dr. Dipu Moni highlighted in Her inaugural speech the importance of making students life- long learners. Dr. Sabur Khan, President of AUPF 2019 emphasised on learning best practices of education from one another.

CSR Club Venture

Diwali is a time when people lights up to eradicate the dark around and we hope that the darkness of our soul will be eliminated by our philanthropic work! We, who are significantly privileged in a society, must help the people in our community.

On 28th October, 2019, ADAMAS University & Samit Roy Foundation has arranged a social activity towards the inhabitants of the villages in & around the University. The idea was to offer “Bhog” to the inhabitants on the nearby villages on the auspicious occasion. The students & members of the team were gathered in front of the University campus Food Court at 10 AM in the morning. The journey started at 10.30 AM.

The buses and cars were moving forward through the Nilgunj road for the mission. We covered six villages. Those are Moch Pol (Purbapara & Paschim para both), Sadarpore, Jagganathpore, Barbaria, Sonakhurki, and Panchghara. All are located in Barasat I Tehsil of North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal. Six teams visited the villages.

The students offered the food packets to the villagers with warmth & respect. In return the people showed the same to us. They enjoyed our move a lot. Their facial expressions showed the respect & love towards us as well as our University. The food packets are nothing but a token of appreciation towards the community we belong.

During the session a family offered us sweetmeats & water with warm regards and feeling of association. This is the bonus we got in the time when we all were tired! We must be grateful for their move. We explored the nice places, tasted the picturesque views of the villages. Those are also memorable bonus points we earned. We returned back to the campus around 1.30pm from the mission.

We must have social responsibility and that is why ADAMAS University formed the CSR Club to serve to the community it belongs. Corporate Social Responsibility is the area through which a particular organization can grow and reach to the tower of excellence! The activity of food distribution has been happening for years but the involvement of the students & the staff has increased this year. Actually the students are now very much enthusiastic about CSR activity as they are involved in the social responsibility club. Throughout the time they served food with great energy & smiling faces. They enjoyed the session. We, the employees of this University, also served the food with the students and enjoyed like them. We should always remember that we have to return back at least a little of our wealth, energy, ideas etc. to the society, we belong, as the society always provides us the opportunity to grow or flourish.

The students had enjoyed the recreation & also responsibilities through this CSR venture! The grand success will be a memorable experience for all of us. Through this initiative the identity, credibility & acceptability of SRF as well as the ADAMAS University will be increased more & more in the neighborhood!

Consul-General of Australia in Kolkata Hon’ble Mr. Andrew Ford visits Adamas University

It was our great privilege to welcome and host Honourable Andrew Ford, Consul-General of Australia in Kolkata, India at Adamas University on 30th October, 2019.

It was our great privilege to welcome and host Honourable Andrew Ford, Consul-General of Australia in Kolkata, India at Adamas University on 30th October, 2019.

Hon’ble Mr. Andrew Ford was welcome by professor Samit Ray, Chancellor of Adamas University. He had meetings and discussions with the The Leadership and the Professors at Adamas University concerning roles and contributions of Australian government in development of education, business and cultural relations with India and specifically in West Bengal. The Consul- General highlighted that his visit to Adamas University symbolizes a new page of growing favourable and constructive relations between two great nations of Australia and India.

World Leadership Awards 2019

On World Education Day, Adamas University is proud to receive the award of The Best University in West Bengal at the World Leadership Awards 2019 conferred by World Education Congress.

On World Education Day, Adamas University is proud to receive the award of The Best University in West Bengal at the World Leadership Awards 2019 conferred by World Education Congress.The award was received by Hon’ble Vice Chancellor Prof.Madhusudhan Ckaraborty.

Adamas University Orientation Programme 2019

The 5th batch of Adamas University, based out of Barasat, had a roaring start with stalwarts on campus pitching with multifarious ideas addressing the 1500 strong new batch.

Stars Descent@Adamas Orientation 2019
Film Producer Viveck Vaswani calls for industry focused entertainment education while Tata Logistics Chairman gives recipe to enter the Tata Group
Kolkata, July 31, 2019

The 5th batch of Adamas University, based out of Barasat, had a roaring start with stalwarts on campus pitching with multifarious ideas addressing the 1200 strong new batch.

Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, Sandipan Chakraborty, Chairman of TM Logistics of the Tata Group, called for a methodical approach with leadership and teamwork combined to be a part of a corporate giant like the Tatas. Alongside, the senior professor of management from Central Michigan University, US, Dr Debashish Chakravarty, spoke about ‘ragging’ to find hidden talent of the newcomers and explained learning to unlearn concept among other things. The Chancellor Prof Samit Ray brought to light the vision of global education in Bengal through Adamas, the French word meaning ‘an uncut diamond’. The Vice Chancellor, Dr Madhusudan Chakraborty, introduced the university and its top functionaries to the newcomers.

Film producer and director, Viveck Vaswani, a Bollywood veteran from Mumbai, elucidated upon industry driven creative education and the roadmap for that. He also dwelt at length the emerging trends of web series and alternative distribution and business possibilities of meaningful cinema.

An Amazon corporate leader in customer services, psychologist Joy Chowdhury from Hyderabad, defined emotional intelligence and detailed how to nurture a strong EI and why, along with developing transformational leadership skills rather than merely transactional leadership in times of economic crisis and human resources crunch.
The global director of family business management program of the SP Jain group of business schools, coming from Dubai, Dr Parimal Merchant, emphasized the role of family businesses in running the wheel of the economy in India, cutting costs and ensuring growth, multi-tasking and taking real calculated risks in business.

Dr Jyotsna Yagnik, the former district chief judge of Ahmedabad, known for her verdicts against the culprits of post Godhra riots, explained the concept and the laws of human rights in India, and limitations in their practice in the country. She also dwelt at length all possible career options that can emerge from the study of law and justice.

An Iranian origin expert of cultural relations and women’s rights, Najma Lashkarian Yazd, explained to the freshers concept of inter-cultural relations in the global context and how one can build empathetic relations with people beyond nationalities, cultures and geographies.

Former Group M Director in Australia and a corporate trainer, BR Venkatesh, explained what constitutes entrepreneurial skills, while serial entrepreneur Arijit Bhattacharya explained the same through a case-study of his Virtual Infocomm group of tech-based companies which are into gaming, augmented and virtual reality, etc.

The Kolkata Press Club President, Snehasish Sur, brought to light the world of journalism for the newcomers, while eminent geologist Dr Dhruba Mukherjee explained scientific approach to life as distinct from merely using and learning technology yet remaining unscientific in life.

The world of advertising was explored by Crow’s Nest founder Samrat Mukherjee, documentary making exposed by national award winning film maker Malay Dasgupta, and life coach Debajit Sarkar taught ways and means of self-awareness and methods to nurture self-motivation.

The learners from schools of engineering, sciences, biotech, pharmacy, commerce, social sciences, media, education and law and justice had a happy blend of knowledge and fun through the orientation sessions.

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INFOCOM 2018

INFOCOM 2018 Calcutta, was an ABP initiative and one of India’s top business, technology and leadership meets, that was held at ITC Sonar Bangla, Kolkata from 6th to 8th December, 2018. It was organized to create an awareness about ‘When Digital Becomes Human’ and why it is so essential for overall development. This year’s event dealt with the phenomenon of transformation through continuous and positive disruption.

RICE Group & Adamas University are proud to be the Mentoring Partners of INFOCOM (under ‘Associate Sponsor’ category) with which it is associated for over 9 years now through its parent organization RICE Group. One of the largest congregations of ICT professionals, buyers-sellers, corporate leaders, academics, visionaries, and policymakers in India INFOCOM brought together the best global minds and think-tanks including STEVEN VAN BELLEGHEM, Author, keynote speaker and Entrepreneur Co-founder of Nexxworks and Snackbytes; KP UNNIKRISHNAN Senior Director & Head of Marketing, Asia Pacific & Japan Palo Alto Networks; ANGELICA HALE 11 year old Child Prodigy Singer from Atlanta, USA And Runner up at America’s Got Talent 2017; GIRI BALASUBRAMANIAM CEO Greycaps; ANKIT FADIA Indian “Ethical Hacker”, bestselling author, Tech-Junkie and widely recognized as a Computer Security Expert; AMBARISH MITRA CEO & Co-Founder Blippar and the likes, brainstorm on subjects spanning Business Strategy & Functions, Technology and Leadership.

The 3-day event emphasized on the fact that it’s important to act today proactively to build a sustainable tomorrow and in order to best design tomorrow a healthy disruption is essential. Thus disruption is a pre-requisite for transformation and growth by taking transformative steps and empower individuals that will make us all future ready.

Honorable Vice Chancellor Professor Madhusudan Chakraborty, Chief Administrative Officer, Shri Amitava Mukhopadhyay and Director, Academia-Industry Collaboration, Shri ARUP DUTTA were some of the important speakers from the Adamas University.

Inauguration of new sports center

On Saturday, 29th December, our new sports center was inaugurated by Honorable Chancellor Professor Samit Ray. The Samit Ray Foundation, also donated an ambulance to the university. Honorable Chancellor Sir, also felicitated eminent footballers, Shri Ranjan Bhattacharya, for being chosen as the chief coach of the Bengal team at the national level and Shri Souvik Chakraborty, for being selected to play with Mumbai City FC in the ISL- Indian Super League.

Adamas Human Resource Conclave

“While in an Organisation, human is to be considered as resource or not” – is a great area of debate in Human Resource fraternity across the globe.

On 3rd May 2019, at RAMADA Central , Gurgaon, an initiative by Adamas University, Kolkata, West Bengal, called, ‘Adamas Human Resource Conclave’ was organized. The event brought together, 45 eminent industry HR leaders to share their thoughts, ideas, expectations upon one agenda – ‘Mutual expectations of Corporate & Academia’.

The discussion was initiated by Professor Samit Roy- Honourable Chancellor, Adamas University & Chairman, RICE Group, he shared his journey and experience in creating this vast and dynamic knowledge city, which is the largest and most well regarded private University in Eastern India. Professor Ray’s journey from a single room tuition centre, for government service aspirants in Eastern India to building largest and best private University in Eastern India today, is commendable and noteworthy. He has been igniting the minds of young and energetic students and their parents, since the last 35 years, which led to the creation of this research led centre of learning, Adamas University.

At the end of an engaging and riveting panel discussion, the industry leaders highlighted the lack of adequate fitment of skilled personnel against resource requirements in the industry. They remarked that the youth of today needs to get well trained, possess an analytic mind and an open outlook towards the industry. The positive attitude and the quality of de-skill to re-skill, is the need of current era to match the mutual expectations of corporate career opportunities across the globe.

It was further established in the session, that the industries demand skills in newer areas, such as AI, Blockchain, problem solving, resources management and thus, nurturing next generation leaders, skilled in an interdisciplinary approach. Universities should collaborate with the industry to set up Centres of Excellence which can nurture innovation. The Indian Universities can give projects to students, to assess their learning at the beginning, not the end of the academic session and longer internships for durations up to 1 year, like Korean Universities. To achieve all this, the Universities should work with the government to bring about necessary legislative changes so that the Industry and Academia can work more closely.

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