Jawaharlal Nehru College

SRIMANTA SANKARDEV CENTER FOR LANGUAGE,LITERATURE AND MEDIA STUDIES

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Srimanta Shankardev Centre for Language Literature and Media Studies. The Cell â€˜Srimanta Shankardev Centre for Language, Literature and Media Studies is inaugurated on 23.02.2022 . The aim of the proposed center is to facilitate the promotion and study of languages, literatures and various aspects of Film and Media and to promote studies and academic explorations in the respective areas of the above mentioned subjects. Introduction and Brief History :- The vision for this centre had been developed by Sri D.K Das, Former HOD of English of Jawaharlal Nehru College, during his tenure and it was he who had proposed it to be named as English Language and Literature Cell. The vision of the centre at that time was expansion of knowledge, through research in diverse areas, whether historical or descriptive, basic or applied, concerning the languages, literatures, and cultures of India and the world . During that time, the cell had organised a few activities and had involved faculty, staff and administration for a few programmes like workshops,seminars,literary Quiz programmes etc. This cell which has not been very active for quite a few years has been proposed to be revived and in its revived form proposed the inclusion of the other Language Departments of the college, namely the Assamese Department and the Bodo Department and re-forming a composite Centre in the name and style of Srimanta Shankardev Centre for Language and Literature Studies. Upon submitting the proposal to the College Principal , He suggested us to incorporate â€˜Media Studiesâ€™ also into this proposed centre. Thereafter he suggested to name the centre as the Srimanta Shankardev Centre for Language Literature and Media Studies. Inception-The proposal to start the centre was presented to the Principal Dr. Tapan Dutta on 22-02-2022 , jointly by the departments of English ,Assamese and Bodo. As suggested by the Principal to Incorporate Media Studies also into this centre it was likewise agreed upon to christen it as The Srimanta Shankardev Centre for Language, Literature and Media Studies. The formal inauguration took place on 23.02.2022 in conjunction with a Lecture organised by the Department of English on Popular Literature and Contemporary Society, delivered by Dr.Bibhash Choudhury Dean Faculty of Arts and HOD,English Department, G.U. Aim-The aim of the proposed centre is to facilitate the promotion and study of languages, literatures and various aspects of Film and Media and to promote studies and academic explorations in the respective areas of the above mentioned subjects. Objectives- â€¢ To promote the mutual enrichment of languages and literatures through explorations of literary texts and other works of renowned writers and scholars of India and the world. â€¢ To bring out of the essential unity and commonness of languages by organizing various scientific, cultural and academic studies and programmes. â€¢ To work upon inter-translation into Indian languages and translation of Indian languages to English language. â€¢ To undertake various student level and research level programmes in the field of language, literature and Media Studies. â€¢ To organize seminars/workshops on comparative study of Indian languages and various facets of Films and Film Studies. â€¢ To organize programmes on second language teaching and learning. â€¢ To undertake various projects related to language,literature and Media studies. Members At present The centre has all the Faculty members of the Language Departments of the College as its Members, with the Principal and the Vice Principal of the College as President and Vice president respectively. The Department of English is functioning as the coordinating department of the centre.

Members

ID	Name	Designation	Phone No	Email-ID	Post	photo
71	Dr. Tapan Dutta	Principal, J. N. College	9435110841	tapanjnc@gmail.com	President
70	Mrs Ratnamala Sarma	Associate Professor	8638217647	ratnam.sarma@gmail.com	Coordinator

Events

ID	Title	Description	Date	View
148	'Under the Sal Tree' Theatre festival 2025 held by Badungduppa Kala Kendra	Faculty members of J N College Attend 'Under the Sal Tree' event.	2025-12-15	View File
143	Online discussion programme	Topic: Ethics and Ettiquettes of Mass Media and today's youth	2025-06-30	View File
75	National Workshop on Theory and Practice of Literary Translation	ICSSR Sponsored National Workshop on Theory and Practice of Literary Translation Organized by the Srimanta Shankardev Centre for Language, Literature and Media Studies And the Departments of Assamese, Bodo and English, In Association with IQAC of Jawaharlal Nehru College,Boko, Kamrup, Assam	2024-01-29	View File
74	National Workshop on Theory and Practice of Literary Translation	ICSSR Sponsored National Workshop on Theory and Practice of Literary Translation Organized by the Srimanta Shankardeva Centre for Language, Literature and Media Studies And the Departments of Assamese, Bodo and English, In Association with IQAC of Jawaharlal Nehru College,Boko, Kamrup, Assam.	2023-01-29	View File
65	Updated Report of the Coordinator.	Report from the Coordinator 2022-2023	2022-04-03	View File
64	Youtube Link of Documentary Film'AMystical Journey'	The documentary film released and screened on 11th March A Mystical Journey:Exploring the tourist spots of Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council, made by alumni of J.N College Lokapriya has been officially launched on youtube today the 29th March 2023. Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/kHj7jpGGZOY	2023-03-29	View File
61	report	report of the activities of the centre	2023-03-28	View File
60	Documentary film Release and Screening	An official film release function and screening of 'A Mystical Journey: Exploring the Tourist spots of Rabha Hasong Autonomous Councilâ€™ was organized by the centre in association with the IQAC in the KKHSOU Conference Room at 11.00 A.M on 11th March 2023. The film was officially released by the Honourable Chief Executive Councillor of RHAC, Er. Tankeswar Rabha, and the and the programme was attended by the President of the College Governing Body Sri L.K.Sarma,Sri Sumit Rabha EC Member of RHAC, The Principal Dr . Tapan Dutta,The Vice Principal Mrs. Bijaya Deka,Coordinator of IQAC Dr. Dhiraj Kr. Das, Faculty members of the college, Media persons and several noted persons of the community as well as the students of the college. The film had been made by an alumni of our college Lokapriya and there are few contributions from the Srimanta Shankardev Centre of the college in its preparation. This has been duly acknowledged in the title credits of the film too. The English subtitles of th	2023-03-11	View File
57	Distinguished Lecture programme By Renowned Film Maker Jahnu Barua.	The Department of English in collaboration with the IQAC and the Srimanta Shankardeva Centre for Language,Literature and Media Studies organised a Distinguished Lecture programme By Renowned Film Maker Jahnu Barua on 02.04.2022- . In this programme noted film Scholar Parthajit Baruah also presented a paper on Film Studies.	2022-04-02	View File
56	Screening of Troy for History Dept students as part of their curricular requirements	12.03.2022 The Department of History as part of their curriculum(Semester I-Paper II,1026 WORLD HISTORY) organised a Movie Screening of the Hollywood Film â€˜TROYâ€™ at the Digital classroom in collaboration with the English Department,the IQAC and the Srimanta Shankardev Centre for Language Literature and Media Studies.	2022-03-12	View File