The Critical Endeavour



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL WEBINAR ON

“The Poetry and Letters of John Keats in the Bicentenary Year of his Death"
And
The Launch of "The Critical Endeavour Vol.27, No2, July 2021" (John Keats Special Number)

Held on 29 AUGUST 2021


The Researchers' Association, Odisha organised a National Webinar on John Keats on the topic and occasion mentioned above on 29 August 2021 at 10:30 a.m. Professor Rajnath (formerly of University of Allahabad) inaugurated the Webinar with Professor Rupin W. Desai (formerly Delhi University), and Professor C.R.V.Rao (formely, Vice Chancellor V.S. University, Andhra Pradesh) and delivered the Inaugural Address. All of them appreciated activities of the Association, and launched the Journal (John Keats Special Number). Professor Desai made incisive comments on Professor Bijay Kumar Das's Paper published in the Special Number. Professor Rao made observations on all the 12 Papers published in the Journal.


In the Plenary Session Professor Bijay Kumar Das delivered a lecture under the caption, "Revisiting John Keats's Poetry and Letters in theTwenty-first Century". Professor R.W.Desai chaired the session, 3 Paper Reading Sessions I,II,and III were Chaired by Prof. Mohan Ramanan (formerly, Hyderabad University). Prof.B.Parvathi (Formerly, Andhra Universiy), and Prof. Ashok Kumar Mohanty (SOA, University, Bhubaneswar) respectively. Dr Rima Ghosh, (Burdwan), Dr. Dolon Roy (Burdwan), and Laxmidhar Panda (Nimapara) presented their papers in three sessions respectively.


Dr. Jnan Ranjan Padhi (Arunachal Pradesh), Dr Satya Sindhu Ghosh (Burdwan), Dr. Ujjwal Dutta (West Bengal), and Dr Pravat Kumar Mishra (Puri) proposed a Vote of thanks in differnt sessions. Dr. Sonali Das, Associate Professorof English, Fakir Mohan University, Balasore introduced the Guests and compered the Programme. Professors Shyamala Narayan, C.T.Indra, B. Parvathi, Mohan Ramanan, C.N.Srinath, Prashanta Sinha, Sushil Sharma, Kalidas Mishra, SabitaTripathy, and Bibhu Padhi participated in the discussions. 42 participants from all over India joined the Webinar.



Images from Webinar




THE CRITICAL ENDEAVOUR



The Special Number contains 12 articles by R.W.Desai, Bijay Kumar Das, Rajnath, C.R V.Rao, Mythili Kaul, C.T.Indra, C.N.Srinath, Sonali Das, RaginiRamachandra, K.Venkat Reddy, Prsshant K. Sinha, and Siya Ram Rai.


Organised by

THE RESEARCHERS' ASSOCIATION, ODISHA

D-221, Sector 7, CDA,

Markat Nagar, Cuttack, 753014

(ESTD. AUGUST 1995)

Regd No. 21051/190 of 2000-2001

Professor Bijay Kumar Das, PhD, D Litt Professor Ashok Kumar Mohanty

(President) (Secretary)

D-221, Sector-7, CDA, S1/46 Niladri Vihar

Cuttack, 753014 Bhubaneswar, 751021

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