(A) SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS

 Being an exclusively commerce-discipline college, City College of Commerce and Business Administration has but limited scope to involve disciplines outside a specific periphery of studies and scholarship. However, Seminars sponsored by the UGC, both at National and State Levels, have been successfully organised by the college. These seminars have addressed areas as diverse as Economics, Literature and Environmental Studies, and have seen the presence of a galaxy of scholars participating in thd sessions both from the Stae and beyond.

The details of the seminars/conferences are furnished below:

1.  ‘ROADMAP FOR A NEW TAX REGIME’ (UGC-SPONSORED STATE LEVEL SEMINAR)

     Collaborator: The Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India

     Venue: College

     Date: January 11, 2011

2. ‘IFRS- A STEP TOWARDS GLOBALISATION OF INDIAN ACCOUNTING STANDARDS’ 

      (UGC-SPONSORED NATIONAL  LEVEL SEMINAR)

     Collaborator: The Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India

     Venue: College

     Date: December 2 and 3, 2011

3. ‘E-COMMERCE IN TODAY’S FAST CHANGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY         

      ECOSYSTEM’ (UGC-SPONSORED STATE LEVEL SEMINAR)

     Collaborator: Undergraduate Board of Studies in Commerce, University of Calcutta

     Venue: College

     Date: November 27, 2012

4. ‘EMERGING ROLE OF SPORTS MANAGEMENT IN THE FIELD OF SPORTS AND GAMES’

     (UGC-SPONSORED STATE LEVEL SEMINAR)

    Collaborator: St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College

    Venue: College

    Date: November 29, 2012

 5. SEMINAR CUM WORKSHOP ON CAREER COUNSELLING AND EMPLOYABILITY:

    i)  Date: October 07, 2015

   The Seminar was addressed by esteemed houses like ICAI, ICWAI, ICSI, Wipro, Pantaloons   

   and others. It offered a golden opportunity to students from all sections and classes to   

   directly interact with the resource persons and have a clear roadmap for future.

   ii) Date: January 20, 2016

   A workshop addressed by Eastern Institute for Integrated Learning in Management (EIILM) 

   and the Pune Institute of Management offered a similar opportunity to students to broaden

   their vision further.

6. ‘HUMAN RIGHTS: OBLIGATION OF THE INDIVIDUALS VIS-À-VIS THE STATE’

    (UGC Seminar)

     Venue: University Institute Hall

     Date: March 10, 2016

7. ‘THE AFTERMATH OF THE INFLUENCE OF BRAHMO SAMAJ ON THE EDUCATION AND CULTURE OF BENGAL’

    (UGC- SPONSORED STATE LEVEL SEMINAR)

   Collaborator: Sadharan Brahmo Samaj

   Venue : Sadharan Brahmo Samaj Auditorium

   Date: 11.05.2016.

8. ‘INDUSTRY AND ENVIRONMENT: EIA AS AS TOOL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT’

   (UGC- SPONSORED STATE LEVEL SEMINAR)

    Collaborator: West Bengal Pollution Control Board, Kolkata

    Venue: Seminar Hall of West Bengal Pollution Control Board

    Date: 14.05.2016.

9. ‘BEYOND THE ZONED SPACE: TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH IN THE DIGITAL ERA’

     (UGC Sponsored State Level Seminar)

    Collaborator: Rammohan College, Kolkata
    Venue: Seminar Hall of West Bengal Pollution Control Board
    Date: 16. 07. 2016.

 10. ‘FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) IN INDIAN SECTOR: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES’

       (UGC Sponsored National Level Seminar)

       Collaborator: The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)
       Venue: Seminar Hall of West Bengal Pollution Control Board
       Date: 30.07.2016.

11. ‘STATE OF THE INFORMAL SECTOR IN INDIAN ECONOMY IN THE CONTEXT OF INCLUSIVE GROWTH’

       (UGC Sponsored National Level Seminar)

       Venue: K.P.Bose Memorial Auditorium, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
       Date: 16. 08.2016.

12. Online Teaching, Learning, Assessment, And Evaluation During The Lockdown Days: The Indian Scenario (National Level Webinar) 

Speaker - Dr. Pranam Dhar

(Organised via Google Meet) 

Date- 04.09.2020 

13. NEW EDUCATION POLICY AND UNDERGRADUATE GENERAL DEGREE COLLEGES (National Level Webinar) 

Speaker - Prof. G. D. Sharma

(Organised via Google Meet) 

Date- 11.02.2020 

14. YOUNG MINDS AND MENTAL HEALTH – PANDEMIC REPERCUSSIONS (National Level Webinar) 

Speaker - 

Dr. Jyotirmoy Samajder

Dr. Anupam Das

Collaborator - MANAS

(Organised via Google Meet) 

Date- 13.02.2020 

15. BUILDING A CUTTING EDGE CAREER IN 21ST CENTURY -(COLLABORATION WITH PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY, BANGALORE)

DATE - 10.02.2022

16. CUTTING EDGE CAREER IN 21ST CENTURY (COLLABORATION WITH PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY, BANGALORE)

DATE - 12.05.2022

(B) ENDOWMENT LECTURES

The college invited some scholars and teachers of eminence to deliver Endowment Lectures on specified areas of their choice to an ensemble of teachers and students, which allowed scope for lively interactions. The list follows:

 i) ‘INCLUSIVE GROWTH IN INDIA’

        Speaker: Dr. Sankar Kumar Bhowmik, Professor of Economics, University of Calcutta

      Date: September 29, 2011

 ii) ‘FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN INDIA’

      Speaker: Dr. Archita Ghosh, Associate Professor of Economics, Kalyani University, West Bengal

      Date: January 19, 2013

 iii) ''FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: HAS INDIA LIVED UP TO ITS PROMISE''

        Speaker: Prof. Siddhartha Majumdar, Ex-Chairman, West Bengal College Service Commission

      Date: April 12, 2014

 iv) ‘Shantilal Mukherjee Memorial Lecture on IFRS’

      Speaker: Dr. Amitabha Mukherjee, Ex-Professor, St. Xavier’s College

      Date: December 18, 2015

INVITED LECTURE

Prof. Bharat Dalal, a renowned Capital market professional and the current Head of the Department of Finance at Pune Institute of Business Management (PIBM), delivered an invited lecture on ‘DEMONETISATION, GST AND THEREAFTER…’ at the ICT-enabled Room of the college on February 15, 2018. Attended by a host of Principals from other colleges, teachers, students and some ex-professors, the academic session had some enthralling interactive sessions.