Blind Persons' Association requests the pleasure of your company at the seminar on "Helen Keller, Her Life and Struggle" to be held on June 27, 2009, on the occasion of her 129th birth anniversary at H.L. Roy Memorial Hall, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineering, Jadabpur University, Kolkata.

This seminar is sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research, Kolkata.

Programme Details:

Date: June 27, 2009, 11 AM

Place: Indian Institute of Chemical Engineering, Jadabpur University, Gate No. 3, Kolkata - 700032.

Subject: Helen Keller, Her Life and Struggle

Inaugural Session

Time: 11 AM

President: Smt. Anuradha Banerjee, Vice-Principal, Sri Shikshayatan College, Kolkata

Chief Guest: Shri Shyamal Sen, Former Governor of  West Bengal

Special Guest: Dr. N. Ratnasree, Director, Nehru Planetorium, New Delhi

Welcome address: Shri Kinkar Ghosh, President, Blind Persons' Association

Release of Books: Midstream, and a biography of Helen Keller by Santosh Mukhopadhyay

Tea break at 11:45 AM

1st Session

Time: 12 PM

President: Smt. Sumita Naskar, English Department, Kolkata University

Speaker: Dr. Smt. Debjani Sengupta, English Department, Indra Prastha College, New Delhi

Topic: Helen Keller, a Journey from Darkness to Light

Question Hour

Presidential address

Lunch at 1 PM

2nd Session

Time: 1:30 PM

President: Dr. Debjani Sengupta, Head of Education Department, Kolkata University

Speaker: Dr. Sudeshna Chakraborty, Head Mistress, Jadavpur Sammilita Balika Vidyalay

Topic: Helen Keller, an Eloquent Voice of the Suffering Humanity

Speaker: Shri Buddhadev Sikdar, General Secretary, Blind Persons' Association

Topic: The Role of Helen Keller in the Emancipation of the Sightless

Question Hour

Presidential address

Vote of thanks