Under Eastern Eyes: One World and the Poet (Tenth Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Memorial Lecture)

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Professor Rajat Kanta Ray is one of the outstanding historians of the country. His scholarly works have been widely acclaimed by the publications of the discipline worldwide. He is the Former Vice-Chancellor, Visva-Bharati University and Emeritus Professor of History, the Presidency University. Professor Ray's principal areas of research interest are Indian nationalism, the nationalist movement in colonial India, the emotional history and history of mentality, the process of industrialization and the pre-industrial protest movement. His major publications include The Felt Community: Commonality and Mentality Before the Emergence of Indian Nationalism, (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2007); Exploring Emotional History: Gender, Mentality, and Literature in the Indian Awakening (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2001); Mind, Body and Society: Life and Mentality in Colonial Bengal (ed.) (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1996); Entrepreneurship and Industry in India 1800-1947 (ed.), (1994); Dissent and Consensus: Protest in Pre-Industrial Societies (Calcutta: K.P.Bagchi, 1989), (eds.with Basudeb Chattopadhyay and Hari S. Vasudevan); Social Conflict and Political Unrest in Bengal 1875-1927 (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1985); The Evolution of the Professional Structure in Modern India: Older and New Professions in a Changing Society (1983); Urban Roots of Indian Nationalism: Pressure Groups and Conflict of Interests in Calcutta City Politics, 1875-1939 (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1979); Industrialization in India: Growth and Conflict in the Private Corporate Sector, 1914-47 (1979); Behind The Veil: Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore Reminiscent of Jivanadevata (Kolkata: Visva-Bharati, 2010) পলাশীর ষড়যন্ত্র ও সেকালের সমাজ, (কলকাতা: আনন্দ পাবলিশার্স, ১৯৯৪) apart from scholarly articles published in various national and international journals.

Greetings from Netaji Subhas Open University (NSOU)!

Netaji Subhas Open University, the sole State Open University in West Bengal has been actively engaged in the development and qualitative expansion of the higher Education in the State through open and distance mode of teaching, learning and research since its inception on 25th November, 1997.

NSOU is now going through a phase where in addition to the traditional teaching-learning processes practiced in the ODE since 1980s, different ICT components are being blended in rapidly increasing proportions for timely interaction and quicker dissemination of deliverables to the learners. To cater to the needs of the ever-increasing learner base, we are developing the e-contents (e-SLM, A/V lectures, SD card, OER repository, MOOCs etc.) for its seamless instantaneous delivery to the learners. These initiatives help us in reaching out to our learners directly with the objective to make them more independent. Such ICT initiative also facilitates any time anywhere learning, ensures inclusive and equitable quality education and promotes lifelong learning for sustainable development.

Besides the teaching learning activities in the realm of higher education, NSOU is deeply committed to conduct research, seminars, conferences and some annual lectures viz. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Memorial Lecture, Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Lecture, Srinivasa Ramanujan Memorial Lecture, Swami Vivekananda Memorial Lecture and Foundation Day Lecture etc. The Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Memorial Lecture is one of the most prestigious lectures organized by the University to pay its homage and tribute to Netaji - the unquestionable symbol of patriotism, nationalism and struggle against the British colonialism.