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World Photography Day celebrated by Kolkata colleges

| | Aug 23, 2014, at 03:35 am
Kolkata, Aug 22 (IBNS) Kolkata's Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College and Vivekananda College collaborated to celebrate the 175th World Photography Day for two days recently.

Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College’s Department of Journalism & Mass Communication and Photo-journalism & Videography Unit of Vivekananda College collaborated to celebrate the occasion on Aug 19 and Aug 20.

The event was celebrated in  Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College on Aug 19 while it was Vivekananda College which marked the occasion on Aug 20.

The event was initiated to motivate and highlight the students of photography and to give their efforts an exposure and a token of acknowledgement.

Several events, including photography exhibition and separate quiz contests for school and college students on photography and media, marked the occasion.

The inaugural address was made by Dr. Puspitaranjan Bhattacharya, Principal, Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College along with Dr Tapan Kumar Poddar , Principal, Vivekananda College.

The chief guest for the event was Debasish Biswas, Inspector of Colleges, University of Calcutta.

 

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