Events & Activities
Mahavidyalaya Praktani organises various events to strengthen alumni bonds, promote culture, and serve society.
Here are some of the key activities from 2024–25.
Retreat 2024
Held on 25–26 December 2024 at Sri Gouranga Bhavana hostel.
88 ex-students attended for two days of nostalgia, spiritual discourse, and fellowship.
Highlights included a special puja, speeches by Swami Shastrajnananda & Swami Ekachittananda Maharaj,
discourse by Swami Balabhadranandaji Maharaj, and a campfire night with Christmas reflections.
Reunion 2025
Biennial Reunion was organised on 25/12/2025. This year 727 ex-students registered in the reunion with 444 guests. Our souvenir ARGHYA (Volume – 27) was published on the day of reunion. Swami Balabhadranandaji Maharaj, Assistant General Secretary, Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math, Howrah, graced the occasion on 25th December in our reunion function as the Chief Guest. The program was compared by Prof. Sajalkumar Bhattacharya (UG Class of 1991, English Honours).
In this reunion function, we have felicitated three Professors (Dr. Bikash baran Ghosh (Chemistry), Dr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad Roy (History) and Prof. Arup Kumar Biswas (History)) and two non-teaching staffs (Sri Smritimoy Banerjee (Head Clerk) and Sri Ramkrishna Jana (Lab Attendant-Statistics) who retired in the last two financial years 2023-24 & 2024-25. We have also felicitated 15 donors (for Scholarship and Social Service Program Endowment Funds) of our Mahavidyalaya Praktani.
In the Post-Lunch Session, we have organised a special programme (Reminiscences by Ex-students) in the Common Room of Brahmananda Bhavana at 3 PM. The program was compared by Sri Tapas Kumar Bhattacharyya (UG Class of 1992, Chemistry Honours). It was a great success.
Cultural Activities
Swami Lokeswarananda Memorial Inter College-University Cultural Competition 2025-26
was organised on 16th November, 2025. Painting Competition (Theme: Sister Nivedita; An Embodiment of Seva) and Debate Competition (In the opinion of house – Service to Man is the Core of the Vivekananda-Philosophy) were arranged this year. 4 participants participated in the Painting Competition & 7 participants participated in the Debate Competition.
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Painting Competition – 4 participants.
Winners: 1st Prize – Ms. Tulana Ghosh (Jadavpur University), 2nd Prize – Ms. Nisha Mitra (Deshbandhu College for Girls).
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Debate Competition – 7 participants.
Winners: 1st Prize – Sri Pintu Das (Burdwan University), 2nd Prize – Ms. Bidisha Khan (University of Calcutta) & 3rd Prize – Ms. Tulana Ghosh (Jadavpur University).
Social Initiatives
As a part of social initiatives, we conducted the following programmes:
(i) Benevolent Fund (BF):
We often talk about the power of our alumni network, and today, we have a beautiful example of it in action. Since the year 2022, the brothers of 1975-78 Batch made a truly heart-warming donation to our Benevolent Fund (BF), with the specific purpose of fuelling our social service programs. Many thanks to them for their continuous donations towards BF. Fund value in this fund is increasing continuously.
A Start-up program is running through BF in collaboration with Narendrapur Lokasiksha Parishad (LSP) of our Ashrama. Under this program, we paid an amount of ₹26880.00 to MEDONICS & Co for the purchase of Physiotherapy equipment (Two) for two beneficiaries and an amount of ₹6988.00 to ARSH INTERNATIONAL for the purchase of a BEAUTICIAN KIT.
On 14th June 2025, a distribution program was organized in the Diksha Hall of Ashrama where we have distributed Physiotherapy Equipment to Moumita Giri & Priyanka Mallik and Beautician Kit to Swapna Naiya.
On 20th November 2025, another distribution program was organized where we have distributed Physiotherapy Equipment to Debasree Sinha & Surojit Halder. For this we paid an amount of ₹16940.00 to MEDONICS & Co for the purchase of Physiotherapy equipment (Two). Also we paid an amount of ₹44478.00 to Singer India Ltd. for the purchase of four Tailoring Machines which was distributed to the beneficiaries Damayanti Naskar, Supriya Debnath, Anita Sardar and Bina Chhatui.
In this FY 2025-26, we spent an amount of ₹95286.00 under BF program through the above two distribution programs.
(ii) Matgoda Project:
Matgoda Project is also running since 2024 in collaboration with Narendrapur Lokasiksha Parishad (LSP) of our Ashrama. This is an Early Child Education Programme run by LSP at Niljora, Matgoda in Bankura. To run this project, we paid an amount of ₹33463.00 to LSP in two instalments.
(iii) Blanket Distribution:
As a part of the Charitable Activities of the Association, Mahavidyalaya Praktani distributed 300 blankets to poor and needy people at PRAYAS centre of Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission Lokasiksha Parishad in Niljora, Matgoda, Bankura area on 23.11.2025.
(iv) Donation to Blind Boys’ Academy:
As a part of our social initiatives, we have donated a sum of Rs. 10000.00 to the Principal Maharaj of Blind Boys’ Academy, Narendrapur for purchase of Braille Pages for blind students.
(v) Cloth Distribution:
As a part of the Charitable Activities of the Association, Mahavidyalaya Praktani distributed 270 cloths (both male & female senior citizens) to poor and needy people in the Amjhara (10 No.) village, Basanti Police Station Area, South 24 Parganas on 15.03.2026.
Outreach Programmes
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Four half-day Students’ Conferences were organized at Raidighi Nibodhyot Prangan, Raidighi, South 24 Parganas (05.11.2025), Ramakrishna Mission, Manasadip, South 24 Parganas (08.12.2025), Ramakrishna Math, Antpur, Hooghly (10.11.2025) and Jogesh Chandra High School (HS), South 24 Parganas (16.12.2025) in collaboration with our alma mater Ramakrishna Mission Residential College. Subject of the conference was “উচ্চতর শিক্ষায় স্বামী বিবেকানন্দের ভাবাদর্শের প্রয়োগ”.