Submission of deputation at Chief Minister's Secretariat

Mrs Elora Biswas, in a fruitful one hour discussion at Chief Minister's Secretariat, submitted a deputation to the Hon'ble Chief Minister, Ms Mamta Banerjee, at Writers' Building, Kolkata, on 30th Jan, '12. Later Biswas reported that she had held positive talks at the Secretariat, in favour of all the part-time teachers of the State.

Current Edition of Byatha O Pratibaad as published on 30th Jan,'12

Govt comes & Govt goes but our sufferings go on forever

Please Note about the gathering & march on 30th Jan

All our friends joining our gathering & our march for Justice on 30th Jan,'12 are requested to wear a black batch as a mark of protest & mourning the death of Prof. Agnibina Deb. They are also requested to bring 10 photocopies of their PG marksheet.

Elora Biswas

Assemble at Raja Subodh Mallick Squire, Kolkata, on 30th Jan

Raja Subodh Mallick Squire

To protest against the govt policy of exploitation towards part-time teachers that led to the tragic & untimely death of Prof. Agnibina Deb of Garia Sammilani College, Kolkata & in demand of pay scale for all categories of part-time teachers,all the part-time teachers across Bengal & well wishers of our association are requested to gather at Raja Subodh Mallick Squire(Wellington Squire, Central Kolkata),Kolkata on 30th Jan,'12 (Monday) at 11am. We shall then proceed together towards College Squire & gather near Vidyasagar Statue(Opposite to C.U-College St. Campus). There our mode of action & future course of movement will be declared by leaders of the association. A special programme will also be organized at the venue, on the part-time issue. From there our representatives will proceed towards Writers Building to present a deputation to the Hon'ble Chief Minister, Ms Mamta Banerjee. All part-time teachers across Bengal are requested once again to join this march on 30th Jan,'12, in protest of our humiliation & exploitation in the hands of the Govt. All our members are requested to circulate/forward this message to other part-time teachers, in the the colleges & universities of Bengal.

Elora Biswas, Haripada Pradhan, Pratima Tilak Maiti, Habibul Biswas, Sudip Banerjee, Goutam Bhattacharya, Sabarna Banerjee, Niranjan Barman, Puja Banerjee, Rupbani Das, Motiur Rahman, Arpan Roy, Sanjib Jha, Surasree Mukherjee, Pranab Dutta, Narayan Ch. Roy, Selim Rana, Nitish Pal, Dipankar Sinha, Subhasish Mukherjee.

The tragic death of a part-time teacher

The association is struck with grief at the tragic & untimely demise of Prof. Agnibina Deb, a part-time lecturer at Sammilani Mahavidyalaya, Garia, Kolkata, who committed suicide for not getting her salary from the govt for nearly a year.It is a shame for the entire elite & educated section of our enlightened society. This incident once more blatantly exposes the inhuman exploitation of part-time lecturers of the colleges of West Bengal by the State Govt.Thousands of lecturers across Bengal suffer like Prof. Deb every hour, but they are forced to stand & fight their perilous situations at their workplace everyday. Our association pays homage to our deceased friend & deeply sympathizes with her family members.

Watch Aakash Bangla on 26th Jan,'12

Our friends & associates are requested to watch the Aakash Bangla Cable Channel on 26th Jan,'12 from 6 pm onwards to know in details about the recent trends of our movement. Mrs Elora Biswas has once again declared the innumerable problems & humiliations faced by the part-time lecturers of the State to the electronic media.The transmission of this event may take place in between 6pm and 12 midnight. All our esteemed members are requested to take note of this schedule.

Hindustan Times brings to light once again the plight of the Part time College teachers of West Bengal

The three slabs of Salary for part time teachers at present stands at 13500,10800 & 9450 & not as printed by error, in the article. Readers are requested to take note of this.

Protest against the decision of HE Deptt,Govt. of West Bengal

The Association is greatly concerned about the drastic decision/recommendation of the Higher Education Committee, to the Govt of West Bengal,regarding the future of the part-time lecturers of the State, as published in a leading Bengali daily on 22nd Jan,'12. We hereby declare that no such arbitrary decision forcible imposed on the part-time lecturers, providing dedicated service to the govt for long tenures, will be calmly accepted. The Association has decided to launch a massive movement, against this govt proposal, which attempts to dishonour thousands of part-time lecturers of the State, until the interests of all categories of part-time lecturers are secured. Part-time lecturers all across the State are hereby requested to contact Mrs. Elora Biswas, for our future course of Movement, on this issue.

Elora Biswas meets the Standing Committee, Higher Education, on Wednesday

Elora Biswas explains part-time issues to the Chairman of the Standing Committee, Higher Education, Mr.Ashish Banerjee, at the State Legislative Assembly(Bidhan Sabha Bhavan) on Wednesday.

Elora Biswas hands over the charter of demands & important documents to Mr. Abul Hasem Mondal, Member, Standing Committee at Bidhan Sabha Bhavan.

Mrs Elora Biswas was invited by the Hon'ble Chairman of the Standing Committee, Higher Education at the State Legislative Assembly(Bidhan Sabha),West Bengal, on Wednesday & their long & productive discussion brought to the forefront several part-time teachers' issues. Later Mrs. Biswas declared to the spokesperson of the association that she was satisfied with her long discussion with the Chairman & the member of the Standing Committee.