2020- 2021 is a historic phase in all senses of the term. It evolved with calamities not experienced in the last hundred years. The second wave of the pandemic lashed at us with a violence and fury never known before; never before did the world witness such a global defeat to death and disease.

Education at all levels suffered a hard blow; conventional modes of assessment, assignment and infrastructure failed as children and youth remained locked indoors; institutions of learning shut down for an indefinite time. Yet it was once again proved that human spirit is irrepressible and unstoppable.

Dr. Asok Mukhopadahyay

Seth Anandram Jaipuria college in North Kolkata is famed for its immensity. With 5000 plus students and more than 200 teachers and non-teaching staff, it is one of the few colleges in West Bengal running in three shifts and catering to all three streams of science, Arts and Commerce. Housed in one of the spacious buildings of erstwhile Shovabazar Rajbari, it claims 18 Laboratories, a free WIFI zone, a Gymnasium, an audio-visual room, smart classes, Library and Reading room and a Boardroom. The greenery is not in plenty but a curated lawn and small stretches of garden are well in place. With Rs. 1,75,83,333.00 received as RUSA (Rashtriya Uchchattar Shiksha Abhiyan) grant process is on to install two lifts...