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This Committee has been formed to commemorate the birth centenary of the ornithologist Ajoy Home (2 May, 1913 - 30 October, 1992) . It is a non-profit effort aimed at promoting awareness of nature in general and birds in particular by organising seminars, lectures, book releases etc.

Email: ajoy.home.centenary@gmail.com, goutamneogi1947@gmail.com

The following board has been constituted.

President: Pranab Ranjan Roy

Vice President: Dr. Parul Chakraborty

Secretary: Goutam Neogi

Treasurer: Aniruddha Rakshit

Advisors: (Prof. Ratanlal Brahmachari, till he passed away on 13th.February,2018), Prasad Ranjan Roy

Co-ordinators: Aniruddha Home, Kushal Mukherjee, Dipak Kumar Dawn, Sutapa Roy Chowdhury, Arup Chaudhury, Anikendra Home

Committee Members - Pijush Dasgupta,Prof.Indrani Ghosh,Tapanayan Ghosh,Prasun Ganguly,Moushumi Ghosh,Ratna Roychowdhury,Manik Banerji,Pijush Roychowdhury, Dr.Prabir Lahiri and others.

NEWS/ EVENTS -

> With profound regret we mourn the loss of noted historian Prof. Goutam Niyogi, who passed away in the morning of 8th May, 2021 at Kolkata.

> With profound regret we mourn the loss of Mr. Tapanayan Ghosh who passed away on the 23rd of July, 2020 at Kolkata.

> With profound regret we mourn the loss of Mr. Kushal Mukherjee who passed away on 6th. of February, 2020 at Kolkata.

> With profound regret we mourn the loss of Dr. Ratanlal Brahmachari who passed away on 13th. of February,2018 at Kolkata.

> In connection with the efforts to reprint the works of Ajoy Home, the revised manuscript of Banglar Pakhi has been submitted to Dey's Publishing House in Dec. 2012.New illustrations for the book is being provided by the Prakriti Samsad members & others. after being vetted by Kushal Mukherjee.(Published in Dec'2015,

ISBN:978-81-295-2325-9)

This committee expresses its sincere thanks and gratitude to the contributing photographers(i.e Kushal Mukherjee,Megh Roychowdhury,Gopa Halder,Arka Sarkar,Joydip Maity,Alok Bhattacharya, Sidhartha Goswami,Asmita Pal,Maitrey Das,Aurobindo Debnath etc,) the Publisher as well as others, who helped in publication of the Centenary edition of Banglar Pakhi.

> Subsequently, manuscript of Chena Achena Pakhi,sequel to Banglar Pakhi,has been submitted to Dey's Publishing House in mid 2015.The 2nd. proof has been delivered by the publisher in late September 2017.

> Seminar celebrating ornithologists Ajoy Home (1913 - 2013 ) & Dr. Satyacharan Laha (1888- 1984) held on sunday , 13th. January 2013, from 10 a.m to 5 p.m.

VENUE : 4TH. Science Meet organised by Gobardanga Gabeshana Parishad, (In Collaboration with Banya Pran,Akhon Aranyak & The Science Assn. of Bengal )

Gobardanga Rly Station,P.O. Khatura, North 24- Paraganas

PIN : 743 273.

SPEAKERS :

Dipak Dawn, Subhas Dutta ,Hiranmay Maity,Subrata Chakraborty,Sutapa Roychowdhury,Goutam Neogy, Dr.Konad Baidya,Dr.Santanu Ghosh(ZSI ),

Prof. Narayan Ghorai and others.

Coordinators : Rekha and Dipak Kumar Dawn ( 9474192799 )

> Radio talk at 8 a.m on Ajoy HOME & Dr. Satyacharan Laha by Dipak Kumar Dawn on 13th. and14thFebruary 2013 respectively in JANA- AJANA program of Akashbani, Kolkata.

> Birth Centenary of Ajoy Home celebrated on 2nd. MAY, 2013, 4-30 P.M. on wards, by THE BONGIYO BIGYAN PORISHOD,at the parishad hall (Satyendra Nath Bose sabha griha ), in collaboration with The Ajoy Home Centenary Committee. A POTRAIT OF AJOY HOME WAS INAGURATED ON THE OCCASION.

Songs : Sarbani Home.

SPEAKERS : Judhajit Dasgupta, Subrata Chakraborty , Dr.Parul Chakraborty,Sutapa Roy Chowdhury,Pranabranjan Roy,Jiban Sardar, Dr.Sumitra Chowdhury, Hiranmoy Maity, Dipak Kumar Dawn and others.

Chief Guest : Dr. Parul Chakraborty.

Venue : P-23 Raja Rajkrishna Street, Kolkata( near old Biswaroopa Theatre ).