A two-day national seminar was organised by the Department of English, Ganjam College, on the theme "Ecocriticism & Environmental Ethics" from Wednesday. It was inaugurated by chief guest Prof Geetanjali Dash, Vice-Chancellor, Berhampur University.
Prof Bishnu Charan Das from the Assam Central University and Prof Shruthi Das, HOD of English, Berhampur University, were keynote speakers, who emphasised the need of environmental awareness among people through literature and human-centric approaches to solve the environmental issues.
Dr Laxmikant Tripathy, RD, Higher Education, Berhampur, who attended the seminar as guest of honour, stressed on the importance of such seminars to improve the quality of academic excellence.
Dr Prabina Kumar Nanda welcomed the guests. The concept note of the seminar was presented by seminar coordinator Dr Smarnika Hota while the inaugural session was coordinated by Dr Durga Prasad Dash. Senior faculty Mamata Padhi gave g guest introduction. Arundhati Singh, Lecturer in English, gave a vote of thanks.
More than forty research papers were presented in the seminar focusing on various topics on representation of environmental issues in literature. Delegates and speakers from different colleges and universities of the country attended the seminar.