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Thursday, April 23, 2020

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NATIONAL LIBRARY CELEBRATES WORLD BOOK DAY 2020

National Library of India today (23.04.2020) organised a Webinar on  “BOOK : A FRIEND WHO NEEDS NO SOCIAL DISTANCING” by Dr. Chandana Aditya, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Womens’ College, Kolkata to celebrate the World Book Day 2020.



Around eighty participants from across the country participated in the Webinar. The deliberation was followed by a lively interaction of the participants with the resource person. The excerpt of the webinar is also given below.



Dr.K.K.Kochukoshy, Officer-on-Special Duty delivered the welcome address. Ms E.Gajalakshmi, ALIO compered the entire program. She introduced the resource person and introduced the concept of the webinar.The vote of thanks was delivered by Dr.Partha Sarathi Das, ALIO.



The virtual program was conducted through Videoconferencing through GoToMeeting Application. The entire virtual program is conceptualised, designed and digitally managed exclusively by the In-house team of National Library of India for the first time in history of the National Library as one of the step to reach out the citizens of this country during the lockdown period.


About the Resource Person

Dr. Chandana Aditya joined the department of Psychology in the capacity of Assistant Professor from 1 st October, 2016. She was awarded her PhD degree in 2004 from University of Calcutta inApplied Psychology. Title of her PhD Dissertation is “Effect of Hindusthani Music (Instrumental) onthe Emotional Arousal and Catharsis in Relation to Personality Dispositions”. She completed her BEd in Special Education in 2005-2006 sessions. She received National Scholarship in Under Graduate Level and qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) for lecturer ship in 2013. She is Lifetime Member of IIP and IARA. Annual and renewable member of RCI and affiliate member of IPS. She received training in clinical psychiatry in her PG days. She is also undergoing training in Psychoanalysis from Indian Psychoanalytical Institute functioning under the Indian Psychoanalytical Society (IPS). She is currently working as a Guest Editor of special issue of EAI endorsed journal with the tentative title of: Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases : ICT Solutions for Smart Cities. She is engaged in research works on different areas like stress and mental health, psychiatric issues,Organizational Psychology and HRM. Her current focus of research is Values and Ethics: Drifting Ethics during social crisis. She can be reached at cdaditya2000@gmail.com

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