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  25 September 2023, Kolkata : Lampshade Writers, a spirited platform for sharing poems and interactions among poetry enthusiasts, organized its first poetry reading session themed `Earth and Sky’ in Kolkata recently. It was a soulful evening of poetry, musings and fun. Lampshade Writers is the brainchild of Nivedita Narsapuram of Hyderabad who started the initiative as an online forum three years ago during the Covid pandemic. Since then, many young and old poetry lovers from across India and overseas have joined the group. Around twenty young poets and poetry lovers from Kolkata and Hyderabad came together to recite their poems based on the pre-determined theme of Earth and Sky. The Kolkata debut session witnessed the presence of avid poetry lovers, mostly young ladies. Lampshade Writers envisions bringing even more people together and giving wings to words in the form of poetry. “I had this idea back in 2020 amid the raging pandemic to create Lampshade Writers - a forum ...

  September 14th, 2023, Kolkata: iLEAD , the hub of academic excellence and innovation, hosted a symposium on Digital Transformation, a socioeconomic game changer . The event was graced with the presence of notable dignitaries from diverse sectors, namely Mr. Rahul Dutta (Executive Director, PWC), Dr. Simontini Patra Banerjee (In-Charge Department of Laboratory Medicine, ESI Hospital), Mr. Uddalak Banerjee (GM HRBP, East Cluster, Vodafone), Ms. Subha Das Mollick (Documentary Film Maker). They shared valuable insights on the how digitalisation is shaping our society and economy. Furthermore, the event witnessed the much-anticipated launch of ‘Digital Transformation in Emerging Business Environment’, a book on digitalization. The book is about the changing dynamics of the digital world, and how the emergence of digitalization is impacting the business industry.   The symposium featured an eminent panel of speakers; each of them is an expert in their respective fields. They s...

Kolkata, 8th September, 2023: The cast of Yariyaan 2, Divya Khosla and Yash Dasgupta visited the iLEAD campus today to interact with students and promote their upcoming film which is slated to be released on October 20, 2023.  While interacting with students the actors shared information regarding the movie plot. They shared some fun moments they had during the shooting. One of the songs called “Sanson Ki Mala Pe Simroon Main Tera Naam” from the upcoming film was screened at the event. Students of the college performed for the guests and also the lead actor, Divya Khosla Kumar shook a leg with the students. She was overjoyed to see the response at iLEAD so was Yash, her co-star in the film, who is also a very popular face in Bengal.  The movie “Yaariyan 2”, directed by Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru is based on a journey of three cousins and their self discovery in Mumbai, India. The film is a perfect portrayal of the theme of friendship, love and relationships between sib...