Annual Nisith Ranjan Ray Memorial Lecture Series
Lectures in memory of the man who gave Calcutta the heritage tag.
20 February 2026
Dr. Jael Silliman: 'The Jewish Heritage of Calcutta'"
Nisith Ranjan Ray Memorial Lecture being delivered by Dr Jael Silliman
28 January 2025
Mrs. Prochy N Mehta — "The Parsi heritage of Calcutta"
Mrs. Mehta (centre) delivering the memorial lecture
25 February 2023
Sri Debashis Deb — "Calcutta in cartoons"
Shri N.N. Sengupta, Treasurer felicitating Shri Deb.
29 November 2019
Dr. Devajit Bandyopadhyay — "Kolkata through the Prism of Theatre Songs (Mancho Ganey Kolkata)"
Dr. Devajit Bandyopadhyay being felicitated before delivering the lecture
12 March 2019
Smt. Bandana Mukhopadhyay — "A Slice of Kolkata's Cultural History - Kolkata Betar"
24 February 2018
Alapan Bandyopadhyay — "Kolkata's neglected underground heritage"
15 March 2017
Sri Abhik Ray — "When the Keepers played false: A peep into Calcutta's lost heritage"
9 September 2015
Sri Jawhar Sircar — "Popular Culture in Kolkata: 19th and 20th centuries"
26 November 2013
Dr. Binay Bhusan Chaudhuri — "New religious sects as exponents of radical political and social ideas: four case studies from Eastern India, 1769-1930"
7 September 1996
Dr. B.N. Mukherjee — "Art Heritage of Calcutta: The Kalighat Pats"
Ms. Lakshmi Law presenting a flower bouquet to Dr. Mukherjee