Call for Papers & Call for Posters organised by Dept. of Human Rights & Dept. of Sociology

‘SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS’

(MAY - JULY 2020)


The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has quickly spread across the world in a matter of months. In India, while the numbers are soaring, various Government agencies, researchers, and practitioners are providing us with guidelines to flatten the curve and thereby control the spread of this virus. The pandemic is provoking numerous questions at all levels. It has also shown that modern society is extremely vulnerable and under-prepared for such events. Keeping this in context, the Department of Human Rights and the Department of Sociology collaborated to organize an online event inviting papers and posters from students to present their valuable insights and showcase their creativity.

Students from all the years were invited to undertake a research study based on secondary data collection on the following themes highlighting the social impact of Covid-19 cutting across vulnerable sections of the society. Papers were encouraged on studies focusing on local, state, national, and/or cross-national reactions to grapple with the pandemic. Some of the themes included were:

Social distancing and potential exposure among vulnerable populations (homeless persons, disabled individuals, the elderly, street children, migrant labourers, etc.)

Economic and labour-market consequences of COVID-19

Rising number of domestic violence

Incidents of intensifying untouchability

Livelihood of the transgender community

Role reversal for women at household domain during the lockdown

Female workforce belonging to the unorganized sector


The co-organizers received a total of 12 papers that had both single-authored and co-authored (not more than 03 authors) papers. The final selection of the papers was done by judges from our college.


Name of the winners:

1. Antara Bhadra, Oishi Das and Soumili Basu (Economics Honours, 2nd year)

2. Vinita Ghosh (Psychology Honours, 2nd year)

3. Pragya Saha (Psychology Honours, 2nd year) and Manushi Thakur (Psychology Honours, 1st year)



Students from all the years were invited to design posters highlighting Coronavirus (Covid-19) and its impact on society. Prospective contributors were asked to submit posters either in pencil shading format; pastel shade format; or water colour format. Students were encouraged to send entries on the following themes:


Rising incidence of violence against women and children at home;

Cyber-crimes against young boys and girls;

Salutation to Covid-19 Frontline Warriors (doctors, nurses, police, teachers, and other volunteers)


The co-organizers received a total of 17 posters and a team of judges from the college announced the following as winners:


1. Meghmandra Pal (Psychology Honours, 2nd year)

2. Triasa Patra (Geography Honours, 1st year)

3. Unnatri Dutta (Political Science Honours, 1st year)

4. Jennifer Samantha Das (Geography Honours, 1st year)