J&MC Dept. celebrates Teachers’ Day

Bhanja Bihar, Sept 5: Post Graduate Department of Journalism and Mass Communication organized a Teachers’ Day celebration at its Lecture Hall-I today at 12 p.m.

Faculties and Students of Dept. of J&MC posing for a photo-op

in front of the P.G. Central office of Berhampur University

following the Teachers' Day celebration Tuesday.

P.G. Council Chairman Prof. Devi Prasanna Patnaik, who graced the occasion as the chief guest, said the noble relations between Guru and Shishya is an age-old tradition in India. Guru is the backbone of Indian society. A true teacher always wants to be superseded by a student, he mentioned.

Expressing discontent over Teachers’ Day celebration, Coordinator Prof. Bibhuti Bhusan Mahapatra said teacher-student relations are not meant for one day celebration. It is for ever. But this one day celebration indirectly indicates that we respect teachers on this special day only, then what about other days? However, he also emphasized on the pivotal role of teacher in building one personality and career.

On the same line, department faculty Sudarsan Sahoo also said that teacher-student relationship is eternal. But, it is the student who chooses a teacher to whom he will follow. The student can decide that through intra-personal communication i.e. talking to himself, he added.

Harish Chandra Behera, a faculty of the department, also spoke about the legends of teacher-students relationship. He wished the students would follow same path to achieve success.

Meanwhile, Dr. Hari Krishna Behera, another faculty of the department, spoke about his teachers who have a great role in transforming his career.

Subsequently, the students of both Part-I & II also verbalized their feelings, respect and gratitude for their teachers. 

(A report by Diptimayee Biswaranjan Sethy, J&MC, Semester-I, 2017)