The Department of Bengali is one which was formed at the very inception of Khejuri College. In 1999, General Programme began to be taught while Honours Programme was initiated in 2002. The First Departmental Head was Dr. Mir Rejaul Karim. Dr. Gautam Dandapat joined as the Departmental Head in 2002 and has continued to lead the Department to new heights of glory. Dr. Amalesh Patra has subsequently joined as Assistant Professor in the Department in 2010. At at present, the department has five teachers and the total intake capacity in Honours Programme is 118 seats.

The Department of Bengali has focused on indigenous culture and literature of the region in various Seminars, Special Lectures and Research Projects which it has organised over the years. Several distinguished guests have graced the Seminars, Webinars and Special Lectures organised by the Department. These include eminent literary figures like Nalinikanta Bera, Sadhan Bhattacharya, Saikat Rakshit, Dr. Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay, Selina Hossein; dramatists like Ujwal Chattopadhyay, Prof. Saumitra Basu, Dipankar Sen, Dr. Gauranga Dandapat; eminent academicians like Prof. Barun Chakraborty, Prof. Bitashok Bhattacharya, Prof. Shrutinath Chakraborty, Prof. Sabitrinanda Chakraborty, Prof. Bikash Kanti Midya, Prof. Baniranjan De, Prof. Atiquzzaman (from B.L. College, Bangladesh), Prof. Jaydeep Ghosh, Prof. Manan Kumar Mondal, Prof. Sanat Kumar Naskar, Dr. Joyjit Ghosh, Dr. Jaydeep Sarangi, Dr. Surajit Ghosh, Dr. Santanu Sarkar, Dr. Narayan Haldar, Dr. Samantak Das, Dr. Prabal Kanti Hazra among several others.

Special Lectures

1) Social Life and Sociolect of Khejuri

2) The Tradition and Evolution of Female Genderlect in Khejuri

3) The Variations of Local Market in Khejuri

4) The Names and Naming Traditions of Khejuri's Villages

5) "Khonjri" Songs of Khejuri

6) The Social Life of Kakmara-sin Khejuri

7) The Traditions and Transformations of Krishnayatra in Khejuri

8) The Date Palm and Culture ofJaggery in Khejuri

9) Social Life in Khejuri in the Post-Pandemic Scenario

Seminars/ Webinars:

2022: Sahitya o Paribesh

2020: Subaltern Voices: Traditions and Transformations

2020: Bangla Bhasha: Mukher Bhasha o Lekhar Bhasha

2018: Culture in Modern Bengal: Traditions and Transformations

2016: Sampratik Bangla Upanyas: Srishti o Binyas (UGC Sponsored)

2013: Bangla Natak o Abhinaycharchar Sekal o Ekal (UGC Sponsored)

2012: Rabindra Bhabanay Banglar Lokosamaj (UGC Sponsored)

2012: Bangla Choto Galper Sampratik Gati-Prakriti (UGC Sponsored)

Wall Magazine:

The Department releases Wall Magazine "Prayash". Since 2014, the Department has organised Alumni Meet “Pratidhwani” and has been publishing a souvenir on that occasion every year. The Department has its own Departmental Library.

Achievement:

Students of the Department have consistently achieved Academic Excellence in university examinations with several of them securing First Class every year. The Department also excels in Sports and other extracurricular activities. It has won the Inter-Departmental Football Tournament twice – in 2018 and 2022 – and has been Runners Up in 2019.

Excursion:

The students of the department participate in Educational Field Trips of Bankura, Purulia, Murshidabad, Santiniketan and Puri where they are acquainted with various folk art and handicraft traditions and practices.