International Culture Speaker

Professor Sadhan Kumar Ghosh, head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India, visited our International Club here at PVCC.

Ghosh comes from West Bengal, one of the 29 states of India. He presented a lot of interesting information about Indian culture and his personal history.

Ghosh helped found the UK/India Educational Research Initiative, which started in 2006, and serves to enhance the educational ties between the two countries.

Ghosh particularly stressed the geography, number of Nobel Prize winners, and the fact that India is a secular country with numerous religions. The secularity of India is one of the major driving factors behind her successes and progress.

India has numerous notable Nobel Prize winners. The most pertinent are Mother Teresa for peace, CV Raman for Physics, Amartya Sen for Economics, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar for Physics, and Venkratraman Ramakrishnaan for Chemistry.

Ghosh delved into the cultural facets of India, which include eating and marriage traditions. There are many marriage ceremonies in traditional Indian culture and most weddings take place over the course of three days before the bride and groom are officially married.

As for traditional eating habits, most Indian meals are eaten either sitting on the floor or on low cushions or chairs, and most food is eaten with bare hands.

Professor Ghosh is clearly one of the proudest Indians.