Principal Bhatter College, Dantan and Editor-in-Chief
[Published: 5 Oct 2023]
The latest issue, Volume 11, Number 1, 2023 is up online now. The Bhatter College Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies has always been at the forefront of publishing research works in emerging areas. The multidisciplinary nature of the journal provides us with scope to approach the significant areas in a holistic manner resulting in antidisciplinary prismatic perspective. In the new century when disciplinary boundaries of the disciplines are getting effectively blurred, we insist on the principle of interdisciplinary cooperation among researchers from various fields to approach the problems from varied angles.
This issue was planned to bring out research on “Local Area Development” following the deconstructive approach of reaching out to the centre from the margin. With this aim, the Research Advisory Council of the college funded several research projects on various problems at Dantan and its surrounding areas. The projects are mostly action research set within the framework of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The published articles have been categorically marked with those 17 SDGs. We are also committed to our professed mission of open-access dissemination of knowledge without any barrier. Open Access enabled by the institution helps the global scholarly community and thus helps us in reaching the SDGs.
The issue is also significant in the context of the ambitious National Educational Policy 2020 as it explores new pedagogies from the local and general contexts and follows the five pillars of NEP: Affordability, Accessibility, Quality, Equity, and Accountability. The issue will excite interest among both the students and teachers. I appreciate the academic contribution of all authors who kindly responded to our invitation and contributed their articles.
I express my gratitude to our Chief Patron, Shri Bikram Chandra Pradhan for his guidance and inspiration. For the entire plan and guidance, I am thankful to the RAC, Bhatter College. I am thankful to the journal team for their untiring collective initiative to bring multidisciplinary research under one umbrella. Thanks to Dr. Prafulla Kumar Das, the Managing Editor, Dr. Pranab Barman, Dr. Kriti Ranjan Sahu and Professor Mir Ahammad Ali, Associate Editors of the journal. I convey my heartiest gratitude to the honoured Advisory and Editorial board members and peer reviewers for their valuable suggestions, criticism and continuous support in bringing this issue to our readers. Special thanks go to Prof. Thakurdas Jana for managing the technical and aesthetic aspects of the journal. I am also thankful to others who work behind the curtain for the publication of this issue. Finally, the help of the office staff and members of Bhatter College, Dantan and the press are thankfully acknowledged. Despite our best efforts, there may be some unintended errors, which we promise to rectify in our next edition.
We believe that the present issue will be warmly accepted by both scholarly and general readers. We look forward to receiving suggestions and feedback from the readers for future improvement.