Archive · 18 Sep 2026
ABVP, BMS Hold Vishwakarma Puja Across Jadavpur University Campuses
ABVP and a university employees’ association held a Vishwakarma Puja at Jadavpur University.
The events happened at the main campus and the Salt Lake campus.
Students and university workers joined the celebrations.
ABVP said the event celebrated work, creativity, knowledge and technology.
The organisation also said it wanted to increase its presence at the university.
Jadavpur University has historically had a strong Left student presence.
The puja took place during a period of increased political activity on campus.
ABVP and student activists from FETSU had also clashed at the university on August 19.
ABVP and the West Bengal University Employees’ Association organised Vishwakarma Puja at two Jadavpur University campuses.
The celebrations took place at the technology building on the main campus and at the Salt Lake campus.
Students, teaching staff and non-teaching staff participated in the events.
ABVP said the puja highlighted the university’s traditions of work culture, creativity, knowledge and technology.
The event came amid heightened campus politics and ABVP’s efforts to expand its presence at the historically Left-dominated university.
- Who
- The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and the West Bengal University Employees’ Association, affiliated with the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, organised the puja, with students and university staff participating.
- What
- A Vishwakarma Puja was held at two Jadavpur University campuses.
- When
- Friday, September 18; the article does not specify the year.
- Where
- The technology building on Jadavpur University’s main campus and its Salt Lake campus.
- Why
- ABVP said the event highlighted the university’s work culture, creativity, knowledge and technology, while the organisation also sought to strengthen its campus presence.
Cultural and Institutional Celebration
Political Expansion and Campus Contestation
Purpose of the puja
Cultural and Institutional Celebration
ABVP described the event as a celebration of Jadavpur University’s traditions of work culture, creativity, knowledge and technology.
Political Expansion and Campus Contestation
The event also occurred as ABVP sought to strengthen its presence at a university with a historically strong Left student presence.
Campus political climate
Cultural and Institutional Celebration
ABVP linked the university to ideals associated with Rishi Aurobindo and patriotic and nationalist values, and cited its earlier Saraswati Puja and Ram Navami events.
Political Expansion and Campus Contestation
The puja took place amid heightened political activity, including a recent clash between ABVP and FETSU activists and calls to confront Left-wing politics at the institution.
- Organisers
- Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and the West Bengal University Employees’ Association
- Affiliation
- The employees’ association is affiliated with the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
- Event
- Vishwakarma Puja
- Locations
- Jadavpur University’s technology building and Salt Lake campus
- Participants
- Students, teaching staff and non-teaching staff
- Political context
- ABVP said it was seeking to strengthen its presence at the historically Left-oriented university
- Recent clash
- ABVP and Faculty of Engineering and Technology Students’ Union activists clashed on campus on August 19