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BPACON 2025

(Aug 29 - Aug 31 )

Bengali Performing Arts Conference
Organized by Calcutta University Alumni Association, USA

BPACON 2025 is the seventh premier annual conference of Bengali Performing Arts in the United States organized by Calcutta University Alumni Association, USA. BPACON 2025 is being hosted in Nashville, TN popularly known as the Music City, USA.  BPACON 2025 is slated to be an exceptional extravaganza of the Bengali culture over three days.

Preston Hotel
733 Briley Parkway, Nashville, TN 37217
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Registration

Registration for Conference

Category

Student

Individual

Family

(Couple)

with child(<5yrs)

(No additional

seat)

with child(5-15yrs)

 

with parents

 

One day pass

(Adult)

One day pass

(Student)

Before Jul 15,  2025


$75

$140

$250


 

 

No charge

 

$40 (each)

 

$120 (each)

 

 

$50 

$40​

After July 15, 2025


$100

$170

$270


 

 

No charge

​​

$50 (each)

 

 

$140 (each)

 

$60

$50

Please pay using one of the following two options:
  1. by check to Calcutta University Alumni Association, USA, 112 Pepper Ridge Cr, Antioch, TN 37013. Please register by names of each individual.
  2. by a bank to bank transfer using the following details:
Name of Beneficiary: Calcutta University Alumni Association; SWIFT Code: USBKUS44IMT; Routing Number: 064000059; Account Number: 151209191874.
Cancellation Policy for Registration: All cancellations must be received in writing (email or regular mail) on or before July 30, 2025 in order to receive a refund, less a 10% processing fee. After August 1, 2025, there will not be refund for cancellation. email: sdas@mmc.edu; regular mail: CUAA, 112 Pepper Ridge Circle, Antioch, TN 37013

 

                                                                Hotel Reservation

  Preston Hotel, 733 Briley Parkway,  Nashville, TN 37217

  Call - 6153615900, extension 1, ask for Dr. Das Block  and give them mini hotel 

​  code which is DDB.

   Please make reservation by July  29,2025 to avail the special rate of  $159 with 2                   queen beds to sleep  up to 4 guests with complimentary breakfast.

 

  Meals

 

Please note that we have arranged an outside Indian caterer to serve lunch and dinner ($25 per meal) for conference attendees. Dinner will be served at 6-7:20 pm on Friday, Saturday & Sunday.  Lunch will be served between 12:30 - 2:00 pm on Saturday and Sunday. However, you must reserve the meal tickets at least 2 days earlier (August 27) before the start of the conference since the caterer needs head count to bring pre-cooked foods.  

If you prefer, you can send the check for meal tickets along with your registration fee. ​

 

Program

 

Day 1 (August 29)

  Registration:    5:30 PM – 8:00 PM

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Dinner Time:    6:00 PM - 7:20 PM

First Session:    7:30 PM – 11:00 PM

Emcee/Anchor -   Tamali Ghosh (Kolkata, India)

Stage Management:  Sujoy Bhattacharya,  Subhankar Sarkar, Nathan Stirckland  (Nashville, TN) 

 Musicians: Keyboardist - Partho Chakrabarty (Kolkata), Percussionist - Subir Chakraborty  (Kolkata), Kingshuk Das (UK),

Orijeet Haldar (Cincinnati, OH)

7:30 PM - 7: 35 PM: Welcome Address (Dr. Bhabendra Putatunda, Murfreesboro, TN)

7:40 PM - 8: 30 PM: Piu Mukherjee (Kolkata) (Classical & Light Classical Songs)

8:35 - 9: 25 PM: Sitar (Pt. Partho Bose, Kolkata)

9:30 - 11:30 PM; Bengali & Hindi Songs by Overseas Artists  (Tathagata Sengupta, Somdatta Banerjee, Arpita Dey)

Day 2 (August 30) 

Registration: 10:00 AM - 12:00 Noon and 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

1st Session  (10:40 AM to 12:40 PM)

Emcee/Anchor -  Soma Mukhopadhyay (Augusta, GA))

Stage Management: Kingshuk Das (UK),  Nathan Strickland

10:40- 11:10 AM  Debarshi Roy (MS)

11:15-11:40 AM: Recitation: Subhasree Nandi (Atlanta)

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM: Bengali Songs: Soma Das (UK), Accompanied in Tabla by Orijeet Haldar

12:20 PM - 12:40 PM : Recitation: Tamali Ghosh (Kolkata)

Lunch Break: 12:45 PM - 2:00  PM
 

2nd Session (2:10 PM – 6:00 PM)

Emcee/Anchor:  Subhasree Nandi, Soma Mukhopadhyay   

Stage Management: Sujoy Bhattacharya, Nathan Strickland

Musicians: Partho Chakrabarty, Subir Chakraborty, Kingshuk Das, Orijeet Haldar

 2:10 PM - 2:35 PM: Flute & Sitar: Sukarnya & Sharanya Kar Bhowmik

2:40 PM - 3:05 PM: Songs:  Dr. Shipra Putatunda, Accompanied by Subir Chakraborty (Tabla) & Partho Chakraborty (Key board)

3:10 PM - 3:50 PM: Bengali & Hindi Songs by Arpita Dey, Kolkata

3:55 PM - 4:35 PM: Bengali & Hindi Songs by Ratnendra Bhaduri (Mumbai)

4:40 - 5:10 PM - Baul Batas: A production by Sumita Chakraborti-Ghosh & Group

5:15 PM - 5:45 PM: Nashville Bengali Community: Participants - Debalina Ghosh & Group (Nashville, TN)

5:50 PM - 6:05 PM: Hindi Songs by Shipra Rai (Indianapolis, Indiana)

                                                                                     Dinner Break (6:10 PM – 7: 25 PM)                                                                                                          
3rd Session (7:30 PM to 11:00 PM)

Emcee/Anchor:  Tamali Ghosh, Subhasree Nandi    

Stage Management: Sujoy Bhattacharya, Nathan strickland, Subhankar Sarkar

Musicians: Partho Chakrabarty, Subir Chakraborty, Kingshuk Das, Orijeet Haldar

7:30 PM - 8:20 PM: Dance by Indrani Dutta (Kolkata, India)

8:25- 9:10 PM: Bengali & Hindi Songs by Somdatta Banerjee, Kolkata  

9:15 - 9:55 PM: Bengali & Hindi songs by Debasree Roy (Kolkata)

10:00 -10:40 PM: Bengali Songs by Nupur Kazi (Kolkata)

10:45 - 11:30 PM: Bengali & Hindi Songs: Ratul Parbat (Kolkata)

 Day 3 (September 1, Sunday)

Registration: 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon

1st Session  (10 30 AM to 12:30 PM)

Emcee/Anchor: Subhasree Nandi, Soma Mukhopadhyay

Stage Management: Sujoy Bhattacharya, KIngshuk Das, Nathan Strickland

10:30 AM - 11:10 AM -  Bengali Songs: Soma Das (UK)

11:15 - 11:45 AM: Bengali Songs : Debasree Roy

11:50 AM - 12:30 PM: Bengali Songs: Nupur Kazi

Lunch Break 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM


2nd Session (2:00 PM – 5:45 PM)

Emcee/Anchor: Subhasree Nandi, Soma Mukhopadhyay      

Stage Management:  Sujoy Bhattacharya, Subhankar Sarkar

2 : 00 PM - 2 : 30 PM -Songs: Debarshi Roy (MS),

2:35 PM - 2:50 PM: Songs: Rishima Saha (Atlanta)

2:55 PM - 3:45 PM: Bengali & Hindi Songs: Arnab Basu (Kolkata)  

3:50 PM - 4:20 PM:  Srutinatak (Bhayankari), Directed by Soma Mukhopadhyay (Augusta, GA)  

4:25 PM - 5:10 PM: Hindi Songs: Ratnendra Bhadury (Mumbai)

5:15 PM - 5:55 PM: Atlanta Community (Directed by Byasdeb Saha)

Dinner Break:  6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

 

3rd Session (7:30 PM to 11:00 PM)

Emcee/Anchor: Tamali Ghosh,  Subhasree Nandi 

Stage Management: Subhankar Sarkar, Sujoy Bhattacharya

Chakrabarty; Percussionist’s - Subir Chakraborty; Kingshuk’s  Das, Orijeet Haldar

7:30 PM - 8:20 PM: Duet Rhytm (Tabla- Madhu Barman, Srikhol - Gopal Barman (Kolkata)

8:25 - 11:30 PM: Bengali & Hindi Songs by Overseas Artists (Tathagata Sengupta, Piu Mukherjee, Arnab Basu, Somdatta Banerjee, Ratnendra Bhaduri, Nupur Kazi, Ratul Parbat, Debasree Roy, Arpita Dey (20 mins per artist).

Program

Performers (overseas)

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Performers (domestic)

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Organizing Committee

Organizing Committee

Convener                                       Salil K. Das

Emcee                                                  Tamali Ghosh, Subhasree Nandi 
                                                  
Registration                                      Shyamali Mukherjee, Rekha Pattanayek, Shyamali Bhattacharya 
                                                             Manjusri Paria, Diya Ghosh, Gita Banerjee, Rajashree Chakraborty

Stage Management:                         Sanjeev Chaudhuri, Sujoy Bhattacharya, 
                                                             Sujit Das
, Mihir Nag, Subhankar Sarkar, Nathan Strickland

Web, Media, Communication         Avisek Naug,  Salil Das, Deepayan Sanyal, Shyamali Mukherjee, Debanjan                                                               Chakraborty

Treasurer                                            Shyamali Mukherjee, Nihar Saha  

Marketing                                           Indrani Ojha, Sujoy Bhattacharya, Arup Bandyopadhyay, Nandita                                                                           Bandyopadhyay, Mahasweta Chakraborti  

Advisory Committee:                        Byasdeb Saha,  Animesh Dhar, Soumen  Ghosh, Sumita Chakraborti -                                                                      Ghosh, Bhabendra & Shipra Putatunda, Subhasree  Nandi                                                                                          Ashish & Anuradha Chakravarthy , Indrani Ojha, Sujoy  Bhattacharya                                                                                                                               
Transportation:                                 Nathan Strickland, Subhankar Sarkar, Salil Das, Nihar  Saha,
                                                              Kaushik Chakraborti, Debasis  Halder, Bivash Paria, Bhaskar                                                                                      Sengupta, Sujit Das
                                        
Hospitality                                          Supriya Halder, Shaon HalderShyamali Mukherjee,  Rekha  Pattanayek                                                                    Manomohan Pattanayek, Bibhas Paria, Manju Paria, Pijush                                                                                        Bhattacharya, Kaushik Chakraborti

Sound and Light Management        Brandon Cole (Event Systems, ESP LLC)

Hotel Management                            Sherrye Ehrenberg, Brittany Taylor                           

 

List of Attendees 2025

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Bandyopadhyay, Arup                 Nashville, TN

Bandyopadhyay, Nandita            Nashville, TN

Bandyopadhyay, Reeta                Nashville, TN

Basu, Arnab                                   Kolkata/ India

Bhakta, Dolon                               Nashville, TN

Bhattacharya, Hannah                  Brentwood, TN

Bhattacharya, Mohit                     Nashville, TN

Bhattacharya, Sanhita                   Nashville, TN

Bhattacharya, Shyamali                Brentwood, TN

Bhattacharya, Siona                      Brentwood, TN

Bhattacharya, Sujoy                      Brentwood, TN

Bhattacharjee, Biplab                   Nashville, TN

Bhattacharjee, Shuvra                   Nashville, TN

Bhowal, Indira                                Atlanta, GA

Bhowal, Pradip                              Atlanta, GA

Bhowmik, Sayan Kar                     Atlanta, GA

Bhowmik Sukanya Kar                  Atlanta, GA

Bhowmik, Sharanya Kar               Atlanta, GA

Bradley, April                                Brentwood, TN

C

Chakrabarti, Ishan                         Clarksville, TN

Chakrabarti, Kakali                        Clarksville, TN

Chakrabarty, Krishna                     Elmhurst, IL

hakraborti, Koushik                     Nashville, TN

Chakraborty, Mahashweata          Bentwood, TN

Chanda  Aishik                               Mt.Juliet,TN

Chanda, Alisha                               Mt.Juliet,TN

Chanda, Chayan                            Mt. Juliet,TN

Chaudhuri, Sanjeev                       Birmingham,AL  

Das, Anjusri                                    Brentwood, TN

Das, Kingshuk                                London/UK

Das, Lajuli                                       Franklin,TN

Das, Salil                                         Antioch,TN

Das, Shouvik                                  Brentwood,TN

Das, Soma                                      London/UK

De, Gouri                                       Huntsville, AL

De Mantu                                       Huntsville,AL

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F

G

Ghosh, Tamali                               Kolkata/India

H

Halder, Debashis                           Nashville, TN                        

Halder, Orijeet                               Cincinnati, OH

Halder, Megha                               Cincinnati, OH

Halder, Supriya                              Nashville, TN

Halder, Shaon                                Nashville, TN

Halder, Shoumili                            Nashville,TN  

I

Ittycheriah, Alex                              Nashville, TN

Ittycheriah, Joy                                Nashville, TN

Ittycheriah, Rainu                             Nashville, TN

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Mishra, Shanghamitra                    Brentwood, TN

Mishra, Surjoneel                            Brentwood,TN

​Mitra, Milonee                                Brentwood, TN

​Mitra Prodipto                                Brentwood, TN

Mitra, Sutapa                                  Bentwood, TN

Mukherjee, Anusha                        Birmingham, AL

Mukherjee, Annyasha                    Clinton, Mississipi

Mukherjee, Arnab                          Birmingham, AL

Mukherjee, Maliha                         Birmingham, AL

Mukherjee, Shyamali                     Nashville,TN

Mukherjee, Swagata                      Atlanta,GA

N

Nandi, Subhasree                         Atlanta, GA

 

O

Ojha, Gopal                                  Brentwood,TN

Ojha, Indrani                                 Brentwood,TN

Ojha, Neel                                     Brentwood,TN

 

P

Paria, Bibhash                                Brentwood,TN

Paria, Manju                                   Brentwood,TN

Paria, Shyak                                    Brentwood,TN

Patra, Abhirup                                Brentwood,TN

Pattanayek, Manomohan              Nashville,TN

Pattanayek, Rekha                         Nashville,TN

Paul, Sabyasachi                            Mt.Juliet,TN

Paul, Sachi                                      Mt.Juliet,TN

Putatunda, Bhaben                       Murfreesboro,TN

Putatunda, Shipra                         Murfreesboro,TN

R

Roy, Debarshi                                Clinton,Mississipi

Roy, Debasree                               Kolkata, India

Roy Chaudhury, Anup                  Nashville,TN

Roychowdhury, Ayona                  Birmingham,AL

Roy, Kakali                                     Nashville,TN

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Saha, Anindita                                Atlanta, GA

Saha, Byasdeb                               Atlanta, GA

Saha, Rishaan                                 Atlanta, GA

Saha, Rishima                                Atlanta, GA

Saha, Nihar                                    Nashville,TN 

Sarkar, Arunima                             Memphis,TN

Sarkar,  Brojo                                  Memphis,TN

Sen, Anjan                                      Naperville, IL

Sen, Krishna                                   Richardson, TX

Sen, Sudipta                                  Naperville, IL  

Sen, Pia                                          Birmingham,AL

Sen, Sudipta                                  Richardson,TX

Sengupta, Dipnarayan                  Richardson,TX

Sengupta, Chaitali                        Richardson,TX

Sengupta, Parama                        Mt.Juliet,TN

Sengupta, Subarna                       Richardson,TX

Shama, Vedika                               Birmingham,AL

Sinha, Anubha                               Nashville,TN

Sivan, Sruti                                     Birmingham,AL

Strickland, Nathan                         Nashville,TN

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Tiwari, Anvesha                              Franklin,TN

 

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Listof Attendees
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 Be a Sponsor (Domestic and Overseas)

   Title Sponsor:             $20000

 Emerald Sponsor:      $10000

 Platinum Sponsor:     $7500

Diamond Sponsor:    $5000

Gold Sponsor:           $3000

Silver Sponsor:         $2000

Bronze Sponsor:      $1500

     Copper Sponsor:     $1000     

  Donors:                  $500 - $750

All sponsors (title, emerald, platinum, diamond, gold, silver and bronze) will be acknowledged in the website and  receive complimentary meals, lodging in hotel for 3 nights and registration (up to 2 members per family, double occupancy). Donors will be acknowledged in the website and receive complimentary meals and registration (up to 2 members per family)

Domestic Sponsors: Please mail check to the Calcutta University Alumni Association, USA at 112 Pepper Ridge Circle, Antioch, TN 37013. You can also make a bank to bank transfer as follows: Name of Beneficiary: Calcutta University Alumni Association; SWIFT Code: USBKUS44IMT; Routing Number: 064000059; Account Number: 151209191874

Overseas Sponsors: Please perform a bank to bank transfer using the following details: Name of Beneficiary: Calcutta University Alumni Association; SWIFT Code: USBKUS44IMT; Routing Number: 064000059; Account Number: 151209191874

Sponsors

BPACON 2025 Sponsors


Title Sponsor:   Dr. Salil K. Das

Emerald Sponsor: Drs Bhabendra and Shipra Putatunda  

Platinum Sponsor: 

Diamond Sponsor: 
 



Gold Sponsor: 


Silver Sponsor:  Dr Kirshna Chakrabarty


Bronze Sponsor: 

Copper Sponsor:   

                           
Donor:  


Media Partner: 

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Location of the Event

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Preston Hotel
733 Briley Parkway, Nashville, TN 37217

Call - 6153615900, extension 1 

* Please make reservation by July 29,2025 to avail the special rate of $159 with 2 queen beds to sleep up to 4 guests with complimentary breakfast.

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BPACON 2025 Sponsors

Calcutta University Alumni Association, USA

Location

Preston Hotel
733 Briley Parkway
Nashville, TN 37217

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