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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

Before Jul 15,  2025

$75

$140

$250


 

No charge

 

 

$40 (each)

$120 (each)

 

$50 Adults, $40 (Student) 

After Jul 15, 2025

$100

$170

$270


 

No charge

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$50 (each)

 

$140 (each)

$60 (adults), $50 (Student)

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    

   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:  Sanjeev Chaudhuri (Birmingham, AL), Mihir Nag (Columbus, OH), Sujoy Bhattacharya (Nashville, TN),

Subhankar Sarkar (Nashville, TN)

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

Orijeet Haldar (Cincinnati, OH)

7:30 PM - 7: 40 PM: Welcome Address (Dr. Bhabendra Putatunda, Murfreesboro, TN)

7:40 PM - 9;40 PM: Opening Ceremony by all Overseas Artists (Somdatta Banerjee, Arnab Basu, Ratnendra Bhadury, Soma Das, Arpita Dey, Piu Mukherjee, Ratul Parbat, Tathagata Sengupta): Directed by Tathagata Sengupta   (Kolkata)

9:50-11:00 PM - Sitar (Pt. Partho Bose (Kolkata)

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 -  Subhsree Nndi (Atlanta, GA)

Stage Management: Kingshuk Das (UK), Mihir Nag​ (OH)

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, Tamali Ghosh   

Stage Management: Sujoy Bhattacharya, Nathan Strickland, Mihir Nag

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

 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM: Songs:  ?

2:35 PM - 3:00 PM: Songs:  Dr. Shipra Putatunda, Accompanied by Anup Raychowdhury (Tabla) & Anab Basu (Harmonium)

3:05 PM - 3:45 PM: Bengali & Hindi Songs by Arpita Dey, Kolkata

3:50 PM - 4:30 PM: Bengali & Hindi Songs by Ratnendra Bhaduri (Mumbai)

4:35 - 5:10 PM - ?

 

5:15 PM - 6:00 PM: Nashville Indian Community: Ak Bhashar Gaaner Probhaabe Onnyo Bhasha te Gaan (Coordinated by Arup Bandyopadhyay)

                                                                                     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: Sanjeev Choudhuri, Sujoy Bhattacharya, Nathan strickland, Subhankar Sarkar

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

7:30 PM - 8:00PM: Dance:

(Directed by Pia Sen, Birmingham, AL) 

8:05- 8:45 PM: Bengali & Hindi Songs by Somdatta Banerjee, Kolkata  

8:50 - 9:30PM: Bengali & Hindi songs by Ratul Parbat (Kolkata)

9:35 - 10:15 PM: Bengali & Hindi Songs by Tathagata Sengupta (Kolkata)

10:20 - 11:00 PM: Classical Song by Piu Mukherjee (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, Jaba Chaudhuri

Stage Management: Sujoy Bhattacharya, KIngshuk Das, Mihir Nag

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM -  Dance: Directed by Swagata Mukherjee  (Atlanta, GA)

10:50 AM - 11:20 AM:  Flute & Sitar (Sukarnya & Sharanya Kar Bhowmik (Atlanta) 

11:25 AM - 12:05 PM: Bengali Songs: Soma Das (UK)

Lunch Break 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM


2nd Session (2:00 PM – 5:45 PM)

Emcee/Anchor: Subhasree Nandi, Jaba Chaudhuri      

Stage Management:  Sujoy Bhattacharya, Sanjeev Choudhuri, 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 - 3:25 PM: Nabapatrika: Directed by Sati Nath (Birmiham, AL) 

3:30 PM - 4:10 PM:   Debasree Roy (Kolkata)!

4:05 PM - 4:45 PM: Hindi Songs: Ratnendra Bhadury (Mumbai)

4:50 PM - 5:20 PM:

5:25 PM -  5: 55 PM: Songs: Songs: Soma Das (UK)

4:35 PM - 5:15 PM: Atlanta Musicals (Directed by Byasdeb Saha, Atlanta)

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: Sanjeev Choudhuri, Sujoy Bhattac

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

7:30 PM - 10:10 PM : Songs

 PM: Overseas

Artists  (Arnab Basu, Somdatta

Banerjee, Arpita Dey, Ratul Parbat, Piu Mukherjee, 

Debasree Roy, Nupur Kaji, Tathagata Sengupta (30 mins each)

10:10 - 11:00 PM : Duet Rhytm (Tabla- Madhu Barman, Srikhol - Gopal Barma)

Program

Performers (overseas)

Performers (domestic)
 

Organizing Committee

Organizing Committee

Convener                                       Salil K. Das

Emcee                                                  Tamali Ghosh, Subhasree Nandi, 
                                                  
Opening & Closing Ceremony         Coordinator:  Tathagata Sengupta

 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,  Dipak Banerjee,  Animesh Dhar, Soumen                                                                                              Ghosh, Sumita Chakraborti, Bhabendra & Shipra Putatunda, Subhasree                                                                  Nandi, Ashish & Anuradha Chakravarthy                                                                                                                                 
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 2023

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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

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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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Ghosh, Tamali                               Kolkata/India

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Halder, Debashis                           Nashville, TN                        

Halder, Orijeet                               Cincinnati, OH

Halder, Megha                               Cincinnati, OH

Halder, Supriya                              Nashville, TN

Halder, Shaon                                Nashville, TN

Halder, Shoumili                            Nashville,TN  

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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

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Nandi, Subhasree                         Atlanta, GA

 

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Ojha, Gopal                                  Brentwood,TN

Ojha, Indrani                                 Brentwood,TN

Ojha, Neel                                     Brentwood,TN

 

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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

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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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 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 2024 Sponsors


Title Sponsor:   Dr. Salil K. Das

Emerald Sponsor: Tennessee Arts Commission  



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