Bhangar Mahavidyalaya maintains its distinctiveness by way of holding a huge Book Fair on its own ground every year with the help of local administration and Panchayet Samity. The College has been continually trying to instil and grow the habit of reading through the organization of the Bhangar Book Fair. It has been increasingly found that students have been addicted to cell phones which, in an age of technology, can not simply be brushed aside. But the College is also trying to make the students veer round to the mighty minds of the old.
The programme is initiated to make the students, teachers, non-teaching staff and the people of the locality more aware of the magical world of books and attempting to instil in the hearts of the students a love for books beyond the gamut of the syllabus and to spread knowledge far and wide.
The Bhangar Book Fair aims at bridging the gap between the city of Kolkata and Bhangar as the people of the locality did not have access to the premier book publishers here. They had to travel to College Street or wait for the Kolkata Book Fair. With the inauguration of the Bhangar Book Fair, the populace got access to the books published by most of the reputed publishers located mainly in the book hub of College Street and the other parts of the State. This Book Fair was first held in January 2018 for three days in the Bhangar Mahavidyalaya ground with Bhangar Mahavidyalaya and Bhangar Block I and II Panchayet Samities collaborating. The Principal of the College himself being the President of the Book Fair the event gets all the more important in the context of the College.
The Bhangar Book Fair is generally organized each year in the month of January. The fair, which draws a large number of people from all walks of life, was inaugurated by the Honourable Education minister, Dr. Partha Chattopadhyay, the local MLA and minister, Mr. Abdur Rezzak Molla, the B.D.O., Bhangar Block I and other high administrative officials were also present. Since then the Fair is held every year after the dates are fixed in a meeting of the authorities of the College. Each day, the Book Fair starts from 2 p.m. onwards and continues till 8 p.m. Many eminent publishers from Kolkata such as Ananda Publishers, Dey’s Publishing, Dey's Publishers, Chhaya Prakashoni and quite a few other local publishers participate in this fair. On these days, students from local schools and colleges take part in several cultural programmes like sit and draw, dancing , singing, recitation, debate and so on that run alongside the fair. Lectures on different academic and administrative topics are delivered by eminent writers and cultural luminaries like Shirshendu Mulhopadyay, Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri, Procheta Gupta, Brototi Bandopadhyay etc . Other cultural programmes with the pioneering artistes from all over the State including folk artists are also organized by the Book Fair committee. On the days of the Fair, thousands of people from Bhangar and its adjoining areas gather in the premises to be a part of this big event. The College exhibits the books written and edited by the Teachers in a separae stall erected by it.
As a result of the organization of this mega event in the college ground, not only are the students able to avail important books at heavy discounts, they are also introduced to the leading book publishers from Kolkata and so they are able to fulfil their reading needs as it is not possible for all to travel far & wide and purchase books from there. On the whole, the introduction of the Bhangar Book Fair has gone a long way in transforming the attitude of the people of Bhangar by making them love books, value them and helped to develop the interest in books and the habit of reading.
