Students Club and Society

Photographic Club
The Photographic Club is one of the most active on campus, and has won many laurels, both national and international. It has its own darkrooms, studio and exhibition facilities. Most importantly, it has a full-fledged training programme with qualified trainers.
The Club organises intra-club and All India Inter-Club contests as well as exhibitions. It offers low-cost photographic facilities.

Music Club
Besides conducting competitions and musical programmes, the Music Club organises singing and dance classes. It has an excellent students' choir which presents songs and music at important University programmes and ceremonies including the Convocation and the students' fests (Sanskriti). The Club has regular programmes on All India Radio and occasionally with Doordarshan.

Debating Society and Quiz Forum
The Debating Society has produced a band of debaters of all-India repute. It organises inter-department debate and quiz competitions, and occasionally inter-college programmes as well.

Film Society
The Jadavpur University Film Society is recognised by the Indian Film Federation. It has its own projection room and library. It organises a number of screenings of famous and award-winning films round the year, as well as an annual film festival over 3-4 days. It als publishes its own journal, 'Katha, Galpa, Chhabi'.

Drama Club
The Drama Club organises theatrical functions at regular intervals. These include formal plays and dance dramas as well as group theatre and street drama. It also conducts drama workshops, and holds exhibitions and poster exhibitions on drama and theatre.
It should also be noted that for the last nine years, students of the Department of English have been staging full-length English plays annually. This revives a long-standing tradition of English theatre in that Department.

Art and Literary Society
The Art and Literary Society publishes a magazine, 'Sandhi'. It organises recitation and essay competitions, group discussions, book exhibitions, cultural programmes etc. for the students.

Mountaineering and Hiking Club
This is a particularly active club. So far, it has conducted six major Himalayan expeditions, in course of which quite a few students have scaled heights of 20,000 feet and above.
Every year, the Club organises rock climbing courses at elementary and basic level, and also arranges trekking expeditions during the Puja vacation.

Painting Club
The Painting Club organises poster exhibitions from time to time on various themes. It also conducts painting workshops for the students.

Science Club
For the last 13 years, the Science Club has been organising the annual 'Tech-Fair' on the University campus. Although the Fair presents all aspects of technology, its underlying purpose is to create a social motivation among the students to develop technology in the interest of the masses.
The Club also conducts seminars and organises lectures on scientific subjects and controversies. It publishes its own magazine, 'Anveshan'. It participates in various science fairs.

Chess Club
The interest of a large body of students led to the formation of this club a few years ago, but its activities have yet to take off.

Karate Club
The Karate Club was set up under the aegis of the Ranajoy Karlekar Memorial Centre, which began organising karate and self-defence classes for interested students on campus from 1999. The Club has been functioning successfully for over two years now. In January 2001, it conducted an international karate workshop attended by over 100 participants.

Environment Groups
The students have formed groups for contributing to the upkeep of the campus and protecting the environment. These groups operate under such names as Habitat and Green Club. In addition to campus cleaning programmes, they undertake tree planting and tree labelling activities.