The Centre for Studies on Bengali Diaspora, University of Kalyani was inaugurated on June 26, 2015 by His Excellency, the Governor of West Bengal Mr. Kesari Nath Tripathy in the presence of Prof. Rattan Lal Hangloo Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of the University, with an international seminar entitled Offsprings of Bengal in Distant Lands, Quest of the Disanchored. Ms. Helen LafaVe, Hon’ble Consul General US and the Hon’ble Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh Mr. Zokey Ahad was also present in the occasion.