Every year World Pulses Day is celebrated on 10 February to spread public awareness of the nutritional and environmental benefits of pulses as part of sustainable food production.
The biography of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore titled "A History of Sriniketan: Rabindranath Tagore's Pioneering Work in Rural Construction", written by historian and Tagore biographer Uma Das Gupta has been released.
Pratham Foundation annually conducts an extensive survey in schools, to analyse the learning outcome of students. It released the Annual Status of Education Report.