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St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata to upgrade all its undergraduate departments to post graduate studies

St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata is going to upgrade all its undergraduate departments to post graduate studies within the next three years as a part of its Vision 2025. The college plans to introduce Ph.D programmes in Bengali and English very soon followed by commencement of doctoral studies in all the departments. This was announced by the Principal Revered Father Dominic Savio at the 15th Convocation of the College on Saturday. The construction of the new campus of the College near EM Bypass is going to begin shortly. This being the third campus of the college, after its Kolkata and Raghabpur rural campus at South 24-Parganas, will house a state of the art Hub for the Mass Communication and Multimedia departments, the Community Radio Station, a modern Incubation Centre for facilitating startups and modern research facilities for Science PG departments.   

As a part of its commitment to the society, the College is also going to begin its School for Gender Studies from the next month at the rural campus at Raghabpur. The aim is to empower girl students with knowledge and self-confidence and also to facilitate awareness amongst their family members, neighbours and others with regard to gender equality. The centre also has a plan to start with peer reviewed journals on the subject both in English and Bengali with ISSN numbers.

Prof. Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee, Vice Chancellor, Calcutta University presided over the convocation and delivered the convocation address. Professor Rudrangshu Mukherjee. Hon’ble Chancellor, Ashoka University was the Chief Guest. Eminent Cardiac Surgeon and Xaverian Dr. Kunal Sarkar was presented this year’s Nihil Ultra Award for his outstanding contribution to the society, especially during the corona period. Rev. Father Raphael Joseph Hyde, Provincial and Rev. Father Jeyaraj Veluswamy, Rector were also present on the occasion among others.

9 Ph.D, 352 PG, 2539 UG and 95 B. Ed students were awarded their Degrees in this year’s convocation.

Reverend Father Principal Dr. Dominic Savio mentioned that as a part of the expansion plan, the rural campus at Raghabpur is also being upgraded to bridge the rural-urban divide amongst the students in the society. Other than new PG departments, the Raghabpur campus is also going to provide vocational courses designed to meet the needs of the local populace. A centre for Skill Development is also being planned at the Raghabpur Campus to impart technical skills to the local rural residents.

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