Press handout issued at the Press Conference of Rev.Fr. Dr. J. Felix Raj. S.J. Principal, St. Xavier’s College, and President St Xavier’s College (Calcutta) Alumni association.

Kolkata 7^th May, 2012.The third annual international convention of Xaveirans, Beyond Boundaries III will be organized in Singapore on 11^th to 13^th of May, 2012. The purpose of this convention is to renew the spirit of Xaverians and to bring as many Xaverians as possible within its fold. The convention also serves as an important platform to seek the support of Xaverians for their alma mater, especially during a time when the college is implementing academic and infrastructural expansion on an unprecedented scale. Around 300 Xaverians from around the world are expected to congregate.

As part of the event, The Global Xaverian Award will be conferred on Mr. Sayed Manzoor Elahi, a Xaverian industrialist settled in Bangladesh. The Global Xaverian Award for 2013 will be given to Mr. L. N. Mittal and Mr. Sanjeev Goenka in London in May 2013.

Beautiful Bengal: a business-industry meet is also being organized to highlight the opportunities of investing in Bengal, to which the Hon. Minister of Industries, Govt. Of West Bengal, Mr. Partha Chatterjee is leading a delegation of industrialists including Mr. Prasun Mukherjee and Mr. Jayanta Roy among others.

The Hon. Chief Minister, Ms. Mamata Banerjee had announced on the College’s Convocation on January 20^th 2012 that St. Xavier’s College, should become a University. The Principal has constituted a “Think Tank” to give shape to this dream consisting of: Mr. Suranjan Das, Vice Chancellor, University of Calcutta; Mr. Sanjeev Goenka, noted industrialist; 2 senior teachers of the college, The Rector of St. Xavier’s College and Mr. Snehasish Sur, noted Media person with the Principal as the Chairperson of the committee which is entrusted with the job of preparing the documents for application for up gradation.

The St. Xavier’s College is grateful to the Government of West Bengal for allotting 16 acres of land for expansion of the college. The college had asked for 25 acres but the Government could only give 16 acres at a price as low as possible.

The NAAC team had visited the college in November 2011 and had accorded the college an “A” grade with 3.53 points out of 4.Now another team will be visiting on Tuesday to assess and accredit the B.Ed department of the college, for which preparations are on in full swing. The B.Ed department is almost 52 years old and admits a hundred students every year. The college is now reading to start a M.Ed. department as an when we get the necessary space in the new campuses.

SXC proposes to honour Gurudev Rabindra Nath Tagore by starting a Bengali (Honours) Course from July 2012. To usher in the course, SXC plans to stage a drama based on Mahashweta Devi’s “Ajir” on the 4^th and 5^th of August, 2012. The Hon. Minister of Education, Govt. of West Bengal, Mr. Bratya Basu will be the chief Guest to flag off the Bengali (H) course.  

For More Information Contact:

Mr. Firdausul Hasan

Hon .Secretary, SXCCAA

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