Present and Future -SXCCAA

THE PRESENT :SXCCAA

The increasing number of companies visiting the campus every year to campus recruitment, e.g. Hindustan Lever, Mckenzie, HSBC, SBI, Infosys, Wipro, Globsyn, Satyam, TVS, Maruti etc., to mention a few, offering packages varying from Rs 1.8 to 7.00 lakhs proclaims the quality of the students coming out of the portals of this college.

No wonder then St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata is reckoned as one of the top ten under graduate colleges of India by various surveys.

St. Xavier’s a Post Graduate Institution : The University has bestowed on SXC the status of a Post Graduate institution by granting affiliation to conduct the two year M. Sc. course from the session 2005-2006.

The first autonomous college of W. Bengal : Considering the all round quality of this institution, the UGC and the Calcutta University have conferred by letters dated 6th March 2006, the AUTONOMOUS STATUS on St. Xavier’s, the first ever autonomous college in W Bengal! This surely is an achievement for a private institution in a Marxist dominated state!

This brief review, we hope, should provide sufficient coverage to understand how St. Xavier’s has maintained continuity in its search for excellence in the spirit of Nihil Ultra! This is what we call ‘The Xaverian Tradition’.

THE FUTURE : SXCCAA

With 21 subjects, a student may choose from 13 three year honours/major courses, 3 three year general level courses at the Under graduate level and at the PG level the B. Ed. course and M.Sc. Computer Science. The existing campus caters to nearly 4500 students in three shifts, morning, day and evening. No new courses in UG or PG could be offered without affecting the quality of service. The main hurdle : lack of space.

We are also aware that a higher educational institution cannot pretend to offer higher education unless PG level courses, Research and Consultancy services are offered by the institution. Realizing the need for more space, we had applied to the Sate Government for allocation of sufficient land to develop a second campus. The state government responded generously granting nearly six acres of land along the Eastern Bypass on lease.

The SECOND CAMPUS aims to create the necessary infrastructure for introduction of Post Graduate Teaching, Research and Consultancy and to provide infrastructure facilities such as Hostels and Guest House of international standards, with which we may be able to welcome foreign students and accompanying staff members. We propose to make use of the second campus immediately for the introduction of post graduate teaching, research and consultancy in four emerging areas : 1. Media, 2. Biosciences, 3. IT and 4 Management. Along with this we would like to offer facilities of international standards : a swimming pool, indoor stadium/gymnasium, club house, hostels for boys and girls etc. with the intention of international cooperation, attracting students from abroad for study, research and consultancy. Our dream will remain incomplete or mere wishful thinking if the well being of the poor of the surrounding areas of the second campus escape our attention. St. Xavier’s as a Jesuit institution has a social obligation to transform the lives of these people through the light of education. We shall devise ways and means to reach out to transform the lives of these poor people. This will require substantial investment.