PRINCIPAL'S REPORT 2021
Principal's
Report 2021
Respected Professor Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Hon’ble reasonably well, is I think evidenced by the constant curve of
Chancellor, Ashoka University, Haryana, our Chief Guest for upward growth that we have been able to maintain over the
the programme today, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of the 16 years of our autonomy.
University of Calcutta, Dr. (Prof.) Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee, Beginning with the award of College with Potential for
Respected Dr. Kunal Sarkar, our Nihil Ultra Awardee 2021-22, Excellence, we have been honoured with numerous
Respected Provincial, Rev. Fr. Raphael Joseph Hyde SJ, acknowledgements of our academic endeavours and
Respected Rector, Rev. Fr. Jeyaraj Veluswamy SJ, Vice achievements. These include being conferred the status of
Principals, Deans, Member Secretary, Academic Council, College of Excellence in 2014, and College with a special
members of the staff, teaching and support, alumni/ae, Heritage status in 2015.
benefactors, parents, well-wishers, friends, and my dear
students, I extend a warm welcome to all of you to this 15th Beginning in 2003, we have been through 3 cycles of NAAC
Convocation & Valedictory Function of the College. May the assessment. From an A grade in the first assessment, we have
Almighty bless us all abundantly! improved our rating to an A++ grade in the last assessment
which was conducted in 2017.
I place before you the Annual Report for the year 2021, I
would like to remember the long journey that has brought Our NIRF ratings have further validated our attempts to
this college to the present moment. maintain the highest possible academic values and standards.
Our ranking has steadily climbed to 4th position out of 1,802
St. Xavier’s College is 162 years old. We have a history and a participating colleges in 2021.
heritage which we endeavour to preserve and which are an
inspiration and guide for our future. It has been the intent of To keep a vigilant eye on the quality of our academic
successive Principals, including the present, to realize and standards from independent auditors who can assess and
make real the fundamental vision of Nihil Ultra which signifies suggest areas of further improvement, we enlisted for ISO
to us the fact that nothing is indeed beyond our imagination, 9001: 2015 certification which was granted in 2019. 2 further
grasp or achievement. surveillance audits were recently concluded for the years
2020 and 2021.
This vision of limitless possibilities began to fructify in 2006
when the College was granted autonomy. Autonomy came We also undertake regular academic audits to help us identify
with acknowledged responsibilities which we have continued areas of improvement so that we can continue on our path of
to shoulder into the present. That we have done so quality expansion.
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Initiated in 2015, the Ph.D. program is now offered by the some PG departments will be shifted to another wing at this
Commerce, Physics, Biotechnology, Microbiology and campus to free up space on the Park Street campus.
Computer Science departments. We hope to extend this to In the midst of expansion, we remain a College with a
the PG Arts departments. It is our personal dream to ensure conscience whose mission is to reach the benefits of quality
that all the undergraduate departments become post- education to the underprivileged, the marginalized and to
graduate departments by 2025 and 2 years later be readied to students from the rural hinterland. I am happy and proud to
offer doctoral degrees to provide students with a seamless announce that our Ragabhpur campus has successfully
academic transition with varying points of exit according to bridged the rural-urban divide and has brought about
the students’ needs. significant changes in the rural areas it serves. With generous
Since we envision St Xavier’s to be a research-oriented investment and endowment, the campus has been
institution, we have begun to lay greater emphasis on undergoing extensive expansion and upgradation, has
research. Significant and increasing volume of research is opened postgraduate departments, and is looking to offer
being undertaken by many science departments as witnessed vocational courses designed to meet and fulfil the needs of
by the increasing amounts of research project grants the the local populace. A Centre of Skill Development is also being
college has obtained. planned at the Raghabpur campus to impart technical skills to
We also intend to increase our applications for patents based local rural residents. The Ragabhpur campus is, I believe, one
on research projects with significant practical applications. of our most significant achievements and is affirmation of the
Jesuit ideals which give force and structure to the overall
We also recognise that if the College has to stay abreast of the vision for the future.
times, we have to strike out in new directions. We begin our
foray into new territory by introducing an M.Sc. course in Data We aim to take this commitment and service to society in
Science from the academic session 2022-23. further directions. So, we have begun to ideate and plan the
setting up of a School of Gender Studies, and a School of
Such cutting-edge courses will give the College a vibrant Social Sciences.
contemporary feel and this will certainly attract a new kind of
student profile which, I am sure, will add a new demographic The School for Gender Studies is scheduled to begin in the
and talent base that can only further vitalise the College and month of March 2022 at the Raghabpur Campus. It hopes to
add to its multi-disciplinary character. empower girl students/women with knowledge and self-
confidence and to facilitate awareness amongst their family
Further to this, learning from opportunities thrown up by the members, neighbours and others with regard to gender
pandemic, the college is planning to offer various online equality. While organizing regular conferences, seminars, and
courses of varying durations. Discussions and planning have workshops, the School for Gender Studies will take up
resulted in a blueprint that will soon be ready to implement. research projects emphasizing gender-related issues. It plans
Such growth and expansion have been calibrated carefully as to publish two-yearly peer-reviewed journals both in English
it requires constant upgradation of infrastructure. As a and Bengali with ISSN numbers.
Heritage College, we cannot alter existing structures; yet the The School for Gender Studies has many plans on the anvil
continuing expansion drive requires additional space for including wall magazine, short-term certificate courses on
classrooms, laboratories, canteens, and other conveniences. gender or women studies, and even B.A. and M.A. Programs
So far, with dexterous and judicious planning and in Gender or Women Studies.
management we have successfully managed.
These are our achievements and our plans. And so, I stand
To accommodate this ambitious expansion and to fulfil the now before you, as pilot to a College rooted in tradition even
physical demands of further growth, the College has begun while it is driven by a vision of its future and the service to
the process of building another campus at E.M. Bypass as part humanity that is its privilege to provide.
of its Vision 2025. Presently home to the Educational
Multimedia Research Centre, this property is envisaged as a As a record of this, I ask your permission to provide the Annual
Media Hub for the Mass Communication and Multimedia Report, 2021.
Departments. Research-based science departments and I congratulate all the 2989 under-graduates, post-graduates
and B.Ed. students who will receive their degrees on this
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Principal's
Report 2021
Respected Professor Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Hon’ble reasonably well, is I think evidenced by the constant curve of
Chancellor, Ashoka University, Haryana, our Chief Guest for upward growth that we have been able to maintain over the
the programme today, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of the 16 years of our autonomy.
University of Calcutta, Dr. (Prof.) Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee, Beginning with the award of College with Potential for
Respected Dr. Kunal Sarkar, our Nihil Ultra Awardee 2021-22, Excellence, we have been honoured with numerous
Respected Provincial, Rev. Fr. Raphael Joseph Hyde SJ, acknowledgements of our academic endeavours and
Respected Rector, Rev. Fr. Jeyaraj Veluswamy SJ, Vice achievements. These include being conferred the status of
Principals, Deans, Member Secretary, Academic Council, College of Excellence in 2014, and College with a special
members of the staff, teaching and support, alumni/ae, Heritage status in 2015.
benefactors, parents, well-wishers, friends, and my dear
students, I extend a warm welcome to all of you to this 15th Beginning in 2003, we have been through 3 cycles of NAAC
Convocation & Valedictory Function of the College. May the assessment. From an A grade in the first assessment, we have
Almighty bless us all abundantly! improved our rating to an A++ grade in the last assessment
which was conducted in 2017.
I place before you the Annual Report for the year 2021, I
would like to remember the long journey that has brought Our NIRF ratings have further validated our attempts to
this college to the present moment. maintain the highest possible academic values and standards.
Our ranking has steadily climbed to 4th position out of 1,802
St. Xavier’s College is 162 years old. We have a history and a participating colleges in 2021.
heritage which we endeavour to preserve and which are an
inspiration and guide for our future. It has been the intent of To keep a vigilant eye on the quality of our academic
successive Principals, including the present, to realize and standards from independent auditors who can assess and
make real the fundamental vision of Nihil Ultra which signifies suggest areas of further improvement, we enlisted for ISO
to us the fact that nothing is indeed beyond our imagination, 9001: 2015 certification which was granted in 2019. 2 further
grasp or achievement. surveillance audits were recently concluded for the years
2020 and 2021.
This vision of limitless possibilities began to fructify in 2006
when the College was granted autonomy. Autonomy came We also undertake regular academic audits to help us identify
with acknowledged responsibilities which we have continued areas of improvement so that we can continue on our path of
to shoulder into the present. That we have done so quality expansion.
6 XAVERIAN 2022
, PRINCIPAL'S REPORT 2021
Initiated in 2015, the Ph.D. program is now offered by the some PG departments will be shifted to another wing at this
Commerce, Physics, Biotechnology, Microbiology and campus to free up space on the Park Street campus.
Computer Science departments. We hope to extend this to In the midst of expansion, we remain a College with a
the PG Arts departments. It is our personal dream to ensure conscience whose mission is to reach the benefits of quality
that all the undergraduate departments become post- education to the underprivileged, the marginalized and to
graduate departments by 2025 and 2 years later be readied to students from the rural hinterland. I am happy and proud to
offer doctoral degrees to provide students with a seamless announce that our Ragabhpur campus has successfully
academic transition with varying points of exit according to bridged the rural-urban divide and has brought about
the students’ needs. significant changes in the rural areas it serves. With generous
Since we envision St Xavier’s to be a research-oriented investment and endowment, the campus has been
institution, we have begun to lay greater emphasis on undergoing extensive expansion and upgradation, has
research. Significant and increasing volume of research is opened postgraduate departments, and is looking to offer
being undertaken by many science departments as witnessed vocational courses designed to meet and fulfil the needs of
by the increasing amounts of research project grants the the local populace. A Centre of Skill Development is also being
college has obtained. planned at the Raghabpur campus to impart technical skills to
We also intend to increase our applications for patents based local rural residents. The Ragabhpur campus is, I believe, one
on research projects with significant practical applications. of our most significant achievements and is affirmation of the
Jesuit ideals which give force and structure to the overall
We also recognise that if the College has to stay abreast of the vision for the future.
times, we have to strike out in new directions. We begin our
foray into new territory by introducing an M.Sc. course in Data We aim to take this commitment and service to society in
Science from the academic session 2022-23. further directions. So, we have begun to ideate and plan the
setting up of a School of Gender Studies, and a School of
Such cutting-edge courses will give the College a vibrant Social Sciences.
contemporary feel and this will certainly attract a new kind of
student profile which, I am sure, will add a new demographic The School for Gender Studies is scheduled to begin in the
and talent base that can only further vitalise the College and month of March 2022 at the Raghabpur Campus. It hopes to
add to its multi-disciplinary character. empower girl students/women with knowledge and self-
confidence and to facilitate awareness amongst their family
Further to this, learning from opportunities thrown up by the members, neighbours and others with regard to gender
pandemic, the college is planning to offer various online equality. While organizing regular conferences, seminars, and
courses of varying durations. Discussions and planning have workshops, the School for Gender Studies will take up
resulted in a blueprint that will soon be ready to implement. research projects emphasizing gender-related issues. It plans
Such growth and expansion have been calibrated carefully as to publish two-yearly peer-reviewed journals both in English
it requires constant upgradation of infrastructure. As a and Bengali with ISSN numbers.
Heritage College, we cannot alter existing structures; yet the The School for Gender Studies has many plans on the anvil
continuing expansion drive requires additional space for including wall magazine, short-term certificate courses on
classrooms, laboratories, canteens, and other conveniences. gender or women studies, and even B.A. and M.A. Programs
So far, with dexterous and judicious planning and in Gender or Women Studies.
management we have successfully managed.
These are our achievements and our plans. And so, I stand
To accommodate this ambitious expansion and to fulfil the now before you, as pilot to a College rooted in tradition even
physical demands of further growth, the College has begun while it is driven by a vision of its future and the service to
the process of building another campus at E.M. Bypass as part humanity that is its privilege to provide.
of its Vision 2025. Presently home to the Educational
Multimedia Research Centre, this property is envisaged as a As a record of this, I ask your permission to provide the Annual
Media Hub for the Mass Communication and Multimedia Report, 2021.
Departments. Research-based science departments and I congratulate all the 2989 under-graduates, post-graduates
and B.Ed. students who will receive their degrees on this
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