Vision 2035 St Xavier's University Sets Target of 10,000 Students

We also aim to collaborate with other private universities, because our focus is to ensure that students from West Bengal do not feel the need to migrate to other states in search of quality education — Father Felix Raj, founder V-C of St Xavier's University, Kolkata

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St Xavier's University started operations in February 2017 in Kolkata. Rev Dr J Felix Raj, SJ, Vice-Chancellor, remembers that the institute had only 400 students at the time. Today, it has grown to 4,000 and the educationist believes that by 2035, the number will increase to 10,000. His ambitious roadmap for Vision 2035 also includes plans to start a School of Design, School of Nursing, and another School of Engineering and Technology. For the V-C, it is important to expand the institute not just academically but also in terms of infrastructure so that the students of West Bengal don't migrate to other states for quality education. Millennium Post chats with the V-C on expansion plans, Vision 2035, and more.

What goals did you set when the university was established in 2017 and how have those goals transformed as the institution has grown?