West Bengal CM urges St. Xavier's College to start a medical college
December 30, 2013 - A Jesuit-run college in eastern India’s Kolkata city has been
urged by the chief minister of West Bengal state to set up a medical college, assuring
personal assistance for the project. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made the proposal
on Friday while laying the foundation stone of a new campus of St. Xavier’s autonomous
College in Rajarhat, on the outskirts of Kolkata. The 150-year-old college was accorded
the status of an autonomous college under the University of Calcutta in 2006. "I
request the college authorities to set up a medical college too. This is the age of
education, excellence and expansion. Let me know about anything that I can do for
you, I will always be by your side," she said, adding she would contribute to the
college from the proceeds of her paintings. The new campus coming up on 17 acres
of land at an estimated cost of Rs.250 crore will house a business school offering
both BBA and MBA courses along with integrated five-year courses on microbiology,
biotechnology and computer sciences. The institute will also house a research facility
for these departments offering PhD programmes. (Source: UCANews)