Publications Released at Xavier’s
Established in 1963, St. Xavier’s College is one of the premier
institutions of higher education in the State of Goa. Recently, it was
conferred upon the Best College Award by Goa University, besides being
awarded the status of College with Potential for Excellence by UGC and
Grade A by NAAC.
The higher education scenario is undergoing a change with the Human
Resource Development Ministry setting up a National Commission for
Higher Education and Research. A National Commission for Knowledge has
also been constituted.
Today, the chief focus lies on education and, in particular, higher
education, in order to empower the young generation towards the path of
progress. Education is the key factor in the national development.
According to the World Bank Report, nations with higher knowledge and
superior technology are found to be economically secure.
One of the features of higher education is research. Therefore, much
stress is being laid on research at all levels and that is why the
entire system of education right from the primary to the university
level is being overhauled. The industrial sector too encourages research
activity towards the upgradation of technology and consequent
productivity of superior quality of goods and services.
Prof. P. Balaram, Director of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in
his lecture on the theme ‘Research and Higher Education : Indian
Challenges” delivered on the occasion of 25th Foundation Day of Goa
University, opined that an ideal university is “one that has good
teaching and research background”. He further observed that “
teaching and research are the two sides of the same coin”. He also
stressed the need to introduce research projects at undergraduate and
post-graduate levels.
St. Xavier’s College has given lot of importance to research activity;
till date 20 teachers have successfully been awarded PhD. Degree, and 28
M.Phiil. Degree. Happily, 10 more Lecturers are about to complete PhD.
Programme while 8 teachers are in the process of registering for Ph.D.
A good number of seminars, workshops, sponsored by U.G.C. and other
agencies, are being conducted in the college on most recent topics at
the state and national levels. It is worth to mention that the faculties
have successfully completed research projects sponsored by U.G.C. and
Directorate of Science and Technology, Goa.
The Research and Development Cell, set up in the college, is monitoring
the research activity. The cell has to its credit a research based
journal entitled, SPECTRUM, which is published annually.
Various departments have also come out with publications that have
documented research findings. They are : Human Rights and Environment :
A Focus on Goa, by the Department of Political Science; Impact of
Climate Change by Department of Physics; Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
by Department of Botany; NANO Technology and its Impact on Society by
Department of Chemistry; V.L.S.I and Embedded Systems by Department of
Electronics; Sleep : Wake Up to a Healthy Tomorrow; Environmental
Behavior: Issues, Challenges and Prospects; Employee Well Being: Current
Trends and Future Prospects; Adolescence : A Journey from Conflict to
Integration by Abbe Faria PG Department of Psychology; The Freedom of
Choice and the Need to be Pro Life : A Focus on Abortion and Euthanasia
by Department of Philosophy and Value Education Cell.
The departments are also actively involved in bringing out newsletters
and in-house magazines such as Microscope (see the unseen ) by
Department of Microbiology, Voices and Genesis by Department of
Journalism; Plantae by Department of Botany, Comquest by Department of
Commerce, Catalyst by Department of Chemistry, Becoming by Abbe Faria
Post Graduate Department, Somazacho Arso by Department of Sociology,
Eloquence by Department of English. Other publications include
Xavierite, Halcyon, Prospectus and Hand Book.
A good number of the teachers have also presented research papers at
various seminars at state, national and even international levels.
The efforts of the faculty members involved in research are highly
appreciated and commendable. It is hoped that the research activity will
continue and the research spirit will grow among the faculties and
students as well.
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