To boost the spirit of rational discourse among its students, the Department of Mass Communication of St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata (SXUK) conducted Xavmeet, an interdepartmental panel discussion on October 12, 2022 in offline mode. The topic was 'Is Technology Saving the World or Killing it?’

There were nine panellists in the discussion namely Farheen Halder and Sania Haider from the Department of Mass Communication, Ali Aftab (Commerce), Muskan Bagani (Commerce - Morning), Jishan Islam (Economics), Aishiki Banerjee (English), Adrija Sen (B.M.S.), Zainal Abdin (M.Com), and Aqsa Mallick (B.A., LL.B). The programme was moderated by Maliha Siddiqui, a third semester student of Department of Mass Communication.

Five of the participants hailed technology as the saviour while four others regarded it as harmful if not used within control. They cited irrational behaviour of a few in treating and using artificial intelligence excessively for personal and selfish purposes.

The speakers collectively came to a concluding decision on positive uses of technology to combat existing issues and threats like pollution, resource depletion, terrorism and communication barriers, etc.

Dr. Somak Sen.