St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata organised the third Doctoral Colloquium on October 30 & 31, 2021. Rev. Dr.John Felix Raj, S.J., Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, St. Xavier’s University, Kolkataand Doctoral Colloquium Chair delivered the inaugural address and highlighted the need to undertake research journey with Xaverian ethos.

Keynote addresses were delivered by Padma Shri Dr. Mammen Chandy, Director, Tata Medical Centre, Kolkataand Dr.Joyashree Roy, Bangabandhu Chair Professor, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.Dr. Niraj Kumar, Ph.D. Programme Coordinator and Doctoral Colloquium Co-Chairbriefed on different colloquium tracks to be held, its need and relevance for academic and research knowledge community.

The Doctoral Colloquium consisted of eight (8)different tracks on Sustainable Development, Management of Innovation and Technology and many such other related topics. This colloquium also had a plenary session on ‘Sustainable Excellence in Research Innovation and Entrepreneurship’ which included keynote speakers Dr. Roselina Ahmed Saufi, Professor, Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Business, University Malaysia Kelantan and Dr. P Venugopal, Professor, XLRI, Jharkhand, India.

The valedictory session address were delivered by Dr. K Seal, Professor and Department Chair, Director of Comparative Management Systems, Loyola Marymount University, LA,USA and Dr. Jatin Srivastava, Director, Institute for International Journalism, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University, Ohio, USA.

The track based Doctoral Colloquium,held on Microsoft Teams, was designed to provide supportive and constructive platform to the Ph.D. scholars of St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata and the Ph.D. scholars of other institutions of repute in India and abroad. More than fifty (50) Ph.D. scholars presented papers in the colloquium and interfaced with peer knowledge community across different sectors and disciplines under mentorship of faculty and technical chairpersons. The inaugural and valedictory sessions were streamed live on Facebook and YouTube.The University presently offers Ph.D. programmes in disciplines of Commerce, English, Mass Communication, Economics and Management.

- Dr. Niraj Kumar