St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata (SXUK) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the New Town Kolkata Green Smart City Corporation Limited (NKGSCCL) recently aiming to make it an ideal smart city.

This MoU will help both SXUK and NKGSCCL to share expertise and resources in developing New Town as a smart city through collaborative efforts.

Father John Felix Raj, S.J., Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor of SXUK said, “Ours is a Jesuit university and it has been committed to the development of its neighbourhood areas since the beginning. Now we are looking forward to this collaboration as it gives a structured opportunity to work further.”

He also said, “This initiative will give exposure to our faculty members and students to work in industrial environment which has been emphasized in the New Education Policy.”

Areas where both SXUK and NKGSCCL will jointly work for preparation of the Detailed Project Report (DPR) are establishment of Bee Corridor at Eco Park, Radio New Town, Smart Library, Day Care Centre, case studies on Fuljhuri under Project Impact base and strategy for development of Eco Park under macro impact case study.

The MoU is the reflection of the initiatives under the Smart City Mission, launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Govt. of India. It aims to carry out research and development works through collaboration between industry and academic institutions.

The university has selected a team of professors under the leadership of Prof. Soma Sur to work on this project in collaboration with NKGSCCL.

Dr. Somak Sen