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International
Programmes (2008-09)
“Globalization of Education” has become an important buzz word today
and education which was confined to the lecture halls has crossed
international boundaries.
With the
broad vision and leadership of the College Academic Council, the
International Programs are steadily growing in number and scope. The
aims are:
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To create
Awareness on Available International scholarships
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To give
Global Exposure to our students and faculty
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To
encourage Student Exchange / enrichment programmes
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To
facilitate Faculty Enrichment Programmes
Scholarships:
Goldman
Sach’s Scholarship:
In keeping
with the tradition of participating in Goldman Sach’s Global
Leadership Programme, the college nominated 10 students for the year
2008-09. Ms. Shriya Pilgaonkar SYBA and Mr. Himanshu Mishra SYBA were
among the first 29 students from all over India and were awarded USD
3000/- each along with a training programme on Leadership held at the
Hotel Taj – Lands End, Bandra. From among these 29 students, a
contingent of 15 students was selected to attended a 10 day fully
sponsored trip to New York to meet various world leaders and interact
with Goldman Sach’s awardees from the rest of the world. Ms. Shriya
Pilgaonkar was selected to be part of the contingent.
Teach For
India Scholarship : Volunteerism and Opportunities for Scholarship
Ms. Shaheen Mistry - ‘Teach for India’ Programme Director and Mr.
Keyvan Sadig ‘Google’, USA spoke to the students on the concept
“Teach for India”. They explained the need for education, for school
kids in rural India and how young Xavierites could make a change. They
also briefed them on various opportunities for scholarships available
for volunteers. As a result, TY students applied and after meeting
very stringent criteria, 4 TY students and 2 ex-Xavierites have been
selected for the prestigious programme.
“Opportunities
in Economics, Political Science and Sociology” Ms. Preeti Dawra,
Head, Strategic Communications,
National University
of Singapore, spoke on
Opportunities in Economics at NUS (National University of Singapore).
Ms. Prabhu
from the British Council, Mumbai held two sessions on “Scholarships
in Higher Education” for Arts &Science students.
Academic Exchange Programmes:
Harvard
Colleges in Asia Program (HCAP): St. Xavier’s was one of the 9
institutions from Asia, invited to participate in this global
leadership exchange programme. Nine students took part in a one week
international conference on “Opportunities and Challenges: Education
in Globalised World” at Harvard, USA.
The team from
the Royal Academy of Arts and Complicite, London, UK had a four day
interactive workshop with 8 of our selected students and produced a
unique film on “Touching Space”, partially shot at Xavier’s. A similar
activity was conducted across the globe in the UK at Ashmole School,
London. The film has been uploaded on Royal Academy of Art’s website
for exhibition.
http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/gsk-contemporary-season/exhibitions/works-installations-throughout-the-season/touching-space/
The students
were encouraged to think creatively about physical and virtual
communication and to leave space for half of the performance to be
created on the other side of the world by another group of students.
This attempt to touch space led to hitherto unknown interactions with
imagined collaborators and the discovery of strategic collisions and
surprises.
Under the
British Prime Minister’s Global Leadership Program, two British
students Ugochi and Stephanie attended lectures for 15 days on
Economics and Sociology (Junior College) and Ancient Indian Culture
(Senior College). With the help of 5 Junior College students, these
British students completed their project on “Impact of Globalisation
on the Indian Education System”. Prof. Vaishali Mohini and Prof.
Amrita Nadkarni from the Junior College guided the students. Family
stay, provided to these two students with two families of our students
Vidhi Thakkar and Priyanka Hemmadi, gave them an unique opportunity to
learn about Indian Culture.
The programme
“Debating Matters” by British Council gave an opportunity to six of
our junior college students to participate in the National Level
Debating Competition where they reached the Regional Level.
An
International Colloquium was organized on 15th and 16th
December 2008 on “Education and Society” in collaboration with the
Liverpool Hope University(LHU), UK. Prof. Gerard Pillay,
Vice-Chancellor and Rector of LHU and Prof. Bart McGettrick, Dean of
Education from LHU along with Dr. Wendy Bignold and Dr. Keith Paterson
participated in the two day deliberations on the subject. The key note
address was delivered by Dr. Pillay. Eminent speakers were Dr. Rajesh
Parikh, Ms Teesta Setalvad, Dr. Farida Lambay and Dr. Kersi Chawda.
Thirty five participants from other institutions from Mumbai and
thirty faculty members from Xavier’s participated in this colloquium.
At the end of the colloquium Prof. Pillay inaugurated an Institute for
Research on Education and Society, for collaborative research between
faculty at St. Xavier’s and Liverpool Hope Univ.
This ongoing
collaborative Faculty Research Programme resulted in two Joint
Research Presentations at the World Universities Forum Conference
at IIT, Bombay.
Phil Bamber
(Liverpool Hope University, UK),
Chrissie
D’Costa, (St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai) and
Wendy Bignold
(Liverpool Hope University, UK) presented a paper on “The Impact
of Social Involvement and Community Engagement on Students in Higher
Education in India and England: A Comparative Study”. The second
presentation on “Establishing a Joint Research Institute between
Two Institutions in India and UK: Lessons From Practice”,
was by Dr. Fr. Arun D’Souza (St. Xavier’s
College), Wendy Bignold (Liverpool Hope University, UK) and Prof.
Peter Clough (Liverpool Hope University, UK).
The
Department of Psychology organized an eight day Summer Course in July
2008 on Global Health in collaboration with the Institute of Public
Health Sciences of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, USA. The
Summer program was inaugurated by Fr. Fuster. Six students and two
faculty members from Yeshiva University and 35 students and 4 faculty
members from Xavier’s participated in this course.
An
On-line Joint Certificate Course by the University of Stuttgart,
Germany and the English Department, St. Xavier’s College was
successfully completed in April 2009. Nine students from UStutt and
ten students from SXC participated in this course and a joint seminar
was held in St. Xavier’s College in April 2009. The theme was
"Globalization: The American Effect".
Seventeen
students from Economics, Sociology, Commerce and BMS along with Prof.
Hermione Salazar and Prof. Madhuri Raijada visited Stern Business
School, New York University, NY, USA from 16th May 2009
to 31st May 2009. This visit was a part of the MOU signed
by SXC and Stern Business School, for exchange of students from both
institutions. Students completed the course on “International Business
Strategy” conducted by Prof. Srivastan of Stern. They also worked on
projects and made a presentation on the Impact of the Global Financial
Crisis on IT Outsourcing (with emphasis on India). Three Commerce
students were provided a complete scholarship and three students were
provided partial scholarship for this trip.
Summer
Session at University of California, Berkeley 2009
was attended by 16 students. Dr. Nandita Mangalore who attended this 6
weeks summer session audited two courses in Education at UCB.
Under the
United Kingdom India Education and Research Initiatives (UKIERI)
British Council Division, British High Commission, New Delhi jointly
awarded a GBP 50,000/- grant to St. Xavier’s College and the
University of Bath, UK to launch a new one year intensive M.Sc.
Programme in Industrial Biotechnology and Enterprise. (for details,
refer
www.xaviers.edu). Under this programme, Dr. Vivien Amonkar, Dr.
Rajendra Shinde, Dr. Madhuri Hambarde and Prof. Gupte visited the
University of Bath (UB), UK for a week, to formulate the syllabi for
the M.Sc. IBE programme. Two faculty members from the University of
Bath will attend the IBE at St. Xavier’s College and faculty from
Xavier’s will attend Staff Development programme at the UB.
Visiting /
Guests / Exchange students 2008-09:
The College hosted three French
students from IESEG, Lille Catholic University – for the BMS, 2 US
students as guests in SYBA and TY BA; 1 Belgian Student in SY BA; and
2 British Students in Junior College (Prime Minister’s Global
Leadership Exchange Programme)
Junior
College and International Programme:
A Delegation of 20 Teachers and Principals of European Schools
visited our Junior college staff and students. On 24th Nov,
2008 ten of our Junior college teachers had training and hands on
practice on the EUMIND e-journal at Xavier’s Knowledge Center.
Some of the
proposed projects under EUMIND in collaboration with their European
Counterparts are Heritage Walk and Mangrove Project at Nature Park
Mahim, Bandra – Kurla CRZ . Our Students beginning with FYJC 2009-10
will work on EUMIND projects starting SEPT 09. Projects will be
coordinated by the Europe EUMIND coordinator Ludo Mathusen and Profs.
Anjali Lokur and Prof. Theo Pereira at our end.
New Tie
- Ups:
Science Po, a
renowned institute from Paris has signed an MOU with us for an
exchange of students in the Humanities. Two students from Science Po
will be on campus for the year 2009-10. One of the our students will
study at Science Po for a year.
The
University of Stuttgart, Germany has signed an MOU with our English
Department to launch an on line certificate course in English
literature and related fields. The Department has just completed the
course for the current academic year.
International Guest Speakers:
A number of
International Speakers visit the college for various purpose. CIP has
used this opportunity to organise some interactive lectures with them.
Dr. Akshay
Shah, Clinical Asst. Prof. – Wayne State University, USA - spoke on
“Infectious Diseases”
Mr. Fred
Pearce, British Journalist – sponsored by the British Council gave a
talk titled “Confessions of an Eco-Sinner”
Prof. Dr.
Stephen Yeaman, Newcastle University, UK – gave a Lecture, “Diabetes –
Biochemistry of the Disease and its Cure”
Shadow
of Terror:
The terror on
26th November 2008 made its impact on St. Xavier’s
International Programme. A group of 35 students and 6 faculty members
from Deakin University, Australia; 40 students and 2 faculty from
Stern Business School- NYU, USA and a group of 16 students from
Harvard University, USA cancelled their trips to Xavier’s in the wake
of the Terror Attacks.
In spite of
the shadow of terror and their daily workload, the faculty of St.
Xavier’s worked to achieve practically all the goals set by the
council and college. Congratulations to all of them!
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