St Xavier’s College, one of the country’s most illustrious colleges run by Jesuits, has started a campus in Mizoram.
This is the first Jesuit college in Mizoram. It will be administered by the order’s Darjeeling province.
St Xavier’s University Kolkata, which is the oldest educational institution of the Jesuits, will offer academic help to the new college. The Bishop of Aizawl, the head of the Catholic Church in Mizoram, had requested Jesuits to start a college in the state to give a boost to higher education.
“The college was inaugurated on July 17. It has started inducting students in both its plus two and undergraduate sections,” said Father Daniel Bara, principal of the college.
