St. Xavier's College Kolkata Successfully Hosts Suffragium-Sansad 2024, Reviving Tradition

A Celebration of Democracy, Creativity, and Academic Excellence in Political Science

St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata was set to stage Suffragium-Sansad– a blend of intellectuality and innovation. The Postgraduate and Research Department of Political Science is one of the most prestigious departments of the college with an ongoing legacy of goodwill, academic excellence, and an intellectually stimulating environment.

The 16th to 17th of February witnessed Suffragium and Sansad 2024 - the twin flagship events of the department. Students learned, enacted, and preached democracy --- the next age of citizens and their voices of reason for our nation. With this vision in mind, the Postgraduate and Research Department of Political Science, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous) Kolkata, was all geared to revive and stage Suffragium-Sansad– a blend of intellectuality and innovation - in a grander and better way.

The exclusive support and mentorship of its faculty had always ensured that the students received a holistic understanding of their course comprehensively and holistically. The department has always paid special attention to ensuring and encouraging hands-on practical learning, allowing the students to read about, experience, understand, and apply concepts and sow, nurture, and nourish their acquired skills.

After an interlude of 3 years - it was all set to host many competitive events ranging from Mock Election Campaigns, Policy Making, Investigative Journalism, and Slam Poetry to UPSC Stress Interviews. Thus, providing students with the opportunity to showcase their creative, oratory, analytical, and deliberative skills. This event, replete with a myriad of activities, served as a platform for aspiring journalists, quiz enthusiasts, poets, and storytellers, meticulously organized into a two-day celebration of ‘PEOPLE, PEACE, POLITY.’ Sansad 2024, on the other hand, in its fifth edition, embodied two significant committees for participants to engage in–the Lok Sabha and Press. The event was designed in a way to allow participating delegates to successfully learn the art of diplomacy, negotiation, and decision-making. Heated debates and galvanizing discussions charged the atmosphere as the participants unleashed the power of speech. Sansad, in its previous editions, had reached new heights, year after year. This time, the brimming enthusiasm among students ensured that Sansad’24 was a grand success.

Sansad-Suffragium’24 also witnessed the launch of Politique - the annual inter-departmental journal published by the Postgraduate and Research Department of Political Science. It was a student-made, student-led academic endeavor, exploration and experimentation in political discourses, to encourage a habit of proactive learning in political studies. Politique 2024 - promised original, insightful, and informed research articles, opinion editorials, and caricatures with a multidisciplinary undertone - was a humble attempt to empower the students with the freedom of expression.

The enthusiasm exhibited by the students to showcase their understanding during this two-day extravaganza was precisely what the department anticipated. The anticipation was at its peak as Sansad and Suffragium took the spotlight, accompanied by our interdepartmental journal, Politique, which stood ready to embellish the canvas of thoughts with vibrant colors. The Postgraduate and Research Department of Political Science extended its best wishes to all participants for the unparalleled experience of the upcoming two days. Those two days were all about students, about democracy, and were not just another event; it was an experience!

Editor's Note

Events are a blissful part of the college experience, allowing students to engage with college communities and showcase their talents. Suffragium-Sansad 2024 empowers students by providing them with intellectually stimulating platforms which also fosters a creative environment for learning. Skoobuzz congratulates the participants, organizers, and students on making this event a success and urges institutions to organise frequent events since they provide students with a stage to creatively incorporate, showcase, and practice practical applications of their academic knowledge which is vital in studies like law.