Matters India reporter Siliguri, Dec. 21, 2022 — West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu has handed over the letter of Approval of Autonomy for Salesian College in Sonada. The event took place December 21 during the meeting of principals of 64 colleges affiliated to North Bengal University with the educationContinue Reading
Angadikadavu, Feb 5, 2022: A homeless mother with two children received a new house, thanks to the volunteers of Don Bosco Arts and Science College at Angadikadavu in Kerala’s Kannur district. The project began when Lucy George, a Salesian cooperator, heard during a bus journey Jessy talk about her problemsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Siliguri, Dec 19, 2021: A group of students of a Salesian college in West Bengal has organized a felicitation program for war veterans to mark the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s birth after a 13-day India-Pakistan war. “The National Service Scheme Unit II members of Salesian CollegeContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Sonada, Darjeeling — Students of one of the most vulnerable regions in the country for victims of human trafficking got alert on women and child trafficking by one of the leading Non Government Organisations working in the filed for over a decade. The students of Salesian CollegeContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Kolkata — A national colloquium held in Kolkata entitled “Future of Christian Higher Education and Contemporary Transitions in India” expressed concern over alleged rise in “subtle attempts” to “saffronise” educational establishments in the country. Moderator of the colloquium, Principal of Salesian College Dr George Thadathil said “TheContinue Reading
The provocation came after a student was suspended for indisciplineContinue Reading
Siliguri — A 3-day Literary Translation Workshop concluded at Salesian College, Siliguri 29 June 2017. The abnormal situation caused by indefinite strike in Darjeeling due to Gurkhaland agitation compelled organizers to shift the venue of the workshop from Salesian College Sonada to its Siliguri campus. Incidentally, the workshop also marksContinue Reading
Sonada: A college in Darjeeling has become the first to launch a full-fledged web radio with 20 different programs in Nepali language. It is also the first Community / Campus Radio in West Bengal and entire northeast India to be run by a college. Salesian College Sonada established in 1938Continue Reading
Siliguri – A college in North Bengal has partnered with five other colleges and universities in three neighboring countries to research on higher education for disadvantaged youth. The three-year project initiated by International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU) is entitled “Continuing Education of Disadvantaged Adolescents” jointly undertaken in India, BangladeshContinue Reading
Darjeeling — Salesian College Sonada (SCS) celebrated 202nd birth anniversary of Nepali Poet Bhanubhakta Acharya with a two day cultural fiesta, 12-13 July 2016. Bhanubhakta Acharya (1814 – 1868) was a Nepalese poet and writer who translated the great epic Ramayana from Sanskrit to Nepali language. Born in 1814 inContinue Reading
