1) GENERAL INFORMATION REV. FR. DR. JOHN FELIX RAJ, SJ A PROFILE a) Name: REV. DR. JOHN FELIX RAJ b) Date of Birth: 08 05-1956 c) Address (Residential): Jesuit Residence 30, Mother Teresa Sarani Kolkata 700 016 Ph. No: 033-2255 1235/1230 d) Designation: PRINCIPAL, St. Xavier s College, Kolkata e) Department: ECONOMICS f) Area of Specialization: Economic Ideas, Development Economics, Economic Reforms and Disinvestment, and Spirituality. g) Date of Appointments: (i) As lecturer: December 1, 1984 (ii) As Vice Principal: July 1, 1997 to January 2009 (iii) As Principal: February 2, 2009 (iv) Vice- Chancellor, St. Xavier s University Kolkata : 16 th February,2017 h) Honors Conferred: 1. MOTHER TERESA MILLENNIUM AWARD conferred on June 24, 2006 for outstanding achievement and contribution in the field of 2. CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION OF BENGAL (CAB) AWARD for Service to Humanity on April 19, 2008. 3. MAHADEOLAL SARAOGI AWARD for the year 2008 by the 4. CORE COMMUNIQUÉ AWARD FOR SPECIAL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT On June 18,2011 at Park Hotel, Kolkata by Core Communiqué Journal. 5. MAULANA ABDUL KALAM AZAD AWARD 2013 by The West Bengal Board of Madrasah Education on November 11, 2013. 6. BANGA BIBHUSAN AWARD by Government of West Bengal in 2014.
7. SIKSHA RATNA AWARD by Government of West Bengal on 5 th September, 2016.
2) EDUCATION AND JESUIT FORMATION: Born in Poolangudi, in Ramnad Dt in Tamil Nadu in 1956 to late Mr. S.A. Susai and Mrs Kitheriammal teachers. Early education at St. Michael's School, Sengudi, and St. Mary's High School, Tuticorin. Pre-university studies at St. Joseph's College, Trichy (1972-73). Joined the Calcutta Province of the Society of Jesus in 1973. Novitiate and Juniorate Formation at XTTI, Patna. (1974-1976). Bacholar's and Master's in Economics at Loyola College, Chennai and St. Joseph's College, Trichy respectively (1977-82). Completed his Philosophy studies in Pune (1982-84) and Theology at Vidyajothi, Delhi (1986 1989). Fulltime Lecturer, St. Xavier s College, Kolkata (From 1984) Ph.D degree in economics from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata in 2002 on Economic Reforms and Disinvestment in India. 3) RESPONSIBILITIES HELD Professor of Economics (1984 -): St. Xavier s College, Kolkata Rector (1996-2002): St. Xavier's College, Kolkata Director (1996 -), Goethals Indian Library & Research Society, Kolkata. Vice-Principal (1997-2009), St. Xavier s College, Kolkata State Director (1989 -), All India Catholic University Federation, West Bengal State Unit.
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Principal (2009 -): St. Xavier s College (Autonomous), Kolkata. Secretary (2005-2011), Bengal Economic Association Vice President (2011-), Bengal Economic Association Council Member, (2005-08) International Economic Association, Paris. Trustee, International Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata Founder-President, SNEGAM Social Welfare and Resource Society, Kolkata Founder-Vice President, Parivartan Social Welfare Society, Titagarh, Kolkata Member, Board of Governors of XLRI, Management Institute, Jamshedpur: 2007-2013. President, St. Xavier s College, Kolkata Alumni Association (SXCCAA) since 2009. Member, Senate, University of Calcutta (2009 -). Member, Board of Governors, St. Xavier s University, Bubaneshwar since 2013. Member, Education Commission, Government of West Bengal (2013 -). Vice Chancellor, St Xavier s University Kolkata (2017-) 4) BOOKS PUBLISHED: 1) Relevance of Christianity in India Today (ed), Jnana Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune, 1986. 2) Memories of a Movement AICUF in West Bengal 1948-1996, AICUF Publications, Kolkata, 1996. 3) Contemporary Development Economics from Adam Smith to Amartya Sen, Felix Raj & others, New Central Book Agency Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata, 2006. 4) Indian Economy Economic Ideas, Development and Financial Reforms - Essays in honour of Prof. Raj Kumar Sen, (ed.) Deep and Deep Publications, New Delhi, 2008. 3
5) Ten Years of WTO: Towards an Asian Union, (Ed), Deep and Deep Publications, New Delhi, 2010. 6) Disinvestment in India - Trends, Problems and Prospects, (2013), Regal Publishers, F-159, Rajouri Gardens, New Delhi. 7) Discovery of Bengal: The Jesuit Design, (2014), The Goethals Indian Library and Research Society. 8) Indian Economy A Visionary Perspective, (ed.) (July, 2015), Regal Publishers, New Delhi 9) Emerging Issues on Inclusive Growth, Business and Environment, (ed.) (July, 2016), Regal Publishers, New Delhi [ PAPERS PUBLISHED BY FR. FELIX RAJ 1. (1984): Christian Marxist Dialogue in India - Relevance of Christianity in India Today, JDV, Pune, 1984. 2. (1988) Robert Antoine - The Indologist, in Jesuit Presenc in Indian History,Anand Amaladass(ed), Gujarat Sahitya Prakash, Anand, Gujarat. 3. (2006): Kautilya and Thiruvalluvar: Economic Ideas, Chapter 8 in Economics in Arthasastra (Ed.) Sen Raj Kumar and Basu Ratan Lal), Deep and Deep Publishers, New Delhi, Pp. 116 141. 4. (2007): Bali - India Trade: Modern and Future Perspectives, Chapter 2 in Readings in World Development: Growth, Development and Poverty Alleviation in the Asia Pacific (Ed. By Roy Kartick and Chatterjee Sri Kanta), Nova Publishers, 2007, Pp. 7 14. 5. (2008): Economic Reforms and Disinvestments of Public Sector Enterprises in India, Chapter 6 in Indian Economy Economic Ideas, Development and Financial Reforms, (ed.) Raj J Felix, Deep & Deep Publications, Delhi 2008, Pp. 68 100. 6. (2009): WTO and Asia, Chapter 59 in WTO and Asian Union Ten Years of WTO by Sen Raj Kumar and Raj John Felix (Ed.), Deep and Deep Publishers, Delhi, 2009, Pp.654-668. 7. (2010): West Bengal at the Crossroads, Chapter 47 in Modern Indian Economy Essays in Memory of Professor Alak Ghosh by Sen Raj Kumar (Ed.), Deep and Deep Publishers, Delhi, 2010, Pp. 667 674. 4
8. (2011): Father Gerard Beckets and the AICUF, Chapter IV in Babu His Life and Mission, by Fr. Albert Huart (Ed), Pp 79 93, GILRS, 30 Mother Teresa Sarani, Kolkata. 9. (2012): Globalisation and the Plight of Tribal Communities, Indian Economic Development, Contemporary Issues, Bhattacharya, D. N. (Ed), Regal Publications, New Delhi, Pp. 263 281. 10. (2012) "Indian Economy at the Crossroads", Guest Editorial in Vidyajothi Journal of Theology, Vol. 76, 2 February 2012, Delhi 11. (2012) "More Reforms, Less Jobs", Indian Currents, 5 11 November, New Delhi 12. (2013) "Towards Inclusive Growth I : Distorted Development", Indian Currents, 14 20 October, New Delhi 13. (2013) "Towards Inclusive Growth II : Distorted Development", Indian Currents, 21 27 October, New Delhi 14. (2014) "Empirical Evidence on the Relationship Between Stock Market Development and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Exploration in Asia, Chapter 23 in Analytical Issues in Trade, Development and Finance by Ambar Nath Ghosh and Asim Karmakar (Ed.), Springer, 2014 15. (2014) "Rethinking Development as Liberation,(R.N. Sen Memorial Lecture), Artha Beekshan, Vol. 22, No. 4, March 16. (2014) "Inclusive Growth and Human Development, in Inclusive Development An Indian Theological Response (ed), Indian Theological Association, Bangalore 17. (2015) "A Quest for Value-based Inclusive Growth", Artha Beekshan, Vol. 25, Issue 1, February 18. (2016) "Revisiting India's Economic Reform", Indian Currents, 18 24 July, New Delhi 19. (2016) "A Time To Reflect", Indian Currents, 05 11 September, New Delhi 20. (2016) "Her Healing Touch", The Indian Express, 2nd September. 5