St Xavier's College, Mumbai gets first non-Christian principal

Mumbai's St Xavier's College will get its first non-Christian principal in the institution's 150-year history after Rajendra Shinde assumes charge on September 1.

The principal-designate, who at present heads the Botany department of the college in south Mumbai, will replace Dr Baptist Agnel Menezes.

"I was extremely happy (to know about his elevation)," he said.

Shinde said, "The management is opening up, it (his elevation) is probably the result of their policy. They (the management) probably want to reach to the masses."