A course of Bengali language and literature is taught in St. Xavier’s College as modern Indian language which is a compulsory subject for B.A., B.Sc., B.Com. students whose vernacular is Bengali. At the undergraduate level the department also offers an Elective course of four semesters for honours students and six-semester course for general students. To teach these courses at present the department has four teachers-Prof. Dr. Madhumita Bhattacharya Roy, Prof. Rajib Choudhury, Prof. Md. Mahiuddin and Prof. Subhasish Mondol.

Before the college got autonomy, the department, like other departments followed the syllabus of C.U. but after getting autonomy, the department framed its new syllabus with the guidance of its Board of Studies members from C.U. and J.U. The standards and the methods of learning offered by the new syllabus have received appreciation of both the academics and the students.

Professor Mondol is into active research. Professor Choudhury is associated with a literary journal as a honourary member of editorial board and hasedited several Bengali books also.

The students are consistently performing well in the semester system and sometimes doing better than their honours subjects. The department is planning to place a proposal to college authority for starting honours course in Bengali. Many of our ex-students are working in press and media where they are getting benefit of studying Bengali as an elective subject.