St. Xavier's College, Calcutta

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St. Xavier's College
St. Xavier's Collge.jpg
The Main Building
Motto Latin: Nihil Ultra (Nothing Beyond)
Established 16 January 1860
Type Private, Catholic
Rector Rev. George Ponodath, S.J.[1]
Principal Rev. Felix Raj, S.J.[1]
Location Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Campus Urban
Affiliations University of Calcutta
Website www.sxccal.edu

St. Xavier's College is located in Kolkata, India, and is named after St. Francis Xavier, a Jesuit saint of the 16th century, who travelled to India. It is an autonomous college affiliated to the University of Calcutta. It gained autonomy in July 2006, thus becoming the first autonomous college of West Bengal, India.[2] Renowned for its heritage, St Xavier's College is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious institutions of India[3][4][5][6] and has been ranked as the Best Commerce College in India.[7]

St. Xavier's has produced outstanding alumni in the fields of business, politics, literature, cinema and education. Amongst the 8 individual Olympic medal winners that India is credited with, Xavier's has produced 2 Olympic medal winners[8] and in the field of business, the institution has produced 2 billionaires including the richest Indian[9] and also produced Nepal's first graduate in 1906.

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[edit] History

St Xavier's College from Park Street

The College was founded in 1860 under the leadership of Fr Depelchin. The Society of Jesus (whose members are known as Jesuits) is an all-male Catholic religious order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola, along with his early companions (including St Francis Xavier), in 1540. Education has historically been an important ministry in the Society, some even calling them the "school-masters of Europe", for their extensive network of Seminaries, High Schools and Universities on that continent.[10] Jesuit Education has a long history in India, stretching back to 1542, when Saint Paul's College, Goa was founded by Jesuit missionaries, headed by St Francis Xavier.

The college campus is located at 30 Park Street (now Mother Teresa Sarani), Kolkata-700016 where the San Souci theatre was previously located, the theatre was burnt by the students inorder for the college to be constructed and the Jesuits were handed the premises to start the college by the then bishop of Calcutta, Mgr Olliffe. These were very humble beginnings, with only about 40 students spread over three classes. In 1862, two years after its inception, the college was affiliated to the Calcutta University.

The present 30 Park St address where the College is situated is an amalgamation of numbers 10 and 11 of Park St. The rich Anglo-Indians donated generously to the efforts of the Jesuits. And with a donation from the home Province of Belgium, premises no.11 was bought for Rs 45,000.00 in 1864, by Fr Depelchen. However there was a paucity of funds for expansion work in terms of class rooms and to accommodate the Jesuits fathers. So The Rector appealed to the public of Calcutta in newspapers for generous assistance and was responded with magnanimity by well wishers of the city in 1864. Besides Fr Depelchin and his assistant and Br. Koppes the builder went around personally collecting funds. The present imposing 5 storied building was built in an interval of 6 years, from 1934 to 1940 at a cost of Rs 9 lakhs, which was collected partly from the public of Calcutta, assistance from Belgium, and the huge rental received from the American army that occupied the building during the second war.[11][12]

A commemorative stamp was issued by the Indian Post on 12th, April 1985 depicting the college campus.[11]

The first convocation ceremony of the college was held on 18 January 2008. The first batch of Master's programme student in Computer Science was awarded its degrees in the presence of Mr. M. Hamid Ansari, the Vice-President of India and an alumnus of the College.[13][14]

The college, in its first ever foreign collaboration, has entered into a tie-up with the University of Manitoba, Canada. The MOU was unveiled on 4 Feb 2008 by the principal of the college, Father PC Mathew and the dean of the faculty of food and agricultural sciences at Manitoba University, Professor Michael Trevan.[15]

[edit] Academics

St Xavier's College offers UG and PG courses under five faculties: Arts, Commerce, Science, Business Administration and Education. The commerce department which offers the B.Com Hons course is generally counted as the most illustrious department in the college. Former students of this department include billionaires Lakshmi Mittal and Vijay Mallya.

St Xavier's received autonomy in 2006 and since then, has established its own evaluation system. However, degree certificates are issued by Calcutta University bearing the name of St Xavier's College. Along with Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, St Xavier's is the only college affiliated with Calcutta University which has been offered autonomy, identified as a Centre with Potential for Excellence by University Grants Commission and recipent of Grade A and above by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council

[edit] Community

Apart from doing service to the community in the educational sphere, it is also involved in the environmental issues, youth welfare, women's welfare and poverty reduction.

The college has an elected non-political student body called St. Xavier's College Student Union (SXCSU) which co-ordinates all the cultural activities on the campus. The union is elected by representatives from all classes, clubs, and associations, and is led by the General Secretary. All cultural events including Xavotsav are organised by the Cultural Secretary.

It has a few associations and clubs that the student can join such as the Leadership Training Service (LTS), Xavier's Commerce Society (XCS), National Cadet Corps (NCC), National Service Scheme (NSS), The All India Catholic University Federation (AICUF), Hindi Literary Society, Bengali Literary Society, Xavierian Theatrical Society, Fine Arts Society,Xavierian Association of Photography, Xavier's Academy of Dance & Music (XADAM). Hindi Literary Society(HLS), The Debating Society (XDS), which also coordinates quizzing, is one of the most well known clubs, owing to Xavier's' heritage of producing excellent speakers.

[edit] Festivals

St.Xavier's College has a strong emphasis on nurturing practical knowledge along with academics.Thus it has some of the finest festivals at the Undergraduate level in the country.

Insignia, the commerce festival is held annually in mid February by XCS. The top ten commerce colleges of India are invited to fight it out in events like Human Resource Management (HRM), Best Manager, Business Quiz and Entrepreneurship Development (ED).

Xavotsav, the cultural festival is held annually in mid January. The finest colleges of the city are invited to participate in events like Band Performance, Neon Dance, Classical Dance, Singing etc. Vividha, the Hindi festival is held annually in February.

St.Xavier's proudly promotes Indian languages such as Hindi and Bengali. It is the only English medium college to have a separate festival for Hindi. Vividha includes events like Drama Competition, Extempore, Elocution etc. Xavullash is the Bengali festival which has already made a huge impact over the other colleges in terms of the promotion of Bengali literature and culture.

Xavier's Management Convention (XMC), the management festival is held annually in March. It includes events like Stress Interview (SI), B-Quiz (BQ), Business Plans(BP) and Advertising.

Sishu Mela, the social service festival is held annually in early January. Underprivileged children are transported to the college campus from nearby villages and slums for a fun filled day of activity and entertainment. The children are provided with free meals and gifts. All festivals are conceived, organised and sponsored by the students of the college.

[edit] Publications

St. Xavier's College has an annual magazine Called the Xavierian. The magazine includes articles of students and staff members sharing their experiences of college. It also includes interviews from famous alumni members and photos of passing out batches.

Youthink, the annual commerce journal includes articles from students and staff on current commerce related themes. The topics in the past volumes were The Business of Sports, Turbulent Times, Superpowers, and Change. The Economics department of the college publish an annual magazine called "Eco Echoes".

[edit] Rankings

India Today along with Nielson has been publishing its ratings since 1998 and has been the standard ranking for Indian colleges till date.

Indian Colleges rankings
Department/Course 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
Commerce/B.Com 2nd[16] 1st[17] 2nd[18] 3rd[18] 4th[19] 4th[20]
Science/BSc 3rd[21] 5th[22] 3rd[23] 5th[24] 2nd[23] 8th[24]
Arts/BA 7th[25] 5th[26] 5th[26] 9th[27] 5th[27] 6th[27]

[edit] People

[edit] Alumni

Notable alumni include

[edit]  India

Business

Sports

Academics

Politics and government

Diplomats

Arts and Entertainment

Writers

Science

Other

[edit]  Pakistan

[edit]  Bangladesh

[edit]  Nepal

[edit] Notable faculty and staff

St. Xavier's has benefited from the services of prominent faculty and professors whose teachings have influenced generations of students

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