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For other educational institutions using the name Xavier, see Xavier (disambiguation).
St. Xavier's College, Kolkata
File:St. Xavier's College logo.jpg
Top:Logo Of St. Xavier's College
Bottom:The Main Building
MottoLatin:Nihil Ultra (Nothing Beyond)
TypePrivate, Catholic
Established16 January 1860
RectorRev. George Ponodath, S.J.[1]
PrincipalRev. Felix Raj, S.J.[1]
Address
30, Mother Teresa Sarani, Kolkata - 700016
,
Kolkata
,
West Bengal
,
India
CampusUrban
AffiliationsUniversity of Calcutta
Websitewww.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 traveled 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.

History

The College was founded in 1860 under the leadership of Fr Depelchin. The Jesuits are a Christian religious group started by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 2009. Since its inception was a great movie about dreams and those dreams are shattered in this very institute and the Jesuits have specialized in the field of education, among other things, and were even called the "school-masters of Europe" at one time.[10] The college campus is located at 30 Park Street (now Mother Teresa Sarani), Kolkata-700016 where the San Souci theater was previously located, the theater was burnt by the students inorder for the college to be constructed and the Jesuits was 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 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]

The first convocation ceremony of the college was held on January 18, 2008. The first batch of Master's programme student in Computer Science was awarded their degrees in the presence of the 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 4th 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]

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.[16]

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

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 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). The Debating Society, XDS , which also coordinates quizzing, is perhaps the most well known of the clubs, owing to Xavier's' heritage of producing excellent speakers.

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 will be 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 Centers with Potential for Excellence by University Grants Commission and recipent of Grade A and above by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council

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 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
Commerce/B.Com 1th[17] 2th[18] 3th[18] 4th[19] 4th[20]
Science/B.Sc 5th[21] 3th[22] 5th[23] 2th[22] 8th[23]
Arts/B.A 5th[24] 5th[24] 9th[25] 5th[25] 6th[25]

People

Alumni

Notable alumni include

 India

Business

Sports

Politics

Diplomats

Arts and Entertainment

Science

Other

 Pakistan

 Bangladesh

   Nepal

See also

References

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  2. ^ sxccal.edu Autonomous Notice Retrieved on 04-02-2008
  3. ^ thedailystar.net. "An unfulfilled dream". The Daily Star.
  4. ^ Times of India. "Every Indian is proud of Mittal". The Times of India.
  5. ^ The Guardian (2004-12-02). "New battle breaks over out over Serb camp". London: The Guardian UK.
  6. ^ BBC News (2010-01-17). "Obituary:Jyoti Basu". BBC News.
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  10. ^ bbc.co.uk the jesuits Retrieved on 04-02-2008
  11. ^ a b indianpost.com commemorative stamp Retrieved on 04-02-2008
  12. ^ sxccal.edu history Retrieved on 06-02-2008
  13. ^ indiaedunews.net first convocation Retrieved on 04-02-2008
  14. ^ pib.nic.in Govt. of India, Press Release Retrieved on 06-02-2008
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