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St. Xavier's
College
Ratan Tata, Shobha De, Vidya Balan, Kavita Krishnamurthi, Alyque
Padamsee, Cyrus Broacha, Spenta R Wadia, Lloyd Mathias……
Guess what's common amongst all of them……
Think……
You might not have known this, all of these successful people
are the brand ambassadors of the great experience called “St.
Xavier's College”. Yes, this time in campus roundup, we take a
sneak-peak into one of the most reputed colleges of India - ST.
XAVIER'S COLLEGE.
'Not just a college, It's a way of life’ reads the college logo.
And indeed all Xavierites would agree to it. It definitely
stands apart from all the other colleges in the town.
The college might be well known for its notorious students and
all sorts of unacceptable behaviors. But a first hand account of
the college reveals the inclination of the college towards
social service and humanity. This aspect of the college
revealing its social work inclination may distort your earlier
perception about the college. But that's the reality. Engaging
in social work activities is very much a part of Xaviers.
 One of the college activities that could give you a fair idea of
the social activities of the college is “project care”. This is
a 2 day event in which Xavierites 'adopt' a street child and
outings and games are organized to make sure that each kid can
put aside his or her worries for the day and have fun and get
the love of a 'didi' or 'bhaiyya'. A handful of students
breaking the law is magnified by the media, but the commendable
social work done by most of its college students, is left
unnoticed by the large masses.
St. Xavier's College has one of the best teaching faculty and
good infrastructure with a historical heritage look. The
teaching staff at Xaviers takes the extra effort to conduct
workshops, seminars, guest lectures, field trips, etc from time
to time. Professors believe that this ensures the practical
applicability of the concepts learnt.
Admissions to such a reputed institute is purely on the basis of
merit. In fact it wouldn't be an over statement to say that St.
Xavier's college is one of the few colleges in town to offer
admissions without accepting donations.
In 2007, the college has been accredited A+ by NAAC. The college
has been the leading college for arts stream. Apart from arts,
the college also offers Science, Commerce, BMS and BMM courses.
It is well-known for its high cut-off percentages for
admissions.
The college has many institutes, departments, associations and
facilities. Research institutes within the campus include The
Heras Institute of Indian History & Culture, The Cultural
Instrumentation Centre for Biological Sciences, etc. The college
provides some unique facilities to its students - the
multi-media room and Smith Centre for audio-visual instruction.
 Apart from the regular curriculum, St. Xavier's College has some
special programmes like Honors’ programme, social involvement
programme and learning for life programme. There are various
student associations within the campus like Students Council,
Malhar, Social Service League and AICUF. The college publishes
its annual magazine & various other departmental magazines.
St. Xavier's College is, therefore, one of the most sought after
colleges. But since the cut-off percentage is too high, even if
you don't make it to the college, don't get disheartened.
Remember that there are various other institutes available in
the career world today. |
