St. Xavier's motto:
Provocans ad volandvm
(Rousing to fly)

St.Xavier's College, Bombay

St Xavier's College in Mumbai, India is one of India's oldest and the city's most famous college. ImageMetadata File history File links SXClogo. ... ImageMetadata File history File links SXClogo. ... ImageMetadata File history File links SV401878. ... ImageMetadata File history File links SV401878. ... , “Bombay” redirects here. ...

It offers arts and science degrees. The college is known for its well rounded curriculum and its strong extra-curricular activities such as its famous inter-collegiate festival Malhar. Famous alumni include Sunil Gavaskar, Zubin Mehta, Charles Correa, Soli Sorabjee, Alyque Padamsee, Rajdeep Sardesai, Shabana Azmi, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Ismail Merchant, G.T. Nanavati, Shobha De, Rahul Bose, Vidya Balan, Rohit Viswanath, Zakir Hussain, Nandini Gondhalekar and Cyrus Broacha. St. Xavier's also has a modern technologically equipped XRCVC (Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged). In the history of education, the seven liberal arts comprise two groups of studies, the trivium and the quadrivium. ... Part of a scientific laboratory at the University of Cologne. ... Malhar is the intercollegiate youth festival conducted by the students of St. ... Sunil Manohar Gavaskar   (Marathi:सुनिल मनोहर गावसकर) (born July 10, 1949 at Bombay, Maharashtra), nicknamed Sunny, was a cricket player during the 1970s and 1980s for Bombay and India. ... Zubin Mehta (b. ... Charles Correa (born in Hyderabad, India on September 1, 1930) is an Indian architect, planner, activist, theoretician and a fundamental figure in the world-wide panorama of contemporary architecture. ... Soli Jehangir Sorabjee (born 9 March 1930) is an Indian jurist. ... Alyque Padamsee is a legendary theater personality and the top advertising professional of India. ... Rajdeep Sardesai (born May 24,1965) in Ahmedabad, Gujarat in a Maharashtrian Gowd Saraswat Brahmin family is an Indian political commentator and TV personality. ... Shabana Azmi (Hindi: शबाना आज़मी, born 18 September 1950 at New Delhi, India) is one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema. ... Kavita Krishnamurthy is an Indian playback singer born Sharda Krishnamurthy in Delhi. ... Ismail Merchant (December 25, 1936 – May 25, 2005) was an Indian-born film producer, best known for the results of his famously long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included director James Ivory and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. ... Girish Thakorlal Nanavati (born 1935 in Jambusar, Gujarat) is a retired judge from the Supreme Court of India. ... Shobha De Shobhaa Dé (b. ... Rahul Bose, a famous Indian stage actor (although he has recently acted in critically acclaimed films), was born on July 27, 1967 to Rupen and Kumud Bose. ... Vidya Balan (Malayalam: വിദ്യാ ബാലന്‍, Hindi: विद्या बालन), (born January 1, 1982 in Palakkad, Kerala) is an Indian actress based in Mumbai, India. ... Rohit Viswanath is an Editorial page writer for the Times of India. ... Zakir Hussain may be: Zakir Hussain (musician), the tabla player Dr Zakir Hussain, the former president of India This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Cyrus Broacha (born 1971) is a MTV India VJ. He is famous as a stand-up comedian and prankster. ...

The college building is made in the indo-gothic architecture style and has been declared a heritage structure.

It is located in the Metro area in the colonial district of Mumbai. The college can be easily accessed from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and Marine Lines railway station. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) (better referred to by its acronym CST) - is a historic railway station on Mumbai suburban railway. ... Marine Lines is the name of an area in South Mumbai. ...

History and mission

The First Quadrant

St. Xavier's College, is named after St. Francis Xavier, a Jesuit saint of the 16th Century who travelled to India. The College was founded by the Society of Jesus, a Christian Religious Group started by St. Ignatius of Loyola in 1540. Since its inception, the Jesuits have toiled in the field of education, among other things, and were even called 'the school-masters of Europe' at one time. They are inspired by a vision of humanity drawn from the life, teachings and personality of Jesus Christ. Image File history File links SV400786. ... Image File history File links SV400786. ... Not to be confused with St. ... Seal of the Society of Jesus. ... Ignatius of Loyola Saint Ignatius of Loyola (December 24, 1491? – July 31, 1556), baptized Íñigo López de Loyola, was a co-founder of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order commonly known as the Jesuits that was established to strengthen the Church, initially against Protestantism. ...

The Second Quadrant Arches

Campus layout

St. Xavier's College is a Catholic institution, which strives to form men and women, especially Christians and the marginalised, to build a more just and humane world. The intellectual endeavour it strives for focuses on critical and creative thinking with the aim of social transformation. This endeavour is inspired by the values of the Gospels - from the New Testament of the Christian scriptures - while it appreciates and promotes all the other religions, especially the rich religious heritage of India. ImageMetadata File history File links SV402008. ... ImageMetadata File history File links SV402008. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (345x610, 30 KB) Summary Author: Rahul Megharaj Email: rahul. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (345x610, 30 KB) Summary Author: Rahul Megharaj Email: rahul. ... For the genre of Christian-themed music, see gospel music. ... This article is about the Christian scriptures. ...

The College makes a preferential option for the marginalised and it seeks to give an all-round formation, inculcating both human and spiritual values. St. Xavier's College is part of the vast educational efforts of the Jesuits in India and throughout the world. (At present Jesuits run about 100 schools, 24 colleges, and innumerable non-formal and adult education centres in India.)

The woods aerial view

Since January 30, 1869, St. Xavier's College has been affiliated with the University of Bombay. It is accredited by the University with the task of preparing students for degrees in Arts, Science and Commerce. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The University of Mumbai is one of the outstanding universities of India. ...

The Society of Jesus manages the college through a Governing Body, whose chairman is the Provincial of the Bombay Province of the Society. The vice-chairman of the Governing Body serves as the Rector of the college, while its Secretary and Chief Executive is the Principal. Currently Fr. Paul Vaz SJ is the rector of the college, and Fr. Frazer Mascarenhas SJ is the Principal. A provincial superior is a major superior of a religious order acting under the orders superior general and exercising a general supervision over all the local superiors in a territorial division of the order called a province (not to be confused with an ecclesiastical province which is a group... The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings, but all of them indicate someone who is in charge of something. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Accreditation and Assessment

The NAAC Certificate

• The National Assessment and Accreditation Council which has just finished evaluating the college, has lauded the following unique features of the college which "enhance the academic ambiance of the institution":

• The Teacher Assessment Questionnaire was introduced in 1968-69. It consists of a specially formulated questionnaire for the students to evaluate their teachers.

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Organisations and Programmes

Research Organisations

• Started as the Indian Historical Research Institute in 1926 by Rev. Fr. Henry Heras,SJ ,the institute acquired the name of its founder on his death in 1956.The Heras Institute of Indian History and Culture,has a specialised Research Library and a Museum containing artefacts from Ancient and Medieval periods in Indian history. It provides guidance and facilities for post-graduate research in the fields of Ancient, Medieval and Modern Indian History, Indian Art and Literature and allied areas. The institute publishes an internationally acclaimed journal - INDICA

• The Social Science Centre inaugurated in 1980,now renamed Xavier Institute of Social Research (XISR)focuses on regional and applied research on issues of social concern.

• The Caius Laboratory for Inter-Disciplinary Research, named after the late Fr. J.F. Caius, SJ, established in 1947 for the purpose of carrying out drug research. It provides services to all science departments.

• The Nadkarny-Sacasa Research Laboratory opened in July 1972, is a well-equipped laboratory for research in Organic Chemistry. It attempts to link research with industry.

• The Blatter Herbarium started at the end of the last century with a very large number of plants collected by the late Rev. Ethelbert Blatter, SJ, his associates and students. It has the largest collection of plants in Western India. It provides facilities for the study of Plant system and has a well stocked library.

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Teaching Programmes

• The Honours Programme introduced in 1985, in order to challenge faculty and students to go beyond the syllabus.

• The Learning for Life Programme, started in 1980, in order to offer students courses which they could choose voluntarily outside the usual syllabus and lecture hours.

• The Evening Commerce Section, started in 1988-89, for the economically disadvantaged, to provide an opportunity for working students to improve their prospects in life.

Other Organisations

• The Department of Inter-Religious Studies, inaugurated in 1987 to foster an understanding and appreciation of religions and thereby to contribute towards communal harmony and national integration.

• The Indian Music Group, founded in 1973 to promote Indian Classical Music in the city, especially among its young people.

• The Counselling Centre, founded in 1954, offers the following services: psychological counselling, inventories on better personal and social adjustment, personal evaluation tests, testing programmes for vocational purposes, information on careers and professions etc.

• The Social Service League, started in 1940 in order to promote adult education and prevent child delinquency.

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Other Programmes

• The Social Involvement Programme introduced in 1996, as an attempt to add a social component to education.

• The Malhar Inter-Collegiate Cultural Festival held every year since 1979 in the month of August, during the rains.

Other Facilities

• The Fell Gymkhana, named after the late Fr. J. Fell, S.J., furnished with equipment and facilities for body building and recreation for staff and students.

• The Smith Centre for Audio-Visual Instruction (SCAVI) inaugurated in 1979 and the Multi-Media Room (MMR) in 1997.

External links

• St. Xavier's College, Mumbai Official Website
• Malhar's Official Website