140th Year Celebrations
Welcome back to St. Xavier's College - Mumbai,
to all ALUMNI/AE!
We WELCOME you to the celebrations of the 140th year of St. Xavier's: 1869-2009.
The calendar year 2009 has already seen a series of celebrations, spread through the first part of the year, for alumni/ae and present students and for all well-wishers. We are especially pleased to welcome back to the College our alumni/ae, spread all over the world, to relive your days at St. Xavier's College and to savour the nostalgia of those enriching experiences on campus, which several have generously called, "The best years of our lives".
Our celebrations began on Saturday 3rd January 2009 with The Inaugural Event: an Alumni Dinner. We were happy to welcome about 600 alumni/ae who turned up for the Alumni Dinner in our Heritage First Quadrangle.
It was time to meet up with old companions and eminent alumni/ae of the College.
There was a special welcome for those celebrating their 25th, 50th and 60th anniversaries of graduating from St. Xavier's: the graduating batches of 1983, 1958 and 1948: Silver, Gold and Platinum!
We followed that up with an Environment Event, consisting of an Exhibition which sought to heighten awareness of the need to conserve the Environment for future generations, and a KITE FLYING event, with Kites that displayed an environmental message. We also welcomed alumni back to campus for JANFEST on the 24th, 25th and 26th of January 2009: a festival of the best of Indian classical music.
As part of our 140th year celebrations we held a College Exhibition in which our Departments shared details of their achievements over the years and their present activities. Departments were happy to have their alumni come and interact with the present faculty and students. The 17th and 18th of July 2009 were marked out for this event, which culminated in the Honours Programme Convocation on the 18th of July at 4.00 pm. The Attorney General for India, Mr. Goolam Vahanvaty, graciously presided over the function and spoke very fondly about the College, its impact on him and his memories of Jesuits and other faculty.
MALHAR 2009 on the 14th, 15th, and 16th of August was to have a special welcome for alumni (for the first time) who were invited to participate in the Malhar Conclave on the 14th. However, by Government directive in order to control the outbreak of the H1N1 virus, the College had to postpone the event, to the 29th and 30th of August.
ITHAKA: our Drama festival in November-December 2009 will also be an alumni event.
An International Conference on Globalisation and Human Rights, on the 10th, 11th and 12th of December, in collaboration with Liverpool Hope University, UK, will bring academicians from around the country and abroad to confer on issues of global significance.
We will end the celebrations with a Finale: an Alumni Dinner on Sunday, the 3rd of January 2010, another opportunity for those who were not able to make it for the January '09 event. This will be a special event for the batches graduating in 1984,1959 and 1949 . All alumni/ae, young and old are encouraged to come celebrate the Xavier's Tradition of Excellence.
The focus of our celebrations will be to bring you back to your alma mater, to have a peep into the life on campus.
This is an advance notice about our forthcoming plans, for those who need to book their dates and tickets well in advance, especially those living abroad. Please oblige us with your presence.
For now, we request all alumni/ae to log on to our website www.xaviers.edu and register in the Alumni Section. We will then have a database of all our alumni/ae, to enable us to send you information about our programmes and to enable you to contact each other through the College Website. A special request to spread this message to all alumni/ae you are in contact with, to help us reach every Xavierite.
PROVOCANS AD VOLANDUM – Provoking you to fly: May this motto continue to inspire us all to greater heights, to more significant contributions to global society.
Dr. Fr. Frazer Mascarenhas S.J.
Principal
Prof. Melky Alvares bids us adieu
We regret to announce that a stalwart of the College, Prof. Melky Alvares of the Chemistry Department, has left us for his heavenly abode on Wednesday 9th September, 2009.
His friends, former students, colleagues were present at a Memorial Service on the 14th of November, 2009, in the Multi Media Room of the College on the first floor - the MMR was dedicated to his memory by an alumnus, a few years ago.
Prof. Melky is remembered by generations of students for his academic contribution to their lives, especially for giving them a love of the subject and teaching them to "think out-of-the-box".
Prof. N. S. Gorekar passes away
We regret to announce the passing away on the 1st of August 2009 of Prof. N. S. Gorekar, of St. Xavier's College and the Heras Institute. He was interred the next day. He was a renowned scholar and mentor to hundreds of students. His published work is on Islamic Culture and History, Persian Literature, Indo-Iran relations etc.
A Condolence Meeting was held on Thursday 20th August 2009 at 5.30 pm in the College Hall.
We mourn the loss of a great teacher and researcher, and we offer our prayerful support to his family and to the staff of the Heras Institute.
Fr. Frazer Mascarenhas S.J.
Principal
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St. Xavier's College Alumni Association (1902)
The St. Xavier's College Alumni Association is a link between the Institution and the generations of students who have passed through its portals. There are Xavierites in every sphere of the nation's life, shining in their quest for excellence and contributing their mite to India's peace and prosperity. Xavierites consider it their privilege to associate themselves with their alma mater, and this Association makes it possible.
Welcome back ....
To our Alumni/ae
It is awesome to imagine a host of Xavierites, spread out over the globe, touched by the magic of Xavier’s. A global host of alumni/ae, with memories of what, many say, were the best years of their lives.
In our globalised world, with every corner networking with the other, generating synergies, we at Xavier’s seek a link-up with alumni spread afar and near. Our Alumni Association has completed a century and going strong. Alumni can be a powerful force for change, for revolution in society, for the betterment of humanity. Perhaps the time has come to get in touch and work up these synergies.
In Bangalore a group of 30 alumni have decided to get together and form an association of their own. In England and other parts of the world, there already exist some formal and informal groupings of Xavierites. The aim is always to enjoy fellowship but also to give back to society. Alumni of Jesuit institutions across the globe are encouraged by Fr. Kolvenbach, the Jesuit Superior General, to begin works that seek to bring equity and justice to peoples. Some groups have started schools for the disadvantaged and other socially relevant projects to further this cause.
Collaborating in strengthening the education in your alma mater is also a good cause that you can adopt. This does not just mean financial collaboration but also other types like offering to take guest lectures in the area of your expertise when you are in Mumbai, sending us the latest books and audio visual material you may be in possession of in different subjects, helping with placements for our present students and, of course, sponsoring infra-structure on campus. Alumni have recently enabled us to upgrade our Audio-Visual Facilities, begin a well equipped Language Laboratory and build up a Digital Library. Your collaboration will be very welcome.
Please contact principal@xaviers.edu or Ms. Emily Andrade, Xavier Development Programme Coordinator at xdp@xaviers.edu
Frazer Mascarenhas S.J.
