St. Xavier's College, Patna

St. Xavier's College, Patna (SXC Patna or SXC) is an undergraduate college of Arts and Commerce under Magadh University, Bodh Gaya^[2] in Patna, Bihar, India. Founded in 2009, it is named after St. Francis Xavier, a Spanish Jesuit saint of the 16th century and missionary to India. It is a co-educational, self-financed, Catholic minority institution, operated by the Patna Province of the Society of Jesus.

History

The Jesuits first came to Patna in 1919, and in early 1930 were approached to set up a school in the city of Patna.^[3] Fr. Loesch, assisted by Fr. Marshall D. Moran, opened a Cambridge school to serve Patna and Bihar. Later, in 1940, St. Xavier's High School, Patna was built at Gandhi Maidan Marg. Then in 2009 the Jesuits founded St. Xavier’s College, Patna. Classes began at a temporary location opposite St. Michael's High School, Digha. In June 2011 the college moved to its permanent location on a sprawling, 36- acre campus at XTTI on Digha Ashiana Road.^[4]

Authority

The college was founded in Patna in 2009 with its first principal Fr. T. Nishant, S.J..

Academics

Francis Xavier, the namesake of the college

St. Xavier's College, Patna, offers three-year undergraduate degree courses, such as Bachelor of Arts (B.A. Hons.) English and Economics and Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com.) from Magadh University, and Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) and Computer Application (B.C.A.)^[5] from Aryabhatta Knowledge University.^[6] Besides mid-term tests, students are evaluated through at least two examinations at the end of each term. Failure in these examinations disqualifies them from the annual University examinations.^[7]

Emblem

The college emblem contains the motto Pravahito Gyan Ganga Pravah (Sanskrit): "Let the streams of Gyan (knowledge) Ganga keep on flowing." The College is situated beside the river Ganga and like the flowing river would ensure that the streams of Gyan keep on flowing and liberating people, building bridges of understanding. The Sun with the letters IHS (first three letters for Jesus in Greek) is a symbol for the Society of Jesus. The emblem within the emblem, containing crown and crescent moon, is the coat of arms of the noble family of its patron, St. Francis Xavier.

Sister institutions

The sister institutions of St. Xavier's College in Patna are^[8]

• St. Xavier's High School, Patna
• St. Michael's High School, Patna
• St. Xavier's College of Education

References

External links

• official website

Jesuit Colleges in India
Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada St. Xavier's College, Patna St. Xavier's College of Education, Patna St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, Goa St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad St. Xavier's College, Ranchi XLRI - Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur St. Aloysius College, Mangalore St. Aloysius PU College, Harihar, Shimoga St. Aloysius Institute of Management & Information Technology, Beeri St. Joseph's College, Bangalore St. Joseph's College of Commerce, Bangalore St. Joseph's Evening College, Bangalore St. Joseph's Pre-University College, Bangalore St. Joseph's PU Evening College, Bangalore St. Joseph's Indian PU College, Bangalore St. Joseph's PU and Community College, Anekal, Anekal St. Joseph's School and College, Hassan, Hassan St. Xavier's PU College, Gulbarga St. Xavier's PU College, Bijapur Loyola Pre-University College, Manvi, Raichur Loyola Degree College, Manvi, Raichur Loyola-Kapepaladi School, Pannur, Raichur Loyola School & PU College, Mundgod Loyola College of Social Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram St. Xavier's College, Thumba, Thiruvananthapuram Loyola School,Thiruvananthapuram St. Xavier's College, Mumbai Xavier Institute of Engineering, Mumbai St. Xavier's Technical Institute, Mumbai St. Xavier's Institute of Education, Mumbai Xavier Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai St. Vincent College of Commerce, Camp, Pune St Joseph's Technical Institute Shankar Sheth Rd Pune Dnyanmata Vidyalaya, Sangamner, Ahmednagar Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar Xavier University, Bhubaneswar Human Life Centre, Bhubaneswar Human Life Center, Puri Odisha Citizens' Initiatives, Tumudibandha, Kandhamal St. Xaviers College, Jaipur St. Xavier's College, Nevta, Jaipur Loyola College, Chennai St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli Loyola-ICAM College of Engineering & Technology, Chennai Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai Arul Anandar College, Karumathur, Madurai Loyola College of Education, Chennai Loyola College, Vettavalam, Thiruvannamalai St. Xavier's College of Education, Palayamkottai Loyola College, Mettala, Namakkal Loyola Technical Institute (LTI), Madurai St. Joseph's Industrial School, Ooty Loyola Industrial Training Institute, Ranipet St. Joseph’s Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli Xavier Institute of Business Administration, Palayamkottai St. Xavier's College, Kolkata St. Joseph's College, Darjeeling North Bengal St. Xavier’s College, Jalpaiguri Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi Vidyajyoti College of Theology, Delhi
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Coordinates: 25°38′42″N 85°06′04″E / 25.6451°N 85.1012°E / 25.6451; 85.1012