St. Xavier's College, Patna (SXC Patna or SXC) is an undergraduate college of

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, IT and

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under

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Patna Patna ( ), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...

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, India. Founded in 2009, it is named after

St. Francis Xavier Francis Xavier (born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta; Latin: ''Franciscus Xaverius''; Basque: ''Frantzisko Xabierkoa''; French: ''François Xavier''; Spanish: ''Francisco Javier''; Portuguese: ''Francisco Xavier''; 7 April 15063 December 15 ...

, a

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of the 16th century and missionary to India. It is a co-educational, self-financed,

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minority institution, operated by the Patna Province of the

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History

The

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first came to

in 1919, and in early 1930 were approached to set up a school in the city of Patna. Fr. Loesch, assisted by Fr.

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, opened a Cambridge school to serve Patna and Bihar. Later, in 1940, St. Xavier's High School, Patna was built at

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. Then in 2009 the Jesuits founded St. Xavier's College, Patna. Classes began at a temporary location opposite

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, Digha. In June 2011 the college moved to its permanent location on a sprawling, 36- acre campus at XTTI on Digha Ashiana Road.

Authority

The college was founded in

in 2009 with its first principal Fr. T. Nishant, S.J. and he is still the principal. Other present authorities are *Rector Fr. Joseph Thadavanal, S.J. *Vice principal Fr. Dr. Martin Poras, S.J. *Administrator Fr. Dr. Raj Kumar, S.J. *Controller of Examinations Fr. Dr. Alphonse Sebastian, S.J. *Finance officer Fr. Alphonse Crasta, S.J.

Academics

St. Xavier's College, Patna, offers three-year undergraduate degree courses, such as

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(B.A. Hons.) English and Economics and

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(B.Com.) from

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, and

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(B.B.A.) and

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(B.C.A.) from

. 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.

Clubs and societies

These are the famous clubs and Societies of students at St. Xavier's College Patna campus. *Xavier's Music club *Xavier's Sports club *Xavier's Dance club *Xavier's Theatre club *Xavier's Poetry club *Xavier's social Awareness club *YFI- Youth For Free India *Xavier's Placement Cell *Xavier's public address club and many more such clubs and societies are there in SXC Patna where students take membership and work under

Emblem

The college emblem contains the motto Pravahito Gyan Ganga Pravah (

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): "Let the streams of Gyan (knowledge) Ganga keep on flowing." The college is situated beside the river

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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

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in Greek) is a symbol for the

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. The emblem within the emblem, containing crown and crescent moon, is the coat of arms of the noble family of its patron,

Sister institutions

The sister institutions of St. Xavier's College in Patna are * St. Xavier's High School, Patna * St. Michael's High School, Patna *

St. Xavier's College of Education St. Xavier's College of Education (Autonomous), Patna (SXCE Patna or SXCE), co-educational, self-financed, Catholic minority institution in Patna, Bihar, India. Founded in 1988 by the Patna Province of the Society of Jesus, it is named after St ...

References

External links

official website
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