St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad
Institution of higher education in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
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St. Xavier's College Ahmedabad (SXCA) is a Christian minority institution of higher education in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was founded in 1955 by the Gujarat Jesuits of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and is the only grant-in-aid Christian college in Ahmedabad. [2]
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| Type | Roman Catholic Religious Minority Research Grant-in-Aid Coeducational Autonomous Higher Education Institution |
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| Established | 20 June 1955[1] |
| Founder | Fr. Charles Gomes, S.J. |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic (Jesuits) |
Academic affiliations | UGC, Gujarat University |
| Chairperson | Fr. Durai Fernand, S.J. |
| President | Fr. Durai Fernand, S.J. |
| Vice-president | Fr. Antony Pichai, S.J. |
| Rector | Fr. Antony Pichai, S.J. |
| Principal | Dr. Sebastian V. A. |
| Director | Fr. Dr. David Roy, S.J. |
| Students | 3200 |
| Location | Navrangpura Ahmedabad , Gujarat, Gujarat , India 23°1′58.1″N 72°33′6.08″E |
| Campus | 26 acres |
| Nickname | Xavierite |
| Website | sxca |
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History
The main college building was designed by Atmaram Gajjar in 1956.
Accreditation and rankings
In 2001, the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) accredited SXCA with five stars.[3] In 2007, NAAC reaccredited SXCA with A+[4] in 2013 NAAC reaccredited SXCA with A (CGPA 3.41) and in 2022 with A (CGPA 3.27).[5][6] In 2019, SXCA received first rank in the Gujarat State Institutional Rating Framework (GSIRF) among colleges, but fell to second in 2020, receiving five stars on each occasion.[7][8] [9] [10] [11]
The National Institutional Ranking Framework Ranking (National Level) placed SXCA in 2018 in the 65th, in 2019 in the 56th,[12] in 2020 in the 59th,[13] in 2021 in the 57th rank, in 2022 52nd Rank, in 2023 96th.[14]
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| NIRF (Colleges) (2022)[15] | 52 |
St. Xavier's College (Autonomous) has been ranked among the top 50 colleges consistently by India Today rankings and other frameworks at the national level and the first rank at the city and state levels. The India today's ranking are given below. [17] [18] [19] [20]
Academics
The college offers courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. [21]
Undergraduate courses
- BCom BPS
- BCom General
Bachelor of Computer Applications
Postgraduate courses
Notable alumni
- Parveen Babi - actress
- Rajeev Khandelwal - actor
- Rita Kothari - author
- Geet Sethi - billiards player
- Ramon Chibb - Filmmaker
- Saroop Dhruv - Poet
- Rohit Roy - actor
- Deeksha Joshi - actress
- Aditya Lakhia - actor