56 th Eddie Memorial Football Tournament was organised this week by the Paulites of Belgaum worldwide the tournament was inagurated by Mrs Laxmi Hebbalkar minister for child and women development government of Karnataka.

St Paul's won the tournament, for the prize distribution we had the commissioner of police Belgaum and MLA Mr Asif Saith who is our alumni. 26 to teams from under city took part in the tournament.

This is the oldest football tournament running in the city

Contributed by Dr Madhav Prabhu
JAAI West Zone Council Member 

St Aloysius (Deemed to Be University) organised an Endowment Lecture on Role of Education in National Development on 14th September 2024 at Fr L F Rasquinha Hall, LCRI Block by Prof Anil Sahasrabuddhe, Former Chairman of AICTE, Chairman (NETF).

The speaker delivered profound insights and illuminated the crucial ways in which education shapes the future of our nation. As education is the powerful weapon in nation building, he suggested implementing several best practices in the institutions.

Prof. Anil Sahasrabuddhe was honoured with a special felicitation to recognize his significant contributions to education and national development.

We are delighted that today's Texas Annual General Meeting (AGM), held at St.Ignatius AC Hall, was a remarkable success. The event brought together a dedicated group of alumni who came to celebrate our shared Longhorn spirit and contribute to the future direction of our association.

Key Highlights

CYCLOTHON 2024. LAA’s flagship event was organised today from Loyola School covering 7 km. The theme for this is year was “Pedal to show Solidarity with Doctors”. More than 600 students from Class 4 to 12 along with Doctors, Alumni office bearers, Teachers and Volunteers participated and cycled to show Solidarity with Doctors. Jai Loyola

The 8th edition of Major H K Sharma Memorial Inter-house debate  was held on 7th September 2024 at St. Xavier’s School, Jaipur.

It was our honour to have Mr Sudhir Raniwala 77 batch, 
Ms Bharati Chaturvedi , and Mr Shreyans Kasliwal 99 batch as the honoured judges. 

It was a pleasure to have President of Xavier’s alumini Mr Luv Shekhawat as the  guest of honor. 

Parimal Kasliwal 85 as usual was standing besides me to see the proceedings through. It will be our endeavour as a family to take this debate to ever higher levels. 

I once again thank the esteemed judges, Luv n Parimal for the time and support. 
Also thank you to the School Management ,Alex sir and Olive Mam and the students for the help and coordination to make this a success. 

Dr Himanshu sharma 85

St Xaviers’ School, Jaipur

Teacher's Day is always a special day for TEXAS (The Ex-Xaverites Alumni Association of Surat)

It was a day to appreciate our Guru's who shaped each of Us. Texas appreciated  Teachers with small gift of love.

The primary and higher secondary sections celebrated this special day showing their gratitude and love for their teachers. The management and alumni/ae were present too making it so much large and fulfilling.

APX (Association of Past Xavierites) always partake in all activities and programs of the school and hosted the lunch as a mark of respect and to express gratitude towards the teachers & staff. This is an annual program and just strengthens the bond between all the pillars of the institute that is staff, students, parents, benefactors and alumni/ae. Team APX 

The School of Commerce, Finance, and Accountancy at St Aloysius (Deemed to be University) hosted the Triumph and Tenacity program on 3rd September, 2024 to celebrate student achievements in academics and sports. 

Chief guest K. V. Kamath,  Padma Bhushan awardee  and chairman of the National Bank of Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID), a distinguished alumnus of the University shared insights from his extensive banking experience, emphasizing perseverance and innovative thinking.

The event included the felicitation of students who excelled in professional exams and sports National Level. University leaders reiterated their commitment to holistic development and academic excellence.

Dr. Kartikeya Sarabhai (Founder and Director of Centre for Environment Education & Chairman of Ambalal Sarabhai Enterprises) our own Alumni from Physics Department (1965 Batch), was the Chief Guest for the *Research Day 2024* today on 31st August, 2024 at St. Xavier's College,  Ahmedabad

4th JAAI GC meeting was held on 24th & 25th Aug @ St Joseph North Point Darjeeling.Fr Sudhir Bhatia PCA Gujarat, Jitesh Jariwala JAAG President, Pankaj Chorawala JAAI WZ GC member, Kinjal Sheth Texas Office Bearer along with Mr Bhavin Vashi JAAI GC Gujarat Province attended it.

Very fruitful meeting with Excellent Hospitality by Host Association of Central Zone. Next Six month Pan India Activity has been schedule & shall be circulated soon. Updates on WUJA & JAAI new developments were presented. JAAI Council members also appreciated JAAG as one of highest member delegates who attended the GC meet.

As for success & appreciation JAAI GC Awarded, One member association of Each Zone,for their contribution in Blood donation camps that were organised during last 6 mths as a part of JAAI activity calender.

Am Happy to Announce that TEXAS was awarded from WEST Zone. Schedule & Date for 5th GC meeting will be announced soon.