At St. Xavier’s College PalayamKottai (Centenary celebrant) with Rev.Dr.Maridos SJ.Principal, Mr. Kumar Vembu founder of Gofrugal ERP Software and co-founder of Zoho Software. Extreme right Ms. Sylvia-Chairperson Tuticorin Zone Young Indians (YI)-Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) .On to the left of Rev.Fr.Mariadoss SJ CA.S.Chenthilkumar  President of Jesuit Alumni Associations of India(JAAI)and C. Pradeep Chairperson Trichy Zone-YI-CII on 10th Aug2022 at St. Xavier’s College Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu for an ice-breaking session to discuss about Industry academia tie-up and collaboration.

We salute with reverence Rev Dr. S. Ignachimuthu SJ, who is ranked amongst the world’s top 1% scientist in Biology. One insect species jacthrips ignachimuthu and one natural molecule Ignacimuthu is named after him.

Rev Dr. S.Ignachimuthu was the former Principal of St. Xavier’s Tirunnelveli, Loyola College Chennai and former Vice-Chancellor of Bharathiyar and Madras University.

Another milestone in JAAI alumni activities on industries academia tie-up,  between St.Xaviers College Higher Secondary School Palayamkottai  and YUVA-YI-CII signed on 6th December 2022. Seen in the photograph Rev.Fr.Augustine John Peter SJ Headmaster and Ms.Sylvia chairperson YI-CII Thoothukudi chapter, and CA.S.Chenthilkumar President of Jesuit Alumni Associations of India (JAAI). Our sincere thanks to Rev.Fr.Henry Jerome, Rector , Rev.Fr.Augustin John Peter SJ Head Master & Rev.Fr.Kulanthai correspondent and Director of St.Xavier’s College Higher Secondary School, Palayamkottai.

We congratulate Vr. P.K.Thiyagarajan for taking over as the president of the 179 year old St.Joseph’s College Hr. Sec. School’s alumni association. Vr.P.K.Thiagarajan is the all India president of the Institution of Valuers (IOV) which has more than 30,000 professionals specializing in the domain of valuation. Vr.P.K.Thiagarajan is an illustrious Jesuit alumnus from St.Joseph’s College Hr. Sec. School and St.Joseph’s College, Tiruchirapalli. The Government of India is also initiating steps for Institute of Valuers to become a statutory professional body under act of parliament. After the introduction the Insolvency Bankruptcy Code 2016 valuation has become a bed rock of any corporate insolvency resolution to unlock the stressed-assets enabling India to climb-up in the world index of ease of doing business.