Nine teams from five Jesuit institutions from across the Jesuit Bombay Province assembled on 15^th August 2014 to celebrate Independence Day at St. Stanislaus High School, Bandra.  Flag hoisting and singing of the national anthem began at 7.30am sharp.

Two teams each from Holy Family, Andheri, St. Mary’s SSC, St. Mary’s ICSE and host St. Stanislaus along with a team from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai played in a round robin Independence Day football league.  Five teams played in the ‘A” Division and four in the “B” Division.

The Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee called up Jesuit Father Felix Raj today who is in New York to address the Alumni of St. Xavier's and requested him to return by May 20 to receive the  State's highest award, BANGA BIBHUSAN. The WB Government decided on Thursday, May 15 in a Cabinet meeting to confer the prestigious award on Father Felix Raj in recognition of his enormous contribution to education. The award will be conferred on May 20th at a public State function in the Science City auditorium, Kolkata.
Father Raj thanked the Chief Minister over the phone for her Government's recognition and appreciation of Jesuits' work in West Bengal and expressed to her that he was unworthy of such an award.
Father Felix Raj is the Principal of St. Xavier's College, Kolkata.

St. Xavier's College (Autonomous) Mumbai has been awarded the College of Excellence (CE) by the University Grants Commission for the period April 2014 to March 2019.

Excellence of an academic institution involves reaching outstanding levels of performance in teaching, research and related academic pursuits and attaining peerless position in the areas offered for study and research. Excellence was achieved in stages through a process of continuous improvement in content and quality of the pursuits. A dedicated academic community and adequate infras tructural facilities are essential ingredients of excellence. The College of Excellence status was awarded based on a score of more than 3.5 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) awarded by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council.

Nineteen students from TRTC (Tribal Research Training Centre, Chaibasa) on Saturday 8th of February. These students are from remote villages undergoing Hospitality training session at TRTC. The students were given exposure to the working inside Boulevard Hotel (Courtesy Rony).

They were divided into 3 groups and were taken around various departments of Boulevard Hotel. It was a full day session.

As discussed with Fr. Ranjit Kindu of TRTC Chaibasa, we will have students from TRTC who are undergoing training for Mechanic & Driver. We will provide them hands on experience at the Service Centre of our Committee Member Mr. Rajiv Singh.  This program is scheduled for mid March.

 
Basic hands on experience will also be given at the Service Centre to the students who are enrolled for Computer hardware maintenance.