, motto_translation = Nothing Beyond , religious_affiliation =

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, denomination = Jesuits , patron =

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 ...

, established = , session = April–March , rector = Jeyaraj Veluswamy , principal = M. Thamacin Arulappan , headmaster = Probal Gomes , faculty = 83 , gender = Boys , students = 2,300 , classes = Prep-12 , avg_class_size = 40 , system = , campus = Urban , houses = , colours = Blue and white , slogan = Do You See What I See?
I see SXC! , song = ''Proud of Our School'' , athletics =

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, football,

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, nickname = Xaverian; SXCS , national_ranking = , yearbook = The Xaverian , communities = , affiliations = , alumni = Alumnorum Societas (ALSOC) , language = English , free_label2 = School Clubs , free_text2 = LTS, Nature Club, X-Quizite (Quiz Club), Social Service, Science Club, Writers Club, X-Pixel (Photography Club), X-Calibre (Debate Club), X-Commercia (Commerce Club) , free_label3 = , free_text3 = , website = St. Xavier's Collegiate School (informally SXCS) is a private

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primary and secondary school for boys, located in

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. The school was founded in 1860 by the

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under the supervision of Fr. Henri Depelchin S.J., and it is named after St.

, a 16th-century Jesuit missionary to India. The school caters to approximately 2,300 students.

History

The school was founded in 1860 by the Society of Jesus, an all-male

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. The school is named after St. Francis Xavier, a Spanish Jesuit saint. The founder of the school is Fr. Henri Depelchin, S.J., who oversaw most of the groundwork during the early years.

San Souci theatre

The San Souci theatre at 30 Park Street (now Mother Teresa Sarani), Kolkata-700016, was burned to the ground in 1843. The property was purchased by Jesuits from Belgium and became the present campus.

Foundation years

The motto, la, Nihil ultra (translated as "nothing beyond"), along with the crest of the college date to the rectorship of Fr. O'Neill, S.J., 1904–1913. The present imposing five-storied building was built from 1934 to 1940 at a cost of Rs 9 lakhs, which was collected partly from the public of Calcutta, assistance from Belgium, and the huge rental received from the American army that occupied the building during

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history
Retrieved on 6 February 2008 Expansion of the school has been a long effort, with a campus slated for

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and a second boys' hostel not far from the existing one. A commemorative stamp was issued by the Indian Post Office on 12 April 1985 depicting the campus and in its commentary recognising the school's contribution to society.indianpost.co
Commemorative stamp
retrieved on 4 February 2008 In 2019, the foundation stone was laid for a new kindergarten section.

Programs

Students have excelled on the

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exam. In 2015, a student secured the highest marks in the ICSE examination while in 2017 a student scored the highest marks, in the Indian School Certificate examination. In 2013 Xavier was ranked by Digital Learning as the top school in West Bengal. The school is divided into houses namely Berchmans, Britto, Gonzaga and Loyola, all trained in synchronized marching. The tertiary section extended to coeducational Honors Arts and Science programs and Teacher Training while still on the high school campus. In 2011 Xavier was judged the best eco-initiative school in Kolkata City for its preparation of compost manure for organic gardening. The school won a football tournament organized to promote outdoor exercise (so that youth do not become addicted to staying indoors with their computers). The traveling cricket team in 2016 secured the first place in a tournament in Leicester, England. In September 2016 the school hosted an exhibition of about 90 paintings of

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to commemorate her canonization that month.

Steps toward university

Xavier is expanding into tertiary education in collaboration with other groups, as with the Jesuit Xavier School of Management in Jamshedpur, on a new 17-acre campus in

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near

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. A research centre with post-graduate courses is also planned. While schools of engineering and medicine are being considered, plans are progressing slowly to assure that fees will remain low and a wide range of students will be able to afford the education.

Notable alumni

* Vijay Balasubramanian, theoretical physicist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania * Jyoti Basu, longest-serving Chief Minister of West Bengal (1977-2000) *

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, senior vice-president, former chief economist of the World Bank (2012-2016), Carl Marks Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics at Cornell University, President of the International Economic Association since June 2017 *

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, industrialist * Jagadish Chandra Bose, biologist, physicist, biophysicist, botanist, archaeologist and Fellow of the Royal Society *

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, actor *

Barun De Barun De (30 October 1932 – 16 July 2013) was an Indian historian. He served as the first professor of social and economic history of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, founder-director of the Centre for Studies in Social Sci ...

, historian; chairman, West Bengal Heritage Commission, Calcutta *

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, actor *

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, former captain of the Indian cricket team and 39th President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India * Sanjiv Goenka, chairman, RPG Enterprises * Shishir Bajoria, Chairman, SK Bajoria Group * Dipankar Gupta, former Solicitor General of India *

Raj Kapoor Raj Kapoor (pronunciation: �aːd͡ʒ kəpuːɾ born Shrishti Nath Kapoor; also known as Ranbir Raj Kapoor; 14 December 1924 2 June 1988) was an Indian actor, film director and producer, who worked in Hindi cinema. He is considered one of th ...

, actor, producer, director * Aamil Keeyan Khan, actor, writer, director, musician * Dilshad Khan, Hindustani classical singer * P. Lal, writer *

Mahan Maharaj Mahan Mj (born Mahan Mitra (Bengali: মহান মিত্র), 5 April 1968), also known as Mahan Maharaj and Swami Vidyanathananda, is an Indian mathematician and monk of the Ramakrishna Order. He is currently Professor of Mathematics at ...

, mathematician, recipient of the 2011 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for Mathematical Sciences and recipient of the 2015 Infosys Prize for Mathematical Sciences * Barry O'Brien, quizmaster, thespian and motivational coach * Derek O'Brien, quizmaster, parliamentarianQuizmaster Derek O'Brien, an ex-student of St Xavier's School...
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'', 25 January 2005. * Neil O'Brien, quizmaster *

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, dual silver medalist, 1900 Paris Olympics *

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, barrister, former Chief Minister of West Bengal (1972-1977), Union Minister for Education (1971-1972) and Indian Ambassador to the United States (1992-1996) *

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, astrophysicist, Director of the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune * General Shankar Roychoudhury, former Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army and former member of the Indian Parliament * Sanjeev Sanyal, economist, author, litterateur, Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India * Aditya Vikram Sengupta, filmmaker, cinematographer, graphic designer and artist *

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

, polymath, novelist, poet, musician, artist and the recipient of the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature * Satyendranath Tagore, first Indian to join the Indian Civil Service, elder brother of Rabindranath Tagore *

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- Indian Cinematographer * Ashrafuddin Ahmad Chowdhury, former general secretary of Congress Party

References

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