St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad

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St. Xavier's College Ahmedabad
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Coat of Arms
Type Roman Catholic Religious Minority Research Grant-in-Aid Coeducational Autonomous Higher Education Institution
Established20 June 1955;68 years ago (20 June 1955) [1]
FounderFr. Charles Gomes, S.J.
Religious affiliation
 Roman Catholic (Jesuit)
Academic affiliations
 UGC, Gujarat University
Chairperson Fr. Durai Fernand, S.J.
President Fr. Durai Fernand, S.J.
Vice-presidentFr. Antony Pichai, S.J.
Rector Fr. Antony Pichai, S.J.
Principal Fr. Dr. Vinayak Jadav, S.J.
Students3200
Location
Navrangpura Ahmedabad
,
Gujarat, Gujarat
,
India

23°1′58.1″N72°33′6.08″E / 23.032806°N 72.5516889°E / 23.032806; 72.5516889
Campus26 acres
Nickname Xavierite
Website sxca.edu.in
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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. It is still run by the Jesuits. [2]

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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] and in 2013 }NAAC reaccredited SXCA with A (CGPA 3.41). [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 and in 2022 52nd Rank. [14]

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. [15] [16] [17] [18]

SXCA rankings by India Today
2021202020192022
Arts232515
BCA141013
Science252620

Academics

The college offers courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. [19]

Undergraduate courses

Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Commerce

Bachelor of Computer Applications

Bachelor of Science

Postgraduate courses

Master of Arts

Master of Science

Notable alumni

See also

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  2. ↑ "HISTORY – St. xavier's College". sxca.edu.in. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  3. ↑ , Indian Express, NAAC team to visit ahmedabad for assessment of st xaviers college, accessed 8 March, 2022
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