St. Xavier's Alumni Association

St. Xavier's Alumni Association
Abbreviation SXAA
Motto For God And Country
Formation 1947
Type Alumni association
Headquarters Patna, India
Location
Membership
4000+
President
 Justice Samarendra Pratap Singh
Website Website
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St. Xavier's Alumni Association (SXAA) is an alumni organization for former students of the St. Xavier's High School, Patna in Patna, India. It was founded in 1947 by the graduating class of that year and is still around today. It is India's one of the oldest alumni associations,[1] which has over 3,500 members.[2] SXAA is an active member of the Jesuit Alumni Association of India (JAAI).[3]

History

In 1947, Fr. Edward Niesen and Fr. J.P. Wroblewski proposd forming an Alumni Association for the outgoing students of St. Xavier's. Fr. Cleary, Fr. Watling and Fr. Wilzbacher sponsored an Annual issue of 'Alumunus', a slim publication that carried extensive articles, poems and other creative inputs from outgoing alumni. Yearly alumni reunions began.

Later, the Micheal's and Xavier's Alumni Association (MAXAA) was formed under the presidency of Ranjit Sinha. However, the two bodies separated, and the SXAA stood on its own again. After Ranjit Sinha's death the association instituted the Distinguished Xaverian Award to keep his memory alive and conferred the first award on him posthumously. Alumni moderators like Fr. Faulstich, Fr. Drinane and Fr. Chandy with extensive support from Fr. Reinboth have continued the association.

The presidents who succeeded Ranjit Sinha have been: Dr. A.K. Gupta, Prof. K.V. Srinivasan, Balram Das, Prof. S.D. Singh, Satish Anand, Rajiv Ranjan, Subhash Anand, Satyapal Dutta, Vijay Kochar, Vijay Sharma, Arun Prasad, J.K.Sinha, R.N.Sahaya and Justice Samarendra Pratap Singh.

Present

The association enables old students remain connected and active. An annual reunion takes place just before Christmas every year.[4][5] Over 500 old boys of the school gather from across the country.

The association also organizes poolside parties for the Patna-based alumni. Besides, it also organizes the reunion of golden and silver jubilee batches every year.[6] It organizes various welfare activities for them, with career counseling by the alumni being one of them.[7] The association also organizes a blood donation camp annually. SXAA also conducts a free health check-up of the school students by doctors who are Xavier pass outs. Through such interactions, the alumni tries to convey to the younger lot the proud legacy of the school. Some of the alumni also offer sports training to the current students. The alumni association also funds various school projects.

It contributed to the development of English and Computer labs of the school. It also finances a few poor students of the school, besides giving prizes worth ₹15,000 annually to toppers of various subjects.[2][8]

Chapters

Postal stamp

On 24 February 2007, the Diamond Jubilee celebration of SXAA was organised in the school campus. On this day, Ramkrishnan Suryabhan Gavai, Governor of Bihar, released the special envelope designed by R.S. Gandhi, Pradip Jain and Dr. Pradip Sarkar (Xaverian). It has a postal stamp of ₹5 with a photograph of St. Xavier's Building.

VIth National Congress of JAAI

VIth National Congress of JAAI (Jesuit Alumni Association of India) was hosted by SXAA and held in St. Xavier's School, Patna from 4th to 6th Feb 2011.[9][10][11][12] The theme for the Congress was "Public - Private Partnership for better Education"[10][11][13]

Office bearers

Office Name Batch
Moderator Fr. Jose Elampassery, SJ
President Justice Samarendra Pratap Singh 1971
Secretary Dr. Amulya K. Singh 1980
Vice - President Dr. Sandeep Sen 1974
Vice - President Mr. Mohit Ahluwalia 1979
Treasurer Dr. Anshul Sinha 1990
Joint - Secretary Mr. Neel Mani Rangesh 1993
Joint - Secretary Mr. Y. P. Dubey 1988
Joint - Secretary Mr. Om Prakash 1993
Joint - Secretary Dr. Ashutosh Kumar 1985
[14]

Patna Old Boys Network

Two prominent Patna School's Alumni, St. Xavier's Alumni Association (SXAA) and St. Michael's Alumni Association (SMAA), the alumni association of St. Michael's (a sister school of St. Xavier's), together form the Patna Old Boys Network.[15]

Notable members

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Notable alumni

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Salman Khursheed, (1970 Batch), Minister of External Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi
Abhayanand, 48th D.G.P of the state of Bihar and famous educationalist

References

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  2. 1 2 Banjot Kaur Bhatia, TNN Aug 6, 2012, 04.09AM IST (2012-08-06). "St Xavier's alumni: Who's who of society - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  3. ↑ "Federation of". Jaaindia.com. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  4. ↑ TNN Dec 17, 2011, 08.49PM IST (2011-12-17). "St. Xavier's alumni annual meet held - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  5. ↑ TNN Dec 12, 2008, 01.42am IST (2008-12-12). "Xaverians' alumni reunion tomorrow - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  6. 1 2 TNN Dec 17, 2009, 07.08am IST (2009-12-17). "St Xavier's annual reunion on Dec 19 - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  7. ↑ TNN Nov 3, 2012, 05.32AM IST (2012-11-03). "Career counselling held at St Xavier's High School - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  8. ↑ "St. Xavier's High School, Patna. - Patna - Middelbare school". Facebook. 2013-07-28. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  9. ↑ Alok K N Mishra, TNN Feb 6, 2011, 06.48pm IST (2011-02-06). "JAAI adopts 4-pt resolution on education - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
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  11. 1 2 Marcin Kasprzak (2011-02-22). "Sixth Jaai National Congress". Slideshare.net. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
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  13. ↑ "Loyola Alumni Association". Alumni.loyolacollege.edu. 2011-02-06. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  14. ↑ Office bearers SXAA
  15. 1 2 "Balancing act in a region of chaos : Saurabh Shukla, News - India Today". Indiatoday.intoday.in. 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
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  18. ↑ Praveen Nair. "> Career". www.sujitmukherjee.net. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
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  20. ↑ "dynamic leader of mankind - All India Congress Committee General Secretary". Salman Khurshid. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
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  22. ↑ http://www.sxaa.org/default.htm_files/SXAA-roundup.oct09.pdf
  23. ↑ "Ashutosh Pandey", LinkedIn
  24. ↑ "Manish Prabhat", Counsel General Profile
  25. ↑ "Rahul Anand", WB Profile
  26. ↑ Dharmendra Yashovardhan
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