St Xavier's College, Jaipur

St Xavier's College, Jaipur, affiliated to the University of Rajasthan, was established in 2010 by the Jaipur Xavier Educational Association (JXEA), a trust established by the Jesuits in 1950. It is the latest of the undertakings of the Jesuits in Rajasthan.

The Jesuits first came to Jaipur in 1729 at the invitation of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II in order to help him set up an astronomical observatory known as Jantar Mantar at his then new capital of Jaipur. They came back to Jaipur in 1941 at the invitation of the Ajmer Bishop and Mirza Ismail, the then prime minister of Jaipur. The bishop offered them St Mary's School at Ghat Gate, which was started in 1941 by Fr. Ignatius OFM, Cap. Later, in 1945, the school was shifted to its present site on Bhagawan Das Road, C – Scheme, giving it a new name: St Xavier's School.

In 2006 the Xavier Vocational Institute (XVI) was started in Jaipur to give vocational training to the economically poorer sections of society. In 2010 the JXEA took a further step by starting the St Xavier's College, Jaipur, as a self-financed college.

The college started with 350 students, and in three years the student count reached 1000. The college offers bachelor's degree five subjects.

  • Bachelor of Commerce
  • Bachelor of Business Administration
  • Bachelor of Computer Application
  • Honors in English Literature with Economics or Public Administration as Subsidiary
  • Honors in Economics with English or Public Administration as Subsidiary.

New admissions for various courses start immediately after the publication of the results of 10+2 examination of the Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education and of CBSE. The college follows the curriculum and exam schedule of the University of Rajasthan.[1][2] [3][4]

References
  1. College Calendar and Handbook, 2012-13
  2. The Jesuits: Cultures, Sciences, and the Arts 1540-1773. Ed. edited by John W. O'Malley. University of Toronto Press, 1999
  3. "Jantar Mantar – Immense Astronomical Instrument of the Maharajahs". Kuriositas. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  4. Jantar Mantar: The Science of Indian Conjecture.www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/gem.../hm/0203-1-07-jantar_mantar.pdf

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