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.
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., Indian Express, NAAC team to visit ahmedabad for assessment of st xaviers college, accessed 8 March, 2022 In 2007, NAAC reaccredited SXCA with A+ in 2013 NAAC reaccredited SXCA with A (CGPA 3.41) and in 2022 with A (CGPA 3.27). 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.
The National Institutional Ranking Framework Ranking (National Level) placed SXCA in 2018 in the 65th, in 2019 in the 56th, in 2020 in the 59th, in 2021 in the 57th rank, in 2022 52nd Rank, in 2023 96th.
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.
Academics The college offers courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Undergraduate courses Bachelor of Arts Economics English Gujarati. Psychology Sociology Sanskrit
Bachelor of Commerce BCom BPS BCom General
Bachelor of Computer Applications
Bachelor of Science
Biochemistry Biotechnology Botany Computer Science Chemistry Electronics Mathematics Physics Statistics Zoology Information Technology
Postgraduate courses
Master of Arts English Psychology Master of Science Artificial Intelligence Analytical Chemistry Big Data Analytics Biotechnology Biochemistry Mathematics Organic Chemistry Physics
Notable alumni Parveen Babi - actress Dr.Mallika Sarabhai - dancer and Activist Rajeev Khandelwal - actor Dr Rita Kothari - author Dr Taslimarif Saiyed - Scientist Dr Thomas J. Pucadyil - Scientist Geet Sethi - billiards player Charles Borromeo - Sports, Arjuna Award Ramon Chibb - Filmmaker Saroop Dhruv - Poet Rohit Roy - actor Deeksha Joshi - actress Aditya Lakhia - actor
See also List of Jesuit educational institutions
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