St. Xavier's Alumni Association
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|name = St. Xavier's Alumni Association
|abbreviation = SXAA
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|motto = For God And Country
|formation = 1947
|type = [[Alumni association]]
|headquarters = [[Patna]], [[India]]
|location = [[St. Xavier's High School, Patna|St. Xavier's High School]], West [[Gandhi Maidan Marg]], [[Patna]] 800 001, [[Bihar]], [[India]]
|membership = 4000+
|leader_title = President
|leader_name = [[Justice Samarendra Pratap Singh]]
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|website = [http://www.sxaa.org Website]<br>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/151799684076/ Facebook]
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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,<ref name="telegraphindia1">{{cite web|author=Our Correspondent |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111216/jsp/bihar/story_14886374.jsp#.UZ8M5l18uo8 |title=Xavier’s alumni to honour top cop |publisher=Telegraphindia.com |date=2011-12-16 |accessdate=2014-02-17}}</ref> which has over 3,500 members.<ref name="indiatimes1">{{cite web|author=Banjot Kaur Bhatia, TNN Aug 6, 2012, 04.09AM IST |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-06/patna/33064449_1_alumni-association-amulya-k-singh-sxaa |title=St Xavier’s alumni: Who’s who of society - Times Of India |publisher=Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2012-08-06 |accessdate=2014-02-17}}</ref> SXAA is an active member of the Jesuit Alumni Association of India (JAAI).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jaaindia.com/Active_Members.htm |title=Federation of |publisher=Jaaindia.com |date= |accessdate=2014-02-17}}</ref>
==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 [[St. Michael's High School, Patna|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.<ref>{{cite web|author=TNN Dec 17, 2011, 08.49PM IST |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-17/patna/30528366_1_xaverians-alumni-annual-reunion |title=St. Xavier's alumni annual meet held - Times Of India |publisher=Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-12-17 |accessdate=2014-02-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=TNN Dec 12, 2008, 01.42am IST |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-12-12/patna/27946135_1_golden-jubilee-silver-jubilee-reunion |title=Xaverians' alumni reunion tomorrow - Times Of India |publisher=Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2008-12-12 |accessdate=2014-02-17}}</ref> 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.<ref name="indiatimes2">{{cite web|author=TNN Dec 17, 2009, 07.08am IST |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-17/patna/28103431_1_nagaland-governor-chief-guest-annual-reunion |title=St Xavier's annual reunion on Dec 19 - Times Of India |publisher=Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2009-12-17 |accessdate=2014-02-17}}</ref> It organizes various welfare activities for them, with career counseling by the alumni being one of them.<ref>{{cite web|author=TNN Nov 3, 2012, 05.32AM IST |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-03/patna/34893261_1_sxaa-manish-malhotra-batch |title=Career counselling held at St Xavier's High School - Times Of India |publisher=Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2012-11-03 |accessdate=2014-02-17}}</ref> 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 {{INR}}15,000 annually to toppers of various subjects.<ref name="indiatimes1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/sxspatna |title=St. Xavier's High School, Patna. - Patna - Middelbare school |publisher=Facebook |date=2013-07-28 |accessdate=2014-02-17}}</ref>
==Chapters==
* [[Delhi]]
* [[Kolkata]]
* [[Mumbai]]
* [[Bangalore]]
* [[Ranchi]]
* [[London]]
==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 {{INR}}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.<ref>{{cite web|author=Alok K N Mishra, TNN Feb 6, 2011, 06.48pm IST |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-06/patna/28356044_1_resolution-delegates-cultural-programme |title=JAAI adopts 4-pt resolution on education - Times Of India |publisher=Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-02-06 |accessdate=2014-02-17}}</ref><ref name="virtuallearningservices.in">[http://virtuallearningservices.in/jaai/taxonomy/term/68/0 ]{{dead link|date=February 2014}}</ref><ref name="slideshare1">{{cite web|author=by Marcin Kasprzak |url=http://www.slideshare.net/gmasky/sixth-jaai-national-congress#btnNext |title=Sixth Jaai National Congress |publisher=Slideshare.net |date=2011-02-22 |accessdate=2014-02-17}}</ref><ref>[http://jesuitalumni.org/blog/fr/2010/05/06/jaai-national-congress-of-indian-jesuit-alumni/ ]{{dead link|date=February 2014}}</ref> The theme for the Congress was "Public - Private Partnership for better Education"<ref name="virtuallearningservices.in"/><ref name="slideshare1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://alumni.loyolacollege.edu/index.php?option=com_programevent&view=programevent&id=4&r=v |title=Loyola Alumni Association |publisher=Alumni.loyolacollege.edu |date=2011-02-06 |accessdate=2014-02-17}}</ref>
==Office bearers==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Office !! Name !! Batch
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| '''Moderator''' || Fr. Jose Elampassery, SJ ||
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| '''President''' || Justice Samarendra Pratap Singh || 1971
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| '''Secretary''' || Dr. Amulya K. Singh || 1980
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| '''Vice - President''' || Dr. Sandeep Sen || 1974
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| '''Vice - President''' || Mr. Mohit Ahluwalia || 1979
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| '''Treasurer''' || Dr. Anshul Sinha || 1990
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| '''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
|-
<ref>[http://sxaa.org/default.htm_files/office_bearers.htm Office bearers] SXAA</ref>
|}
==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 High School, Patna|St. Michael's]] (a sister school of St. Xavier's), together form the Patna Old Boys Network.<ref name="intoday1">{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indian-diplomacy-afghanistan-pakistan-bangladesh-japan-china/1/267311.html |title=Balancing act in a region of chaos : Saurabh Shukla, News - India Today |publisher=Indiatoday.intoday.in |date=2013-04-24 |accessdate=2014-02-17}}</ref>
===Notable members===
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*[[Salman Khursheed]]: Minister of External Affairs, [[Government of India]], New Delhi
*[[Arun Singh]]: Indian Envoy to France, earlier India's Deputy Ambassador in the United States.
*[[Sushil Kumar Modi]], the deputy chief minister of Bihar
*[[Dilip Sinha]], India's Permanent Envoy to the United Nations in Geneva.
*Jayant Das Gupta, India's Ambassador to the World Trade Organization in Geneva
*Yash Sinha: India's new envoy to Sri Lanka
*Amar Sinha, the new Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan.
*[[Abhayanand]]: DGP{{clarify|date=September 2014}} Bihar
*[[Syed Saba Karim]]: Former Wicket Keeper, [[Indian Cricket Team]], BCCI selector
*Shubham Sinha: [[International Mathematical Olympiad]] Silver Medallist (Indian IMO Team 2013)<ref>http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130802/jsp/bihar/story_17182935.jsp</ref><ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Patna-boy-bags-silver-medal-at-International-Math-Olympiad/articleshow/21541133.cms</ref>
*[[Imtiaz Ali (director)|Imtiaz Ali]]: Indian film director, actor and writer
==Notable alumni==
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* Sujit K Mukherjee (1944): Teacher, Author, Translator & Publisher. Chief Publisher, Orient Longman. Taught English at Patna University, National Defence Academy (Khadakvasla), Poona University and University of Wisconsin (Madison). Also, posthumously awarded Sahitya Akademi Award for his translation work.<ref>{{cite web|author=Praveen Nair |url=http://sujitmukherjee.net/common/career.html |title=> Career |publisher=www.sujitmukherjee.net |date= |accessdate=2014-02-17}}</ref>
* Ranjit Roy Chaudhury (1946): Rhodes Scholar, Eminent Clinical Pharmacologist & Public Health Expert (WHO & Govt. of India)
* Kawaljit Singh (1946): Retired Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Department of Revenue, Government of India.
* [[Man Mohan Sinha]] (1948): Air Marshal, [[Indian Air Force]]
* Ashish Banerjee (1948): Lieutenant General, PVSM, Artillery Regiment
* Dr. Satikant Ghosh (1948): sprinter, Inter-University record holder, member of the Indian 4 x 100m relay team in the 1954 Asian Games in Manilla, Philippines
* Partha Dey (1949): Air Marshal, [[Indian Air Force]]
* [[Tejendra Khanna]] (1954): Lt. Governor of Delhi
* Anwarul Hoda (1954): Deputy Director General ICITO/GATT and Deputy Director General, World Trade Organization.
* [[Nikhil Kumar]] (1955): [[Governors of Kerala|Governor of Kerala]]. Former [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] officer and Member of Parliament<ref name="indiatimes2"/>
* [[Sujoy K. Guha]] (1955): Biomedical Engineer
* [[N. K. Singh]] (1956): Member of [[Rajya Sabha]]. ex IAS and Former Principal Secretary to the PM <ref>{{cite web|url=http://webpages.charter.net/preuben/singh_nk.htm |title=St. Xavier Class of 1956: NK.Singh |publisher=Webpages.charter.net |date=2005-09-19 |accessdate=2014-02-17}}</ref>
* [[Sanjaya Lall]] (1956): Development Economist and Professor of Economics, Green College, [[Oxford University]].
* Syed Rizvi (1958): Retd IAS, Former Joint Secretary, Dept. of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India.
* Dr Priya Ranjan Prasad (1959): Automotive Safety & Injury Bio-mechanics Expert. Henry Ford Technical Fellow, Ford Motor Company, USA
* Om Prakash Kejriwal (1960): Director General, All India Radio & CEO, Prasar Bharati [1997-1999]
* Ram K Chopra (1960): Played Valdes in 1967 film adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's 'The Tragic History of Doctor Faustus' co-starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.
* [[Shyam Saran]](1961): former Foreign Secretary, Govt. of India
* [[J. K. Sinha]] (1961): former Director General of India's Central Reserve Police Force
* Dharmesh P Verma (1963): Member of Parliament
* Naveen Kshatriya (1964): Former Regional Vice President, British Petroleum. Former CEO & Managing Director, Castrol India. Visiting Lecturer at INSEAD, Fontainebleau.
* [[Prakash Koirala]]: Nepalese Politician. Son of former Nepalese Prime Minister B P Koirala and father of actress Manisha Koirala
* Abul K Abbas (1962): Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco.
* [[Roshan Seth]]: actor
* [[Vikram Seth]]: poet
* [[Yashovardhan Azad]] (1969) : IPS Officer, Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat & Former Special Director, [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]].
[[File:Salman Khurshid portrait.jpg|thumb|Salman Khursheed, (1970 Batch), [[Minister of External Affairs]], [[Government of India]], [[New Delhi]]]]
* [[Salman Khursheed]] (1970): Minister of External Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salmankhurshid.com/php/showNews.php?newsid=51&linkid=2 |title=dynamic leader of mankind - All India Congress Committee General Secretary |publisher=Salman Khurshid |date= |accessdate=2014-02-17}}</ref>
* [[Abhayanand]] (1970): Present D.G.P of Bihar and famous educationalist
[[File:Abhayanand.jpg|thumb|[[Abhayanand]], 48th D.G.P of the state of Bihar and famous educationalist]]
* [[Dilip Sinha]] (1970): Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the UN in Geneva.
* [[Arun Singh]] (1971): Indian Envoy to [[France]], earlier India's Deputy Ambassador in the [[US]].<ref name="intoday1"/>
* [[Arup Roy Choudhury]] (1972): CMD, National Thermal Power Corporation
* Amar Sinha (1972): Ambassador of India to Afghanistan
* Sourendu Gupta (1974): Noted Theoretical Physicist, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
* Yashovardhan K Sinha (1974): High Commissioner to Sri Lanka
* Anand Sen (1974): Vice President, TQM and Shared Services, Tata Steel Limited
* [[Jagat Prakash Nadda]] (1974) : National General Secretary, [[Bhartiya Janata Party]] & Former Cabinet Minister, Govt of [[Himanchal Pradesh]]
* [[Kirti Azad]]: Cricketer, all-rounder, MP
* Amitabh Akhauri (1977): Managing Director, Indian Oil Corporation, Middle East FZE, Dubai
* [[Shekhar Suman]] (1979): actor and comedian<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi-times/Shekhar-Suman-The-siege-within/articleshow/33410901.cms |title=Shekhar Suman: The siege within - The Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date= |accessdate=2014-02-17}}</ref>
* Surendra Rajiv (1980): Professor of Marketing & Provost's Chair, NUS Business School, Singapore. Formerly, Associate Professor, Booth Business School, Chicago.
* Somnath Sen (1980): Senior Advisor & Head of Practice, Indian Institute for Human Settlements. Founder Director of TARU.
* Amulya Singh (1980): Renowned Orthopedic Surgeon.
* Sharat K Sinha (1980): Indian Police Service. DCP, Traffic (Western Region), New Delhi<ref>http://www.sxaa.org/default.htm_files/SXAA-roundup.oct09.pdf</ref>
* Ashutosh Pandey (1980): Inspector General of Police, Uttar Pradesh<ref>{{citation |date= |title=Ashutosh Pandey|accessdate= |url=http://in.linkedin.com/pub/ashutosh-pandey/62/542/342|periodical=[[LinkedIn]]}}</ref>
* Sanjay Sinha (1980): Vice President, Hindustan Times. Formerly, CEO, Baskin Robbins, India
* [[Amikar Dayal]] (1981): cricketer, former Captain of India's Under-19 team
* [[Syed Saba Karim]] (1982): Former Wicket Keeper, [[Indian Cricket Team]], [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] selector
* [[Sandeep Das]] (1985): Tabla Virtuoso
* Avinash Kumar: Cricketer, East Zone
* Manish Prabhat (1986): Indian Foreign Service. Counsel General of India, Milan, Italy<ref>{{citation |date= |title=Manish Prabhat|accessdate= |url=http://www.cgimilan.in/cgi.php?id=ConsulateGeneralCurrent|periodical=Counsel General Profile}}</ref>
* Rahul Anand (1987): Economist, Asia Pacific Department, International Monetary Fund<ref>{{citation |date= |title=Rahul Anand|accessdate= |url=http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTDEBTDEPT/0,,contentMDK:22816875~menuPK:64166655~pagePK:64166689~piPK:64166646~theSitePK:469043,00.html|periodical=WB Profile}}</ref>
* Dharmendra Yashovardhan (1989): Entrepreneur, Angel Investor & INSEAD Alumnus. Co-founder & Former Chief Operating Officer, [[ixigo.com]].<ref>{{citation |date= |title=Dharmendra Yashovardhan|accessdate= |url=http://www.insead.edu/alumni/newsletters/September2008/ixigo.htm}}</ref>
* [[Manish Mehrotra]] (1990): Award Winning Chef<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120509/jsp/bihar/story_15469020.jsp#.UnUw0oGDkTA |title=Kitchen King |publisher=Telegraphindia.com |date=2012-05-09 |accessdate=2013-11-02}}</ref>
* Neel S Bhavesh (1990): Research Scientist, Mammalian Biology: Structural and Computational Biology, [[International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology]], New Delhi<ref>{{citation |date= |title=Neel Sarovar Bhavesh|accessdate= |url=http://www.icgeb.org/pi-bhavesh.html|periodical=ICGEB Profile Page}}</ref>
*Shubham Sinha (2011): [[International Mathematical Olympiad]] Silver Medallist (Indian IMO Team 2013); [[IISc]] UG; <ref>http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130802/jsp/bihar/story_17182935.jsp</ref><ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Patna-boy-bags-silver-medal-at-International-Math-Olympiad/articleshow/21541133.cms</ref>
* [[Keshav Singh]] (2013): National Boxer, represents Bihar.
==External links==
*[http://sxaa.org SXAA Official Website]
==References==
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{{St. Xavier's School, Patna}}
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