New Year 2012

XAVEX

WISHES ALL

EX-XAVERIANS

A   VERY  HAPPY  & PROSPEROUS

 

NEW  YEAR  2012

Reunion Registration

Dear All,

As you are perhaps aware from the previous posts that the annual Reunion will be held on the 7th of January2012 7.30 p.m at Pritika Hotel Durgapur 12 and on 8th of January 2012 at School. On both the days there shall be contributory meals. Our rates are Rs200/- per head [ children between 5-10 yrs Rs100 and children below 5 free].
To help us arrange better, we request you to confirm your participation by email at xavex.dgp@gmail.com, or getting in touch with Subir at 9474532879 or Sandip 9732024444 or send an SMS at these numbers. You can also get your  meal coupons in advance.
Kindly circulate.
Thanks.

Alumni Body.

Kolkata Chapter Half Yearly Report, Dec 2011

The formal launch of the Kolkata Chapter of the Alumni Association of the St. Xavier’s School, Durgapur was done at a meeting held within premises of St. Xavier’s College in Kolkata on 29^th May ’11. The expressed goal was initiation of the spread of the school’s alumni movement. Primary goal of the Kolkata Chapter consequently was to increase the alumni base in the city with an eye on the immediate need for raising funds for the ensuing golden jubilee celebrations of the school. A small core team, comprising Convener, Secretary, Treasurer and other office bearers, was unanimously selected from amongst the attending ex-students to take the mission forward.

The Calcutta chapter of St. Xavier’s School (Durgapur) Alumni Association held its first meeting on 11^th June ’11 within the Kolkata college premises. Thereafter the Chapter has held more than a dozen meetings with enthusiastic participation from members. The chapter now meets on 4^th Saturday of every month and all are welcome to attend.

Chapter members, in the meanwhile and with great enthusiasm, have

1.    attended the JAAI (Jesuit Alumni Association of India) meet at Patna

2.    participated in an orientation camp for Jesuit-Lay collaboration at Kolkata on 21^st Aug. ‘11

3.    attended a few other events organized by the St.Xavier’s Alumni Association 

4.    actively participated & brilliantly performed in Kolkata’s very prestigious  ALSOC Quiz held on 27^th Nov. ‘11

In all these events it was maiden representation of the school’s Alumni and the sincere efforts by all alumni members to imprint the school’s identity firmly into the Jesuit circuit and power the brand value of the school, have started bearing fruit.

Right at the outset, the Kolkata chapter pledged to function as and within a robust and transparent organization! It was unanimously decided that the set objectives would be pursued only under the ambit of a basic and proper legal structure. The establishment of an adequate, transparent, accountable & effective Constitution and administrative structure; necessary registration of alumni body in similar format; opening of an official bank account; annual audit & publication of accounts; creation of updated membership database register; setting of proper checks & balances in raising, maintaining & utilizing funds for the association; setting up a competent body for strategic long term plans,  annual budget approvals etc.; all being considered primary requirements to establish and maintain credibility of the society and instill in and enjoy faith of alumni members.

All discussions, proposals and decisions made during the Kolkata Chapter meets are completely transparent. All deliberations are duly recorded and circulated to the maximum extent possible, with signed scanned copies marked to The Durgapur St.Xavier’s School Alumni Association as well as present and ex-headmasters of the School. The minutes are also uploaded in the yahoo group for wider information sharing.

Alsoc Quiz

Dear All,

It gives me immense pleasure to congratulate each of you for a wonderful showing in the Alsoc Quiz on the 27th of November 2011.On our maiden effort, one of the two teams put up not only reached the final 8 stage, but managed to score enough to be ranked 6th at  final bell. To have done so brilliantly well against the cream of professional & amateur quizzers of this city in one of Kolkata's most prestigious open quizzes, is quite astounding. And to have been the only team to carry the St.Xavier's tag on the dias, made it doubly sweet for & of immense pride to all of us.

The greatest credit for the showing surely goes to the senior members of the team, Kaushik & Soumyarup. We are so proud to have them as our alumni!! And for that we owe sincere thanks to Souvik for helping bring home the stalwarts!! One cannot overlook the enthusiastic contribution of the young guns from Durgapur - who spent almost 9 hours on travelling back & forth for just 3 hours on quizzing in one day!! And that was amply rewarded by the most gracious words of praise and encouragement received from the dignitaries from the podium, including past headmaster Fr.Devasy. 

This, of course, followed from the Alumni Association at Durgapur informing us about the quiz and ably coordinating the student participation. Sincere thanks to them, specifically Mr.Sandip Guha Roy, for that. And to Fr.Arockiasamy for giving the kids a chance to learn from the best in the field.

We also like to thank Mr. Dey, father of Arunabha Dey, who volunteered to escort the Durgapur team in his own vehicle. Leaving Kolkata, after the function, he reached Durgapur little before midnight and ensured dropping all the kids to their respective destination.

But a huge chunk of the kudos must go the Kolkata chapter of the alumni association for both the individual efforts of each of the core committee members (not only were they there to support the teams, but also participated to ensure that all the kids from the school got a first hand shot the quiz) and the brilliant teamwork in making all this possible. Fantastic showing, guys. Although it means more responsibility on us to retain the tempo and do even better in the days ahead.

With warm regards.

Suman