XAVEX
WISHES ALL
EX-XAVERIANS
A VERY HAPPY & PROSPEROUS
NEW YEAR 2012
This is a blog set up by the alumni body of St. Xavier's School Durgapur. Through this blog, we aim to keep in touch with our alumni all over the world.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Thursday, December 22, 2011
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.
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.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
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 29th 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 11th 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 4th 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 21st 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 27th 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.
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
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
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Letter from an Ex-Student
One of our ex-students has written this mail. We are copying it verbatim on the blog. All alumni who read this post are requested to respond to this.
Dear Sir,
Firstly, I do not who I am writing this mail to. Just writing blindly to the id mentioned on the blog. Writing to the mail id given on the school website is TOTALLY USELESS! No one even acknowledges those mails, let alone reply to them. There also no one is quite sure as to whom one should address the mail to.
Secondly, in the report on last year's alumni meet, read about some fancy plans for celebration of 50 years. Any updates on those? What's the status of registration of our alumni body? Has it been done? If so, why hasn't it been updated anywhere and alumni been invited to become members?
If the alumni body is not yet registered, then may we know why it has not been registered? Surely it does not take 10 months to register an alumni association. Who is in charge of registering this? Is there any specific person who has been entrusted with this? Who runs the alumni association? Why is there so no transparency or clarity in the way the alumni is run?
Thirdly, saw that the reunion dates for next year are 7-8 January. Who decides on that date and on what basis? If you need to have it January, why not have it on the 21-22-23 Jan weekend (an extended weekend) or 28-29 Jan weekend (with 26th Jan holiday just before it)? More people could have come in from outside. Seems that the people in Durgapur do not want people from outside to attend the meet. Otherwise what's the point of keeping it at a time when it's difficult for people to come. As it is Durgapur is not New Delhi or Mumbai which are well connected by trains and flights from across the country. And, if its a fixed date for every year, then why is such a thing not communicated to all? Also, before deciding this current date, why didn't we have a poll on the blog and/or school website with 2-3 alternate dates for the reunion before zeroing in on one? (We could have at least tried checking out the response once)
Fourthly, what's the status about chapter meets? Read about the meet of Kolkata once but nothing seems to have happened there after. What about other cities?
Looking heaven-ward and hoping for a reply.
Regards,
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxx Batch
The blog moderator has withheld the identity and batch of the student at this moment, while thanking him sincerely for the letter.
Dear Sir,
Firstly, I do not who I am writing this mail to. Just writing blindly to the id mentioned on the blog. Writing to the mail id given on the school website is TOTALLY USELESS! No one even acknowledges those mails, let alone reply to them. There also no one is quite sure as to whom one should address the mail to.
Secondly, in the report on last year's alumni meet, read about some fancy plans for celebration of 50 years. Any updates on those? What's the status of registration of our alumni body? Has it been done? If so, why hasn't it been updated anywhere and alumni been invited to become members?
If the alumni body is not yet registered, then may we know why it has not been registered? Surely it does not take 10 months to register an alumni association. Who is in charge of registering this? Is there any specific person who has been entrusted with this? Who runs the alumni association? Why is there so no transparency or clarity in the way the alumni is run?
Thirdly, saw that the reunion dates for next year are 7-8 January. Who decides on that date and on what basis? If you need to have it January, why not have it on the 21-22-23 Jan weekend (an extended weekend) or 28-29 Jan weekend (with 26th Jan holiday just before it)? More people could have come in from outside. Seems that the people in Durgapur do not want people from outside to attend the meet. Otherwise what's the point of keeping it at a time when it's difficult for people to come. As it is Durgapur is not New Delhi or Mumbai which are well connected by trains and flights from across the country. And, if its a fixed date for every year, then why is such a thing not communicated to all? Also, before deciding this current date, why didn't we have a poll on the blog and/or school website with 2-3 alternate dates for the reunion before zeroing in on one? (We could have at least tried checking out the response once)
Fourthly, what's the status about chapter meets? Read about the meet of Kolkata once but nothing seems to have happened there after. What about other cities?
Looking heaven-ward and hoping for a reply.
Regards,
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxx Batch
The blog moderator has withheld the identity and batch of the student at this moment, while thanking him sincerely for the letter.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
INVITATION TO THE SCHOOL SPORTS
The Headmaster of St.Xavier's School Durgapur has cordially invited all ex-students of the school and all Alumni Members to attend the School Sports on 3rd of December 2011, Saturday, beginning at 8.30am. Your august presence shall indeed add much colour and life to the Annual Event.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Back to Gouri Miss
As the Secretary Subir switched off the dull panting of the diesel engine, the thumping inside my heart suddenly assumed a resonating loudness ---- for we had arrived at the Badsha Briddhashram on our rendezvous with Time ---- to talk with our beloved exteacher, Miss Gouri Dasgupta.
We were very warmly welcomed by an exhilarated Miss and her friends in the Old Age Home, and the next forty minutes or so flew past happily delving into reminiscences of her good old days of yore, moulding children into their career---- like a goldsmith!! I noticed the great attachment with which she preserved a laminated citation that was given to all exteachers in one of our reunions in the past. She could not attended then, but had asked for her copy through Mr.C.C.Ghosh. For once I felt that the words comprising the citation had really come alive, have achieved true fulfilment ---- for I had composed those words myself trying to reach out with fond gratitude to the heart of our dear teachers!!
The bright Sunday morning seemed all the more bright as she happily exchanged news. Strangely enough, she was fully aware of all recent happenings at school in spite of being away from there for so many years. She showed us around her "classroom" where she catered to a few children of the locality who belonged to the BPL category. She was all praise for them and even extended us a warm welcome to attend Children's Day function with them.
We snapped a couple of shots with her. As she saw us off at the gate waving to us, we felt once again the deep motherly love and affection with which our teachers love us. I felt proud to belong to such a family called Xaverians who flourish and thrive under the watchful care of such great goldsmiths ---- who mould minds like gold in a furnace.
Thank you dear Gouri Miss!!!
We were very warmly welcomed by an exhilarated Miss and her friends in the Old Age Home, and the next forty minutes or so flew past happily delving into reminiscences of her good old days of yore, moulding children into their career---- like a goldsmith!! I noticed the great attachment with which she preserved a laminated citation that was given to all exteachers in one of our reunions in the past. She could not attended then, but had asked for her copy through Mr.C.C.Ghosh. For once I felt that the words comprising the citation had really come alive, have achieved true fulfilment ---- for I had composed those words myself trying to reach out with fond gratitude to the heart of our dear teachers!!
The bright Sunday morning seemed all the more bright as she happily exchanged news. Strangely enough, she was fully aware of all recent happenings at school in spite of being away from there for so many years. She showed us around her "classroom" where she catered to a few children of the locality who belonged to the BPL category. She was all praise for them and even extended us a warm welcome to attend Children's Day function with them.
We snapped a couple of shots with her. As she saw us off at the gate waving to us, we felt once again the deep motherly love and affection with which our teachers love us. I felt proud to belong to such a family called Xaverians who flourish and thrive under the watchful care of such great goldsmiths ---- who mould minds like gold in a furnace.
Thank you dear Gouri Miss!!!
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