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| Type | Roman Catholic Religious MinorityResearch Grant-in-AidCoeducational AutonomousHigher Education Institution |
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| Established | 20 June 1955; 70 years ago (20 June 1955)[1] |
| Founder | Fr. Charles Gomes, S.J. |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic(Jesuits) |
Academic affiliations | UGC,Gujarat University |
| Chairperson | Fr. Durai Fernand, S.J. |
| President | Fr. Durai Fernand, S.J. |
| Vice-president | Fr. Antony Pichai, S.J. |
| Rector | Fr. Antony Pichai, S.J. |
| Principal | Dr. Sebastian V. A. |
| Director | Fr. Dr. David Roy, S.J. |
| Students | 3200 |
| Location | NavrangpuraAhmedabad ,Gujarat,Gujarat ,India 23°1′58.1″N72°33′6.08″E / 23.032806°N 72.5516889°E /23.032806; 72.5516889 |
| Campus | 26 acres |
| Nickname | Xavierite |
| Website | sxca |
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St. Xavier's College Ahmedabad (SXCA) is aChristian minority institution of higher education inAhmedabad,Gujarat, India. It was founded in 1955 by the Gujarat Jesuits of theSociety of Jesus (Jesuits) and is the only grant-in-aid Christian college in Ahmedabad.[2]
The main college building was designed byAtmaram Gajjar in 1956.
In 2001, the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) accredited SXCA with five stars.[3] In 2007, NAAC reaccredited SXCA with A+[4] in 2013NAAC reaccredited SXCA with A (CGPA 3.41) and in 2022 with A (CGPA 3.27).[5][6]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.[7][8][9][10][11]
The National Institutional Ranking Framework Ranking (National Level) placed SXCA in 2018 in the 65th, in 2019 in the 56th,[12]in 2020 in the 59th,[13] in 2021 in the 57th rank, in 2022 52nd Rank, in 2023 96th.[14]
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| General – India | |
| NIRF (Colleges) (2022)[15] | 52 |
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.[17][18][19][20]
The college offers courses at theundergraduate andpostgraduate levels.[21]
Bachelor of Computer Applications