St Xavier's College is established &
maintained by Jesuits of Kerala Province
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St Xavier's College
affiliated to the university of Kerala, is established and maintained by the Jesuits of
Kerala province, and is located at Thumba in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala State,
South India. At its inception in 1964, it was a part of Loyola Institutions at Sreekariyam
in Thiruvananthapuram. In 1965 the college was shifted to the present site, about
four kilometers west of Kazhakuttom, around twenty kilometers from the Thiruvananthapuram
Railway station and Fifteen Kilometers from Thiruvananthapuram International Airport.
The College was upgraded in 1977.
Like other Jesuit Educational Institutions, St Xavier's aim at the
training of young men and women of quality, who would grow up as creative
leaders and responsible citizens, in the service of the people. Every effort is
made to see that the students make intellectually equipped, morally upright,
socially committed and God conscious. Christian truths, values and perspectives
provide illumination for the education that is sought to be offered here.
Though St Xavier's is primarily meant for the uplift of Latin Catholics, it is
open to all, without any distinction of caste or creed. The motto on the college
crest "Asatho Ma Sadgamaya" is from Brahadaranyaka Upanishad. It means
"from every evil lead me to good". In the Upanishad sense "from evil"
all those things and actions, which dehumanize man, keeping him in ignorance and misery.
"Lead me to good", is a prayer for help to follow the path, which liberates man
from bondage and leads him or her to the final goal-God, life eternal.
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Though St Xavier's i primarily meant for the uplift of Latin Catholics, it is
open to all, without any distinction of caste or creed. The motto on the college
crest "Asatho Ma vil" all those things and actions, which dehumanize man,
keeping him in ignorance and misery. "Lead m
vil" all those things and actions, which
dehumanize man, keeping him in ignorance and misery. "Lead m
e man, keeping him in ignorance and misery. "
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