Doranda Old Xaverians organized the 17th Inter School Co-Curricular competition on 19th October 2024 at the SXD Auditorium. 

820 Children from 34 Schools participated in 38 events spread over 4 groups. 

Surendranath Centenary School stood first overall followed by St. Xavier's School, Doranda and Tender Heart School. 

The Chief Guest for the event was Mrs. Anjali Yadav IAS, Director Sports, Govt of Jharkhand. 

Rev. Father Fuldeo Soreng SJ, Principal SXD gave the welcome address; and Mr. Jasmeet Singh Kalsi, President DOX and Mrs. Anjali Yadav IAS inspired the children in their Keynote addresses. 

The event commenced with a prayer song by the School Choir, Lighing of the Lamp of Wisdom and singing of the National Anthem. 

The Conveners for the event were Harshit Chitlangia, Ayush Budhia & Divyansh Agarwal and their Mentors were Arbaaz Rahman & Kanwal Kapoor. 

On 30th September 2024, members of the Alumni Association of XISS (AAXISS), along with the Assistant Director of XISS, Dr. Fr. Pradeep Kerketta S.J., visited the rural camp of PGDRM students at “Narayayan Soso” village in Angara Block of Rural Ranchi. The students have been camping in this village for the past eight days as part of their course curriculum to understand the rural community and socio-economic condition of villagers.

They were warmly welcomed by the camp supervisor and senior professor, Dr. Niranjan Sahoo, and the students. Following this, members of the Alumni Association, Sri Jasbir Khurana (Vice-chairman, AAXISS) and Sri Himalay (Joint Secretary, AAXISS), interacted and discussed with the students about their learning and experiences. They emphasized the professional importance of these camps in understanding and working efficiently and effectively in rural settings.

Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS), Ranchi, along with Alumni Association of XISS (AAXISS), Junior Chamber International (JCI), and the Rotaract Club of Social Revolution (RCSR), organized a successful Blood Donation Campus in campus on 31st August 2024(Saturday).
 

As many as 94 units of blood were donated during this noble drive by Faculty, Staff, Students, Alumni,Families of XISS fraternity and other blood donors.

pThe camp began with a solemn prayer by Dr Joseph Marianus Kujur SJ, Director, XISS where he urged everyone to join the noble cause and contribute towards nation-building. Mr Shashi Prakash Jha, Director, Social Welfare, GoJ, inaugurated the camp and highly appreciated the efforts.The camp was attended by Assistant Director, Dr Pradeep Kerketta SJ, along with Fr Claber Minz, Finance Officer, Dr Amar E. Tigga, Dean Academics, faculty, staff, and students of XISS.

The JAAI Central Zone Congress was held at St. Xaviers College, Ranchi on 28th & 29th September 2024. We had a fantastic session and huge takeaways for Alumni Associations. 

The icing on the cake was the fri football match between Team Loyola Alumni and rest of Central Zone. 

Thank you Team AROX, DOX and Alumni of XISS for hosting a wonderful 2 day session.

Rajiv Talwar
JAAI National Vice President

The Final Meeting of the Newly Constituted Association of Ranchi Old Xaverians (AROX), the Alumni Association of St. Xavier's College Ranchi (Autonomous) was held today, Saturday, 3rd August 2024 at 4.00 pm at the Conference Hall of the Arts Block of the College; to formally sign all documents related to formation of a Registered Society under the provisions of The Societies' Registration Act 1860.

This Group Picture was taken for submission to The Inspector General of Registration of Societies, Jharkhand State, India.

St. Xavier's Alumni Association, Patna together with St. Michael's Alumni Association, Patna and St. Xavier's College of Education Alumni Association, Patna under the umbrella of JAAI in association with Maa Blood Centre, Patna organized a Blood Donation Camp on 31st July 2024 at St. Xavier's High School, Patna marking the Feast Day of St. Ignatius of Loyola.

The donors included the Principal of St. Xavier's High School, Patna Fr. K. P. Dominic, SJ, the JAAI President Shri Neel Mani Rangesh, Jt. Secretaries of SXAA, Patna Dr. Ashutosh & Shri Om Prakash, Executive Member Shri Dilip Kumar, Shri Akbar Imam, Shri Pankaj Kumar, Shri Vikash Kumar and other members, teachers and community members.

The annual blood donation drive of Dorand Old Xaverian (DOX) the alumni association of St. Xavier's School, Dorand along with JAAI are organising a Blood Donation Camp at St. . Xavier's School Ranchi on 30th July 2024 from 11am to 3pm

The conveyors of the camp are Dr Kushagra Manasaria and Abhishek Taneja

Dr. Nitesh Priya, former DOX President was honoured by the Times Now Group at the National Forum on Doctors' Day as the Inspiring Orthopedician of India.

DOX Flagship Program – The Annual Prize Distribution was held on 22nd June at SXD auditorium. This day is to celebrate the success of the students who have achieved the Top 3 Rank in their Class and also of those who were subject-wise toppers.

DOX-sponsored the 575 awards given to children from Std 6 – Std 11. Four of our students who qualified for the National Sports Under–17 brackets were also felicitated.

Mr. Akhilesh Jha, IPS, Zonal IG was the Chief Guest and Father Ajit Xess SJ, chairman of SXD and Provincial head of Ranchi was the Guest of Honour. Ruhaan Srivastava DOX 2022 recently competed at IIT Kharagpur was felicitated by our Executive Chairman, Mr. Ashish Buddhia. Mr. Ashish Buddhia, Executive Chairman of DOX addressed the august gathering and congratulated the winners.

We are grateful to our Principal, Father Fuldeo Soreng SJ, the Vice Principals, and SXD management for being hand-in-hand with DOX and making this event a grand success.

Dr. Venugopal Govindaraju is an alumnus of my alma St. Xavier's School, Doranda, Ranchi, India, and my batchmate from the Class of 1980.

Dr. Venu Govindaraju, Vice president for research and economic development, is the principal investigator of the National AI Institute for Exceptional Education that is creating AI systems to assist children with speech and language disorders at the University of Buffalo, USA.