Convocation and Valedictory, 2018 January 16, 2018 PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

Convocation and Valedictory, 2018 January 16, 2018 Chief Guest: Lt. Gen. Abhay Krishna, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Headquarters Eastern Command, Presided by: Rev. Fr. Raphael Hyde, S.J., Provincial of Calcutta Jesuit Province Convocation Address by: Prof. Dipak Kumar Kar Hon ble Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Calcutta 1 Academic Procession. 2 National Anthem. PROGRAMME SCHEDULE 3 Welcome Address by Rev. Fr. Raphael Hyde, S.J., Provincial of Calcutta Jesuit Province. 4 Address and presentation of Annual Report by Rev. Dr. Dominic Savio, S.J., Rector and Principal, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata. 5 Convocation Address by Prof. Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee, Vice-Chancellor, University of Calcutta. 6 Convocation Ceremony. 7 Presentation of 'Nihil Ultra' Award of Excellence. Acceptance speech by Rev. Dr. John Felix Raj, S.J., Vice-chancellor, SXUK 8 Distribution of Awards for: -Staff completing 25 years of service -Retired Staff -Ph. D recipients among the staff during the academic year. 9 Distribution of Gold Medals to students. 10 Unveiling of the College Magazine 'XAVERIAN 2017' by the Chief Guest, Lt. Gen. Abhay Krishna, GOC-in-C, Headquarters Eastern Command 11 Unveiling of 'AVISKAR' A Xaverian Journal of Research. by Prof. Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee, Vice-Chancellor, University of Calcutta. 12 Unveiling of 'MAGIS' Xaverian Journal of Education. by Rev. Fr. Raphael Hyde, S.J., Provincial of Calcutta Jesuit Province. 13 Address by the Chief Guest, Lt. Gen. Abhay Krishna, GOC-in-C, Headquarters Eastern Command St. Xavier s College (Autonomous), Kolkata 14 Vote of Thanks by Prof. Bertram Da Silva, Vice Principal, Arts and Science, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata. 15 Cultural Programme. 1

PRINCIPAL S MESSAGE Hon'ble Lt. General Abhay Krishna, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Eastern Command, Respected Provincial, Fr. Raphael Joseph Hyde, Hon ble Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Calcutta, Prof. Dipak Kumar Kar, Hon'ble Vice Chancellor of St. Xavier's University, Kolkata, Rev. Dr. John Felix Raj, Vice Principals, Member Secretary, Academic Council, members of the staff, teaching and support, alumni/ae, benefactors, parents, wellwishers, friends, and my dear students, I wish you all a happy and joyous New Year 2018 and extend a warm welcome to all to this 11th Convocation & Valedictory Function of the College. May the Almighty bless us abundantly! On behalf of the Governing Body of St. Xavier's College and all of you, I place on record the long and dedicated services of Rev. Dr. John Felix Raj S.J. as the Principal of the College and thank him for being a constant mentor and guide to each one of us at St. Xavier's. It is under his outstanding leadership that the College has reached such great heights. I also take this opportunity to congratulate him for being appointed the 1st Hon'ble Vice Chancellor of St. Xavier' University and we are sure the University with reach the greatest height under his leadership and care. We assure him of our prayers and good wishes. St. Xavier's is very happy today to honour him as the 'Nihil Ultra Awardee for 2018' for his outstanding achievement in the field of education not only in St. Xavier's College but in the state of West Bengal. Thank you Father, for accepting this humble expression of appreciation from all of us at St. Xavier's! The 10th Convocation and Valedictory Function of St. Xavier's College (Autonomous) was held on 17th January, 2017 at 12:30 p.m. on the College Grounds. Shri Partha Chatterjee, Hon'ble Minister in Charge, Department of Higher Education was the Chief Guest for the occasion and delivered the Valedictory Address. The NAAC Peer Team consisting of four members visited the College on the 9th and 10th of January, 2017. The result of the NAAC was published on the NAAC website on 23rd January, 2017 and St. Xavier's College (Autonomous) was granted A++ with a CGPA of 3.77 on a four point scale which is the highest score of a College in the country. St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, secured the 6th rank in India Ranking 2017 for Colleges, conducted by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. I congratulate all the 2168 under-graduates, post-graduates and B.Ed. students who receive their degrees today. May you be men and women for others! My congratulations to all the students who have performed well academically and have acquired ranks. Let me conclude with my sincere gratitude to all the GB Members, Vice Principals, Member Secretary, IQAC Co-ordinator, Deans, teaching faculty, support staff, alumni/ae, parents, wellwishers, friends and benefactors for their whole-hearted co-operation and support. 2 Let our service continue to bring joy to many more people in the spirit of the Jesuit Magis. NIHIL ULTRA!

11th Convocation & Valedictory, 2018 Distribution of Awards and Prizes, 2018 I Nihil Ultra Award of Honour : REV. DR. JOHN FELIX RAJ, S.J., VICE-CHANCELLOR, ST. XAVIER S UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA II Award to staff for 25 years of service: - Teaching Staff PROF. PARTHO MUKHERJI PROF. SUBHANKAR GHOSH PROF. SAMIR KUMAR LOBWO - Support Staff MR. PETER TAPAN GHOSH MR. ROBIN PANJA MR. BABLU DAS III Awarded Ph. D. DR. SOURAV TARAFDER 23-02-17 DR. ANAL ACHARYA 13-07-17 DR. SADHANA JHA 27-03-17 DR. SUKANYA SARKHEL 06-09-17 DR. SARBANI BANDYOPADHYAY 23-09-17 DR. BAISHALI AGARWAL (NAHA) 23-06-17 DR. PIA GHOSHAL 13-11-17 IV V i ii Retirement NAME RETIREMENT SERVICE PROF. AMITAVA GHOSE 31-07-17 11YRS 1MOS MR. PARTHA GUHA 30-04-17 28YRS 8MOS MR. BIPLAB BISWAS 30-04-17 25YRS 10MOS MR. ROBIN PANJA 31-05-17 25YRS 2MOS MR. NIBEDITA HALDER 30-06-17 35YRS 4MOS St. Xavier s College Gold Medal Awards The Fr. Jacques De Bonhome S.J. Memorial Gold Medal Award for the best M. Sc. Computer Sc student, Semester I - IV (2015-17) ENAKSHI GHOSH 36 2065/2400 86.04 The Fr. Franz Goreux S.J. Memorial Gold Medal Award for the best M Sc. Microbiology student, Semester I - IV (2015-17) SUBHAM PAUL 21 858/1000 85.80 3

St. Xavier s College (Autonomous), Kolkata 4 ii iv v vi vii viii ix VI I ii The Fr. Achille Verstraeten S.J. Memorial Gold Medal Award for the best M Sc. Physics student, Semester I - IV (2015-17) SOUMI CHOUDHURY 21 777/1000 77.70 The Fr. Henri Depelchin S.J. Memorial Gold Medal for the best Integrated M. Sc. Biotechnology student, Semester I - X (2012-17) USHASHI BANERJEE 923 3977/4600 86.46 The Fr. Paul Joris S.J. Memorial Gold Medal Award for the best M. Com student Semester I - IV (2015-17) PALAK TAHLANI 202 1163/1400 83.07 The Fr. Joseph Maliyekal S.J. Memorial Gold Medal Award for student securing the highest marks in B.Com Honours, Semester I - VI (2014-17) ADVIKA JALAN 1053 1799/2100 85.66 The Fr. Joseph D Souza S.J. Memorial Gold Medal Award for the Academic topper B. Ed. - 2017 PIYALI DALAPATI 9 1682/2000 84.10 The Fr. Raymond Pilette S.J. Memorial Gold Medal Award for student securing the highest marks in B.Com Honours (Raghabpur Campus), Semester I - VI (2014-17) STEPHEN MARCES 6010 1481/2100 70.52 The Fr. Paul Detienne S.J. Memorial Gold Medal Award for student securing the highest marks in BA Bengali Hons. (Raghabpur Campus), Semester I - VI (2014-17) ROBINA MALICK 6503 1772/2400 73.83 Other Gold Medal Awards The Mira Memorial Gold Medal for the student student securing the highest marks in Chemistry Honours, Semester I - VI (2014-17) KOMAL JAISWAL 354 1930/2400 80.41 The Dr. Ranjan Ray Memorial Gold Medal for the student securing the highest marks in Physics Honours, Semester I - VI (2014-17) SOMSUBHRA GHOSH 129 2197/2400 91.54

11th Convocation & Valedictory, 2018 iii iv v vi vii viii ix x The B. K. Roy Memorial Gold Medal for the student securing the highest marks in B. Sc. Economics Honours, Semester I VI (2014-17) SOHOM CHATTERJEE 244 2051/2400 85.45 The State Bank of India Gold Medal for the student securing the highest marks in B. Sc. Economics Honours, Semester I VI (2014-17) SOHOM CHATTERJEE 244 2051/2400 85.45 The Parpati Chandumal Shahani Memorial Gold Medal for the lady student securing the highest marks in B. Sc. Physics Honours, Semester I VI (2014-17) SHRADDHA GUPTA 127 1964/2400 81.83 The Dhruva Jyoti Bhattacharyay Memorial Gold Medal for the student securing the highest marks in B.Sc. Mathematics Semester I VI (2014-17) RAIEAN BANERJEE 24 1961/2400 81.70 The State Bank of India Gold Medal for the student securing the highest marks in B. Com Semester I VI (2014-17) ADVIKA JALAN 1053 1799/2100 85.66 The Subhash Lakhotia Gold Medal for the student securing the highest marks in B. Com Semester I VI (2014-17) ADVIKA JALAN 1053 1799/2100 85.66 The Soumitra Biswas Memorial Gold Medal for the student securing the highest marks in B. Com (Marketing) Semester V & VI, (2016-17) ADITI AGARWAL 801 519/600 86.50 The Late Dadheshyam Roy Memorial Gold Medal Award for the student securing the highest marks in B. Com (Finance), Semester V & VI (2016-17) NIDHI CHANDAK 1022 531/600 88.50 xi The D. K. Ghosh Memorial Gold Medal Award for the student securing the highest marks in BBA (Finance), Semester I - VI (2014-17) AANCHAL AGARWAL 8 1841/2200 83.68 5

St. Xavier s College (Autonomous), Kolkata x ii x iii xiv The K. D. Jalan Memorial Gold Medal for the student securing the highest marks in BBA (Marketing), Semester I - VI (2014-17) GUNJAN SHAH 47 1745/2200 79.32 The K. D. Jalan Memorial Gold Medal for the student securing the highest marks in B.Com. (Evening), Semester I - VI (2014-17) ADVIKA JALAN 1053 1799/2100 85.66 The Ishani Dutta Memorial Gold Medal Award for the most outstanding contribution to the B. Ed. Department (2016-17) PRIYANKA BANERJEE 1 1470/2000 73.50 VII Memorial Awards i The Pratap Chandra Sarkar Memorial Prize for the student securing the highest marks in B. A. English Honours, Semester I - VI (2014-17) MUDAFIA ZAFAR 48 1785/2400 74.37 6 ii iii iv v vi The Prof. H.K. Sarkar Memorial Prize for the students securing the highest marks in B. A. English Honours, Semester V & VI (2016-17) SUCHISMITO KHATUA 9 603/800 75.37 The Dr. Ranjan Ray Memorial Prize for the students securing the highest marks in B. Sc. Computer Sc., Semester I- VI Honours (2014-17) ASMITA SARKAR 508 2081/2400 86.70 The Hirendra Mohan Mitra Memorial Prize for the students securing the highest marks in B. Sc. Chemistry Honours, Semester III & IV (2016-17) RITWIKA CHATTERJEE 304 503/600 83.83 The Ashish Palit Memorial Prize for the students securing the highest marks in B. Sc. Physics Honours, Semester V & VI (2016-17) SOMSUBHRA GHOSH 129 729/800 90.40 Taparupa Sen Memorial Prize for student securing the highest marks in B. Sc. Statistics Honours, Semester V & VI (2016-17) ABHIRUP SARKAR 471 727/800 90.87

11th Convocation & Valedictory, 2018 vii viii ix Shri Harsh Chandra Baldwa Memorial Award for the student securing the highest marks in B. Com, Semester I & II (2016-17) ARHAM DHARIWAL 519 666/750 88.80 The Sandip Darolia Memorial Award for the student securing the highest marks in B.Com., Semester - III & IV (2016-17) AAYUSH AGARWAL 493 666/750 88.80 The Dr. Manas Kumar Ganguly Memorial Award for the students securing the highest marks in B. Sc. Chemistry, Semester I- VI Honours (2014-17) KOMAL JAISWAL 354 1930/2400 80.41 x The Ram Ghosh Encouragement Awards for the students securing above 70% in B. Sc. Mathematics Honours, Semester I - IV (2015-17) DIPANJAN MITRA 8 742/1000 74.20 ANUSHA BHATTACHARYA 11 784/1000 78.40 INDRAJIT DUTTA 37 743/1000 74.30 RIJU HOSSAIN AHAMED 54 767/1000 76.70 SUDESHNA BHATTACHARJEE 67 918/1000 91.80 AGNIVA CHATTERJEE 71 804/1000 80.40 NABA KUMAR BHATTACHARYA 72 737/1000 73.70 AKASH MONDAL 74 791/1000 79.10 PARVEZ RASUL 86 801/1000 80.10 MADHUPARNA PAL 93 818/1000 81.80 KUNTAL BANERJEE 99 719/1000 71.90 xi The Prabudha Bhattacharya Memorial Prize best project work in Computer Science: NAME ROLL MARKS ARITRA KOLEY 577 96 / 100 VIII B. Ed Department Awards i I Students securing the highest marks in Semester I (2016-17) NEHA PURKAYASTHA 67 404/500 80.80 ii Students securing the highest marks in Semester II (2016-17) SHAZIA AFREEN 4 463/550 84.18 7

St. Xavier s College (Autonomous), Kolkata IX ii ii iii iv v Post Graduate Department of Science Students securing the highest marks in Integrated M.Sc. Biotechnology, Semester IX & X (2016-17) ADITYA BANERJEE 936 709/800 88.63 Students securing the highest marks in Integrated M.Sc. Biotechnology, Semester VII & VIII (2016-17) PURBITA SAHA 936 675/800 84.38 Students securing the highest marks in Integrated M.Sc. Biotechnology, Semester V & VI (2016-17) TAPOBRATA CHAKRABORTY 940 894/1000 89.40 Students securing the highest marks in Integrated M.Sc. Biotechnology, Semester III & IV (2016-17) SHREYA MUKHERJI 929 812/1000 81.20 Students securing the highest marks in Integrated M.Sc. Biotechnology, Semester I & II (2016-17) ATTRAYEE CHAKRABORTY 918 860/1000 86.00 X RITUPARNA BHOWMIK 919 860/1000 86.00 vi Students securing the highest marks in M.Sc. (Semester I & II), (2016-17) HONOURS COMPUTER SC AASHIJIT MUKHOPADHYAY 51 1037/1200 86.42 PHYSICS SOURAV CHOWDHURY 01 403/500 80.60 MICROBIOLOGY TAMANNA SULTANA 23 427/500 85.40 Post Graduate Department of Commerce (M. COM) i i Students securing the highest marks in M Com. Semester I & II (2016-17) NICHOLA ANN MITCHELL 35 572/700 81.71 ii Student securing highest attendance in M. Com Semester I - IV (2015-17) RUBY MARY NOTTS 16 100 8 iii Student securing highest attendance in M. Com Semester I & II (2016-17) ZARNAIN HOSSAIN 6 100

11th Convocation & Valedictory, 2018 XI Arts & Science Department Awards i I Students securing the highest marks in B.Sc. Multimedia, Semester I-VIII (2012 16) ARNAB LAHA 443 2173/2750 79.00 ii Students securing the highest marks in B.Sc. Multimedia, Semester VII & VIII (2016-17) RIMBIK DAS 460 371/450 82.44 iii Students securing the highest marks in B.Sc. Multimedia, Semester V & VI (2016-17) SRINWANTI SARKAR 425 460/600 76.66 iv Students securing the highest marks in B. A. / B. Sc., Semester I -VI (2014-17) HONOURS ENGLISH MUDAFIA ZAFAR 48 1785/2400 74.37 BENGALI AVIJIT PAUL 504 1525/2400 63.54 POLITICAL SC. KHADIJA MANAWARWALA 101 1825/2400 76.04 SOCIOLOGY PAMELA DAS 236 1661/2400 69.20 B.A.GENERAL SURABHI BAID 311 1667/2300 72.47 MASS COMN. ANISH DE 853 1801/2400 75.04 MATHEMATICS RAIEAN BANERJEE 24 1961/2400 81.70 PHYSICS SOMSUBHRA GHOSH 129 2197/2400 91.54 ECONOMICS SOHOM CHATTERJEE 244 2051/2400 85.45 CHEMISTRY KOMAL JAISWAL 354 1930/2400 80.41 STATISTICS TRISHA DAWN 434 2091/2400 87.12 COMPUTER SC ASMITA SARKAR 508 2081/2400 86.70 MICROBIOLOGY MODHURA GANGULY 620 2016/2400 84.00 v Students securing the highest marks in B. A. / B. Sc., Semester III- IV (2016-17) HONOURS ENGLISH SAYANTANI MUKHOPADHYAY 55 422/600 70.33 BENGALI DEBOLINA SEN 506 452/600 75.33 POLITICAL SC. REEYA SINGH 136 472/600 78.66 SOCIOLOGY DIPTAVA SARKAR 254 403/600 67.16 B.A.GENERAL NANCY VIVIEN LAKRA 375 474/700 67.71 MULTIMEDIA DEBJIT BHATTACHARYYA 415 795/1050 75.71 MASS COMN. ROHAN PRANAY BHOWMIK 829 463/600 77.16 MATHEMATICS SUDESHNA BHATTACHARJEE 67 552/600 92.00 9

St. Xavier s College (Autonomous), Kolkata v vi Students securing the highest marks in B. A. / B. Sc., Semester III- IV (2016-17) contd. HONOURS PHYSICS ARKO BHAUMIK 170 503/600 83.83 ECONOMICS AKANKSHA SHARMA 230 542/600 90.33 CHEMISTRY RITWIKA CHATTERJEE 304 503/600 83.83 STATISTICS AMANDEEP CHANDA 432 531/600 88.50 COMPUTER SC PRERNA DUTTA 517 562/600 93.66 MICROBIOLOGY NAFIZUL HAQUE KAZI 612 526/600 87.66 Students securing the highest marks in B. A. / B. Sc., Semester I & II (2016-17) contd. HONOURS ENGLISH PRIYAM MARIK 35 800/1000 80.00 BENGALI ABHINABA DAS 544 677/1000 67.70 POLITICAL SC. ARUNDHATI SINGH TIWARI 109 751/1000 75.10 SOCIOLOGY TRISHITA MUKHERJEE 256 768/1000 76.80 B.A.GENERAL SEIN WEI LEEN ALIUS KERVIN 325 602/1000 66.88 MULTIMEDIA RAJYASREE SARKAR 401 845/1000 84.50 MASS COMN. SHARANYA MUKHERJI 830 759/1000 75.90 MATHEMATICS ARKAPROVO CHAKRABORTY 42 794/1000 79.40 PHYSICS PRATEEK GIRI 107 825/1000 82.50 ECONOMICS HIRAKJYOTI BASAK 223 849/1000 84.90 CHEMISTRY KUNTAL GHOSH 308 820/1000 82.00 STATISTICS SWETA SEN 407 856/1000 85.60 COMPUTER SC SUCHANDRA DATTA 522 845/1000 84.50 MICROBIOLOGY AMBALIKA CHOWDHURY 604 848/1000 84.80 10 XII B. COM (Morning) Department i I Student securing highest Marks in B. Com (Morning) Semester I - VI (2014-17) ii Student securing highest Marks in B. C om (Morning) Semester I - I V ( 2015-17) iii SIDDHANT BANTHIA 731 1786/2100 85.04 AAYUSH AGARWAL 493 1330/1500 88.60 Students securing highest Marks in Specialisation Papers in B. COM. (Morning) Semester V & VI (2016-17) SPECIALISATION MARKETING MANAGEMENT SIDDHANT BANTHIA 731 504/600 84.00 ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE ASHUTOSH GUPTA 250 503/600 83.83

11th Convocation & Valedictory, 2018 iv Student securing highest Marks in B Com (Morning) Semester III & IV (2016-17) AAYUSH AGARWAL 493 667/750 88.93 v Student securing highest Marks in B. C om (Morning) Semester III & I V (2016-17) [Roomwise] ROOM 10 RAJAT SONIKA 687 634/750 84.53 16 ABUBAKAR MOHAMMAD 355 623/750 83.06 17 HARSH AGRAWAL 543 602/750 80.26 21 ALTAF BHUTIA 194 646/750 86.13 22 PIYUSH AGARWAL 128 662/750 88.26 23 HITESH AGARWAL 297 600/750 80.00 25 AAYUSH AGARWAL 493 666/750 88.80 26 KISHAN KADMAWALA 614 633/750 84.40 28 RISHABH SINGH 24 646/750 86.13 29 PRAJESH DHANUKA 389 607/750 80.93 vi Student securing highest Marks in B C om (Morning) Semester I & I I ( 2016-17) ARHAM DHARIWAL 519 666/750 88.80 vii Student securing highest Marks in B. C om (Morning) Semester I & I I (2016-17) [Roomwise] ROOM 33 ROCHIT CHURIWAL 62 654/750 87.20 36 ASHUTOSH SIROHIA 117 604/750 80.53 37 SANSKAR 207 568/750 75.73 38 NAMAN DALMIA 249 591/750 78.80 39 MOHIT SARDA 373 621/750 82.80 41 NITIN KAGAJI 421 599/750 79.86 42 ARHAM DHARIWAL 519 666/750 88.80 43 AMAN GULGULIA 571 597/750 79.60 45 ASHISH PATODIA 620 590/750 78.66 24A CHANDRA MOHAAN ROY 747 661/750 88.13 viii Student securing highest attendance in B. Com (Morning) Semester I - VI (2014-17) ABHINAV SHARMA 136 100.00 SIDDHANT BANTHIA 731 100.00 11

x Student securing highest attendance in B. Com (Morning) Semester I - II (2016-17) ii ANURAG JAIN 68 100.00 CECIL ANTHONY D'SOUZA 102 100.00 CHANDRA MOHAAN ROY 747 100.00 XIII B. COM (Evening) Department St. Xavier s College (Autonomous), Kolkata ix Student securing highest attendance in B. Com (Morning) Semester I - IV (2015-17) TONOY DEY 348 99.25 i Student securing highest Marks in B. C om ( Evening) Semester I- VI (2014-17) ADVIKA JALAN 1053 1799/2100 85.66 Students securing highest Marks in Specialisation Papers in B. COM. (Evening) Semester V & VI (2016-17) SPECIALISATION ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE NIDHI CHANDAK 1022 531/600 88.50 MARKETING MANAGEMENT ADITI AGARWAL 801 519/600 86.50 12 iii Student securing highest Marks in B. Com (Evening) Semester I-IV (2015-17) iv NAVNEET KAUR 879 1291/1500 86.06 Students securing highest Marks in B. Com (Evening) Semester III & IV (2016-17) [Roomwise] ROOM 16 ANWESH DAS 804 642/750 85.60 17 SUBHI SINGHANIA 905 637/750 84.93 21 SHAILJA CHOWDHARY 980 609/750 81.20 24 NIKITA KHAITAN 1101 629/750 83.86 26 TANYA JHUNJHUNWALA 1157 621/750 82.80 v Students securing highest Marks in B. Com ( Evening ) Semester I & II (2016-17) [Roomwise] ROOM 10 PURVI MALANI 842 617/750 82.26 11 TANSU PRITHANI 879 604/750 80.53 12 KAVITA DESAI 1022 613/750 81.73 13 NIDHI TIBREWAL 1097 593/750 79.06 14 DIVYANI DATTA 1116 627/750 83.60

11th Convocation & Valedictory, 2018 vi Student securing highest attendance in B. Com (Evening) Semester I - VI (2014-17) VATSAL CHIRIMAR 1101 99.00 PREETI A SOREN 1035 99.00 DIMPLE PERIWAL 936 99.00 vii Student securing highest attendance in B. Com (Evening) Semester I - IV (2015-17) NISHA K 1004 100.00 viii Student securing highest attendance in B. Com (Evening) Semester I - II (2016-17) AANCHAL AGARWAL 956 99.50 XIV Department of Business Administration (BBA) i Student securing highest Marks in BBA, Semester III & IV (2016-17) SIMRAN KEJRIWAL 38 680/800 85.00 ii Student securing highest Marks in BBA, Semester I & II (2016-17) XV Raghabpur Campus SAKSHI SAHA 37 617/700 88.14 i i Student s securing highest Marks in B. A. General, Semester I - VI (2014-17) ARINDAM MONDAL 6310 1593/2300 69.26 ii i Student s securing highest Marks in Semester III & IV (2016-17) HONOURS B COM SANGITA GHOSH 6006 601/750 80.13 BENGALI SONALI BAG 6521 609/800 76.13 HISTORY BONI MONDAL 6723 653/800 81.63 B.A.GENERAL PRIYANKA BAG 6309 544/700 77.71 iii Students securing highest Marks in Semester I & II (2016-17) HONOURS B COM PRITHA CHOWDHURY 6045 564/750 75.20 BENGALI LATIKA MONDAL 6524 636/800 79.50 HISTORY PUJA PAILAN 6704 613/800 76.63 13

iv Students securing highest attendance in Semester I - VI (2014-17) St. Xavier s College (Autonomous), Kolkata HONOURS B COM SOUVIK GHOSH 6002 97.30 BENGALI DIPA BAG 6532 99.68 B.A.GENERAL SOUMEN CHOWDHURI 6338 99.32 v Students securing highest attendance in Semester I - I V (2015-17) HONOURS B COM RESHMI MALICK 6003 95.07 BENGALI PRAVAKAR BAG 6542 97.92 B.A.GENERAL SANTANU BAG 6308 97.82 HISTORY SONALI SINGH 6708 96.33 vi Students securing highest attendance in Semester I & II (2016-17) HONOURS B COM ARIJIT PANJA 6030 96.19 BENGALI LIPIKA SARDAR 6523 99.80 HISTORY TUHINA MONDAL 6713 99.23 HISTORY ANINDITA NASKAR 6714 99.23 XVI St. Lawrence Campus I Students securing highest Marks in B. Com Semester III & IV(201 6-17) [Roomwise] ROOM 1 AKANKSHA 1236 620/750 82.66 2 DEBOSMITA CHATTERJEE 1325 627/750 83.60 3 VINAYAK DHANDHANIA 1388 631/750 84.13 ii Students securing highest Marks in B. Com Semester I & II (2016-17) [Roomwise] ROOM 5 SAMRIDHI SINGHANIA 1201 606/750 80.80 6 RAJDEEP GHOSH 1270 602/750 80.26 7 KRITIKA AGARWAL 1331 602/750 80.26 iii Student securing highest attendance in B. Com, Semester III & IV (2016-17) KRITIKA AGARWAL 1331 100.00 14 iv Student securing highest attendance in B. Com, Semester I & II (2016-17) AYUSH GUPTA 1309 96.50

11th Convocation & Valedictory, 2018 XVII Gold Medal Award for Best Sports Person of the year : SWAGATA DEY. (B. A. Bengali) XVIII Gold Medal Award for the Best NCC Performance of the year: Ÿ TAMANNA SULTANA (B. Sc. Chemistry) Ÿ ABHIMANYU SHARMA (B. A. English) Ÿ MONICA GOGOI (B. A. Political Sc.) Ÿ SUBHAJIT DAS (B. Com, Raghabpur) Ÿ DHIRAAJ MUKHERJEE (B. A. Sociology) Ÿ ASPRIHA MANDAL (B. Sc. Mass Communication) Ÿ ROSHMITA DASGUPTA (B. A. Sociology) Ÿ RITU SHARMA (B. Sc. Mathematics) We fondly remember: R I P 1. Prof. Ratna Mukherjee, (Retd.) Professor of Hindi 2. Pro. Parimal Bhusan Ghosh, (Retd.) Professor of Chemistry 3. Fr. Aelred Gomes, S.J. former Provincial 4. Fr. Mark Robson S J. 5. Fr. Christian Mignon, S J. 6. Dr. Dilip Kumar Ghosh,(Retd.) former Head of the Department of Economics, May their souls rest in peace! We express our deep condolences to their family members. 15

Nihil Ultra Award of Excellence Awarded to Rev. Dr. John Felix Raj,S.J. CITATION Words can in no way acknowledge or appreciate Rev. Dr. John Felix Raj's dedicated contribution in making St. Xavier's College, what it is today. Born in Poolangudi, in Ramnad District in Tamil Nadu in 1956, Father Felix Raj joined the Society of Jesus in 1973. He graduated with Economics from Loyola College, Chennai in 1980. During his studies at Chennai, he involved himself in the activities of All India Catholic University Federation, a University Student Movement. He represented the AICUF in the Conference of Asian Catholic Students Federation held in Penang in 1979. He has been in this University Student Movement for more than 35 years. In 1989 he took over as the West Bengal State Adviser to the AICUF. Father completed his Masters in Economics at St. Joseph's College, Trichy in 1982. He secured the first rank and was awarded a gold medal. He completed his Philosophy studies from Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth (JDV), Pune in 1984. He then studied a three-year Theology course from Vidya Jothi College, Delhi in 1989 and was ordained as a priest in Trichy on 23 April 1989. He joined the Economics department of St. Xavier's College, Kolkata as faculty in 1989. An administrator par excellence, Fr. Felix Raj brought discipline and commitment, fairness and tolerance to the daily running of the College. He was appointed Rector of St. Xavier's in 1996. He then took over as Vice-Principal of the Commerce Department of the College in 1997. In 2009, he was appointed Principal of the College. His education initiatives include setting up St. Xavier's College, Asansol in 2015 and St. Xavier's University, Kolkata 2017. In February 16, 2017 He is the first Vice-Chancellor of St. Xavier's University, Kolkata. Father Felix Raj initiated the expansion of the College academically and infrastructurally which includes the Raghabpur Campus, the rural face of St. Xaviers and also the St. Lawrence Campus. Under his committed leadership and democratic governance, St. Xavier's College, Kolkata has secured a score of 3.53 out of 4 (A+) in the NAAC accreditation 2011, College of Excellence" by UGC in 2014, the status of Heritage College by UGC in 2015 and the highest score of 3.77 CGPA out of 4 (A++) in the NAAC accreditation 2017. He is the recipient of prestigious awards like Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Memorial Award, Banga Bibhushan Award in 2014 and Siksha Ratna Award in 2016. 16 Father, you truly shine as an exemplary model of abiding inspiration. In recognition of your long and dedicated service to the College and as a mark of gratitude, St. Xavier's College, Kolkata is honoured to offer, a humble and respectful token of appreciation the Nihil Ultra Award of Honour on this day, the 16th of January, of the year of the Lord 2018.