St Xavier's College celebrates founder's day

PATNA: Dances from different regions of India, inter-religious prayers, skit, PowerPoint presentations (PPT), songs and speeches marked the founder's day celebration at St. Xavier's College here on Tuesday. The function was presided over by College Rector Fr Joseph Thadavanal, who congratulated the students for their wonderful performance and exhorted them to work hard and do well in life.
College principal, Dr T Nishant, stressed the need of quality education. "Our college aims at making students competent and compassionate to enable them to become agents of social change," he said.
The patron saint of the Jesuits, Fr Cherubim Sah, inaugurated the programme by lighting the traditional lamp and garlanding the statue of St Ignatius. The Bibiana group conducted prayers from scriptures of all faiths. Suruchi briefed the audience about the life of St Ignatius. Shrey and Gaurav highlighted the saint's ideals through a PPT.
The programme also featured a skit by Varun and group depicting the life of the saint and how he influenced the mid-16th century world. A colourful fusion dance by Debdrita and group created the flavours of Bengal, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat. Raunak and group presented an English song.
Jyoti and Aditya Sehgal compered the programme. Priya Roy proposed a vote of thanks. Raunak and Priti Kumari coordinated the function under the guidance of Prof Priyanka Sinha, Jaismin Kantha, Jose Kalapura and Anumeha Priyadarshini.
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