The Goethals Indian Library & Research Society

The Goethals Indian Library & Research Society, situated above the Main Chapel, has some of the most valuable collections of books, periodicals, paintings, antiques and curios, which Archbishop Paul Goethals bequeathed to St. Xavier's when he was Archbishop of Calcutta [1886-1901]. The Library has a collection of approximately 18,800 books-plates, periodicals, journals and manuscripts.

The collection of rare books is classified into sixty-one categories. The sections range from Ancient Travels, Modern Indian History, Biographies, Folklore, Flora, Fauna, Meteorology, Classical Language and Literature, Archaeology, Architecture, Epigraphy, Education, Religion, Philosophy, Missions in India and abroad, Law, Medicine, Anthropology, to Non-Indian Countries.

The Goethals Library's rare documents include the travels to India in the 16th and 17th centuries, Bengal Mission before and after 1800 documents, photos and archival material on St. Xavier's School and College, writings of Brahmabandhav Upadhyaya, Animananda and others. The Goethals Indian Library is truly a tresure trove of Indological knowledge.

GILRS offers fellowships for research on monthly basis. Library is open from 9.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. on weekdays. Website: www.goethals.in, Email: goethals@dataone.in, Phone No.: 2255-1279,. Director: Rev. Dr. J. Felix Raj, SJ.
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Railway Concessions

• Railway concession is given to bonafide students only to the place where their parents permanently reside.
• Applications for the same are to be made at least 10 days before the beginning of the vacation.

S.X.C. Scholarships

• St. Xavier's College has always endeavoured to make its educational services available to the lower income groups by providing generous concessions. Students in need of concession should meet the Vice-Principal.
• An attempt was made to increase the fund on the occasion of the 125th Anniversary Celebrations of the College in 1985. The response has been very generous. The following scholarships are offered:

1. Late Rukmini Devi Goenka Scholarship.
2. Infar (India) Scholarship.
3. Smt. Panna Devi Kanoi Scholarship.
4. Smt. Kamala Devi Budhia Scholarship.
5. A. K. Agarwal Scholarship.
6. Sri Baldeodas Shah Scholarship.
7. Nripendra Pd. Ray Scholarship.
8. Puranachandra Memorial Scholarship.
9. Late Deb Narain Chaudhuri Scholarship.
10. Late Jamnadhar Saraf Scholarship.
11. Shefali & Nishith Mukherjee Scholarship.
12. R. F. De Souza Scholarship.
13. Lt. Abhishek Ray Choudhury Memorial Scholarship.
14. Arindam Chakravarty Memorial Scholarship.
15. Shilpi Bhargava Memorial Scholarship.
16. Lal Chand kanoi Scholarship.
17. Uma Kanta Agarwal Scholarship.
18. Sandeep Darolia Memorial Award.
    (To the Best B.Com. Part-I student)
19. Soumitra Biswas Memorial Gold Medal: To be awarded to the best B.Com. (Hons.) student (Part I and Part II together).
20. Fr. Joris Memorial Scholarship.
21. Luxmi Baid Memorial Scholarship.
22. D. K. Ghosh Memorial Gold Medal: To be awarded to the best BBA (Hons.) student (All semester taken together).
23. Late Prof. D. K. Ghosh Scholarship.
24. Manoj Mody Memorial Scholarship.
25. Prabudha Bhattachrya Memorial Scholarship (for 3 best projects in III year Computer Science).
26. Late Raj Prakesh Mall Scholarship.
27. Mamraj Agarwala Scholarship.
28. Sri Harsh Chandra Baldwa Memorial Award.
    (Best 1st Year B.Com Student)
29. Dr. Basudeb Banerjee Memorial Scholarship (on merit cum need basis for one M.Sc. Physics and M.Sc. MCB)
30. Late Manoranjan Mitra Memorial Prize
    (for highest marks in English)