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                                                                                                      Hostel Times Vol-I No-I March 2011. Click here...

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FILLED IN FORM TO BE SUBMITTED WITH ` 200 IN THE HOSTEL OFFICE FROM    

  25–29^th JUNE (Monday to Friday) BETWEEN 9.00 AM TO 5.30 PM.

SELECTION LIST WILL BE PUBLISHED ONLINE ON 30/06/2012 at 5.00 pm.

Hostel Admission for 2012-2013

1. Admission to the Park Street Main hostel for the academic year 2012 – 2013 will be only for the freshers.

2. They should meet the Director on 1^st July 2012 (Sunday) for their admission in the hostel.

3. Hostel admission will be considered only after the completion of the college admission.

4. Do come with your parent and valid local guardian, for they have to sign the undertaking form in the Director’s presence.

5. Do come with your fee prescribed for the new admission. (Please see the fee chart).Please produce a Xerox copy of your hostel application form and class XII mark sheet.

6. Please also produce the original conduct certificate given by the head of the institute.

 

For Christians and Catholics:

1. Christians and Catholics within the Archdiocese of Kolkata and Dioceses within West Bengal may be given preference for the accommodation in the hostel.

2. Please come with your letter from the Parish Priest or the Pastor mentioning your participation in the parish/church activities.

3. No concession will be given during the first semester. Based on the results of the first semester and financial background, you may be considered for concession during the second semester. For each semester the concession will be renewed based on your conduct and the academic results of the preceding semester. Those who avail concession will have to involve themselves in rendering their services towards various departments of the hostel and the college.

 

The Present Hostelites Seeking Readmission for the Second and Third Year:

• All those with more than three arrears will have to meet the Director only after the publication of the results of the respective semesters.

• Others must report to the hostel on the inaugural day of the college for the 2012-13 academic year. Kindly pay the fees for July and clear the dues by the 10^th of July, 2012.

•  In case you want to change your existing room allotments, you may request the Director before you leave for the summer vacation.

 

     Repeaters or students with more than three arrears will not be admitted in the hostel except for some genuine and serious reasons.

 

Park Street Main Hostel Fee Structure For July 2012 - June 2013

During the time of new admission	1-Seater	3-Seater	5-Seater
Development fee	500.00	500.00	500.00
Admission Fee	500.00	500.00	500.00
Yearly Extra	1000.00	1000.00	1000.00
Caution Money (Refundable with T.C.)	2000.00	2000.00	2000.00
One Month Advance (Adjusted in the final year)	2030.00	1830.00	1690.00
Total	6030.00	5830.00	5690.00

 

Boarding Fee	1-Seater	3-Seater	5-Seater
Mess Fee (Except October)	1000.00	1000.00	1000.00
Mess Employees’ Salary (12 months)	400.00	400.00	400.00
Total Boarding Fee (B)	1400.00	1400.00	1400.00
Lodging Fee (12 months)	1-Seater	3-Seater	5-Seater
Seat Rent	300.00	180.00	120.00
Electricity	260.00	180.00	100.00
TV	30.00	30.00	30.00
Corporation Tax	40.00	40.00	40.00
Total Lodging Fee (L)	630.00	430.00	290.00
Grand Total (B+L) fee	2030.00	1830.00	1690.00

 

Other Special fees (Monthly)
Mobile	50.00	50.00	50.00
Laptop	150.00	150.00	150.00
Crockery fees (only in October)	200.00	200.00	200.00

 

• All payments to be made by 10^th of every month. Late payment will incur a fine.

• Anyone who leaves the hostel during the academic year has to pay the yearly seat rent, establishment and electricity charges for the whole academic year.

• The refund of the amount will be done only against the copy of the deposit slip showing the payment.

• Caution money will not be refunded to those sent out of the hostel for any disciplinary reasons.  

 

To Care for the Home (Undertaking)

• Please avoid any wall writing or graffiti on the walls, glasses or the doors.
• No outsiders/day- scholars are allowed inside the main hostel.
• Your punctuality to the classes and the attendance are must. Fr. Principal expects a hostel student to have 80% attendance, less than that a person may have to discontinue the hostel.
• Electrical wirings/fittings are reworked do not meddle with them.
• Do not use electric irons/water heaters/any other electrical appliances on the plug point provided to you. They are only to charge your mobile and use of lap top.
• You may use Laptops only with the permission of the Director of the hostel (declare your machine specifications) and they are only meant for study purposes. If you are found using the laptop without the prior permission/ using it for some entertainment purposes, it will be confiscated and an appropriate action may be taken against the offender. The fee for the use of laptop is Rs.150/-per month.
• Common lights in the corridor, dining room, reading room, toilets and bathrooms are connected with an inverter switch; they will be kept on during particular timings.
• Your room spare keys are to be submitted to the director which can be used for any repair works.
• Maintain cleanliness of the verandah, corridors and common places, place the waste in the dust bins provided.
• Maintain the meal timings and the study timings. Your prefects will take care of the attendance in coordination with the director.
• Maintain strict silence during your study hours.
• Keep your mobile always on silent mode and when you attend to calls have some concern for your neighbour.
• Incase anyone falls sick please inform the manager/director so that a proper care can be given to the person in time.
• Smoking, drinking or any other narcotics with in the hostel premises are strictly prohibited. If anyone found committing any of these nuisance he will be dismissed from the hostel and consequently from the college too.
• A common fine system will be implemented if any breakage/ wall writing by the individual is not reported to the manager/the director.

I shall care for the main hostel, my home. If found going against the hostel rules and regulations, I shall abide by the decision of the college and the hostel authorities.

From “I, me, mine” to “we, us, ours”… Rev. Dr. Xavier S, The Director of Main Hostel Before I begin to jot my article on the main hostel, I am bound to quote the words of a principal who on the occasion of farewell to his class 12 students’ assembly addressed. “As you step out of the warm cocoon, you may be a bit apprehensive, a little feared as to what may befall in future. But as you take your tiny steps into this competitive world, you grow and learn to live with the values taught and devote yourself to service, for the greater glory of God”. That describes the young chick (the young class 12 student) which (who) has just broken open it’s (his/her) protective shell into the harshness of the world around. In the words of Mr. Tamal Roy, a biotechnology student, “This (the main hostel) is just where the meaning of NIHIL ULTRA lies embedded. So when we broke open from the shell into a new place, there was it this great institution, to embrace us and our new home, the main hostel, to shelter, nurture and care for us in the person of Rev. Fr. Xavier Savarimuthu. And we then have never felt we are out of the cocoon but rather we are again into a warm nest, a shantir nir (a nest of peace)”. These encouraging words marked my beginning in the main hostel, where together my students have learned to grow and live but not just to exist. And this unique togetherness well knits all of them into one family which stands by as the evidence of the days when despite the political storms and social unrest this great banyan tree has been still and fully protective towards its inmates, providing them ‘a home away from home’. It has taught them to help themselves and to help all those in need. It has nurtured them to develop love for friends and foe and truth in word and deed. They have learnt the art of cultivating the sense of responsibility in themselves and to take up challenges, come what may. This great temple of learning has, over the years inculcated those values which makes its pupils better human beings. I believe that a mere bookish knowledge does not help attain the mark or goal but it’s the right blend of sociality and the intellectual pursuit that develops a persona. Having had an extremely glorious history, the main hostel as an extended appendage of St. Xavier’s college, has succeeded in propagating the view of “Duty first self last” and has always highlighted the principle of selflessness over selfishness. What can be a better satisfaction than having an attitude of “Ad majorem de gloriem” (for the greater glory of God)– with all what they have absorbed, they are on their way to add glory to God for their existence! The Director’s Profile Rev. Dr. Xavier Savarimuthu, SJ, was born in Ramanathapuram district of Tamilnadu, the same district of the former Indian president Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. He entered the Society of Jesus (Jesuit father’s oragnisation) of Kolkata province in the year 1989. Thus setting his feet in Bengal, he graduated in B.Sc. Zoology Honours from Scottish Church College under the University of Calcutta in 1994. In the year 2000, he completed his M.Sc. in Environmental Science from Bishop Heber College in Tiruchirapalli (a college named after the second CNI Archbishop of Calcutta) under Bharathidasan University in Tamilnadu. He stood first in the University and did pass the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) National Eligibility Test (NET) for lectureship in the same year. He teaches in the departments of environmental science and microbiology in an esteemed and A- Grade educational institute, St. Xavier’s college, Kolkata since 2000. In 2005, he obtained Ph.D. in the epidemiological research on arsenic poisoning and its health impacts on the affected population of North and South 24 Parganas districts in West Bengal. He had involved in a dugwell program in India to provide arsenic-safe water to the poor villagers in the arsenic affected blocks of Degonga and Habra(I) in North 24 Parganas district. He has presented and published valuable papers on his work in arsenic both in India and abroad. From June 2009, he has been appointed as the director of St. Xavier’s Park Street Hostel.

Student’s Memoire by Ritam Sinha A very good evening to the honorable chief guest, Mr. Debasis Moitra, the guest of honor, Mr. Shantanu Ganguly, Rev. Fr. Felix Raj, The Principal, Fr. Dominic, The Vice-Principal, Fr. Xavier, the Director of the hostel, and my dear friends. My first visit to the main hostel dates back to the day when I enrolled into the course of Physics Honors in this college. Unfortunately, owing to certain unavoidable reasons, I missed an admission here. The following one year was spent in the hustle-bustle of the city of Kolkata, where every passing moment made me realize how far away I was from home and from my loved ones. One can call it a stroke of luck and also generosity on part of our Director, Fr. Xavier, who very warm heartedly welcomed me to the hostel, in July 2009. It was then and thereafter, throughout, that I have always felt at home and amongst friends. This has been truly a home away from home. After 9 months of stay in the hostel with this family, I have grown old in sense that I have learnt a lot about the past from the senior members. In this hostel, we have together learned to grow and live and not just exist. Moreover, this unique togetherness well knits all of us into one family. What it used to be before and what it is now is a difference remarkable and evident enough. The person who has been the greatest pillar of support, both financial and supervisory, and who has made this absolute transformation possible is our own principal, very Rev. Fr. Felix Raj. The untiring efforts and initiatives taken by him and assisted by our Director, Fr. Xavier, whose role has been equally instrumental, has made this rejuvenation possible not only in terms of improving the infrastructure but also in changing the ambience of the hostel. Today, not just us, but everyone who sees us calls us a family. I feel the hostel represents a befitting example of ‘unity in diversity’. We all hail from different cultural and social backgrounds and more so, from different departments. But the one word which binds us all is ‘Hostel’. Concluding, hereby, I feel it’s an ultimate flavor and exquisite taste that I, and largely speaking, we, have developed here. This is the place where we all have been learning the art of cultivating the sense of responsibility and self-dependence and to accept challenges, come what may. And, it is this spirit of unity and brotherhood that underlies the theme of ‘COFRADIA’. And with the just aim of celebrating this theme, I should like to call up on stage my fellow hostilities for a group song-“Give me some sunshine” from the movie ‘3 Idiots’. Thank you everyone. The principal shares a carom match with the hostilities.

Main Hostel Time Table (Working Days)

Commerce Students

Arts & Science students

LET THY LIGHT SHINE
-Park Street Main Hostelites

The inauguration ceremony of the 2010-11 session of the hostel took place within the premises of the St. Xavier’s College Main Hostel. The occasion saw a gathering which comprised students of various castes, creeds, faiths and religious beliefs. All had gathered with one motive, that of invoking the blessings of the Almighty. The gathering also highlighted the very theme of the evening which was ‘Let Thy Light Shine’, a plea to the Lord.

To grace the auspicious occasion we also had amongst us Fr. Rector, our very Rev. Fr. Principal, Frs. Vice-Principals, Fr. Treasurer, Superintendent of the L.C.R. Hostel and Fr. Mangal Das.

The proceedings of the evening began with the prayer ceremony with students reciting from the Holy Scriptures - the Bhagvad Gita, The Bible and the Koran. The aura was one of unity, brotherhood, peace and above all faith in God. Fr. Principal graced the occasion even more when he sought the blessings of the Lord for all present in the ceremony.

We then proceeded to the cultural ceremony that was planned by the hostel students. With so much of hatred and violence prevailing throughout the globe, the theme which was thought to be most apt was ‘Heal the World’. To second the theme, we had a solo and a group song, along with a dance performance, presented by the hostelites. The main attraction of the evening was, however, the group song which was sung by all the hostelites. The song was to beckon the Lord to ‘Give us sunshine’. This was also central to the theme of the evening.

Everybody who comes to the hostel after a long time nowadays says that it has changed. The hostelites are, however, the best persons who could say how much the hostel has changed- for the good. To quote Fr. Dominic,” If we are to compare what the hostel was before and what it is now, the change is indeed remarkable. Thanks to Fr. Xavier’s”. Indeed it is. For I can vouch that there is no other hostel where the students are taught the values of life. To live and grow with integrity, and to inculcate in one’s self a sense of brotherhood and great discipline is central to living as a part of the main hostel.

The change was, however, evident. For, the atmosphere which prevails in the Main Hostel is healthy, even literally. Proper care of health and hygiene issues is undertaken by Fr. Xavier himself. Such a clean environment automatically induces a sense of discipline amongst the students.

Under the continuous support of Fr. Principal, the care, love and warmth of Fr. Xavier, the hostel has indeed become a home away from home. All we can hope for is that the hostel and the hostelites grow in leaps and bounds under the efficient guidance of their able master and make the college proud.