ANNUAL SPORTS 2024

St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous) Annual Sports 2024, organized by the Department of Sports on Thursday, 8th February ‘24, was a traditional success, as is the case every year. Notably, this year, the Department of Sports extended its hospitality to the Ragabhpur Campus of St. Xavier’s, actively involving them in the event. The three-day scheduled heats witnessed fierce competition and contested races, throws and jumps garnered massive participation.

Pallabi Pal, a third-year student from the B.A Department, earned the title of Women’s Best Athlete for the second consecutive year, demonstrating remarkable consistency. Priyanshu Verma  and Aditya Ray, both third-year students of B.Com (M) Department, were jointly declared Best Athletes among men, based on the overall points table. The event kicked off with the customary Departmental Parade, led by Sports Secretaries Ambarish Sharma of Mass-Communication Department, B.SC 3rd Year, Mayank Jhunjhunwala of Mathematics Department, B.Sc 3rd Year, and William D Xavier of B.Com (M), alongside the Acting General Secretary of Students Council, Spandan Mazumdar of MicroBiology Department, M.Sc 2nd Year. This was followed by Assistant Secretaries Annesha Chatterjee Mass-Communication, B.Sc 3rd Year, Anuj Gupta of Multimedia Department 3rd, and Shobhit Makharia of B.com (M), 2nd Year.

The event was officially inaugurated after the parade by our Chief Guest, Fr. Jeyaraj Veluswamy, R.J Rector, in the presence of Fr. Principal Dr. Dominic Savio and the Vice Principals of Morning, Day, and Evening sessions.

The competition featured a variety of races, jumps, and throws, involving students from both Parksteet and Ragabhpur campuses. Following the distribution of the last set of prizes, Father Principal presented the Volunteer's cake to the Assistant Secretaries of the Department of Sports, which was later enjoyed by all the student volunteers.

As always, the event ran smoothly, thanks to the disciplined conduct of student volunteers and coordinators, guided by Prof. Feroza Mogrelia, the Director of Sports.

TEAM ACHIEVEMENTS

Chess:

• St. Xavier’s College Autonomous chess team consisting of Captain Ambarish Sharma MCVA, Sudipa Haldar CMSA, Soham Bhattacharya CMSA, Annirudh Chatterjee PLSA and Ujaan Bhattacharya B.Com M emerged as Champions scoring 15.5/16 and dominating the field in Shaurya Fest 2023 at IIT KGP.
• Ambarish Sharma MCVA 6^th Sem represented and won in Xavrang chess championship 2023 held at St. Xavier’s University.
• Ujaan Bhattacharya B.com M 1^st Year and Saanvi Khanna B.com E 1^st Year represented and won in Umang chess championship 2024 held at Bhawanipur Education Society
• Ambarish Sharma MCVA and Sudipa Haldar CMSA got selected for the 2023 CU chess teams.
• Ambarish Sharma MCVA, Soham Bhattacharya CMSA, Saanvi Khanna B.COM E and Sudipa Haldar CMSA got selected for the 2024 CU chess Men and Women Teams.

BADMINTON:

• The Badminton Men’s team consisting of Dibyaditya Sengupta B.com M, Alokan Kundu BAGG, Soham Konde PLSA and Arya Ray BMS of St. Xavier’s College Autonomous secured 2^nd Position in the Shaurya 2023 Fest at IIT KGP.
• The Badminton women’s team consisting of Shiksha Jaiswal BMS, Tammana Agarwal B.com E and Palak Rathi B.com E of St. Xavier’s College Autonomous secured 3^rd Position in the Shaurya 2023 Fest at IIT KGP.

BASKETBALL

• St. Xavier’s College Autonomous Basketball Men’s team participated in the Senior State Championship and gave their best effort 2023.
• St. Xavier’s College Autonomous Basketball Men’s team participated in the First Division League and made it to the playoffs.
• St. Xavier’s College Autonomous Basketball Men’s team emerged as Champions in Shaurya Fest 2023 at IIT KGP after defeating the home team in the finals after a thrilling match. Ankit Pandey (BAGG) was awarded as the best player in the tournament.
• St. Xavier’s College Autonomous Basketball Mens emerged as Champions in Amity University 2024 fest.
• St. Xavier’s College Autonomous Basketball Men’s team participated in the Senior State Championship and gave their best effort 2024.
• St. Xavier’s College Autonomous Basketball Men’s team are currently participating in the First Division League 2024.
• St. Xavier’s College Autonomous Basketball Men’s team participated in the Xavrang Fest 2024 and emerged runners up.

TABLE TENNIS:

• The Table Tennis Men’s team consisting of Praneet Bhaskar B.com M, Susmit Das M.PLSA, Tanish Agarwal B.com M and Aryan Sakhuja B.com M of St. Xavier’s College Autonomous secured 4^th Position in the Shaurya 2023 Fest at IIT KGP.
• St. Xavier’s College Autonomous Table Tennis Women’s team consisting of Rupsa Seth EOCA, Rupkatha Dasgupta ENGA and Tammana Agarwal B.com E emerged as Champions in Shaurya Fest 2023 at IIT KGP.
• Rupkatha Dasgupta Represented St. Xavier’s College Autonomous at Umang Fest 2024 at Bhawanipur College and stood 3^rd.
• Praneet Bhaskar Represented St. Xavier’s College Autonomous at Umang Fest 2024 at Bhawanipur College and emerged Runner Up.

VOLLEYBALL:

• St. Xavier’s College Autonomous’ Volleyball Team Participated and gave in a great effort in Shaurya Fest 2023 at IIT KGP. 

ATHLETICS

South Kolkata District Athletics Meet:

• Md Irfan ( BA Socio 1st) Gold in Shot Put
• Prashansha Rathi (BMS 3rd) Bronze in 1500mt 
• Priyanshu Verma (BCom M) Gold in 400m, Gold in 100m, Gold 200 m and Silver in 200m
• Aditya Ray (BCom M 2nd) Silver in 400m,  Silver in Discus Throw 
• Saunak Das ( BSc 1 Yr Stays)Gold in High Jump
• Sidhanth Maheshwari (BMS 1st Yr) Bronze in 800m and Gold 1500m
• Harsh Chitlangia ( BSc Eco 1styr)Bronze 1500m 
• Angad Vir Singh ( BCom M 1st Yr) Gold in Discus Throw and Bronze Javelin Throw
• Shubham Kr Dixit ( BCom 2nd Yr ) Gold Javelin Throw
• Janet Mabel Peters ( BCom E 3rd Yr) Bronze Long Jump

BEST ATHLETE MALE: PRIYANSHU VERMA

CRICKET

• St. Xavier’s college Cricket Team participated and emerged as champions in IIT KGP Shaurya Fest under captain Trishul Das (MCVA 3rd Year) and coach Mr. Shubham. Saumya Basak (MCVA 1st Year) was declared and awarded as the player of the tournament. 

FOOTBALL

• St. Xavier’s college Football Team participated and emerged as champions in IIT KGP Shaurya Fest under captain William D Xavier(B.com M 3rd Year) making a strong comeback after losing the first game. 

BASKETBALL

• St. Xavier’s College Autonomous Basketball Women’s team participated in the Senior State Championship 2024 and stood 4th.
• St. Xavier’s College Autonomous Basketball Women’s team are currently participating in Women's League and made it to knockout stages and are playing for the title.
• St. Xavier’s College Autonomous Basketball Women’s team emerged as Champions in Shaurya Fest 2023 at IIT KGP after defeating the home team in the finals. Pallabi Pal (ENGA) was awarded as the best player in the tournament.
• St. Xavier’s College Autonomous Basketball Womens emerged as Champions in Amity University 2024 fest.
• St. Xavier’s College Autonomous Basketball Womens emerged as Champions in Xaviesta 2024 fest.
• St. Xavier’s College Autonomous Basketball Womens emerged as Runners up in Xavrang 2024 fest.

Inter -Department Aquatics-Meet

St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous) has always encouraged its students in various fields, one of them being sports. Sports is considered as important as academics and all the athletes have paved their way enthusiastically in the Inter- Department Aquatics-Meet which was held on the 1st of August in the Ordnance club. St Xavier’s gave full leash to all the athletic swimmers in the campus to showcase their talent and skills, they did it ironically.

The events were a 50m freestyle, a 100m freestyle, a 50m backstrokes, a 25m butterfly, a 50m butterfly, a 50m breaststroke, and a 100m breaststroke for both men and women. Around 40 students participated in the event.

The results of the following event for men are:      

In the 50m freestyle 

Rohan Modak (B.Sc 2^nd Year) ranked first, Achyuta Kumar (B.Sc 2^nd Year) ranked second, Gaurav Jintal (B.com M 2^nd Year) ranked third.

In the 100m freestyle

Rohan Modak (B.Sc 2^nd Year) ranked first, Achyuta Kumar (B.Sc 2^nd Year) ranked second, Naman Mittal (B.com M 2^nd Year) ranked third

In the 50m back stokes

Naman Mittal (B.com M 2^nd Year) ranked first, Rohan Modak (B.Sc 2^nd Year) ranked second, Gaurav Jintal (B.com M 2^nd Year) ranked third.

In the 25m Butterfly

Gaurav Jintal (B.com M 2^nd Year) ranked first, Naman Mittal (B.com M 2^nd Year) ranked second

In the 50m Butterfly

Gaurav Jintal (B.com M 2^nd Year) ranked first, Naman Mittal (B.com M 2^nd Year) ranked second 

In the 50mBreaststroke 

Achyuta Kumar (B.Sc 2^nd Year) ranked first, Rohan Modak (B.Sc 2^nd Year) ranked second, Naman Mittal (B.com M 2^nd Year) ranked third

In the 100m Breaststrokes,

Achyuta Kumar (B.Sc 2^nd Year) ranked first, Rohan Modak (B.Sc 2^nd Year) ranked second

The results of women are:

In the 50m Freestyle

Shivali Dalmia (B.com E 2^nd Year) ranked first, Upasana Law (M.Com 2nd year) ranked second, Meghna Saha (B.com E

2^nd Year) ranked third

In the 100m Freestyle

Upasana

Law (M.Com 2nd year) ranked first, Aanya Bosu (B.A 2^nd Year) ranked

second, Meghna Saha (B.com E 2^nd Year) ranked third

In the 50m Backstroke

Shivali Dalmia (B.com E 2^nd Year) ranked first, Meghna Saha (B.com E 2^nd Year) ranked second, Aanya Bosu (B.A 2^nd Year) ranked third

In the 25m Butterfly

Shivali Dalmia (B.com E 2^nd Year) ranked first, Meghna Saha (B.com E 2^nd Year) ranked second, Upasana Law (M.Com 2nd year) ranked third

In the 50m Breaststroke,

Upasana Law (M.Com 2nd year) ranked first, Meghna Saha (B.com E 2^nd Year) ranked second, Shivali Dalmia (B.com E 2^nd Year) ranked third

All of this was a memorable and outrageous competition for every person present in this event and each and every student representing their department had an outstanding role in the competition, furthermore it was a proud moment for St. Xavier’s college (Autonomous) to see the capacity and capabilities of their students.

Inter-Departmental Badminton

St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata organized its inter Dept. Badminton tournament on 1st and 2nd of August at the Ordnance club. A total of approximately 80 students participated. Students from Raghabpur campus also participated.

Among the rankers in men were Soham Konde (BMS 1^st Year), who came 1st, followed by Sourav Banerjee (B.Sc 2^nd Year), 2nd, Subhajit Naskar (Rgp 3^rd), 3rd, and Prem Rathi (B.com M) who came 4th.

Among the rankers for girls included Palak Rathi (B.com E 2^nd Year) who came 1st, followed by Tamanna Agarwal (B.com E 2^nd Year), 2nd, Radhika Keshari (B.com E) 3rd, and Amushi Das (B.com E) who came 4th.

They played in a knockout format. The event was organized in a proper way under the guidance of Feroza ma’am by the student volunteers and Badminton team players with the participants dressed in proper sporting attire maintaining the standard of the sport high. 

Inter -Department Chess

St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata organized its Inter Department chess competition 2023-34. A total of 80 students participated in the sport. 

Among the rankers were Soham Bhattacharya of Comp Sc Dept 1st year came 1st. Followed by Ambarish Sharma Masscom Dept 3rd year who came 2nd and Anirudh Chatterjee physics Dept 1st year who came 3rd.

The student volunteers of the department of sports did an outstanding job in managing the event in a way that none of the participants missed their regular college classes. Morning department students played with each other after their classes got over, following the same process for day and evening departments as well, they made sure to manage the time perfectly so that it suits the students. The selected ‘top 12’ were then made to play against the college team players. First on a knockoff basis followed by the Round Robin system. 

Aside from this there have been several online and offline Inter Department Chess tournaments organized by the Department of Sports.

Inter-Departmental Cricket

St. Xavier’s college (Autnonomous) organised its 11A side cricket tournament 2024 in the month of february and march. The matches were scheduled on saturdays to ensure the ground is smoothly operational and no hindrance is faced by the teams during the match. B.Com M 3rd Year team emerged as the champions of the event winning a thrilling finals against B.com E 3rd year. Over 15 teams participated from various departments and years and gave their best efforts on the pitch. The event was a full fledged enthusiastic fiesta. 

The event was very smoothly managed by the college cricket team players in support with the Department of Sports volunteers under the supervision of Feroza maam. All the participants had a satisfactory tournament and the event witnessed almost minimalistic issues, ensuring absolutely smooth conduct.

Inter - Department Table Tennis 

St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata organized its Inter Department Table Tennis competition 2024. A total of 50 students participated in the event from various departments. Among the rankers were Dev Bajaj (B.com M) who came 1st. Followed by Kushanava Sinha Roy (B.Com)

who came 2nd and Bodhiswattya Saha (B.Sc) who came 3rd in the men’s category. In the women’s category, Rupkatha Das Gupta (B.a) came 1st followed by Tamanna Agarwal (B.com E).

The sports department played a crucial role in organising the inter departmental table tennis competition. The players from morning day and evening competed against each other for the final Four standings. The last match among the final teams decided the winners.

Inter -Department Volleyball

 St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata organized its Inter Department Volleyball competition 2023-34. A total of 8 teams participated in the sport from across various departments like Bcom (M), Bcom(E), STSA, BAGG, MCVA, CEMA.

Among the winners were B.com (M) 3^rd year team who came 1^st, followed by B.A Political science 1^st year team who stood 2^nd.

The student volunteers of the department of sports did an outstanding job in managing the event in a way that none of the participants missed their regular college classes. Morning department students played with each other after their classes got over, following the same process for day and evening departments as well, they made sure to manage the time perfectly so that it suits the students.

The matches were played in a league format where all the teams got a chance to play against each other. The event was held in a span of two days on 21^st and 22^nd February, 2024.

Aditi Jaiswal, Economics, B.Sc 3rd Year

Sport: Archery

Achievements

• Selected and Participated in Khelo India University Games held at Jain University Global Campus Bangalore from 23rd April to 1st May 2022.
• 2nd Khelo India East Zone Archery Tournament 2022 held at Sports Authority of India, Kolkata on 5th June 2022: Gold medal 
• Represented India in the Medellin 2022 Hyundai Archery World Cup Stage 4 From 18 To 24 July 2022 held at Medellin, Colombia 
• Represented West Bengal in the 36th National Games held at Ahmedabad Gujrat from 28 September to 6th October 2022
•  42nd NTPC Junior National Archery Championship 2022 Panaji Goa from 3rd November to 5th November 2022: Gold medal
• 4th Khelo India East Zone Archery Tournament held at SAI Kolkata on 4th December 2022: Gold medal
•  All India Inter University Championship 2022-23 held at Guru Kashi University, Bhatinda from 23rd December to 30th December 2022: Won- 1st 70m distance – Gold medal and Individual round – Silver medal
• 44th State Archery Championship 2022-23 held at St. George's playground Pedong, Kalimpong from 6th to 8th January 2023 Won:Ranking – Gold medal and Individual – Gold medal
• Represented West Bengal in the 42nd Senior National Archery Championship 2023 held at Kevadia Gujarat from 12th - 14th March 2023 and won the Gold medal
• Selected for the Hyundai Archery World Cup Stage 1 held at Antalya Turkey from 18th to 23rd April 2023
• Singapore 2023 Asia Cup Stage 3 held at Bukit Gombak Stadium, Singapore from 5th to 10th June 2023: Silver medal
• Selected for the 43rd NTPC Junior Nationals Archery Championship held at Bharatpur Rajasthan from 15th to 17th November 2023 
• Sekected for the 43rd NTPC Senior National Archery Championship held at Ayodhya Uttar Pradesh from 24th to 30th November 2023
• 2nd Khelo India Women's National Ranking Archery Tournament held at NIS Patiala from 28th to 30th December 2023: Bronze medal
• Represented Calcutta University in the All India Inter University Championship held at Punjabi University Patiala from 28th to 31st December 2023
• Open Indoor Archery Tournament 2024 held at Biswa Bangla Convention Center Kolkata from 21st-23rd Jan 2024
• Selected and Participated in the Khelo India University Games held at NEHU, Shillong from 20th to 24th February 2023
• Represented West Bengal in the 3rd National Ranking Archery Tournament  held at Jaipur Rajasthan from 27th Feb to 3rd March 2024

   Ambarish Sharma, Mass Communication, B.Sc, 3rd Year

Sport: Chess

Achievements

• East Zone University Chess Championship (2022)- 2^nd and Best Individual Player prize.
• Participated in National University Chess championship (2022) for CU
• JD Birla Invictus Fest 2023- Champion
• Xavrang Fest 2023- Champion
• Captain of St. Xavier’s chess team in IIT KGP Shaurya fest 2023- Champion
• East Zone University Chess Championship 2023- Champion
• National University Chess Championship- 4^th and Best Individual player prize.
• Vibgyor Chess Rapid U-25 Championship 2023- 3^rd 
• Senior State Open Championship 2023- Runner up and selected for Nationals
• Participated in National Chess Championship 2023
• All Bengal Open Rapid Chess Championship 2024- Champion.

DHRUV KESHARI, Mass Communication, B.Sc, 1st Year

Sport: SHOOTING

Achievements

• 55TH WEST BENGAL STATE SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIP held at Asansol - 16th Rank 
• 66TH NATIONAL SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITION - 171th Rank 
• Got Selected in INDIAN TRIALS for 2024

Hindoli Mitra, English, BA, 2nd Year

Sport: KARATE

Achievements

• All India AIKF President cup 2022 Women's kumite Bronze.
• AIKF National Karate Championships 2023 Women's kumite Bronze.
• West Bengal State Kung fu wu shu championship 2023 Women's Taolu Silver.
• Eastern Zonal national Powerlifting competition Habbit classic 2022 5th position.
• Passed the All-India Karate Federation Referee Examination and became a C Grade Referee in the panel.
• Passed the All-India Kung Fu Wu Shu Federation Referee Examination and became a B grade referee in the panel.

Pallabi Pal, English, BA, 3rd Year

Sport: Basketball

Achievements

• Selected for Junior National Basketball Women Championship – Assigned as Team Captain
•  Got selected for National Senior Camp 
• Eastzone Inter University Basketball Women Tournament 2023 – Runners Up
• Annual Sports: Best Athlete Award
• Shaurya Fest 2023 Basketball Women: Champion and Best Individual Player of the tournament Prize
• Captain of St. Xavier’s Basketball Women Junior team (2021-22) and Senior Team (2023-24)

Praneet Bhaskar,   B.com M Department, 1^st Year

SPORT: TABLE TENNIS

Achievements

• Represented India in WWT Youth Contender Amman, Jordan 
• Bronze medal in EAST ZONE UNIVERSITY TOURNAMENT
• 3rd place in u-19 singles in DIPAK DE SIKDAR , State tournament
• Bronze medal in u-19 team in junior and youth Nationals 
• 3rd place in SHAURYA IIT KHARAGPUR FEST

PRATIK GUPTA, BMS DEPARTMENT, 3^rd Year

Sport: ROWING

Achievements

2022

• State championship- Gold 
• All India university nationals- Gold in 2000m and silver in 500m 
• Asian rowing cup 1- 4th 
• Indoor Rowing Nationals - 2 Golds 

2023

• State championship - Gold 
• All India University national - Gold in 2000m and Bronze in 500m
• Indoor National- Silver
• All India university national - Gold in 2000m and bronze in 500m

Shewta Bramhachari, B.Ed Department, 2^nd Year

Sport: Rowing

Achievements

2022

• Rowing Asia Cup 1, Iran - Bronze: Women’s single scull 1000m, Bronze: Women’s single scull 500m
• 5th Indoor Rowing Nationals, Chandigarh- Gold: 2000m Women Individual, Gold: 500 Mixed Fours

2023

• 24th Open Sprint National, Pune- Silver: 500m Women’s single scull
• AIU 2022-23, Chandigarh - Gold: 2000m women’s single scull, Silver: 500m women’s single scull
• State Rowing Championship, Kolkata- Gold: 500m women’s double scull, Gold: 500m women’s single scull 
• Khelo India University Games, Gorakhpur- Gold: 2000m Women’s single scull, Gold: 500m Women’s single scull 
• 6th Indoor Rowing Nationals, Pune- Gold: 2000m Women’s single scull 
• 36th National Games, Goa- Bronze: 2000m Women’s single scull 
• AIU 2023-24, Chandigarh - Gold: 500m Women’s single scull , Silver: 2000m Women’s single scull

Soham Bhattacharya,   Computer Science, BSC, 1^st Year

Sport: CHESS

Achievements

• Secured an IM norm in Serbia Masters 2023 
• Participated Kavala Open 2023
• 6^th in Thessaloniki Open 2023, Greece 
• 2nd in East Zone Inter University Chess Championship 
• Tata Steel Chess Festival: Champion in Under 19 and 3rd in Open Blitz

Department of Sports Committee 2023-24