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Postal address
P.O. Box No 32,
Mapusa, Bardez,
Goa - 403 507,
India
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Email us :
xavierscollege@bsnl.in
Call us :
91-0832-2262356
Timings :
9.00 am -1.00 pm
2.00 pm - 4.30 pm
Office Timings:
Mon-Fri
9.00 am - 1.00 pm
2.00 pm - 4.30 pm
Sat :
9.00 am -1.00 pm
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Our Infrastructure
The college is housed in three buildings - a three-storeyed Science block, a two-storeyed Arts block, and an Administrative block. The Science block has 25 classrooms and 6 laboratories. The Arts block has 8 lecture rooms, staff rooms and other essential facilities for the staff and students. The administrative block houses, besides the office of the Principal and the administrative staff, a hall that accommodates 300 hundred students for seminars & cultural activities, classrooms, a computer lab, the NSS office and storeroom, NCC rooms of boys and girls separately. In the basement of the administrative block is the college canteen. The college also has banking facilities, provided by the Central Bank of India (extension counter) on the campus.
Computer Labs
The College possesses more than 60 personal computers with 5 full-fledged laboratories. There are Intel, AMD machines with several server Operating Systems like Windows 2003, Windows XP and Fedora Linux installed. Most of the important software packages like Visual Studio 2005, Oracle, SQL Server 2005 etc are available for the students to work on. Internet facilities are also there to avail of.Top
Library
The College library proves itself to be a storehouse of information
and knowledge with an excellent collection of 44,375 books, 131 academic
journals, 37 general magazines, 8 national newspapers and 6 local
newspapers. Its total seating capacity is 200, with a separate reading
room for the staff. The library boasts of a special collection of
books in English Literature, Chemistry, Psychology and Microbiology.
It also has a good collection of encyclopedias, maps and atlases.
Every Monday, an exhibition of the latest books and magazines acquired,
is conducted in the library. It also displays, themewise, the existing
collection once a fortnight to the students and teachers. The library
has also acquired 15 VCD’s pertaining to various topics on the environment,
which may be viewed by students to increase awareness. The library
transactions have been computerized through the library software known
as ‘Newgenlib’(Network version).The library also provides internet
facilities to staff and students.Top
Canteen
The two canteens cater to the needs of every hungry soul on the campus providing snacks and refreshments. The institutional code of conduct is to be strictly maintained specially in the canteen.Top
Parking
Ample parking space is provided on campus for the staff and guests. Students are provided parking space outside the gates at a convenient distance, to maintain an undisturbed ambience for study on the campus.Top
Sports Ground
The campus has a spacious sports ground, where we are in the process of developing a full fledged 400 meter athletic track and a football ground. Construction of a Multipurpose Indoor hall will also be commencing shortly.Top
Hostel
There is a hostel for boys with a capacity to accommodate 60 students. At present it is occupied by ‘seminarians in regency’. There is also a hostel for girls run by the Sisters of Holy Cross on behalf of the College. Also in the neighbourhood, onr of our ex-students runs a hostel for boys as well as for Girls.Top
Gardens
The College gardens occupy a total area of nearly 1000 sq mts. At the entrance, a life size statue of our patron saint welcomes one and all. The Dr. Mariano Saldanha lawns on the campus play host to a wide range of activities, both cultural and otherwise. We also have a rock garden , a fountain and the college emblem laid out in colourful plants. In addition to this, the campus gardens house a variety of ornamental plants, avenue trees and around 150 fruit bearing trees. The college has set up recently a greenhouse on its premises for orchids and anthuriums. As part of the Plant 1000 trees programme, 375 trees were planted.Top
Transport-Bus Facility
The college owns a bus which transports students
and faculty from the city, i.e., Mapusa, to the campus. It comes in handy when departments arrange trips to industries, attend inter-college festivals, staff picnics, etc. It is a Mercedes, purchased in 1963, that can still climb the steep slope up to the college, in spite of its advanced age.Top
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