A college plays an important role in a student’s educational journey. It marks a stepping stone of our career. It’s a place that offers various opportunities to study courses that help us achieve dreams and aspirations. It is a place that not only helps one to enhance skills but a place that teaches about how to deal with the important issues of society. St. Aloysius’ College, Jabalpur is a prestigious college in the heart of the country. A college known for its quality education throughout the country, it is one of the best institutions for aspiring intellectuals to pursue their calling.
The acclaimed institute was instated in 1951 with a motto “Virtus in Arduo” meaning “Strength through Striving”. Since its establishment, the college has been moving forward with a mission to create and facilitate an ideal learning environment. Its core values: knowledge, research, skills, self-reliance, and humanitarianism have been moulding the students into civilised youngsters committed to transcending them to be of service to society. The institution has marched continually towards excellence and qualitative betterment in every realm.
Exceptional Facilities
The college provides distinct facilities such as: classrooms with Digital Light Processing (DLP), equipped laboratories, central instrumentation center, etc. It has substantially invested in the growth of its distinct infrastructure that creates an ideal environment for its students, thus fulfilling their needs in every area such as a Library providing a collection of vintage to contemporary books with e-display stacks for new arrivals, and a Sports and Fitness center with the inclusion of popular indoor and outdoor games.
Notable Courses
Across the country, the institute is renowned for its academic programmes and having esteemed faculties who persistently work towards delivering exceptional education to its students. The college offers distinctive programmes in subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Communicative English and Hindi, Computer Application, Industrial Microbiology and Taxation.
The esteemed institution was endowed College with Potential for Excellence, Autonomous Status, NAAC Accreditation with A+ Grade (3.68/4.00) highest Grade in M.P in three accreditations. The UG, PG,and Ph.D programmes offered by the institution focus on the holistic development of students by upholding the institution’s core values along with strong scope of employability.
A Leader with Belief in Transparency
Institutions are always driven by personalities who have the strength to uphold its principles. These individuals have their own uniqueness and spirits that live within the institutions they lead. Dr. Fr. G. Vazhan Arasu, Principal, delivers a dynamic leadership with his untiring efforts in the institution’s success. With his firm belief in effective, transparent and fair administration he has established a strong understanding and interrelationship between teachers, students, parents, and all the stakeholders. For his excellent management and student-focused curriculum approach, he was awarded the “Best Principal Award” in the year 2016 at the Grand Finale Golden Jubilee Celebration of All India Association for Christian Higher Education (AIACHE). Fr. Arasu has been nominated as a member of the “Madhya Pradesh Higher Education Commission” by the Government of Madhya Pradesh to propel the region’s academic sphere towards excellence.
A Vibrant Learning Ambiance
By constructing the classroom rules and procedures collaboratively with its students, the institute promotes an inclusive learning environment. To nurture its young minds, it has created various learner-centered and skill-based, content-focused methods, expeditionary learning, and experiential learning sessions. The college pushes the creativity of its students by conducting brainstorming sessions, role plays, flip classrooms, gamification techniques, etc.
To ignite students’ curiosity, the institute arranges various corporate and academic lectures which gives them the current industry insights. It also undertakes industrial tours where students get the opportunity to observe and learn the practical aspects of the curriculum.
The international virtual classes under global programme in collaboration with the East Carolina University is a programme designed to give a competitive edge, opening new dimensions for students to transcend cultures and curricula. Encouraging research-based activities, running a plethora of certificate and diploma programmes and having its own Incubation center and Entrepreneurship Cell has resulted in fostering climate of research based learning for the institute’s students.
Contributions and Services
The college is an active representative for the regional area. It conducts training programmes for school teachers and plays a key role in assessment and accreditation of various colleges. Projects developed by St. Aloysius’ students and faculty members have been integrated in various places to solve affiliated problems. It has created programmes for underprivileged children teaching basic subjects. It regularly conducts social awareness programmes like cleanliness drives in Govt. Girls Schools, in nearby villages, and actively participates in the Narmada River River Cleaning Project.
The NCC students represent the nation at various countries like Russia, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and students and faculty officers receive State Level and national level commendations. In Sports like Volleyball, Basketball, Cricket, Badminton, Chess the students every year receive state, national and even International exposure and distinctions.
The faculty have published scholarly research papers and various books in different disciplines in the last two academic sessions, both nationally and internationally. Path breaking researches, innovative pedagogy and emphasis on contribution to nation building create a holistic learning ethos and make the learners responsible and committed citizens of the world.
