Xavier Institute of Engineering

The Jesuits manage Xavier Institute of Engineering (XIE) They are the members of the Society of Jesus which is an international spiritual organization of priests and brothers in the life of the Catholic Church It was founded in 1541 by St Ignatius of Loyola Today, 450 years after its foundation, the Jesuits are spread all over the world and happen to be the largest religious organization in the church There are over 20,000 Jesuits working all over the world engaged in educational, social, scientific and other fields XIE is a part of an international network of Jesuit Educational Institutions which includes 38 Universities & 3413 educational institutions in 68 countries Among them : Santa Clara University, California Loyola University, Chicago, Fordham University, New York, Georgetown University, Washington DC Sophia University, Tokyo, Marquette University, Milwaukee The Jesuit educational network in India includes 29 Colleges, 10 Technical Institutions 92 High Schools & 15 Specialized Institutions among them : St Xavier?s Technical Institute, Mahim, Mumbai St Xavier's College, Mumbai Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai Xavier Institute of Management, Mumbai Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur St Joseph's College, Bangalore Loyola College, Chennai St Joseph?s College, Trichy St Arulanandar College, Madurai St Xavier?s College, Kolkata For over a century the Jesuits have been in Mumbai and in rural Maharashtra The poor, the exploited, the spiritual seekers, the social drop-outs and the deprived children are very special to Jesuits They run schools, colleges, technical institutes and centres for higher learning They also work in parishes, retreat houses, with youth, and are spiritual guides to priests, sisters and lay people In the missions, they are engaged in the pastoral, educational and social fields, designing innovative programmes in non-formal education, health care and legal aid The establishment of this Engineering college is largely due to the vision of late Fr William Borges, SJ who, 40 years ago was the Principal of St Xavier?s Technical Institute at Mahim Unfortunately during his lifetime and due to paucity of funds, he could not make his dream come true The former Jesuit Provincial Fr Francis de Melo, SJ a visionary who was also the Chairman of the Bombay Xaverian Corporation, the parent body of various Jesuits Trusts/Societies in Mumbai and who headed St Xavier?s Technical Institute as Principal for almost 20 years was instrumental in the realization of late Fr Borges? dream The Management of XIE is well known for designing its own stringent quality standards for education keeping in view the challenges being imposed on the education sector due to increasing global competition The management is committed to uphold the highest standards of engineering education This is well reflected in the infrastructure, teaching methodologies, well equipped laboratories, state-of-the art Computer Centre and Library