St. Xavier's, Gandhinagar

St. Xavier's, Gandhinagar

St. Xavier's School, Gandhinagar, began in the year 1970, at the invitation of the Government of Gujarat. It began as a joint venture with Mt. Carmel school, Gandhinagar and hence was aptly named Xavier's-Carmel. The school was situated in Sector 20 initially and then land was allotted to the management to develop an independent building in Sector 8. Rev. Fr. Charles Gomes, S.J. was the first Principal who had a vision to develop a good Catholic school in the new capital city of Gujarat. He was followed by other highly qualified educationists, Fr. Ignatius Pinto, S.J. and Fr. Freddy D'Souza, S.J. who shifted the school building to the new site in Sector 8. Hence in 1982, the school began with a few classes shifting to the new building in Sector 8 and in a couple of years it was a totally independent building named St. Xavier's School. Fr. Godfrey de Rozario, S.J. later on developed the campus and planted plenty of trees to give it a green environment friendly appearance. He was assisted by Br. Gomez, S.J. who helped maintain the campus.