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St. Xavier’s College of Education is a Christian Minority Institution established in 1988 and managed by the Jesuits, members of the Society of Jesus. The Society of Jesus, founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola in 1540, has been active in the field of education throughout the world since its inception. In India alone the Jesuits are at present responsible for 128 high schools, 28 Colleges and 10 Technical Institutions. Besides, the Jesuits have 5 Social Institutes, 5 Labour and management Institutes, 6 Centres of Scientific Reasearch in disciplines like History, Botany and Zoology, 5 Dialogue Centres to promote Communal harmony and collaboration, and innumerable programmes fo Adult and Non-formal Education. In all these, and a variety of other fields of activity, over 2000 Jesuits and their 10,000 collaborators form all religions and ethnic backgrounds, shape and mould the lives of over 3 lakhs young people belonging to every social class, community and linguistic group through the medium of several regional languages and English.