About Us
St. Xavier’s Technical Institute started operations in the premises
of St. Xavier’s College in 1937 and was transferred to its own building
in Mahim in June 1967.
The aim of the Institute is to develop men and women
who are not just top quality engineers but also well developed persons.
Our motto therefore is “the joy of excellence in a world
of high technology”.
The Institute provides facilities for professional and
specialised training in Electronics. The areas covered are Radio,
Television, Video, Marine Electronics and Communications, Radar, Digital
Electronics, Microprocessors, Computer Software and Hardware.
In today’s world of sophisticated technology there is a demand in
industry for persons capable of handling sophisticated electronic equipment,
with a focus on the ability to actually operate, maintain and adapt such
equipment to customised requirements. The courses are therefore designed
to combine up-to-date theory with much of ‘hands on’ practicals
in the labs and workshops.
Further, the highly competitive world of today needs
well developed persons and hence developing “Thinking Skills”
and “Personality Development” are required
subjects in our full-time Diplomas.
From June 1994 St. Xavier’s has been granted Academic
Autonomy by the Government of Maharashtra . This means that the Institute
conducts its own Diploma examinations which are recognised
by Government as equivalent to those of the Board of Technical
Education, Maharashtra.
The Institute has been awarded ISO 9001:2000
Quality certification for its Marine Department.
This Institute is a Tele Learning Centre
of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) for the Bachelor
of Information Technology and Advanced Diploma in Information
Technology. This centre has a direct satellite link
to receive the live video broadcast of the lectures with an audio link
to New Delhi for students’ questions on the spot.
St. Xavier’s Technical Institute has set up a Software Development
Centre which has been awarded a number of prestigious projects. In 1999
the Directorate of Technical Education of Maharashtra State commissioned
St. Xavier’s to set up an electronic network of 46 technical
institutions all over the state. This included the Directorate
itself, the Directorate of Industry-Institute Co-ordination, the Board
of Technical Education and 43 other Institutions in the State. This project
was funded by the World Bank.
A separate project has also been started for
the computerisation of the Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education
which controls technical examinations in the state. This project was also
awarded to St. Xavier’s Technical Institute.
A second Project for the computerisation of Holy Family
Hospital and Research Centre and the new Holy Family Heart Institute with
very modern facilities like MRI and CAT SCAN has also been awarded to
this Institute and is currently in progress.
The State Board of Technical Education has also awarded
this Institute a Project of providing an On-line Examination
for the Government employees confirmatory test. This
project includes the development of the entire Question Bank for the examination.
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