Science ; Loyola Is Still the Best While St. Xavier's Kolkata Leapfrogs to the Second Rank. Good News for Madras Christian College and St. Xavier's College Ahmedabad As They Make It to the Elite List.
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Gokulahasan Loganathan, a second-year student of physics at Loyola College, is heading to New York to represent the country at the Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Conference in July. Conducted by the International Institute of Education and funded by the Goldman Sachs Foundation, the conference zeroed in on Loganathan for his "academic performance, leadership qualities and community service", the points on which his college nominated him.
The criteria of selection amply reflect the philosophy of education in Loyola College, which has retained its No. 1 position in the science stream since last year. While Loyola has been constant in the survey, there have been marked shifts elsewhere in the science stream. For instance, St. Xavier's, Kolkata, moved from No. 8 to No. 2, while St. Xavier's, Ahmedabad, made it to No. 3 from No.11. St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, found itself slipping from the second place last year to the fifth position this year.See the full content of this document
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Science ; Loyola Is Still the Best While St. Xavier's Kolkata Leapfrogs to the Second Rank. Good News for Madras Christian College and St. Xavier's College Ahmedabad As They Make It to the Elite List.
What perhaps has kept Loyola in the lead is the fact that it is not content with kindling intellectual curiosity alone. "Research is imperative," says Father Albert Muthumalai, principal of the college, adding, "It has to reach the ordinary man."
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