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• Workshop : “Sheep In The Big City” Maurics (Mo) Willems, creator / writer / director, Cartoon Network, for Digital Media students
   

• Resource Kit: “Sahajeevan Shikshan” on Sexuality Education for Disadvantaged Children and Adolescents” (Hindi)
   

• Resource Kit : “Vikas Kaushalyancha”  on Skills Development for Rural Non-Formal Education” (Marathi), Producer, ASTHA-AXIS
   

• ‘Xpress’ Placement Service, launched
   

• Zain Verjee, Anchor, CNN, “Q & A South Asia” - addressed the students.
   

• Inaugurated 2nd Computer Lab with ten computers
   

• Advertising Campaign : Anti terrorism drive on the wake of the 9/11 U.S tragedy, Advertising & Marketing students

• Award to: Teesta Setalvad , Editor, ‘Communalism Combat’, Journalist and Peace Activist - the Fr. Parmananda Divarkar ‘Communication for Peace’ Award. Chief Guest, Cardinal Simon Pimenta
   

• Inaugurated: Cardinal Gracias Media Resource Centre, Elizabeth C. Braganza. Former Librarian - XIC
   

• Online: Telexic, Distance education. First module on News Reporting
   

• Workshop: “Soft skills in Human Relations” by
  Fr. Gordon Daniells SJ., for Corporate Houses
   

• Inaugurated: Film & Television Studio with state-of-the-art equipment by
  Fr. Myron. J. Pereira SJ, Director
   

• Talk: “Success in Business can be corruption-free” by Sir Gulam Noon, MBE, Queen Elizabeth II had knighted Mr. Noon for his services to England in commerce and industry
   

• Workshop: First cartooning workshop by Suresh Sawant, India-Editor of Witty World International Cartoon Centre

* All departments in the Institute were air-conditioned

• Consultation: “Media and Communal Conflict” with Sabrang to develop a Charter Alert for Media Personnel covering communal conflict
   

• Award: to Anand Patwardhan, Mumbai-based renowned activist, environmentalist, journalist and film maker, the Fr.Parmananda Divarkar Memorial Award “Communication for Peace”. Chief Guest, Mr. Julio F. Ribeiro, IPS (Retd.), Ex-Commissioner of Police, Mumbai
   

• Competition: Peace In Our Time - on Cartooning
   

• First Student Directory was printed and distributed at the 33rd Annual Convocation
   

• ” Conversational English” - classes begin - for XIC support staff
   

• Seminar: “Make Your Career in the Media” - a career awareness program by the Bombay Catholic Sabha on Career and Job opportunities, Fr. Myron addressed groups of Catholics in 3 areas of north Bombay
   

• Inauguration: XIC Gardens by Fr. Rudolf Heredia SJ, Rector
   

• Workshop: First Announcing Broadcasting Comparing and Dubbing in Marathi (ABCD)
   

• Fr. Francis Xavier (Packy) Mcfarland SJ, founder of XIC passed away at Fordham, New York. Memorial service at St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai on 13th Sept. 2003

• Seminar: The Digital World - here and now : technology, society
   

• Seminar: “Innovation & Creative Solving” by Goodwin Vaz- International Consultant
   

• Workshop: “On Understanding our Students” for faculty and staff
   

• Ms Jane Swamy appointed Dean of Studies
   

• Inaugurated: Computer Lab extension by Fr. Joseph M. Carsi SJ
   

• Inaugurated: Library Documentation Room, 1st floor - by Ms Jane Swamy
   

• “Free Education” (Nursery 1 to 10 std) for children of XIC staff - Management Relief Fund
   

• Advanced Diploma in Advertising, Marketing & Communication (weekend program) begins
   

• Workshop: BMM Studies Educators Advanced skills
   

• Workshop: Time Management for staff by Vivienne D’Souza, HRD Consultant
   

• “Social Marketing Strategies” lecture by the Indian Association for Promotion of Adoption
   

• Seminar: “Pluralism and Democracy in Bollywood” on how Hindi Cinema looks at Indian Communities
   

• Symposium: “Make Communication Your Career” motivating students to pursue a career in mass media, sponsored by Citizen Credit Co-op. Bank, at St. Andrews Auditorium, Bandra
   

• Inaugurated: XIC Premises at St. Xavier’s High School Campus. by Prof. J.B. Mistry.
   

• Signed: Memorandum of Understanding with Deakin University of Australia.
   

• Workshop: “Global Media & Public Relations” by Profs. Grant Roff & Chris Hudson, of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
   

• Workshop: “BMM Teacher Training” for English Dept lecturers of colleges
   

• Inaugurated: “32-Track and 16-Track Sound Studios” at the XIC School Campus
   

• Inaugurated: “Radio Lives” Communication Research Monographs Series inaugurated by Nerita Baptista, Smita Nair and Charlene Rodrigues, journalism students - released by Vijaya Laxmi Chhabra, Director, Marketing, Prasar Bharati (Doordarshan)

* First Meeting on the International Standard Organization (ISO) certification for Evaluation of the Teaching System at XIC. Major General Ivan D’Cunha organized the programme

• Talk: “Multiculture as a vision for Equity and Social Justice” by Dr. Paul C. Gorski, Graduate School of Education, USA
   

• Talk: “Convergence, blogs and new media” by Prof. Stephen Quinn, Faculty of Arts, Deakin University
   

• Workshop: Film Documentary by Prof. Simon Wilmot, Deakin University, for Film and Video Production Students
   

• Alumni: First Alumni Meeting - Bangalore

• XPress organizes “Job Fair” - 95% students recruited through Mrs. Norma Rego, Manager, Finance and Administration
   

• Creative Writing Monographs: v.1 by journalism students 2004-06, released by Eunice de D’Souza, poet, editor and columnist
   

• Online: First Entrance Test for admissions to the academic year 2007- 08, at Attest Testing Centres all over India
   

• XIC and Toonskool Advanced Animation Academy, Bangalore, to conduct a one year diploma course in animation from June 2007
   

• Workshop: Technical Writing, a 3-month course by LionBridge / XIC

* Global Connection: Between XIC and several foreign universities for exchange of ideas, systems, faculty and students. Deakin University, Melbourne . Jiao tong University’s School of Media and Design ( Shanghai ); Bristol School of Art and Design at the University of West England , and the University of Hertforshire ,UK

• Fr. Myron J. Pereira, Director of XIC, visited China as the leader of a delegation of journalism and communication schools of Indian Universities

* Video Conference: On 3rd October the first video conferencing between faculty of XIC and faculty of St. Xavier's College, Kolkata took place :
Theme: "Today's cyber culture and its consequences", followed by "Intellectual Property Rights / Ethical Copy Rights" on 20 Dec 2007, and "Bringing IT/ Internet Usage by Media students under a Scanner” on 21 Feb 2008

• Online: The XIC Alumni Directory at www.xxic.org came live on 10 January 2008 . Alumni registered themselves by using the Online XIC Alumni Directory Search
   

• Fr. Lawrie Ferrao SJ., Former Principal, St. Stanislaus School, Bandra, joins XIC as Associate Director
   

• Workshop: ‘Convergence and Connectivity’, for faculty and senior staff officials held on June 28. 2008 was two fold: practical, viz. to take stock of systems and processes related to professional training in the media, and interaction on how to keep pace with today’s technology

• UTV held Film Festival of World Cinema at XIC
   

• Shemaroo Movies hosted a festival of world films at XIC.
   

• Faculty Dinner - Fr. Myron announces his retirement and the appointment of Fr. Lawrie Ferrao SJ, new Director of XIC from June 1, 2009.
   

• 39th Annual Convocation was held on 24 April, The Chief Guest was Mr. Tom Alter, actor, writer, sports journalist.
   

• Certificates of appreciation were given on Convocation Day, to the longest serving members of the institution by the director Fr. Myron J. Pereira: Jane Swamy, Jehangir Patel and Vikas Desai (faculty), and Ashok Bane, Prabhakar Gurav, Nizam Pathan, Mohan Gangurde, Jeanne DeSa and Nivedita Bobade (staff).
  
   

• A Special award - the Revathy Gopal Creative Writing - was conferred on two alumni Maryann Lobo D’Mello(JR 84) & Ranjit Lal (JR 79), who distinguished themselves in creative writing. They both received a citation & prize money of Rs. 25,000/- each.
  
   

• On-line Admission Tests were held in six locations : Mumbai, Delhi, Goa, Kolkata, Ranchi, Ahmedabad and Pune .
   

• A Farewell was held for Fr. Myron J. Pereira SJ, former director, who retired on May 31, 2009
   

• On June 1, 2009 Fr. Lawrie Ferrao SJ, took over as new Director of XIC
   

• Orientation Program ( 1-3 July) Theme: Ready to Communicate Creatively?
  
   

• Fr. Anthony J. D’Souza SJ, Provincial of the Jesuit Bombay Province met with XIC Staff in an informal meeting.
   

• XIC received ‘Certificate of Appreciation’ from Deakin University for cooperation in delivering effective partnership in India.
  
   

• Teachers Day was celebrated in the institute for Staff and Course Coordinators.
   

• “Fleeting Moments” a photography exhibition by the JR 09-10 was held at NCPA. Bhavya Desai (JR 04), Editor, Asian Photography was the Chief Guest.
  
   

• United States- India Educational Foundation, Fulbright Scholar Dr. Jyotsna Kapur (Ex-Staff ASTHA) presented a lecture titled: Childhood’s End or a New beginning
   

• Former faculty & staff, the present faculty, staff and alumni, were invited to the ‘XIC - 40 Saal Baad’ dinner celebrations.
  
   

• Christmas Eve function was organized by the staff.
  

• Digital Animation Convocation was held on Jan 9, 2010
   

• In Jan, ‘XIC Awards Nite’ was organised by the PR students of the 09-10 batch. At the function, students, management, faculty and staff were recognised for their abilities and presented with tokens of appreciation under various categories.
  
   

• A lecture cum Exhibition on Photography by well known Brazilian Photographers - Orlando Azevedo and Vilma Slomp organised by the Consulate General of Brazil, in Mumbai, was held at XIC for the benefit of XIC photography students.
  
   

• XIC received the Dainik Bhaskar B-School Leadership Award for its innovative, modern and industry related curriculum in advertising. Fr. Lawrie Ferrao, Director - XIC received the award at an awards ceremony held on February 12, 2010, at Taj Lands End, Mumbai.
   

• Presiding at the 40th Annual Convocation were Chief Guest Mr. Joseph St. Anne, Producer - Director Multi-media, and Guest of Honour Mr. M.M. Somaya, Gen Mg, Brand & Public Relations - Bharat Petroleum.
  
   

• For the first time, students dressed in the traditional convocation robe to receive their diplomas. Every student was presented a CD on the activities of the institute, and the projects undertaken by them during the academic year 2009-10.
   

• In April, Alumni were offered membership to the facilities available at the Media Resource Centre (MRC).