40th Annual Convocation
of the
XAVIER INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS 23 April 2010 - XIC GARDENS

The Xavier Institute of Communications (XIC), held its Convocation on 23rd April 2010, marking the end of the 40th anniversary of the institute since its inception. The ceremony saw 200 students awarded diplomas in different media streams.

Ms. Sandra Vaz, Compere for the evening welcomed the Chief Guest Mr. Joseph St. Anne, Director & Producer- multimedia, and Guest of Honor Mr. M.M. Somaya, General Manager, Brand & Public Relations, Bharat Petroleum, and introduced them to the large gathering of Management, faculty, staff, students and guest.

Fr. Lawrie Ferrao SJ, Director - XIC, began the ceremony with a screening of inspirational thoughts. This followed a report on the institute's performance, and an audio-visual presentation - highlighting the achievements of the institute during the past academic year.

Short and inspiring addresses were delivered by the Chief Guest Mr. Joseph St. Anne and the Guest of Honor - Mr. M.M. Somaya. They congratulated students who received special awards for excellence, and also students who graduated from XIC.

When an institute like XIC has its convocation ceremony, the occasion is nothing short of a big event - the students were in full force and they all entered heartily into the spirit of the proceedings. The program was interjected with screenings of the best student productions and the presentation of awards by our well-wishers and benefactors.
This year, for the first time, students dressed in the traditional convocation robe to receive their diplomas.

The evening ended with the Director thanking all - Management, faculty, staff and specially the students for maintaining the decorum the ceremony deserved. He also thanked the Compere for making the evening extra special and successful. We thank the Lord for his continuous guidance as we enter into our 41st year - towards our golden milestone.

Jeanne DeSa.

Welcome Address by Ms. Sandra Vaz-Compere

Fr. Lawrie Ferrao, Director-XIC, addressing the gathering

Address by Chief Guest Mr. Joseph St. Anne

Address by Guest of Honor Mr. M.M. Somaya

Karina Aggarwal receiving the NewsWire 18 Award for the Best Student in Journalism from Mr. Kalyan Ram, Executive Editor of NewsWire 18

Fr. Lawrie Ferrao, Director presenting Mrs. Jane Swamy, Jt. Course Coordinator-Journalism a bouquet

Fr. Lawrie Ferrao, Director presenting Mrs. Asha Sandilya, Jt. Course Coordinator-Journalism a bouquet

Award for the Best Audiovisual Social Documentary In Memory of Late Mr. Hrishikesh Mukherjee
“A Blessing in Death”, was awarded to team members (FTV 2010):
Beety Bhuyan, Sumbul Khan, Shashank Kunwar, Aseem Latkar, Vijay Prateek Modekurti,
Rahul Rautela, Sairam S.
Mr. Joseph St. Anne presented the awards to the team.

Disha Nayak receiving the S.S. Oberoi Award for the Best Student in Film, TV & Digital Video Production from
Mrs. Sunanda Oberoi, Proprietor of Oberoi Films

Fr. Lawrie Ferrao, Director presenting Mr. Satish Bhatia, Course Coordinator-Film, TV & Digital Video Production a bouquet

Kailas Redij receiving the Rita Joseph Bouche Award for the Best Student in Mass Communicaton (Marathi) from
Fr. Gordon Daniells on behalf of Mrs. Vivienne D’Souza.

Ruta Koparkar receiving the XIC Award for the Best Student in Mass Communicaton
(Marathi Academics) from Fr. Gordon Daniells

Fr. Lawrie Ferrao, Director presenting Mrs. Alka Gadgil, Course Coordinator-Journalism in Marathi a bouquet

Subita Chaddha of the A&M Course receiving the Air Commodore L.B. Joseph Award for the Best All Round Student from
Mr. Joseph St. Anne, on behalf of the sponsor Mrs. Vivienne D'Souza, HRD Consultant, Excalibur

Valedictorian’s Speech by Subita Chaddha the Best All Round Student of the year

Award for the Best Ad Film In Memory of Late Mr. Laxman Raj Lodha “Bhringraj Pooja Samagri”, was awarded to team members (AM 2010) , Amreen Kagalwala, Ayesha Chauhan, Bhavya Sinha, Eesha Singh, Harshvardhan Tanwar, Nikunj Bhaiya, Riddhi Kapoor, Shruti Gandha. Prof. J. B. Mistry presented the award on behalf of Mr. Anil Lodha (Alumnus of A&M 1984) of Peponi Exports.