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A Christian Minority Higher Educational Institution, St. Xavier's College was founded in 1860 by a Catholic Minority Religious body the Society of Jesus, and was affiliated to Calcutta University in 1862. The college is named after St. Francis Xavier, a Jesuit saint of the 16th century, who traveled to India. While preference is shown to the educational and cultural needs of the minority community, admission is open to all irrespective of caste, creed and nationality.

St. Xavier's College is located in Kolkata, India. It is an autonomous college affiliated to the University of Calcutta. It gained autonomy in July 2006, thus becoming the first autonomous college of West Bengal, India. Renowned for its heritage, St Xavier's College is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious institutions of India and has been ranked as the Best Commerce College in India.

St. Xavier's has produced outstanding alumni in the fields of business, politics, literature, cinema and education. St. Xavier's College has produced two Olympic medal winners amongst the eight individual Olympic medal winners that India is credited with. In the field of business, the institution has produced two billionaires including the richest Indian and also produced Nepal's first graduate in 1906.

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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) was established in 1959, the institute was created with the assistance of a conglomerate of nine leading US research universities as part of the Kanpur Indo-American Programme (KIAP). It quickly rose among the ranks of engineering universities and is currently one of the most prestigious and highest-ranked engineering universities in India.

The aim of the Institute is to provide meaningful education, to conduct original research of the highest standard and to provide leadership in technological innovation for the industrial growth of the country.

The Institute now has its own residential campus spread over 1200 acres of land, about 2506 undergraduate and 1516 postgraduate students, 326 faculty and more than 900 supporting staff. The combined record of its past and present faculty and students along with the alumni spread across the world is awe-inspiring.

Under the guidance of renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith, IIT Kanpur was the first institute in India to start Computer Science education.

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St. Stephen's College is a co-educational institution of higher learning located in University Enclave on the University of Delhi's North campus. In spite of its location in North India, the college has always striven to admit students and select teachers from all communities and from all parts of India. It also admits a small number of students from overseas.

The college was founded on February 1, 1881, by the Cambridge Brotherhood, an Anglican mission from Westcott House, Cambridge, England. It was initially affiliated to the University of Calcutta. It later became one of three original constituent colleges of the University of Delhi when that institution was founded in 1922. The Rev. Samuel Scott Allnutt was mainly responsible for founding the college and served as its first principal. Allnutt is buried by the chapel in the college's present campus. The anniversary of his death is observed as Founder's Day on December 7 each year.