Students' Awards
Academics
Extra Curricular
Students won the awards in SOLO PERFORMANCES:
- Slam Poetry Competion- Mr. Sharmat Goltekar TYBA secured 2nd place
- Debate competition- Mr. Krishna Pratap Singh Shekhawat – secured 3rd Place.
- Participant of Painting competition- Mafasa Jukka
- Participant of Slogan writing competition- Ms santoshi
Group Performances
- Singing Team District level won 1st prize and was nominated for state level competition.
- Short Film: Spreading awareness about the dangers of drug addiction received 1st Prize and was nominated for the state level competition.
- Folk Dance Team won 3rd place
- Mime Team won 2nd place.
Academics
- Winners of Ingenuity Conclave 2026 organized by Agnel Institute of Technology and Design, Assagao on 28th February 2026. Hearty congratulations to Sumaiya Khan, Kelly Fernandes and Iqbal Singh
- Ms. Charlene Desouza, student of F.Y.B.A, St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa-Goa secured the First Place for the best paper presentation award in the undergraduate category at Gyana: a research based competition organized by Rosary College of Commerce and Arts, Navelim, Goa. She worked on the topic: “Franz Kafka’s ‘The Metamorphosis’: A Mirror of Today’s Youth”.
- St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa-Goa secured Second place for “Designing Climate-Resilient Villages: Reimagining Goa’s Villages”, an Intercollegiate Event, held on 27th January 2026, at Manohar Parrikar School of Law, Governance and Public Policy, Goa University in collaboration with GOA Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development (GIPARD).
- Mr. Bhikaji Gawade, T.Y. Student (Electronics) was awarded the Young Entrepreneur 2026 Award under Converge 3.0 – Shiksha Udhyojak Sangam 2026 on 24th February 2026 at Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium, Goa University.
- The students team of St. Xavier’s College clinched the First Runners Up (Second Place) at the Students’ Parliament Competition 2026 organised by the Goa Legislature Secretariat. Mr. Shivang Shirodkar ( TYBSc) won the Best Leader of Opposition(LOP) in the individual category.
- Team St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa secured the overall Runners Up position at Meteora 2026 organised by Don Bosco College, Panaji on 5th & 6th February 2026.
- BCA Students secured the overall Winners position at IT Maestros XIII organised by SV Sridora Caculo College of Commerce and Management Studies, Mapusa on 10th January 2026.
- St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa-Goa has secured first place at the second edition of “Gram Vikas Manthan” a State-Level Documentary Making Competition, on the theme “My Village, My Narrative” organised by the Department of Political Science, Government College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Khandola–Goa on 17 January, 2026.
- St Xavier’s students emerge winners across categories at Swachh Bharat Students Internship awards
- Men and women table tennis team were the runners up at the inter collegiate table tennis championship held at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukerjee stadium
- Shantesh Mhapsekar SyBcom won the player of the tournament
- Swezial D’Souza MA part 2 Won gold medal and was also awarded the best runner at the intercollegiate X-Country championship held at goa university
- Geuel D’Souza FYBCom Prachi Pawar FYBCom Participated at junior women national hockey championship 2025 at Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh
- Swizel D Souza of PG Psychology secured 1st place by completing the run in 21mins 55secs at Red Run 3.0 organised by GSACS
- Saniya Santosh Phadte SYBA won gold medal in upto and including 63 kgs, Rizel Agnela Fernandes MA part II won gold medal in upto and including 69kgs, Akansha Ashok syba won gold medal in above 86 category, Elita Coelho syba won bronze medal upto and including 53kgs category
- Swezial D’Souza MAPart 2 students won 1st place at Fit Goa run 2025 organised by goa police
- Third place at the inter collegiate football women tournament
Anna David, Simran Narvekar, Khushi Yadav, Auxcilia Cardozo, Prachi Pawar, Valanky De Souza, Saniya pednekar, chelsea fernandes, Geuel dsouza, Vidhita Gadekar, Grisha Gadekar, Tanvi Parulekar, Saloni Nagde, Dimple Purohit, Aparna dabhale, Valencia Santamaria, Greta Dasilva, Vishakha Redkar, Valency lobo, Elena pereira, Leandra fernandes - Third place at the intercollegiate Men football tournament Soham Sheticar, Arthav Kerkar, Joshua fernandes, Walden Menezes, Krishna kulam, Karan fialho, Brandon pereira, Dalwin Coelho, Vikram sunar, Manjunath chavhan, Keanan bhobe, Soham Nagvekar, Diwakar Chaudhari, Raju satyappagol, Sanial olveira, Zibeon Dmello, Omkar harmalkar, Kshitij Shetye, Sarto fernandes, Manohar mathkar, Chandrakant Shirodkar, Sanford fernandes
- Chanel Crizzle: Crocs RFC officially represented Goa at the Bengaluru 10s – Season 3 – Secured Gold 🏆 in the Mixed Touch Rugby Category
- Piyush Chaudhary won the best player of the tournament of goa university at intercollegiate kabaddi championship
- Yousuf Shaikh won the best player of the tournament of goa university at the inter collegiate badminton championship
- Winners at the intercollegiate badminton championship
- Runners up at the inter collegiate kabaddi championship
- Sandesh Honakhande SYBCOM student participated at junior men national hockey championship held at Jalandhar
- Yousuf Shaikh FYBA MC &J student won bronze medal at yonex-sunrise inter state west zone badminton championship held at campal
- Winners at the intercollegiate basketball men championship
- Runners up at the intercollegiate basketball women championship
- Winners at the intercollegiate swimming women championship
- Alaqua Britto won 2 gold medals and was awarded the best swimmer in the women’s intercollegiate swimming championship
Extra Curricular
- Students of the department of Political Science, St. Xavier’s College, participated in and won several events at the United Nations Day competition organised by the School of International and Area Studies, Goa University, on 10th December 2025.
1) 1st Place (Treasure Hunt): Mr. Nahshon Rebello and Mr. Niraj Zantye
2) 1st Place (Essay Writing): Mr. Sharmat Goltekar
3) 2nd Place (Poster Making): Ms. Sanjana Shirodkar and Ms. Radhika Rathod
4) 3rd Place (Reel Making): Ms. CH Saideepika Jalaneela
5) 3rd Place (Quiz): Mr. Omkar Karpe and Ms. Astrid D’Mello - Team Zelda of St. Xavier’s College Mapusa-Goa, won the Pegasus title for the eighth time on 16 December, 2025 at Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science ( Autonomous), Margao, Goa.
- “Technotronics” organized by Department of Computer Application, Dnyanprassarak Mandal’s College, Assagao on 24th January 2025. (1st Place)
- “Colossus XII” organized by Department of Computer Application, Don Bosco College, Panaji on 21st and 22nd January 2025 (Runners Up)
- “Creations 2025” organized by Dhempe College of Arts & Science, Miramar on 28th February 2025 and 1st March 2025. (1st Place)
- “K-OSS 2025” organized by Srinivassa Sinai Dempo College of Commerce and Economics on 24th and 25th February 2025. (1st Place)
- “Meteora 2025” organized by Don Bosco College, Panaji on 14th and 15th February 2025. (1st Place)
- “Kaushalya 4.0” Inter Collegiate Cultural Event organized by V.M. Salgaonkar College of Law, Miramar on 1st October 2024. (1st Place)
- Winners at Political Science Festival at Goa University held on 29th March 2025.
Individual Winners:
First Place in Quiz Competition: Mr. Satyam Singh (TYBA) and Mr. Deepankar Padloskar (TYBA)
Second Place in Poster Competition: Ms. Cinetta Ferrao (TYBA) and Ms. Winona Taveira (TYBA)
Third Place in Elocution Competition: Ms. Lynn D’souza (TYBA) - 1st Place at the All Goa Model Youth Gram Sabha Competition 2.0 organized by GIPARD.
Individual Winners:
Best Presiding Officer: Mr. Omkar Karpe (FYBA)
Best Secretary: Mr. Yog Ghotge (FYBCom)
Best Video: Mr. Adam Ferrao (FYBA)
Best Script: Ms. Richa E. Kajoli (Asst. Prof., Department of Political Science)
Best Faculty Coordinators: Ms. Richa E. Kajoli & Ms. Priyanka Chandelkar (Asst.
Prof., Department of Political Science) - Runners Up at Chlorofest 2025, organised by Dhempe College, Miramar on 17th March 2025
- 2nd place at Boson 2.0 organised by Dhempe College, Miramar on 13th March 2025.
- Mr. Christie Fernandes (TYBA), Ms. Kimberly Vales (SYBA) won the 2nd place at Lit Star 3.0 state level quiz organised by Rosary College, Navelim on 13th March, 2025
- Ms. Simran Shaikh secured the Second place for the Oral Presentation of B.Sc dissertation work at the 17th Annual T.Y.BSc. Symposium, Fascinating World of Chemical Sciences, held at School of Chemical Sciences, Goa University on 8th March 2025.
- State Level Chemistry Symposium on ‘Current Trends in Chemical Sciences’ organised by P. E. S.’s R. S. N. College of Arts and Science, Ponda-Goa on 7th March 2025.
Ms. Taniya Joshi and Ms. Chrystal Braganza (M. Sc. Part II) secured 1st place for Poster Presentation and Ms. Jane Gomes (M. Sc. Part II) secured 2nd place for Oral Presentation. - Cdt. Radhika Rathod of 1 Goa Girls Battalion NCC from St. Xavier’s College was felicitated at Raj Bhavan, Dona Paula, on 7th March 2025
- Actizens Collective of Desh Apnayen Project
Improper Dumping Of Fish Waste At Malim Jetty – 1st Runners Up
Students: Sumaiya Khan, Kush Kanthamraju, Adam Ferrao, Amiti Pujari and Anshika Thakur under the guidance of Dr. Rheane Da Silva
Reclaiming wells as path to safe water – 2nd Runners Up
Students: Ruzario Sequeira, Yash Pawar, Shivang Shirodkar, Kajal Vernekar, Sharmat Goltekar under the guidance of Dr. Seema Fernandes - SUO Vedant Chandekar, 1 Goa BN NCC unit was felicitated at Raj Bhavan by Governor of Goa Shri. P.S. Sreedharan Pillai for participating in the Republic Day Parade 2025 at New Delhi on 7th March 2025
- Runner’s Up at Insignia 9.0, a National-Level Intercollegiate Event organized by the Department of Commerce, Rosary College of Commerce and Arts, Navelim on 28th February 2025.
- Ms. Michele Barreto and Mr. Sudhanshu Harlankar from SYBSc, secured the 3rd place at the Intercollegiate Oral Presentation Competition on Science Experiential Learning in Konkani at Ganpat Parsekar College of Education, Harmal, on the occasion of National Science Day.
- Team Xaviers Triumphs Again, Winning K-OSS for the Second Consecutive Year! Hosted by Srinivassa Sinai Dempo College of Commerce and Economics, Cujira, on 24th and 25th February, 2025.
- Runners-up at Ebullience 6.0 2025 organised by DCT’S Dhempe College of Arts & Science, Miramar.
- Goa University Inter-College Volleyball 2024-25 Champions Richa Gawade (TYBA) was awarded the Best Player of the Tournament.
- The Women’s and Men’s Teams Secure Runners-Up Position at the All-Goa Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament 2024-25, hosted by Goa University.
- St. Xavier’s College Secures Runner-Up Position at the 2nd Parrikar National Policy Hackathon 2025!
- Ashwin Naik, Sherlyn Lobo, and Kajal Vernekar from FYBA secured first place in the State-level Competition – ‘Gram Vikas Manthan: Our Village, Our Plan!’ organized by the Department of Political Science, Government College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Khandola, on 24th February 2025.
- St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa won the overall Championship at State level Intercollegiate Cultural Event “Meteora” organised by Don Bosco College, Panjim on the 14th and 15th of February 2025.
- Ms. Astrid D’Mello and Mr. Omkar Karpe, students of the Department of Economics, were declared Runners Up at the All Goa Inter-Collegiate Quiz ‘Battle of Brains 3.0’ organized by Rosary College of Commerce and Arts, Navelim on 15th February 2025.
- Ms. Saniya Sandesh Kovtankar, a T.Y.BSc student from the Department of Chemistry (Academic Year 2023-2024), was honoured for being a topper at the TYBSc Examination in Chemistry. She was felicitated during the Valedictory function of the 22nd Annual Convention cum Workshop of the Association of Chemistry Teachers (ACT-Goa), held on 8th February 2025 at Goa University.
- Department of Sociology, Winners of Sociofiesta, an Intercollegiate Competition organised by Chowgule College, Margao.
- Ms.Poonam Palyekar (SYBA) and Ms.Kashish Mandrekar (SYBA) won the First Place at the State Level Model Making Competition on the theme “Viksit Bharat @ 2047: Innovative Solutions for a Sustainable Future”, organized by Dhempo College of Commerce and Economics, on 28th January 2025.
- Our Men’s and Women’s teams have emerged victorious at the Goa University Intercollegiate Handball Tournament 2024-25.
Gauri Shetgaonkar (Women’s Team) was also awarded ‘Player of the Tournament’.
- Gautami Talekar was awarded a Gold medal in Kumite Weight category -50kg at the 14th National Shotokan Karate Championship 2025 held at Gujarat.
- Tanisha Murgod completed Ironman 70.3 on 9th position amongst 44 teams.
- Shalil Arolkar was awarded 2nd place at the Intercollegiate Mr. Goa 2024 Bodybuilding Championship.
- Saish Shetkar and Yash Narvekar clinched Gold Medals, while Vedant Morje secured the Silver Medal at the 2nd All Goa Powerlifting (Deadlift) Championship.
- Mr. Satyam Singh and Mr. Deepankar Padloskar from TYBA Political Science secured the 2nd place in the State-Level Quiz Competition on the theme “Indian Constitution” held on 24th January, 2025 at V.M. Salgaocar College of Law in association with DHE.
- Winners at “Technotronics” organised by DM’S College, Assagao on 24th January, 2025
- Runners up at “Colossus” organised by Don Bosco College, Panjim on 21st and 22nd January, 2025.
- Ms. Ayushi Nemlekar and Ms. Siya Varkhandar of FYBSc won the First place at Postal Stamp Making competition
- Runners-up of the inter-collegiate event Politika organised by Dhempe College of Arts & Science, Miramar, on January 10, 2025
