patna former students of st xaviers college and st xaviers college of management and technology walked down the memory lane at a meet greet function on the college campus recently a colourful cultural programme was put up by the college students to entertain the former xaverians at the maiden alumni meet of the twincolleges fun games were also played on the occasion one of the alumni akanksha verma created a video collage glimpses where she put together moments from the years gone by those exstudents who could not join the meet connected through technology to share their success stories the rector of the colleges fr joseph thadavanal said though students learn and leave in three years they become a part of the xavier family for all times to come he looked forward to meeting them not only at alumni meets but on every other occasion welcoming the former students the principal of the colleges fr t nishaant said education was all about a special bonding at xaviers and the meeting and greeting was a part of the xaverian culture always stay connected was his message to the alumni nou admissions admission to various certificate courses at nalanda open university nou is underway while the admission to graduate postgraduate and diploma courses will commence on july 1 four new courses pg diploma in hindienglish translation pg diploma in information and public relations ba hons in statistics and bsc hons in statistics will be started from this session taking the count of total number of its courses to 109 the varsity claims to have simplified its admission process going on at its 47 counselling cum study centres in the state it will also hand over its academic calendar to the students at the time of admission nou will also make its study material available online and in cds the university is giving 25 admission fee waiver to women candidates and has written to mukhiyas in all the panchayats to encourage women in their areas to take admission to its various courses it is also planning to start phd programmes as per ugc guidelines later this year