Portrait of Syed Abdul Sabir, Principal of St. Xavier's Degree College

Principal · Educationist · Author · Lyricist

Syed Abdul Sabir

Twenty years in the field of education — as teacher, principal and trustee — carried alongside a life in writing: textbooks for students, editorials for a weekly, and lyrics for their own sake.

Experience
20 years
Qualifications
M.Com · MBA · M.Phil
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The Ethos

To achieve excellence in education, and to be the reason for change.

Syed Abdul Sabir is an educator with two decades in the field, holding M.Com, MBA and M.Phil degrees. He spent twelve years as Managing Director of Beacon Academy for Excellence and six years as Principal of Almighty PU & Degree College before taking up his present roles.

Today he serves as Secretary of St. Xavier's Educational Trust and Principal of St. Xavier's Degree College, edits the English weekly The Masterpiece, and chairs the Wish Helping Hand Trust. His work rests on a single belief: that education is the major contributor to the development of both the self and society.

Authored Books

Written for the student

Four textbooks for PU, Degree and B.Com courses, written deliberately in a simple and easily understandable manner — so that a student meeting the subject for the first time is never left behind by its language.

  • Cover of Financial Accounting by Syed Abdul Sabir

    Financial Accounting

    For PU & Degree courses

    A course companion that unpacks ledgers, statements and analysis in plain language, written for students who are meeting accounting for the first time.

  • Cover of Business Studies by Syed Abdul Sabir

    Business Studies

    For PU & Degree courses

    Foundations of commerce, organisation and enterprise, arranged so that each chapter builds on the last and every concept arrives with an example.

  • Cover of Income Tax Law & Practice - II by Syed Abdul Sabir

    Income Tax Law & Practice - II

    For B.Com students

    A practical guide to income-tax provisions, returns and assessments, written to help B.Com students move from statute to application.

  • Cover of Accountancy by Syed Abdul Sabir

    Accountancy

    For 2nd PUC students

    A pre-university accountancy text that builds concepts step by step, with solved illustrations framed around the 2nd PUC syllabus.

The Lyricist

Away from the college and the newsroom, the same attention to language turns to verse.

Writing lyrics is his standing hobby — words weighed for rhythm rather than for the syllabus, and lines carried in a notebook until they find their melody. A selection of his songs can be heard below.

  • Bata Tere Gham Mein

    01

    Written and composed as a ghazal-styled song

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  • Shama Teri Yaadon Ke

    02

    A lyric of remembrance, set to melody

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  • Dil Ho Jaan

    03

    An original lyric set to melody

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  • Kyun Na Hum Chahen Tumhein

    04

    An original lyric set to melody

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  • Tension Vention Na Lo

    05

    An original lyric set to melody

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  • Zindagi Ki Haqeeqat

    06

    An original lyric set to melody

  • Meri Jeene Ki Wajah

    07

    An original lyric set to melody

  • Khwaab Sa Lage

    08

    An original lyric set to melody

Wish Helping Hand Trust

Classes at no cost, for students education had let go of.

As Founder Chairman, he enrols dropouts and students from underprivileged and economically backward families directly into SSLC and PUC courses, taught free of cost, so that they can complete the course and carry on to build a career.

Honours

  • The Best Principal Award

    2008

    Conferred by the management in recognition of institutional leadership.

  • Best Student Award

    Every year of graduation

    Awarded in each year of his undergraduate studies.

The Masterpiece

Editor of the English weekly newspaper, where the concerns of the classroom meet those of the wider community each week.

Career

  1. Present

    Principal & Secretary

    St. Xavier's Degree College · St. Xavier's Educational Trust

    Leading the college and the trust towards academic excellence, with the conviction that education is the surest contributor to the development of self and society.

  2. Present

    Founder Chairman

    Wish Helping Hand Trust

    Enrolling dropouts and students from underprivileged and economically backward homes into SSLC and PUC courses, taught free of cost, so their education can continue.

  3. Present

    Editor

    The Masterpiece — English Weekly Newspaper

    Shaping the editorial voice of a weekly that carries commentary on education, society and culture.

  4. 6 years

    Principal

    Almighty PU & Degree College

    Six years at the head of a pre-university and degree college, building academic discipline and student results.

  5. 12 years

    Managing Director

    Beacon Academy for Excellence

    Twelve years directing an academy built around coaching, mentorship and measurable student outcomes.

For correspondence.

Academic collaboration, admissions and trust matters, editorial contributions, or an invitation to speak — write to the Principal's office at St. Xavier's Degree College.

St. Xavier's Degree College · St. Xavier's Educational Trust

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