Human Life Centre, Bhubaneswar
“Human Life Centre (HLC) stands for promoting personal, interpersonal and community growth. Live the fullness of life is our motto.”
Established in 1981, this institute has been committed to the aspirations of the youth of Odisha. In the last four decades, innumerable young boys and girls have converted their school and college level knowledge into a job-oriented skill. At HLC, there is something for everyone. This institute has been a launching pad for many youngsters. A sister concern of XIM University and Loyola School Bhubaneswar, this unique institute stands for nurturing personal, interpersonal and community growth. It is the embodiment of its motto- ‘Live the fullness of life.’ We at HLC train not just minds, but also compassionate hearts and enable our students to be vibrant human persons oriented towards the well-being of the entire creation of God. We are a premier institute in Bhubaneswar providing excellent yet affordable courses in spoken English, fashion designing, stenography, and computer applications for more than four decades now.
We are proud of our continuous goal of providing an excellent soft skills and life skills for our students.
When Jesuits decided to associate themselves with the Human Life Centre (HLC), Fr. Petrie continued to be the Director. Fr. John Guidera assisted him as the Administrator for some time. When Fr Gautam Choudhury from Calcutta joined HLC staff he was designated as the Co-ordinator of Academics. Mr. Julian Boyle was involved in the HLC work from April 1981 was responsible for the Spoken English courses, which were very popular among College students. Fr Gautam was working with him for two years and also gave courses in public speaking and leadership. Besides the regular Spoken English classes. Julian was giving a series of classes to the staff of CARE. Initially the spoken English classes were held at St. Joseph’s school building.
In February 1987, Fr. Michael Bogaert took over from Fr. Gautam as the Co-ordinator of Academics and started a course on “How to give an interview”. Later on 31 August 1987, Fr. Ed McGrath of XLRI fame, succeeded Fr. Bogaert. With the generous support of Fr. John Guidera and Mr a G McCarthy of Loyola foundation a new three-story building was constructed and on 1 November 1987, HLC was shifted to the new building which we have at present.
