St. Columba's School in Delhi , India, established in 1941, is one of the 12,000 English medium schools of its kind established by the Indian Province of the Congregation of Christian Brothers , which was founded by Edmund Ignatius Rice . The school's campus is located in the heart of Delhi and extends over a couple of acres. St. Columba's School alumni include three Rhodes Scholars , a Pulitzer Prize winner, and a Forbes 30 Under 30 awardee. Students are referred to as Columbans. The school admits only boys.
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St. Columba's was founded in 1941 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers and contracted by Sir Sobha Singh . St. Columba's School, New Delhi is one of the 19 Christian Brothers Schools in India . St. Columba's School began with 32 boys in New Delhi next to the Sacred Heart Cathedral , admitting through class 6. It was one of the first schools in India to introduce computer education. The junior school opened in 1942, at the site of what previously had been a rose garden.
Academics and Sciences
Deepak Chopra , physician, public speaker and New Age writer, Batch of 1963
Deepak Chopra , 1963, physician, public speaker, writer and New Age spiritual guru[1]
Sanjiv Chopra , 1964, physician, Professor of Medicine and former Faculty Dean for Continuing Medical Education at Harvard Medical School [2]
Rajeev Motwani , Gödel Prize winner, former Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University
Randeep Guleria , 1975, surgeon, Padma Shri awardee[3] [4] [5]
Siddhartha Mukherjee , Rhodes Scholar , Padma Shri , Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer ; Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University [6]
Nitin Nohria , 1980, 10th and current dean of Harvard Business School , where he was named the Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration[7]
Pradipta Banerji , Professor and Director IIT Roorkee
Mahesh Rangarajan , Rhodes Scholar and Professor of History at Krea University
Suhas Pandurang Sukhatme , 1952,[8] Padma Shri , Director of IIT Bombay , Chairman of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board
C V Seshadri , Professor and Dean IIT Kanpur
Pradeep Dubey , game theorist, Professor of Economics at SUNY, Stony Brook
Vijay Balasubramanian , theoretical physicist, Professor of Physics and Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania
Prashant Pillai , Professor of Cyber Security and Associate Dean for Research and Knowledge Enterprise at University of Wolverhampton
Arts and Entertainment
Shah Rukh Khan , actor is an alumnus of St. Columba's School
Shah Rukh Khan , 1985, Padma Shri , Ordre des Arts et des Lettres , Legion d'honneur , Indian actor[9] [10]
Ritvik Arora , 2015, actor
George Chakravarthi , artist
Mukul Dev , actor
Rahul Dev , model and actor[11]
Vinil Mathew , ad-filmmaker and Bollywood director
Gaurav Chopra , actor[12]
Arjun Mathur , actor
Kunal Nayyar , actor; best known for his role as Raj Koothrappali on the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory [13]
Sanam Puri , Bollywood singer and independent artist
Cyrus Sahukar , 1998, VJ and actor
Palash Sen , singer (Euphoria )
Sudeep Sen , author/poet
Keith Sequeira , actor and model
Samir Kochhar , actor and television presenter known for being the host of the Indian Premier League
Anubhav Srivastava , 2004, filmmaker
Amit Khanna , film executive, filmmaker, lyricist, winner of National Film Award for Best Lyrics in 1995
Vibhav Roy , actor, model
Tarun Jain , writer, actor
Ali Kazimi , filmmaker and writer
Amit Khanna Writer, Poet, Film maker, Entrepreneur, Media Guru.
Politics
Rahul Gandhi , politician, son of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi ; Former President of the Indian National Congress and Chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance Sonia Gandhi [14]
Sanjay Gandhi , Indian National Congress politician; son of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi [15]
Gaurav Gogoi , Member of Parliament
Derek O'Brien , Indian television personality and Member of Parliament
Anil Shastri , politician, former member of Lok Sabha representing the Indian National Congress .[16]
Jayant Sinha , Minister of State, Finance, Government of India; Member of Parliament
Abhishek Manu Singhvi , 1975, politician, spokesperson for the Indian National Congress [17]
Adarsh Shastri , politician belonging to the Aam Aadmi Party [18]
Suneet Chopra , politician, trade unionist, belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Conrad Sangma , Chief Minister of the State of Meghalaya [19]
Sidharth Nath Singh , Minister of Health, Government of Uttar Pradesh [20]
Business
Ivan Menezes , 1975, CEO of Diageo
Suresh Kumar , Director-General U.S. Foreign Commercial Service
Romesh Wadhwani , 1962, Padma Shri , Founder of Symphony Technology Group
Sanjeev Bikhchandani , 1981, Padma Shri , Founder and CEO of Naukri.com
Piyush Gupta , 1976, CEO and Director of DBS Bank [22]
Ajay Singh , 1984, founder and Chairman, SpiceJet
Asim Ghosh , 1963, former CEO of Husky Energy, an integrated Canadian oil and gas company and former CEO of Vodafone Essar.
Victor Menezes , Senior Vice Chairman, Citigroup
Lalit Modi , businessman, cricket administrator
Lalit Suri , hotelier and Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament[23]
Neeraj Kanwar , Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Apollo Tyres [24]
Patu Keswani , Chairman and Managing Director of Lemon Tree Hotels
Yashish Dahiya , Founder and CEO of Policybazaar
Sumant Sinha , Chairman and Managing Director of ReNew Power
Deep Kalra , 1987, Founder and CEO of MakeMyTrip
Sandeep Jajodia , Chairman and Managing Director of Monnet Ispat and Energy[25]
Vivek Paul , former Vice Chairman and CEO, Wipro [26]
Rajeev Kakar , 1980, Executive Vice President, Fullerton Financial Holdings[27]
Sandeep P Parekh , financial lawyer, former Executive Director of SEBI , WEF Young Global Leader[28]
Anant Agarwal , 2010, Promoter and Vice Chairman of McDonald’s India North & East, CPRL and Coca Cola India North & East, Moon Beverages
Sports
Ashish Bagai , former captain, and keeper-batsman of the Canadian cricket team
Arun Lal , cricketer and commentator
Mansher Singh , 1985, sport shooter , Olympic athlete
Novy Kapadia , Indian football journalist, critic and commentator often considered to be India's foremost football expert and commentator
Brigadier Amreshwar Pratap Singh, 1967, yachtsman, member of First Indian circumnavigation team 1985-1987 on Trishna (yacht)