St. Columba's School, Delhi

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.

St. Columba's School
Address
1 Ashok Place New Delhi 110001 India
Coordinates	28.629826°N 77.205954°E / 28.629826; 77.205954
Information
Type	Private
Motto	Latin: Sapere aude sincere et constanter ("Dare to be wise, sincere and constant")
Established	1941; 83 years ago (1941)
Founder	Edmund Ignatius Rice
Principal	Br. Robert Fernandes
Faculty	100+
Grades	KG-12
Gender	Boys
Number of pupils	3500
Color(s)	Green and Gold
Publication	The Columban
Affiliation	CBSE
Former pupils	Old Columbans
Website	stcolumbas.edu.in

History

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.

Notable alumni

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.
• Bobby Bedi Film Producer, National Award Winner

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]

Civil Servants

• Ajit Seth, 30th Cabinet Secretary of India
• Najeeb Jung, Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, ex-vice chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia^[21]
• Vijay Keshav Gokhale, 32nd Foreign Secretary of India
• Rahul Bhatnagar, Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh
• Gopalaswami Parthasarathy, Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan during the Kargil War
• Deepak Vohra, India's Ambassador to Armenia
• Manjeev Singh Puri, India's Ambassador to Brussels and Nepal

Law

• Badar Durrez Ahmed, Chief Justice High Court of Jammu and Kashmir
• Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Chief Justice of India
• Justice B. P. Singh, Justice of Supreme Court of India

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

Military

• Rana Chhina, IAF, recipient of the MacGregor Medal and military historian^[29]
• Maj Bhaskar Roy, 20th Lancers, recipient of the Maha Vir Chakra^[30][31]
• Lt Arun Khetarpal, Poona Horse, recipient of the Param Vir Chakra
• Lt Gen DS Hooda, former Northern Army commander, and principal architect of the 2016 Indian Line of Control strike^[32]

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)

See also

• List of Christian Brothers schools in India
• List of Christian Schools in India

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28.6302°N 77.2057°E / 28.6302; 77.2057