St. Francis De'Sales High School, Nagpur, Maharashtra

St. Francis De'Sales High School (SFS School) and Junior College Nagpur is an educational institution in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. Established in 1870, the school is managed by the Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales(MSFS). SFS School is governed by the Nagpur Archdiocese. It is in Sadar, Nagpur.

St. Francis De'Sales High school is headed by Rev. Fr. Prashant (Principal), Sister Gladys (Vice principal) and Sir Anil Louis (supervisor). Traditionally an all-boys school, became a co-educational school in 2008. The school is affiliated to the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Pune, Maharashtra.^[1]

SFS School has three houses — Pelvat (red), Dufresne (green) and Coppel (blue) — named after past principals. The students are divided into the houses to encourage competition among them, literary, sports, and other fields.

History

SFS High School was established in 1867 at Kamptee and moved to its present location at Sadar, Nagpur in 1870. The school celebrated 125 years of existence in 1995; 140 years in 2010 and 150 years in the year 2020.

Notable alumni

• Col. C. K. Nayudu, first captain of Indian national cricket team^[2]
• Archbishop Eugene D'Souza
• Dr. Jamshed Jiji Irani, ex-MD: Tata Steel
• Jimmy Mehta, ex-tennis champion ^[3]
• Rajkumar Hirani, Bollywood writer and leading director of Munnabhai, 3 Idiots, PK fame.
• Air Vice Marshal Gordon D'Souza
• Vice Admiral R.F., Contractor, head of Coast Guard of India
• Major-General S. Tewari
• Lt Gen. M.S. Sodhi former Head of Corps of Signals
• Lt Gen Christopher (Bobby) Baretto
• Tarun Bose, Indian actor
• Bishop Sylvester Monteiro
• Adv. Harish Salve, former Solicitor General of India
• Dr. Shrikant Jichkar, MBBS, MD, IPS, IAS, writer, educationist, politician, former Home Minister GoM
• Akash Khurana, stage and Bollywood actor, director
• Sharad Arvind Bobde, 47th Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India
• Justice Pratap Hardas, Bombay High Court
• Shri Mukul Wasnik, Congress General Secretary and former Union Minister
• Dr. Anees Ahmed, Congress Secretary and former Maharashtra Minister
• Khusro Faramurz Rustomji, IP (KF Rustomji), founder/father of the Border Security Force, Director General
• Lt General Joy Chatterjee, PVSM, VSM, PHS, Army Medical Corps, ex Director and Commandant, Army Hospital (Research and Referral), New Delhi

Motto

Sapere Aude which means "Dare to be Wise".^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of schools in Maharashtra