Good Shepherd Convent, Chennai
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{{Infobox school
|name = The Good Shepherd Convent|
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established = 1923|
type = private|
head_name = Headmaster|Sr. Annie Thomas
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city = Chennai|
state = Tamil Nadu|
country = India|
campus = Urban|
enrollment = 1000|
faculty = 95|
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coordinates = {{coord|13.065553|80.244918|display=inline, title}} |
homepage = http://goodshepherdchennai.org/
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The Good Shepherd Convent is an English-medium high school in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.{{cite web | title=1973 batch of Good Shepherd finds a lifeline | website=The Hindu | date=25 Feb 2023 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/1973-batch-of-good-shepherd-finds-a-lifeline/article66544806.ece | access-date=8 Apr 2023}}{{cite web | last=Sekar | first=Sunitha | title=Chennai Metro Rail spares Good Shepherd School's playground for children | website=The Hindu | date=4 Mar 2020 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennai-metro-rail-spares-good-shepherd-schools-playground-for-children/article30981788.ece | access-date=8 Apr 2023}}{{cite book | author=Madras (India : State) | title=Fort Saint George Gazette | year=1964 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=crWYq7ngtWwC | language= | access-date=8 Apr 2023 | page=2}}{{cite book | last=Jayachandran | first=G. | title=My Journey to Faith | publisher=Gautham Jayachandran | year=2017 | isbn=978-0-6480317-2-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aRbTDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA4 | access-date=8 Apr 2023 | page=4}}
History
The school was established in 1925 in India, the roots of the convent grew as early as in 1835 in France when Sister Mary Euphrasia, sowed the seeds for the growth of the institution which has now become one of the premier group of educational institutions in Chennai and other parts of the country.{{Cite web |url=http://archives.chennaionline.com/education/Events/2004/08good.asp |title=Good Shepherd is 150 |access-date=24 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817115119/http://archives.chennaionline.com/education/Events/2004/08good.asp |archive-date=17 August 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
Notable alumni
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- Vyjayantimala - Bollywood actress
- Sudha Shah - one of the first women cricketers in India
- Shriya Reddy - VJ and actress
- Sudha Ragunathan - vocalist
- Chitra Ramanathan - Contemporary Indian American Visual Artist
- Paloma Rao - VJ
- Radhika - Kollywood actress
- Shweta Mohan-Playback Singer
- Reshmi Menon - Kollywood actress
- Rati Agnihotri - Indian actress
- Dipika Pallikal Karthik - Indian Squash Player
- Sakshi Agarwal-Kollywood actress and model
References
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External links
- [http://goodshepherdchennai.org/ The Good Shepherd Convent Website]
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Category:Schools in Colonial India
Category:1923 establishments in India
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