St. Columba's School, Delhi

{{Infobox school

| name = St. Columba's School

| logo = File:St. Columba's.png

| logo_size = 100px

| caption = Coat of arms of St. Columba's School

| logo_alt = St. Columba's School

| motto = {{langx|la|Sapere aude sincere et constanter}}

| motto_translation = "Dare to be wise, sincere and constant"

| streetaddress = 1 Ashok Place

| city = New Delhi

| zipcode = 110001

| country = India

| coordinates = {{coord|28.629826|77.205954|display=inline}}

| pushpin_map = India Delhi#India

| pushpin_mapsize = 220

| established = {{start date and age|1941}}

| type = Private

| affiliation = CBSE

| grades = KG-12

| principal =Br. Robert Fernandes

| founder = Edmund Ignatius Rice

| faculty = 100+

| pupils = 3000

| gender =Boys

| publication = The Columban

| colors = {{color box|#006600}} {{color box|#FFA400}} Green and Gold

| free_label_1 = Former pupils

| free_1 = Old Columbans

| website = {{official URL}}

}}

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.

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=

File:Deepak Chopra.jpg, physician, public speaker and New Age writer, Batch of 1963]]

Deepak Chopra, 1963, physician, public speaker, writer and New Age spiritual guru{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment-jan-june13-chopra_05-30/|title = Chopra Brothers Tell Story of How They Became Americans and Doctors in Memoir|website = PBS|date = 30 May 2013}}
Sanjiv Chopra, 1964, physician, Professor of Medicine and former Faculty Dean for Continuing Medical Education at Harvard Medical School{{cite web| url=https://sanjivchopra.com/biography/#bio|title=Biography - Dr. Sanjiv Chopra|access-date=15 March 2018}}
Rajeev Motwani, Gödel Prize winner, former Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University
Randeep Guleria, 1975, surgeon, Padma Shri awardee{{cite web|url=http://www.drsandeepguleria.com/educational.jsp|title=Dr.(Prof)Sandeep Guleria|website=www.drsandeepguleria.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTPk3sASBdA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/tTPk3sASBdA |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=BEQUEST- St. Columba's School|last=Aradhya Sharma|date=10 May 2017|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}https://www.webcitation.org/6VrWjEuo3?url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952
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{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/8052193.cms?intenttarget=no|title=I had no idea a Pulitzer was so prestigious, says Pulitzer prize winner Siddhartha Mukherjee's father|first=Reshmi R.|last=Dasgupta|date=22 April 2011|newspaper=The Economic Times}}
Nitin Nohria, 1980, 10th and current dean of Harvard Business School, where he was named the Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration{{cite web|url=https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/stories/Pages/story-bulletin.aspx?num=1084|title=Dean Nohria Looks Ahead - Alumni - Harvard Business School|website=www.alumni.hbs.edu}}
Pradipta Banerji, Professor and Director IIT Roorkee
Mahesh Rangarajan, Rhodes Scholar and Professor of History at Krea University
Suhas Pandurang Sukhatme, 1952,{{cite web|url=https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/11156/34338242-MIT.pdf?sequence=2|title=Heat Transfer During Film Condensation of a Liquid Metal Vapor|date=April 1964}} 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=

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Shah Rukh Khan, 1985, Padma Shri, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Legion d'honneur, Indian actor{{Cite web|date=2019-10-24|title=Shah Rukh Khan meets students at alma mater St. Columba's: 'One of our friends even started crying on seeing him'|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/shah-rukh-khan-meets-students-at-alma-mater-st-columba-s-one-of-our-friends-even-started-crying-on-seeing-him/story-m45YnxG2v6yzM16cj6t1DK.html|access-date=2021-01-25|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Taneja|first=Parina|date=2019-10-24|title=Shah Rukh Khan leaves kid teary-eyed as he visits his school St Columbus in Delhi. Check photos|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/celebrities/shah-rukh-khan-visits-school-st-columbus-new-delhi-kids-overwhelmed-viral-photos-558823|access-date=2021-01-25|website=www.indiatvnews.com|language=en}}
Ritvik Arora, 2015, actor
George Chakravarthi, artist
Mukul Dev, actor
Rahul Dev, model and actor{{Cite web|author=Divya Kaushik|date=Dec 24, 2017|title=Rahul Dev: School was the most special place for me, says Rahul Dev on his recent visit to alma mater St. Columba's School {{!}} Delhi News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/school-was-the-most-special-place-for-me-says-rahul-dev-on-his-recent-visit-to-alma-mater-st-columbas-school/articleshow/62221003.cms|access-date=2021-01-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}
Vinil Mathew, ad-filmmaker and Bollywood director
Gaurav Chopra, actor{{Cite web|title=Gaurav Chopra: I went from St Columba's, a boys' school, to NIFT, a girls' planet! - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/gaurav-chopra-i-went-from-st-columbas-a-boys-school-to-nift-a-girls-planet/articleshow/61930778.cms|access-date=2021-01-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}
Arjun Mathur, actor
Kunal Nayyar, actor; best known for his role as Raj Koothrappali on the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/television/salman-khan-has-done-such-amazing-things-for-our-industry-kunal-nayyar/article1-1134835.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518125610/http://www.hindustantimes.com/television/salman-khan-has-done-such-amazing-things-for-our-industry-kunal-nayyar/article1-1134835.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 May 2015|title=Salman Khan has done such amazing things for our industry: Kunal Nayyar|date=14 October 2013}}
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[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104032748/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-07/people/28174305_1_rahul-gandhi-tughlak-lane-indira "Rahul Gandhi studied at St. Columba's in Delhi..."], Times of India, 19 June 2009
Sanjay Gandhi, Indian National Congress politician; son of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi{{cite book |author=Usha Bhagat |year=2005 |title=Indiraji through my eyes |location=New Delhi |publisher=Penguin Books |page=216 |isbn=978-0-670-05772-6}}
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.{{cite news|title = The Shastri saga...|url = http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2004/10/02/stories/2004100200930300.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041227212548/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2004/10/02/stories/2004100200930300.htm|url-status = dead|archive-date = 27 December 2004|date = 2 October 2004|work = The Hindu|location = Chennai, India}}
Jayant Sinha, Minister of State, Finance, Government of India; Member of Parliament
Abhishek Manu Singhvi, 1975, politician, spokesperson for the Indian National Congress{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/people/who-is-abhishek-manu-singhvi-478489|title=Who is Abhishek Manu Singhvi?}}
Adarsh Shastri, politician belonging to the Aam Aadmi Party{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/AAPUttarPradesh/posts/10201520117359198?stream_ref=5 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/124307524393942/10201520117359198 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|access-date=15 March 2018|title=Adarsh Shastri|website=Facebook}}{{cbignore}}
Suneet Chopra, politician, trade unionist, belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Conrad Sangma, Chief Minister of the State of Meghalaya{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-how-a-wharton-graduate-fits-into-northeast-politis/20130218.htm#3|title=How a Wharton graduate fits into North-East politics|access-date=15 March 2018}}
Sidharth Nath Singh, Minister of Health, Government of Uttar Pradesh {{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/sidharth-singh-119b3417|title=Sidharth Singh - Chairman & MD - WSP India |access-date=1 November 2018}}

=Civil Servants=

Ajit Seth, 30th Cabinet Secretary of India
Najeeb Jung, Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, ex-vice chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/najeeb-jung-able-administrator-took-jamia-to-new-heights-profile-113070101118_1.html|title=Najeeb Jung, able administrator, took Jamia to new heights (Profile)|last=IANS|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=1 July 2013|via=Business Standard}}
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 Bankhttps://sg.linkedin.com/in/piyushguptadbs {{Self-published source|date=June 2022}}
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{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2006/oct/10suri.htm|title = Hotelier Lalit Suri dies in London}}
Neeraj Kanwar, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Apollo Tyres{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/archive/i-live-for-today-not-tomorrow/345589/|title=I live for today, not tomorrow|date=7 August 2008|access-date=15 March 2018}}
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{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/the-leisure-lounge/sundowner-with-sandeep-jajodia/articleshow/3715199.cms|title=Sundowner with Sandeep Jajodia|newspaper=The Economic Times}}
Vivek Paul, former Vice Chairman and CEO, Wipro{{cite web|url=http://itleaders.blogspot.sg/2006/10/vivek-paul.html|title=Vivek Paul|date=30 October 2006|access-date=15 March 2018}}
Rajeev Kakar, 1980, Executive Vice President, Fullerton Financial Holdings{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajeevkakar/|title=Rajeev Kakar}}
Sandeep P Parekh, financial lawyer, former Executive Director of SEBI, WEF Young Global Leader{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/17-indians-among-wef-young-global-leaders/articleshow/2859235.cms?intenttarget=no|title=17 Indians among WEF young global leaders|newspaper=The Economic Times|access-date=15 March 2018}}
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{{cite web|url=http://www.usiofindia.org/mcgro.htm|access-date=15 March 2018|title=Macgregor Medal winners|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511232257/http://www.usiofindia.org/mcgro.htm|archive-date=11 May 2008}}
Maj Bhaskar Roy, 20th Lancers, recipient of the Maha Vir Chakra{{cite web|url=https://roysrambling.wordpress.com/2016/09/01/today-51-years-ago/|access-date=11 May 2021|title=Maj Bhaskar Roy|date=September 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.asianage.com/india/all-india/160218/as-delhis-st-columbas-turns-75-its-alumni-have-much-to-celebrate.html|access-date=11 May 2021|title=Maj Bhaskar Roy, Asian Age|date=16 February 2018}}
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{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/military-increasingly-being-drawn-into-political-discourse-is-worrisome-lt-gen-ds-hooda/articleshow/69362045.cms|title=Military increasingly being drawn into political discourse is 'worrisome': Lt Gen DS Hooda|newspaper=Economic Times|date=16 May 2019|access-date=15 November 2019}}

=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)