The school is named after a Jesuit Priest Roberto de Nobili who made history with his new approach to India. Born into a noble Italian Family, Roberto De Nobili entered the Society of Jesus and came to live in Madurai in India in 1606. Here he became the first European to learn Sanskrit and to study the Vedas and the Vedanta.[3]
He apparently conducted himself like an orthodox Brahmin and is even said to have declared himself to be a descendant of Brahma. He tried to combine the best of both worlds. The great qualities exhibited by him made him a patron for the school[4]