St. Xavier's High School, Patna

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St. Xavier's High School
Academia Sancti Xaverii
Old building of St. Xavier's
Address
Map
West Gandhi Maidan Marg

Patna
,
Bihar
,
800 001

India
Coordinates25°37′9″N 85°8′26″E / 25.61917°N 85.14056°E / 25.61917; 85.14056
Information
TypePrivate primary and secondary day school
MottoLatin: Pro Deo Et Patria
(For God and Country)
Religious affiliation(s)Catholicism
DenominationJesuits
Patron saint(s)St. Francis Xavier
Established17 January 1940; 84 years ago (1940-01-17)
FounderMarshall D. Moran
School districtPatna district
SessionApril–March
RectorFr. Joseph Sebastian S.J.
PrincipalFr. Domichan, S.J.
Staffvaries
Teaching staff100
GradesLKG to XII
GenderBoys (1940–1999), Co-educational since 1999
Age range4–17
Enrolment2500 (2013)
Average class size55–60
Language
Hours in school day6–7 (approx)
Campus typeUrban
Houses4 (Leopards, Tigers, Lions and Panthers)
Color(s)Gold and blue   
SloganSt. Xavier's School till the end, Xaverians for life
Once a Xaverian, Always a Xaverian
Songहम सब साथी सेंट जेवियर्स के (Translation: We all companions of St. Xavier's)
NicknameSXS Patna
PublicationXavier Life
YearbookXavier Yearbook, Xavier's Life Annual
Affiliations
Websitewww.stxavierspatna.in
[1]

St. Xavier's High School, Patna (often abbreviated as SXS Patna or SXHS), is a private Catholic primary and secondary school, located in the neighborhood of Gandhi Maidan in Patna, Bihar, India. Established in 1940, it is the oldest Jesuit school[2] in the city of Patna and in the state of Bihar, established by missionaries from the American Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus.[3] Founded in 1940, The independent, non-diocesan school is operated by the Patna Province of the Society of Jesus and located in the heart of the city of Patna[citation needed].

Etymology

it is named after St. Francis Xavier, a Spanish Jesuit saint of the 16th century, who travelled to India.

Affiliation

The school is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi as well as the Bihar School Examination Board, Patna.

Notable alumni

  • Abhayanand, 48th D.G.P of the state of Bihar and famous educationalist
  • Arup Roy Choudhury (1972): CMD, National Thermal Power Corporation
  • Sandeep Das (1985): Tabla virtuoso
  • Sujoy K. Guha (1955): biomedical engineer
  • Syed Saba Karim (1982): former wicketkeeper, Indian Cricket Team, Board of Control for Cricket in India selector
  • Tejendra Khanna (1954): Lt. Governor of Delhi
  • Salman Khurshid (1970): Ex-Minister of External Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi
  • Prakash Koirala: Nepalese politician; son of former Nepalese Prime Minister B P Koirala and father of actress Manisha Koirala
  • Nikhil Kumar (1955): Governor of Kerala; former IPS officer and Member of Parliament
  • Sanjaya Lall (1956): development economist and Professor of Economics, Green College, Oxford University
  • Manish Mehrotra (1990): award-winning chef
  • Sujit Mukherjee (1944): teacher, author, translator, and publisher
  • Jagat Prakash Nadda (1974): National President & Former National General Secretary,BJP & Former Cabinet Minister, Govt of Himachal Pradesh
  • Shyam Saran (1961): former Foreign Secretary, Govt. of India
  • Vikram Seth: writer[4]
  • Arun Kumar Singh (1971): Indian Envoy to France, earlier India's Deputy Ambassador in the US
  • N. K. Singh (1956): Member of Rajya Sabha. ex IAS and Former Principal Secretary to the PM
  • Dilip Sinha (1970): Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the UN in Geneva
  • J. K. Sinha (1961): former Director General of India's Central Reserve Police Force
  • Man Mohan Sinha (1948): Air Marshal, Indian Air Force
  • Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha (1974): Central Information Commissioner and former Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the UK
  • Shekhar Suman (1972): noted TV and Bollywood film actor and director

See also

References

  1. ^ Map
  2. ^ "About Us". Stxavierspatna.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Patna-Chicago Connection" (PDF), Jesuit International, archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2012, retrieved 1 December 2011
  4. ^ Sangghvi, Malavika (10 November 2014). "From the mouths of moms". Mid-Day. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
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