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{{Infobox school
| name = St. Columba's School
| logo = [[File:St. Columba's.png|100px|St. Columba's]]
| logo_size = 100px
| logo_alt = St. Columba's School
| motto = {{lang-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 school|Private]]
| affiliation = [[Central Board of Secondary Education|CBSE]]
| grades = KG-12
| principal = E.V.Miranda
| founder = [[Edmund Ignatius Rice]]
| faculty = 100+
| pupils = 3500
| gender = boys
| publication = The Columban
| colors = {{color box|#006600}} {{color box|#FFA400}} [[Green]] and [[Gold (color)|Gold]]
| free_label_1 = Former pupils
| free_1 = Old Columbans
| website = {{url|stcolumbas.edu.in}}
}}
'''St. Columba's School''', [[Delhi]], [[India]], established in 1941, is one of the 12,000 [[English medium education|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]]. St. Columba's School, New Delhi is one of the 19 [[List of Christian Brothers schools#India|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|thumb|[[Deepak Chopra]], physician, public speaker and New Age writer, Batch of 1963]]
* [[Deepak Chopra]], 1963, physician, public speaker, writer and New Age spiritual guru<ref>{{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|date = 30 May 2013}}</ref>
* [[Sanjiv Chopra]], 1964, physician, Professor of Medicine and former Faculty Dean for Continuing Medical Education at [[Harvard Medical School]]<ref>{{cite web| url=https://sanjivchopra.com/biography/#bio|title=Biography - Dr. Sanjiv Chopra|access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref>
* [[Rajeev Motwani]], [[Gödel Prize]] winner, former Professor of Computer Science at [[Stanford University]]
* [[Randeep Guleria]], 1975, surgeon, [[Padma Shri]] awardee<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drsandeepguleria.com/educational.jsp|title=Dr.(Prof)Sandeep Guleria|website=www.drsandeepguleria.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTPk3sASBdA|title=BEQUEST- St. Columba's School|last=Aradhya Sharma|date=10 May 2017|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>https://www.webcitation.org/6VrWjEuo3?url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952</ref>
* [[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]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Nitin Nohria]], 1980, 10th and current dean of [[Harvard Business School]], where he was named the Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Pradipta Banerji]], [[Professor]] and Director IIT Roorkee
* [[Mahesh Rangarajan]], [[Rhodes Scholar]] and Professor of History at [[Ashoka University]]
* [[Suhas Pandurang Sukhatme]], 1952,<ref>{{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}}</ref> [[Padma Shri]], Director of [[IIT Bombay]], Chairman of [[Atomic Energy Regulatory Board]]
* [[Pradeep Dubey]], game theorist, Professor of Economics at [[State University of New York, Stony Brook|SUNY, Stony Brook]]
* [[Vijay Balasubramanian]], theoretical physicist, Professor of Physics and Neuroscience at the [[University of Pennsylvania]]

===Arts and Entertainment===
[[File:Shahrukh interacts with media after KKR's maiden IPL title.jpg|thumb|[[Shah Rukh Khan]], actor is an alumnus of St. Columba's School]]
* [[Shah Rukh Khan]], 1985, [[Padma Shri]], [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]], [[Legion d'honneur]], Indian actor<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Ritvik Arora]], 2015, actor
* [[George Chakravarthi]], artist
* [[Mukul Dev]], actor 
* [[Rahul Dev]], model and actor<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Dec 24|first1=Divya Kaushik / TNN /|last2=2017|last3=Ist|first3=01:00|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}}</ref>
* [[Vinil Mathew]], ad-filmmaker and Bollywood director
* [[Gaurav Chopra]], actor<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Arjun Mathur]], actor 
* [[Kunal Nayyar]], actor; best known for his role as [[Raj Koothrappali]] on the American sitcom ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]''<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Sanam Puri]], Bollywood singer and independent artist
* [[Cyrus Sahukar]], 1998, VJ and actor 
* [[Palash Sen]], singer ([[Euphoria (Indian band)|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 of India|Prime Minister]] [[Rajiv Gandhi]]; Former President of the [[Indian National Congress]] and Chairperson of the [[United Progressive Alliance]] [[Sonia Gandhi]]<ref>[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</ref>
* [[Sanjay Gandhi]], [[Indian National Congress]] politician; son of Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Gaurav Gogoi]], Member of Parliament
* [[Derek O'Brien (quizmaster)|Derek O'Brien]], Indian television personality and Member of Parliament
* [[Anil Shastri]], politician, former member of [[Lok Sabha]] representing the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> 
* [[Jayant Sinha]], Minister of State, Finance, Government of India; Member of Parliament
* [[Abhishek Manu Singhvi]], 1975, politician, spokesperson for the [[Indian National Congress]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/people/who-is-abhishek-manu-singhvi-478489|title=Who is Abhishek Manu Singhvi?}}</ref>
* [[Adarsh Shastri]], politician belonging to the [[Aam Aadmi Party]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/AAPUttarPradesh/posts/10201520117359198?stream_ref=5|access-date=15 March 2018|title=Adarsh Shastri}}</ref>
* [[Suneet Chopra]], politician, trade unionist, belonging to the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
* [[Conrad Sangma]], Chief Minister of the State of [[Meghalaya]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Sidharth Nath Singh]], Minister of Health, Government of Uttar Pradesh <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/sidharth-singh-119b3417|title=Sidharth Singh - Chairman & MD - WSP India |access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref>

===Diplomats and Bureaucrats===
* [[Ajit Seth]], 30th [[Cabinet Secretary (India)|Cabinet Secretary]] of India
* [[Najeeb Jung]], [[Lieutenant Governor of Delhi]], ex-vice chancellor of [[Jamia Millia Islamia]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Vijay Keshav Gokhale]], 32nd [[Foreign Secretary]] of India
* [[Rahul Bhatnagar]], Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh
* [[Gopalaswami Parthasarathy]], India's Ambassador to Myanmar
* [[Deepak Vohra]], India's Ambassador to Armenia
* [[Manjeev Singh Puri]], India's Ambassador to Brussels and Nepal
* [[Sanjay Bhattacharya]], India's Ambassador to Egypt and Turkey

===Law===
* [[Badar Durrez Ahmed]], Chief Justice High Court of Jammu and Kashmir
* Justice [[Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud]], [[Supreme Court of India]]
* Justice [[B. P. Singh (judge)|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 Bank]]<ref>https://sg.linkedin.com/in/piyushguptadbs</ref>
* [[Ajay Singh (entrepreneur)|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<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2006/oct/10suri.htm|title = Hotelier Lalit Suri dies in London}}</ref>
* [[Neeraj Kanwar]], Vice Chairman and Managing Director of [[Apollo Tyres]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/archive/i-live-for-today-not-tomorrow/345589/|title=I live for today, not tomorrow|access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref>
* [[Patu Keswani]], Chairman and Managing Director of [[Lemon Tree Hotels]]
* [[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<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Vivek Paul]], former Vice Chairman and CEO, [[Wipro]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://itleaders.blogspot.sg/2006/10/vivek-paul.html|title=Vivek Paul|date=30 October 2006|access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref>
* [[Rajeev Kakar]], 1980, Executive Vice President, Fullerton Financial Holdings<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajeevkakar/|title=Rajeev Kakar}}</ref>
* [[Sandeep P Parekh]], financial lawyer, former Executive Director of [[Securities and Exchange Board of India|SEBI]], WEF Young Global Leader<ref>{{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}}</ref>
===Military===
* [[Rana Chhina]], IAF, recipient of the [[MacGregor Medal]] and military historian<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* Maj Bhaskar Roy, [[20 Lancers (India)|20th Lancers]], recipient of the [[Maha Vir Chakra]]<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
* Lt [[Arun Khetarpal]], [[Poona Horse]], recipient of the [[Param Vir Chakra]]
* Lt Gen [[Deependra Singh Hooda|DS Hooda]], former [[Northern Command (India)|Northern Army]] commander, and principal architect of the [[2016 Indian Line of Control strike]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>

===Sports===
* [[Ashish Bagai]], former captain, and keeper-batsman of the Canadian cricket team
* [[Arun Lal]], cricketer and commentator
* [[Mansher Singh]], 1985, [[sport shooter]], [[2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic]] athlete

==Senior school==
The senior school building once housed the entire school. Today, the 11th and 12th classes are found here along with a library, science laboratories and the administration wing. On the first floor were the residences of the Christian Brothers, which were shifted to the Provincialate Wing in 2011.

==Edmund Rice Hall==
The Edmund Rice Hall (ERH) has an indoor basketball and badminton court. It has a stage at one end, seating space to accommodate more than 2000 people and stadium-like seating at the far end. It hosts the annual Christmas play that is a major attraction, organised entirely by the students and the faculty. It also hosts the Columban Jindal basketball tournament.

==Columban Open Quiz==
The Columban Open Quiz is the premier school quiz of North India, with more than 200 teams participating every year. Started in 1984, The Columban Open Quiz is one of the most prestigious events in the circuit. The winner of the quiz has exclusive bragging rights and a prestigious trophy. It is organised by the Quiz Society of St. Columba's consisting of students and a teacher in charge. The quiz is generally held in August and the quiz society has produced some of the country's top quiz-masters like Derek o'Brien and Adityanath Mubayi.

==See also==
* [[List of Christian Brothers schools#India|List of Christian Brothers schools in India]]
* [[List of Christian Schools in India]]

==References==
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