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{{Infobox school
| name = St. Vincent's High School, Pune
| native_name =
| logo = Vincents.png
| image = St Vincent's High School, Camp, Pune.jpg
| image_size = 250px
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| motto = To Dare and Do and Win
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| location = [[Pune]]
| state = [[Maharashtra]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|18|30|46|N|73|52|30|E|type:edu_region:IN-MH|display=title,inline}}
| other_name = 
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| nickname = Vincentians
| type = [[Private school|Private]] primary and secondary school
| religious_affiliation = [[Catholic church|Catholicism]]
| denomination = [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]]
| patron = [[Vincent de Paul]]
| established = {{Start date and age|1867}}
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| principal = Fr. Francis Patekar, S.J.
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| grades = [[K-12 (education)|PreK-12]]
| gender = [[Single-sex education|Boys]]
| age_range = 
| enrollment = 3,500–4,000
| language = [[English language|English]]
| campus_size = {{convert|4.5|acre|ha}}
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| colors = Cream
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| website = {{url|https://stvincentspune.com}}
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[[File:Play ground of St Vincetns Camp.jpg|thumb|School Playground]]
[[Image:StVincentsTopView.jpg|thumb|Satellite view of campus]]
[[Image:Old st vincents.jpg|thumb|Old campus]]

'''St. Vincent's High School''' is a [[Private school|private]] [[Catholic school|Catholic]] primary and secondary school and pre-university college for boys located in the city of [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. The [[English language|English-medium]] convent school was founded by the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]] in 1867, located and is named in honour of [[Vincent de Paul]], a seventeenth-century [[saint]] known for his love for the poor and the downtrodden.<ref>{{cite web|title=Directorate General Defence Estates|url=http://www.dgde.gov.in/?q=content/st-vincents-school-pune-cantonment}}</ref> The school, which is recognized by the Government of Maharashtra, prepares pupils for the Secondary School Certificate Examination (Std. X) and for the Higher Secondary Certificate examination (Std. XII).

== Management ==
It is owned by the Poona Catholic Educational Association and managed by the Poona Jesuit School's Society, which belong to the [[Christianity in India|Christian Religious Minority]] group, and therefore it enjoys the rights and privileges guaranteed by Article 30 (I) of the [[Constitution of India]]. It is considered one of the best schools in Pune<ref>{{cite web|title=India Ranker|url=http://indiaranker.com/schools/|accessdate=15 January 2012}}</ref> and provides quality education to the students. {{as of|2013}} it was ranked at No. 9 of all boys' schools in India.<ref>{{cite web|title=India Ranking Boys School|url=http://www.educationworld.in/rank-school/all-cities/day-school/boys/2013.html |year=2013 |work=Education World}}</ref> The Society of Jesus, to which the Jesuit Fathers and Brothers belong, is a [[Catholic religious order]] founded by St. [[Ignatius of Loyola]] in 1540. Active in the field of education throughout the world since its origin, the Society runs 179 high schools and 98 colleges in India, in which young people of every social class, community, and linguistic group are educated through the medium of both English and the regional languages.

== Curriculum and facilities ==
St. Vincent's High School imparts English-medium education from Std.I to Std.X. The St. Vincent's Junior College prepares students for the Higher Secondary Certificate Examination. The St. Xavier's pre-primary school prepares children to study English. Admissions are competitive, based on merit. The plans on making an Olympic sized swimming pool in the campus has been achieved. The massive school football ground is just the exact size of a real football field along with a stadium to suit the audiences. The school is situated on {{convert|4.5|acre|ha}}.

=== Co-curriculum activities ===
[[File:Limca record for St. Vincent's Pune.jpg|thumb|right|An image of the [[Limca Book of Records]] held by St. Vincent's]]
St. Vincent's has the notable record of winning the PSAA's (Poona Schools Athletics Association) Annual Athletics Championship for 60 consecutive years as of 6 February 2007. This achievement was recorded as a national record in the [[Limca Book of Records]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vobapune.com/|title=VOBA – Vincentian Old Boys Association|website=www.vobapune.com|access-date=26 August 2017}}</ref>

==Principals==
The following individuals have served as principal of St. Vincent's High School:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stvincentspune.com/former-current-principal/ |title=Former & Current Principal |work= |publisher=St. Vincent's High School |date=2020 |access-date=4 May 2021 }}</ref>
{| {{Table|sort}}
|-
! Ordinal !! Officeholder !! Term start !! Term end !! Time in office
|-
|align=center|{{nts|1}} || Fr. Joseph Brunner, S.J. ||align=center|1867 ||align=center|1872 ||align=right|{{age in years|1867|1872}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|2}} || Fr. [[Henri Depelchin|Henry Depelchin]], S.J. ||align=center|1872 ||align=center|1873 ||align=right|{{age in years|1872|1873}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|3}} || Fr. Henry Schumacher, S.J. ||align=center|1873 ||align=center|1879 ||align=right|{{age in years|1873|1879}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|4}} || Fr. George Weniger, S.J. ||align=center|1879 ||align=center|1880 ||align=right|{{age in years|1879|1880}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|5}} || Fr. Ignatius Kunzler, S.J. ||align=center|1880 ||align=center|1881 ||align=right|{{age in years|1880|1881}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|6}} || Fr. Jusoph Nuckle, S.J. ||align=center|1881 ||align=center|1883 ||align=right|{{age in years|1881|1883}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|7}} || Fr. William Althoff, S.J. ||align=center|1883 ||align=center|1886 ||align=right|{{age in years|1883|1886}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|8}} || Fr. Bernard Beider-Linden, S.J. ||align=center|1886 ||align=center|1887 ||align=right|{{age in years|1886|1887}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|9}} || Fr. Ferdinand Hillenkamp, S.J. ||align=center|1887 ||align=center|1889 ||align=right|{{age in years|1887|1889}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|10}} || Fr. Kilian Hahn, S.J. ||align=center|1889 ||align=center|1890 ||align=right|{{age in years|1889|1890}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|11}} || Fr. Joseph Willy, S.J. ||align=center|1890 ||align=center|1895 ||align=right|{{age in years|1890|1895}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|12}} || Fr. Julius Mayr, S.J. ||align=center|1895 ||align=center|1903 ||align=right|{{age in years|1895|1903}} years
|-
|align=center|({{nts|10}}) || Fr. Killian Hahn, S.J. ||align=center|1903 ||align=center|1908 ||align=right|{{age in years|1903|1908}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|13}} || Fr. William Windhausen, S.J. ||align=center|1908 ||align=center|1914 ||align=right|{{age in years|1908|1914}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|14}} || Fr. Francis X. Larbolette, S.J. ||align=center|1914 ||align=center|1915 ||align=right|{{age in years|1914|1915}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|15}} || Fr. Ernest Hoogewerf, S.J. ||align=center|1915 ||align=center|1915 ||align=right|{{age in years|1915|1915}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|16}} || Fr. Peter Alborghetti, S.J. ||align=center|1915 ||align=center|1916 ||align=right|{{age in years|1915|1916}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|17}} || Fr. Thomas Baret, S.J. ||align=center|1916 ||align=center|1916 ||align=right|{{age in years|1916|1916}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|18}} || Fr. John Lauder, S.J. ||align=center|1916 ||align=center|1918 ||align=right|{{age in years|1916|1918}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|19}} || Fr. Charles Ghezzi, S.J. ||align=center|1918 ||align=center|1929 ||align=right|{{age in years|1918|1929}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|20}} || Fr. Maximillan Riklin, S.J. ||align=center|1929 ||align=center|1950 ||align=right|'''{{age in years|1929|1950}} years'''
|-
|align=center|{{nts|21}} || Fr. Anton Rehm, S.J. ||align=center|1950 ||align=center|1955 ||align=right|{{age in years|1950|1955}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|22}} || Fr. William Clement, S.J. ||align=center|1955 ||align=center|1957 ||align=right|{{age in years|1955|1957}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|23}} || Fr. Rudolf Schoch, S.J. ||align=center|1957 ||align=center|1966 ||align=right|{{age in years|1957|1966}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|24}} || Fr. Edmund D'Souza, S.J. ||align=center|1966 ||align=center|1967 ||align=right|{{age in years|1966|1967}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|25}} || Fr. Romauld D'Souza S.J. ||align=center|1967 ||align=center|1973 ||align=right|{{age in years|1967|1973}} years
|-
|align=center|({{nts|23}}) || Fr. Rudolf Schoch, S.J. ||align=center|1973 ||align=center|1977 ||align=right|{{age in years|1973|1977}} years
|-
|align=center|({{nts|24}}) || Fr. Edmund D'Souza, S.J. ||align=center|1977 ||align=center|1983 ||align=right|{{age in years|1977|1983}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|26}} || Fr. Kenneth Misquitta, S.J. ||align=center|1983 ||align=center|1993 ||align=right|{{age in years|1983|1993}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|27}} || Fr. Bertie Rozario, S.J. ||align=center|1993 ||align=center|1998 ||align=right|{{age in years|1993|1998}} years
|-
|align=center|({{nts|26}}) || Fr. Kenneth Misquitta, S.J. ||align=center|1998 ||align=center|2003 ||align=right|{{age in years|1998|2003}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|28}} || Fr. Mario Fernandes, S.J. ||align=center|2003 ||align=center|2009 ||align=right|{{age in years|2003|2009}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|29}} || Fr. Andrew Fernandes, S.J. ||align=center|2009 ||align=center|2019 ||align=right|{{age in years|2009|2019}} years
|-
|align=center|{{nts|30}} || Fr. Francis Patekar, S.J. ||align=center|2019 ||align=center|''incumbent'' ||align=right|{{age in years|2019}} years
|}

==Notable alumni==
{{alumni|date=May 2021}}
* [[Ebrahim Alkazi]]{{spaced endash}}theatre director and Padma Vibhushan<ref>{{cite interview |title=Theatre is revelation |interviewer=Gowri Ramnarayan |subject=Alkazi, Ebrahim |url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/02/24/stories/2008022450160500.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=24 February 2008 |access-date=4 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302010357/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/02/24/stories/2008022450160500.htm |archive-date=2 March 2008 }}</ref>
* [[Banoo Jehangir Coyaji]]{{spaced endash}}the first female to matriculate from St Vincent's, an all-boys school, in 1933<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.anusandhan.net/women/main_template.jsp?file=coyaji_2.htm |title=Women: Coyaji |work=Anusandhan: Indian Science and Technology Portal |date=n.d. |access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Damle, Manjiri Madhav |agency=TNN |title=Social worker Banoo Coyaji passes away |work=The Times of India |date=15 July 2004 |access-date=4 May 2021 |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-07-15/pune/27161484_1_family-planning-ramon-magsaysay-reproductive-health |archive-url=
https://web.archive.org/web/20120308234957/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-07-15/pune/27161484_1_family-planning-ramon-magsaysay-reproductive-health |archive-date=8 March 2012 }}</ref>
* [[Meher Baba|Merwan Sheriar Irani]]{{spaced endash}}an Indian spiritual master<ref>{{cite book |author=Purdom, Charles B. |title=The God-Man: The Life, Journeys & Work of Meher Baba with an Interpretation of His Silence & Spiritual Teaching |publisher=George Allen & Unwin |location=London |year=1964|isbn= 1-880619-36-9 |pp=15-20}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Kailath]]{{spaced endash}}an electrical engineer, information theorist, control engineer, entrepreneur and the Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, at Stanford University<ref>{{Cite news|last=Perry|first=Tekla S.|date=May 2007|title=Medal of Honor: Thomas Kailath|periodical=[[IEEE Spectrum]]|volume=44|pages=44–47|url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/networks/medal-of-honor-thomas-kailath|doi=10.1109/MSPEC.2007.352532|issue=5|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070515081942/http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/may07/5043|archive-date=2007-05-15}}</ref>

==See also==
{{stack|{{portal|Schools|Catholicism|India}}}}
* [[List of Jesuit educational institutions#Schools|List of Jesuit schools]]
* [[List of schools in Pune]]
* [[Violence against Christians in India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* [http://www.vobapune.com/ Vincents Old Boys Association (VOBA)] Official alumni organization
* [http://www.vincentidabitur.com VincentiDabitur.com] Website for ex-Vincentians

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[[Category:Jesuit primary schools in India]]
[[Category:Schools in Colonial India]]
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in Maharashtra]]
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[[Category:Christian schools in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Schools in Pune]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1867]]
[[Category:1867 establishments in India]]

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