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{{Short description|Private school in Kolkata, West Bengal}}
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{{Infobox school
| name          = South Point School and South Point High School, [[Kolkata]]
| name          = South Point School and South Point High School, Kolkata
| image          = South Point High School 2.jpg
| image          = South Point High School 2.jpg
| caption        =
| image_size    = 270px
| motto          = Courage to Know
| caption        = South Point High School entrance
| address        = Birla Building, 9/1 R. N. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700001<ref name=Address>{{cite web|title=Contact Us|url=http://www.southpoint.edu.in/Contactus.aspx|publisher=South Point School|access-date=9 March 2012}}</ref> (Education Society)<br />16 Mandeville Gardens, Kolkata, WB 700019 (Junior School)<br />82/7A Ballygunge Place, Kolkata, WB 700019 (High School)
| motto          = Courage to Know
| city          = [[Kolkata]]
| address        = Birla Building, 9/1 R. N. Mukherjee Road<ref name=Address>{{cite web|title=Contact Us|url=http://www.southpoint.edu.in/Contactus.aspx|publisher=South Point School|access-date=9 March 2012}}</ref> (Education Society)<br />16 Mandeville Gardens (junior school)<br />82/7A Ballygunge Place (high school)
| state          = [[West Bengal]]
| city          = [[Kolkata, West Bengal]]
| country        = India
| country        = India
| coordinates    = {{Coord|22|31|33|N|88|22|36|E|region:IN_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates    = {{Coord|22|31|33|N|88|22|36|E|region:IN_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| type          = [[Private school]]
| type          = [[Private school]]
| established    = {{Start date|1954}}
| established    = {{Start date and age|1954}}
| founder        = [[Satikanta Guha]]
| founder        = [[Satikanta Guha]]
| school_board  = [[Central Board of Secondary Education]]
| principal      = D. K. Chadda (Junior school)
| director      = Madhu Kohli
| principal1    = Jaidev Ghosh (High school)
| principal      = D.K. Chadda (Junior School)
| faculty        = 120 (junior school)<br /> 75 (high school)<ref name=Faculty>{{cite web|title=Faculty|url=http://southpoint.edu.in/Faculty.aspx|publisher=South Point School|access-date=9 March 2012}}</ref>
| principal1    = Rupa Sanyal Bhattacharjee (High School)
| teaching_staff = 70 (junior school)<br /> 40 (high school)<ref name=Faculty />
| faculty        = 300 (Junior school)<br /> 275 (High school)<ref name=Faculty>{{cite web|title=Faculty|url=http://southpoint.edu.in/Faculty.aspx|publisher=South Point School|access-date=9 March 2012}}</ref>
| enrollment    = ≈12000
| teaching_staff = 200 (Junior school)<br /> 220 (High school)<ref name=Faculty />
| grades        = [[Nursery school|Nursery I]] to [[Fifth grade|V]] (junior school) <br />[[Sixth grade|VI]] to [[Twelfth grade|XII]] (high school)
| students      = ~ 12000
| affiliation    = [[Central Board of Secondary Education]]
| grades        = [[Nursery school|Nursery I]] to [[Fifth grade|V]] (Junior school) <br />[[Sixth grade|VI]] to [[Twelfth grade|XII]]
| colours        = Navy blue, gold and white {{Color box|Navy}}{{Color box|Gold}}{{Color box|White}}
| affiliation    = OHSAS 18001:2007
| publication    = Nursery books, mathematics books, song books and CDs<ref name=Publications>{{cite web|title=Nursery Books|url=http://www.southpoint.edu.in/Images%2fpublication%2fAB956D919_37084A904Images%252fpublication%252f9DFBEE5C2_31771F0A6listofbooks.pdf|publisher=South Point School|access-date=9 March 2012}}</ref>(junior school),<br /> ''Pointer'' (school magazine)
| colours        = Navy blue, gold and white {{Color box|Navy}}{{Color box|Gold}}{{Color box|White}}
| website        = {{URL|https://www.southpoint.ac.in/}}
| publication    = ''Nursery books, Mathematics books, song books and CDs''<ref name=Publications>{{cite web|title=Nursery Books|url=http://www.southpoint.edu.in/Images%2fpublication%2fAB956D919_37084A904Images%252fpublication%252f9DFBEE5C2_31771F0A6listofbooks.pdf|publisher=South Point School|access-date=9 March 2012}}</ref>(Junior school),<br /> '''''Pointer (School magazine)'''''
{{URL|https://www.southpoint.edu.in/}}
| website        = {{URL|www.southpoint.edu.in}}
| logo          = SouthPointSchoolLogo.jpg
| logo          = SouthPointSchoolLogo.jpg
| logo_size      = 150px
| logo_size      = 150px
}}
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'''South Point''' is a [[Higher secondary school|higher-secondary]] [[co-educational]] [[Private schools|private school]] located in [[Kolkata, West Bengal]], India operating from two different campuses – '''South Point School''' (Nursery to Class V) and '''South Point High School''' (Classes VI to XII).<ref name="coaching">{{cite web|url=http://www.coachingindians.com/schools-in-india/kolkata-schools.html|title=Kolkata Schools|publisher=Coaching Indians|access-date=2009-08-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Dey|first1=Anurag|title=In twilight years, gift of love to teachers|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120204/saturday/main3.htm|access-date=31 January 2015|work=The Tribune}}</ref> The school operates in two shifts for all classes – Morning and Afternoon (day). The school opened in 1954, and was the first co-educational school in [[Kolkata]]. Higher Secondary (10+2) education was introduced in 1960. Initially operation as a single unit, the school split into two buildings with the high school shifting to Ballygunge Place in 1980.<ref name="History">{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.southpoint.edu.in/history.aspx|publisher=South Point Education Society|access-date=10 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-toi/Boy-oh-boy-Its-an-OBrien/articleshow/29649595.cms|title=after which he took charge as assistant principal of South Point high school for seven years|publisher=Times of India}}</ref> It is claimed to be the only school in [[Kolkata]] to have a [[Nobel Laureate]] as an alumnus.<ref name="Alumni">{{cite web|title=Abhijit was a quiet boy from class of 1976 at South Point
'''South Point''' is a [[Higher secondary school|higher-secondary]] [[co-educational]] [[Private schools|private school]] located in [[Kolkata, West Bengal]] and affiliated to [[Central Board of Secondary Education]], consisting of three organisations – '''South Point School''' (nursery to Class V), '''South Point High School''' (classes VI to XII) and '''South Point Education Society''' (administrative authority).<ref name="coaching">{{cite web|url=http://www.coachingindians.com/schools-in-india/kolkata-schools.html|title=Kolkata Schools|publisher=Coaching Indians|access-date=2009-08-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Dey|first1=Anurag|title=In twilight years, gift of love to teachers|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120204/saturday/main3.htm|access-date=31 January 2015|work=The Tribune}}</ref> The school operates in two shifts for all classes: morning and afternoon. The school opened in 1954 and was the first co-educational school in [[Kolkata]]. Higher secondary (10+2) education was introduced in 1960.
|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/abhijit-was-a-quiet-boy-from-class-of-1976-at-south-point/cid/1711766|date=15 October 2019|first=Sudeshna|last=Banerjee|publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)]]|access-date=16 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Alumni2|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/12000-south-point-students-sign-congratulatory-messages-for-abhijit-banerjee/articleshow/71593719.cms|work= The Times of India|access-date=16 October 2019}}</ref> The school was recorded as the world's largest school (in terms of student numbers) between 1984 and 1992 by the [[Guinness Book of Records]].<ref>{{Cite web|title= SOUTH POINT SCHOOL-Guinness Book |date=14 October 2019|url=https://www.zeebiz.com/india/news-abhijit-banerjee-wins-nobel-prize-for-economics-know-full-name-teachers-reaction-school-he-studied-in-and-its-guinness-book-of-records-link-112456|access-date=2019-10-28|language=en-US}}</ref> South point school is the first co education school in kolkata. South Point is one of the top 10 schools in India.
 
The school entered the ''[[Guinness Book of World Records]]'' as the largest educational institute of the world in 1984 until 1992, in terms of student numbers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Guiness World Records|url=https://www.getbengal.com/details/south-point-school-that-groomed-a-nobel-laureate-has-name-in-guinness-record-book|date=23 October 2019|work=[[Get Bengal]]|access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref> Regarded by many national school surveys as one of the best schools in India, the school has educated noted academics, politicians, artists, filmmakers, and entertainers.<ref>{{cite web|title=School |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/edugraph/campus/south-point-high-school-kolkata-takes-first-steps-into-space-with-student-nano-satellite-launch/cid/1877989|date=23 October 2019|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=School Performance|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/west-bengal-jee-2024-toppers-list-out-99-53-students-pass-check-complete-list-of-highest-scorers-in-wbjee/articleshow/110766370.cms|date=23 October 2019|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref>  
The school has among its alumni a [[Nobel laureate]], several [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]] laureates, and winners of [[National Film Awards]].<ref name="Alumni">{{cite web|title=Abhijit was a quiet boy from class of 1976 at South Point
|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/abhijit-was-a-quiet-boy-from-class-of-1976-at-south-point/cid/1711766|date=15 October 2019|first=Sudeshna|last=Banerjee|publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)]]|access-date=16 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Alumni2|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/12000-south-point-students-sign-congratulatory-messages-for-abhijit-banerjee/articleshow/71593719.cms|work= The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title= SOUTH POINT SCHOOL-Guinness Book |date=14 October 2019|url=https://www.zeebiz.com/india/news-abhijit-banerjee-wins-nobel-prize-for-economics-know-full-name-teachers-reaction-school-he-studied-in-and-its-guinness-book-of-records-link-112456|access-date=2019-10-28|language=en-US}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
South Point School is an English-medium and co-educational school which was founded on 1 April 1954 at 16 Mandeville Gardens, [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=History – SOUTH POINT SCHOOL|url=https://www.southpoint.edu.in/history/|access-date=2020-07-28|language=en-US}}</ref> Administration in the initial years was supervised by the founder Shri Satikanta Guha, his wife and co-founder Smt. Pritylata Guha.
Founded on 1 April 1954 at 16 Mandeville Gardens, [[Kolkata]], by [[Satikanta Guha]] and his wife, Pritylata Guha, the institution began as the first English medium co-educational school in Kolkata with just twenty students, and the founders’ vision was supported by a small, devoted group of teachers, with the initial faculty comprising prominent figures from Bengal's cultural, literary, and artistic circles.


On 1 April 1960, it was upgraded to the Higher Secondary level. To overcome space constraints, the High School wing was shifted to a new building at 82/7A Ballygunge Place on 8 April 1970. Since the acquisition of the institution by the [[M.P Birla Group|M.P. Birla Group]], the school is now run by the South Point Education Society.
Initially operational as a single unit, the school split into two buildings, with the high school shifting to Ballygunge Place in 1980.<ref name="History">{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.southpoint.edu.in/history.aspx|publisher=South Point Education Society|access-date=10 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-toi/Boy-oh-boy-Its-an-OBrien/articleshow/29649595.cms|title=after which he took charge as assistant principal of South Point high school for seven years|publisher=Times of India}}</ref> The school initially had among its faculty, noted actor and director [[Utpal Dutt]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=History – SOUTH POINT SCHOOL|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/lifetime-of-love-learning-at-south-point/cid/1289420}}</ref> teaching English Literature, [[Gita Ghatak]],<ref name="Historysp">{{Cite web|title=History – SOUTH POINT SCHOOL|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/news/health-help-launch-for-schoolmates-at-reunion-of-south-point-ex-students-association/cid/1998210}}</ref> noted [[Rabindrasangeet]] vocalist and acclaimed actress as a teacher of music, [[Kamal Kumar Majumdar]], noted Bengali writer and critic, teaching Bengali and his younger sister, the artist [[Shanu Lahiri]] teaching arts and crafts.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History – SOUTH POINT SCHOOL|url=https://www.southpoint.edu.in/history/|access-date=2020-07-28|language=en-US}}</ref>


South Point School, the "junior" school, has Nursery I, Nursery II, Transition and Classes from I to V. Students then attend classes at South Point High School from Class VI onwards. From Classes VI to X, students study under the [[Central Board of Secondary Education]] curriculum. A majority of Pointers return to the school for the plus-two years, Classes XI and XII, under the [[Central Board of Secondary Education]], under the Science, Commerce or Humanities streams, with several subject options available in each stream.
== Emblem and objective ==
The School Emblem, showing a bird (dove or paloma) in flight, symbolizes "man's everlasting quest for knowledge and the desire to soar above the mundane."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.southpoint.edu.in/aims-and-objectives/|title=Aims and Objectives – SOUTH POINT SCHOOL|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-16}}</ref> The motto of the School is 'Courage to Know'.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aims and Objectives – SOUTH POINT SCHOOL|url=https://www.southpoint.edu.in/aims-and-objectives/|access-date=2020-07-28|language=en-US}}</ref>


Previously, South Point High School had been affiliated to both the [[West Bengal Board of Secondary Education]] (and the [[West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education]]) and the [[Central Board of Secondary Education|Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)]]. The West Bengal board however has been discontinued due to lack of demand, and now, the pupils appear for their Board examinations under CBSE only.
== Priyamvada Birla Campus ==
In order to address space constraints and enhance infrastructure, South Point School and South Point High School will move to a new and much larger campus named the Priyamvada Birla Campus of South Point named after the late Smt. Priyamvada Birla, philanthropist and wife of [[M.P. Birla]] Group founder Late Shri [[Madhav Prasad Birla]]. The campus is currently under construction.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2022 date for Bypass campus|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/2022-date-for-bypass-campus/cid/1685030|access-date=2020-10-17|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The New Campus – SOUTH POINT SCHOOL|url=https://www.southpoint.edu.in/the-new-campus/|access-date=2020-10-17|language=en-US}}</ref>


== Safety standards and certification ==
==Notable alumni==
The South Point Education Society received the [[OHSAS 18001|OHSAS 18001:2007]] Occupational Health and Safety Management Certification from the [[British Standards Institution|British Standards Institution (BSI)]] in respect of South Point School, Mandeville Gardens, and South Point High School, Ballygunge Place on 2 August 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|last=IANS|date=2017-08-02|title=Health, safety certification for schools a rarity in India|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/health-safety-certification-for-schools-a-rarity-in-india-117080201428_1.html|access-date=2020-10-17}}</ref> The OHSAS certification has been upgraded to [[ISO 45001|ISO 45001:2018]] standard.
'''Academia'''<br>
''Sciences''
*[[Saurabh Bagchi]], Professor of Computer Science, [[Purdue University]], ACM,<ref>{{Cite web|title=ACM Honors Distinguished Computer Scientists, Engineers and Educators for Innovations|url=https://www.acm.org/media-center/2013/november/acm-honors-distinguished-computer-scientists-engineers-and-educators-for-innovations|access-date=2021-06-07|website=www.acm.org|language=en}}</ref> IFIP,<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFIP WG10.4 Members|url=https://www.dependability.org/wg10.4/members.html|access-date=2021-06-07|website=www.dependability.org}}</ref> IEEE<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saurabh Bagchi {{!}} IEEE Computer Society|url=https://www.computer.org/profiles/saurabh-bagchi|access-date=2021-06-07|language=en-US}}</ref> Distinguished Scientist, Humboldt Fellow<ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Purdue News|title=Purdue engineer receives Humboldt Research Award|url=https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2018/Q2/purdue-engineer-receives-humboldt-research-award.html|access-date=2021-06-07|website=www.purdue.edu|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee]], Professor of Economics, [[MIT]], [[Nobel Laureate]] in Economics<ref name="Alumni" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Abhijit Banerjee|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/south-point-to-fete-abhijit-on-next-visit/articleshow/71712156.cms|date=23 October 2019|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref>
*[[Sumit Ranjan Das]], high energy physicist and [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]] laureate<ref>{{cite web|title=[Sumit Ranjan Das|url=https://pa.as.uky.edu/users/srdas2|date=23 October 2019|work=[[NYT]]|access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref>
*[[Abhik Ghosh]], chemist, professor, and winner of the Hans Fischer Career Award (2022) for lifetime contributions<ref>{{Cite web |title=Society of Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines |url=http://www.icpp-spp.org/icpp10/general/awards.php |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=www.icpp-spp.org}}</ref>
*[[Abhijit Mukherjee (earth scientist)|Abhijit Mukherjee]], scientist and [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]] laureate<ref name="Alumni 9">{{cite web|title=Abhijit Mukherjee|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/bengal-scores-high-with-bhatnagar-prize/articleshow/78341243.cms|date=27 September 2020|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=28 September 2020}}</ref>
*[[Amitava Raychaudhuri]], [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]] laureate, physicist, professor emeritus, Department of Physics, Calcutta University (nephew of [[Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Amitava Raychaudhuri|url=https://www.iacs.res.in/maincontroller.php?navid=19&subnavid=70}}</ref>
*[[Sucharit Sarkar]], mathematician<ref name="Alumni 20">{{cite web|title=Sucharit Sarkar|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/for-these-champs-mathematics-is-the-mantra-of-life/articleshow/17606337.cms|date=27 September 2020|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=28 September 2020}}</ref>


The school has an integrated fire-fighting system, CCTV surveillance throughout the two campuses (barring Staff Rooms and toilets), GPS tracking facility on South Point School buses and other Occupational Health and Safety measures which are vital in maintaining the ageing school-buildings.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Safety Steps & Certification – SOUTH POINT SCHOOL|url=https://www.southpoint.edu.in/safety-steps-certification/|access-date=2020-10-17|language=en-US}}</ref>
''Humanities''
*[[Supriya Chaudhuri]], scholar of English literature, professor emerita of Jadavpur University<ref>{{cite web|title=Supriya Chaudhuri|url=https://shakespeareinbengal.in/supriya-chaudhuri-jadavpur-university/|date=23 October 2019|work=[[Shakespeare in Bengal]]|access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref>


== The Priyamvada Birla Campus ==
'''Writers'''
In order to address space constraints and enhance infrastructure, South Point School and South Point High School will move to a new and much larger campus named the Priyamvada Birla Campus of South Point named after Late Smt. Priyamvada Birla, philanthropist and wife of [[M.P. Birla]] Group founder Late Shri [[Madhav Prasad Birla]]. The campus is currently under construction.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2022 date for Bypass campus|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/2022-date-for-bypass-campus/cid/1685030|access-date=2020-10-17|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=The New Campus – SOUTH POINT SCHOOL|url=https://www.southpoint.edu.in/the-new-campus/|access-date=2020-10-17|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Aroup Chatterjee]], doctor, writer and critic<ref>{{cite web|title= Aroup Chatterjee|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/27/world/asia/mother-teresa-critic.html?_r=0|date=23 October 2019|work=[[NYT]]|access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref>
*[[Shamik Ghosh]], Sahitya Akademi Youth Award-winning Bengali writer (2017; Government of India)<ref name="Alumni 12">{{cite web|title=Shamik Ghosh|url=https://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/aboutus/pdf/AR-2017-18.pdf|date=27 September 2020|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=28 September 2020}}</ref>
*[[Anuradha Roy (novelist)|Anuradha Roy]], author whose book ''Sleeping on Jupiter'' was longlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anuradha Roy|url=https://www.thejcbprize.org/author/anuradha-roy}}</ref>
'''Arts and entertainment'''
*[[Tanmoy Bose]], percussionist and tabla player<ref>{{cite web|title=Tanmoy Bose|url=https://www.swarganga.org/artist_details.php?id=936|date=23 October 2019|work=[[Swarganga]]|access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref>
*[[Bhaswar Chatterjee]], actor<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bhaswar Chatterjee|url=https://t2online.in/goodlife/wheels-1/exclusive:-a-special-screening-of-manikbabur-megh-was-arranged-for-retired-teachers-of-south-point-school/1050198?utm_source=recommendation&ref=recommendation}}</ref>
*[[Prosenjit Chatterjee]], National Film Award-winning Bengali actor and Bengal Vibhushan (West Bengal Government) awardee<ref>{{cite web|title=Prosenjit Chatterjee|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/bumbada-works-his-magic-on-city-educators/articleshow/73531497.cms|date=23 October 2019|work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=15 September 2017}}</ref>
*[[Saswata Chatterjee]], critically acclaimed National Film Award-winning Bengali actor<ref name="Alumni 10">{{cite web|title=Saswata Chatterjee|url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/talking-point/saswata-chatterjee-the-scenestealer-111646983453046.html|date=27 September 2020|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=28 September 2020}}</ref>
*[[Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury]],  National Film Award-winning filmmaker<ref>{{cite web|title=Aniruddha Roy Choudhury|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/south-point-alumni-shoot-7-minute-video-pay-tribute-to-nature/articleshow/75611221.cms|date=23 October 2019|work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=15 September 2017}}</ref>
*[[Sourav Das (actor)|Sourav Das]], Bengali actor<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sourav Das|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/edugraph/the-telegraph-school-awards-for-excellence-2023-honoured-schools-teachers-students-and-parents/cid/1961833}}</ref>
*[[Swarup Dutta]], veteran Bengali actor<ref name="Alumni 11">{{cite web|title=Swaroop Dutta|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/veteran-bengali-actor-swarup-dutta-passes-away-5834133/|date=27 September 2020|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=28 September 2020}}</ref>
*[[Rituparno Ghosh]], National Film Award-winning filmmaker<ref>{{cite web|title=Rituparno Ghosh|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/rituparno-would-ask-me-to-shampoo-his-hair-school-friend-hiranjit-bose/articleshow/35844602.cms|date=23 October 2019|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref>
*[[Pratim D. Gupta]], film critic, journalist, filmmaker<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pratim D. Gupta|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2018/Oct/10/riddhi-sen-the-man-they-call-national-award-8261.html}}</ref>
*[[Bauddhayan Mukherji]],  National Film Award-winning filmmaker<ref>{{Cite web|title=Baudhayan Mukherji|url=https://t2online.in/goodlife/wheels-1/exclusive:-a-special-screening-of-manikbabur-megh-was-arranged-for-retired-teachers-of-south-point-school/1050198?utm_source=recommendation&ref=recommendation}}</ref>
*[[Kamalini Mukherji]], [[Rabindrasangeet]] vocalist<ref>{{Cite web|title= Kamalini Mukherji|url=https://kamalinimukherji.com/bio}}</ref>
*[[Srijit Mukherji]], National Film Award-winning filmmaker and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web|title=Srijit Mukherji|url=https://t2online.in/goodlife/wheels-1/exclusive:-a-special-screening-of-manikbabur-megh-was-arranged-for-retired-teachers-of-south-point-school/1050198?utm_source=recommendation&ref=recommendation|date=23 October 2019|work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=15 September 2017}}</ref>
*[[Bedabrata Pain]], National Film Award-winning filmmaker, scientist, and inventor<ref>{{cite web|title=Bedabrata Pain|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/south-point-alumni-shoot-7-minute-video-pay-tribute-to-nature/articleshow/75611221.cms|date=23 October 2019|work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=15 September 2017}}</ref>
*[[Sandip Ray]], National Film Award-winning filmmaker (son of [[Satyajit Ray]])
*[[Riddhi Sen]], National Film Award-winning actor<ref>{{Cite web|title=Riddhi Sen|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2018/Oct/10/riddhi-sen-the-man-they-call-national-award-8261.html}}</ref>
*[[Subrata Sen]], filmmaker<ref>{{Cite web|title=Subrata Sen|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2018/Oct/10/riddhi-sen-the-man-they-call-national-award-8261.html}}</ref>


The new school will be located off the [[Eastern Metropolitan Bypass]] ([[Biswa Bangla Sarani]]) at [[Mukundapur, Kolkata|Mukundapur]], [[Kolkata]], near the Satyajit Ray Film Institute and the [[Peerless Hospital]]. The junior and senior wings of the school will operate from a single campus once the school relocates here. The new campus might become functional in 2021-2022 (uncertain due to [[COVID-19 pandemic]]).
'''Politics'''
*[[Papiya Adhikari]], actress and politician<ref>{{Cite web|title=Papiya Adhikari|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/south-point-alumni-shoot-7-minute-video-pay-tribute-to-nature/articleshow/75611221.cms}}</ref>
*[[Ritabrata Banerjee]], politician, Member of Rajya Sabha, India
*[[Nilotpal Basu]], [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]Politician, Ex Member of [[Rajya Sabha]] India
*[[Srijan Bhattacharya|Srijan Bhattacharyya]], Left Student Activist, [[Students' Federation of India|SFI]] Leader and [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] Leader
*[[Shatarup Ghosh]], CPI(M) activist leader


With a total area of 6.65 acres and more than 7,61,000 square feet of built-up area, the school will be one of the biggest schools (in terms of area) in the city.
'''Business'''
 
*Aditya V Agarwal (Director Of Emami Ltd.)
== Emblem and objective ==
The School Emblem, showing a bird (dove or paloma) in flight, symbolizes "''man's everlasting quest for knowledge and the desire to soar above the mundane.''"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.southpoint.edu.in/aims-and-objectives/|title=Aims and Objectives – SOUTH POINT SCHOOL|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-16}}</ref> The motto of the School is 'Courage to Know'.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aims and Objectives – SOUTH POINT SCHOOL|url=https://www.southpoint.edu.in/aims-and-objectives/|access-date=2020-07-28|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
== School houses ==
South Point pupils are assigned to one of six Houses, named after famous personalities from [[Kolkata]]:
 
* [[Rabindranath Tagore]] House - Red
* [[Henry Louis Vivian Derozio|Derozio]] House - Yellow
* [[Ashutosh Mukherjee]] House - White
* [[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar]] House - Green
* [[David Hare (philanthropist)|David Hare]] House - Orange
* [[Sister Nivedita]] House - Blue
 
==Notable alumni==
* [[Saurabh Bagchi]], Professor of Computer Science, [[Purdue University]], ACM,<ref>{{Cite web|title=ACM Honors Distinguished Computer Scientists, Engineers and Educators for Innovations|url=https://www.acm.org/media-center/2013/november/acm-honors-distinguished-computer-scientists-engineers-and-educators-for-innovations|access-date=2021-06-07|website=www.acm.org|language=en}}</ref> IFIP,<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFIP WG10.4 Members|url=https://www.dependability.org/wg10.4/members.html|access-date=2021-06-07|website=www.dependability.org}}</ref> IEEE<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saurabh Bagchi {{!}} IEEE Computer Society|url=https://www.computer.org/profiles/saurabh-bagchi|access-date=2021-06-07|language=en-US}}</ref> Distinguished Scientist, Humboldt Fellow<ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Purdue News|title=Purdue engineer receives Humboldt Research Award|url=https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2018/Q2/purdue-engineer-receives-humboldt-research-award.html|access-date=2021-06-07|website=www.purdue.edu|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee]], Professor of Economics, [[MIT]], [[Nobel Laureate]] in Economics <ref name="Alumni" /><ref name="Alumni 5">{{cite web|title=Abhijit Banerjee|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/south-point-to-fete-abhijit-on-next-visit/articleshow/71712156.cms|date=23 October 2019|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref>
* [[Ritabrata Banerjee]], politician, member of [[Rajya Sabha]], India
* [[Tanmoy Bose]], Grammy winning [[percussionist]] and tabla player
* [[Supriya Chaudhuri]], scholar of English literature
* [[Aroup Chatterjee]], doctor, author and critic
* [[Sumit Ranjan Das]], High energy physicist and [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate]]
* [[Saswata Chatterjee]], critically acclaimed actor
* [[Swarup Dutta]], actor
* [[Rituparno Ghosh]], [[National Film Awards|National Film Award]]-winning filmmaker
* [[Shamik Ghosh]], Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar (2017; Government of India) winning Bengali Author
* [[Prosenjit Chatterjee]], National Film Award-winning Actor and Banga Vibhushan (Government of West Bengal) Awardee
* [[Pratim D. Gupta]], film critic, filmmaker
* [[Bauddhayan Mukherji]], filmmaker
* [[Srijit Mukherji]], National Film Award-winning filmmaker and screenwriter
* [[Bedabrata Pain]], National Film Award-winning filmmaker, scientist and inventor
* [[Sandip Ray]], noted filmmaker (son of [[Satyajit Ray]])
* [[Amitava Raychaudhuri]], [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate]]  and Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics, [[University of Calcutta]]
* [[Anuradha Roy (novelist)|Anuradha Roy]], an acclaimed writer whose book ‘Sleeping on Jupiter’ was longlisted for The Man Booker Prize, 2015
* [[Sucharit Sarkar]], mathematician
* [[Subrata Sen]], filmmaker
* [[Riddhi Sen]], National Film Award-winning actor
* [[Abhijit Mukherjee (Earth Scientist)]], scientist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (Prize) laureate <ref name="Alumni 3">{{cite web|title=Abhijit Mukherjee|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/bengal-scores-high-with-bhatnagar-prize/articleshow/78341243.cms|date=27 September 2020|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=28 September 2020}}</ref>


==References==
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For other schools using this name, see South Point High School.
South Point School and South Point High School, Kolkata
South Point High School entrance
Address
Birla Building, 9/1 R. N. Mukherjee Road[1] (Education Society)
16 Mandeville Gardens (junior school)
82/7A Ballygunge Place (high school)

Kolkata, West Bengal

India
Coordinates22°31′33″N 88°22′36″E / 22.52583°N 88.37667°E / 22.52583; 88.37667
Information
TypePrivate school
MottoCourage to Know
Established1954; 72 years ago (1954)
FounderSatikanta Guha
PrincipalD. K. Chadda (Junior school)
PrincipalJaidev Ghosh (High school)
Faculty120 (junior school)
75 (high school)[2]
Teaching staff70 (junior school)
40 (high school)[2]
GradesNursery I to V (junior school)
VI to XII (high school)
Enrollment≈12000
Colour(s)Navy blue, gold and white    
PublicationNursery books, mathematics books, song books and CDs[3](junior school),
Pointer (school magazine)
AffiliationCentral Board of Secondary Education
Websitewww.southpoint.ac.in www.southpoint.edu.in

South Point is a higher-secondary co-educational private school located in Kolkata, West Bengal and affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education, consisting of three organisations – South Point School (nursery to Class V), South Point High School (classes VI to XII) and South Point Education Society (administrative authority).[4][5] The school operates in two shifts for all classes: morning and afternoon. The school opened in 1954 and was the first co-educational school in Kolkata. Higher secondary (10+2) education was introduced in 1960.

The school entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest educational institute of the world in 1984 until 1992, in terms of student numbers.[6] Regarded by many national school surveys as one of the best schools in India, the school has educated noted academics, politicians, artists, filmmakers, and entertainers.[7][8] The school has among its alumni a Nobel laureate, several Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology laureates, and winners of National Film Awards.[9][10][11]

History[edit | edit source]

Founded on 1 April 1954 at 16 Mandeville Gardens, Kolkata, by Satikanta Guha and his wife, Pritylata Guha, the institution began as the first English medium co-educational school in Kolkata with just twenty students, and the founders’ vision was supported by a small, devoted group of teachers, with the initial faculty comprising prominent figures from Bengal's cultural, literary, and artistic circles.

Initially operational as a single unit, the school split into two buildings, with the high school shifting to Ballygunge Place in 1980.[12][13] The school initially had among its faculty, noted actor and director Utpal Dutt,[14] teaching English Literature, Gita Ghatak,[15] noted Rabindrasangeet vocalist and acclaimed actress as a teacher of music, Kamal Kumar Majumdar, noted Bengali writer and critic, teaching Bengali and his younger sister, the artist Shanu Lahiri teaching arts and crafts.[16]

Emblem and objective[edit | edit source]

The School Emblem, showing a bird (dove or paloma) in flight, symbolizes "man's everlasting quest for knowledge and the desire to soar above the mundane."[17] The motto of the School is 'Courage to Know'.[18]

Priyamvada Birla Campus[edit | edit source]

In order to address space constraints and enhance infrastructure, South Point School and South Point High School will move to a new and much larger campus named the Priyamvada Birla Campus of South Point named after the late Smt. Priyamvada Birla, philanthropist and wife of M.P. Birla Group founder Late Shri Madhav Prasad Birla. The campus is currently under construction.[19][20]

Notable alumni[edit | edit source]

Academia
Sciences

Humanities

Writers

Arts and entertainment

Politics

Business

  • Aditya V Agarwal (Director Of Emami Ltd.)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Contact Us". South Point School. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Faculty". South Point School. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Nursery Books" (PDF). South Point School. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "Kolkata Schools". Coaching Indians. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
  5. ↑ Dey, Anurag. "In twilight years, gift of love to teachers". The Tribune. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Guiness World Records". Get Bengal. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "School". The Times of India. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  8. ↑ "School Performance". The Times of India. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Banerjee, Sudeshna (15 October 2019). "Abhijit was a quiet boy from class of 1976 at South Point". The Telegraph (Kolkata). Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  10. ↑ "Alumni2". The Times of India.
  11. ↑ "SOUTH POINT SCHOOL-Guinness Book". 14 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  12. ↑ "History". South Point Education Society. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  13. ↑ "after which he took charge as assistant principal of South Point high school for seven years". Times of India.
  14. ↑ "History – SOUTH POINT SCHOOL".
  15. ↑ "History – SOUTH POINT SCHOOL".
  16. ↑ "History – SOUTH POINT SCHOOL". Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  17. ↑ "Aims and Objectives – SOUTH POINT SCHOOL". Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  18. ↑ "Aims and Objectives – SOUTH POINT SCHOOL". Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  19. ↑ "2022 date for Bypass campus". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  20. ↑ "The New Campus – SOUTH POINT SCHOOL". Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  21. ↑ "ACM Honors Distinguished Computer Scientists, Engineers and Educators for Innovations". www.acm.org. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  22. ↑ "IFIP WG10.4 Members". www.dependability.org. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  23. ↑ "Saurabh Bagchi | IEEE Computer Society". Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  24. ↑ Service, Purdue News. "Purdue engineer receives Humboldt Research Award". www.purdue.edu. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  25. ↑ "Abhijit Banerjee". The Times of India. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  26. ↑ "[Sumit Ranjan Das". NYT. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  27. ↑ "Society of Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines". www.icpp-spp.org. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  28. ↑ "Abhijit Mukherjee". The Times of India. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  29. ↑ "Amitava Raychaudhuri".
  30. ↑ "Sucharit Sarkar". The Times of India. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  31. ↑ "Supriya Chaudhuri". Shakespeare in Bengal. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  32. ↑ "Aroup Chatterjee". NYT. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  33. ↑ "Shamik Ghosh" (PDF). The Times of India. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  34. ↑ "Anuradha Roy".
  35. ↑ "Tanmoy Bose". Swarganga. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  36. ↑ "Bhaswar Chatterjee".
  37. ↑ "Prosenjit Chatterjee". The Indian Express. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  38. ↑ "Saswata Chatterjee". The Times of India. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  39. ↑ "Aniruddha Roy Choudhury". The Indian Express. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  40. ↑ "Sourav Das".
  41. ↑ "Swaroop Dutta". The Times of India. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  42. ↑ "Rituparno Ghosh". The Times of India. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  43. ↑ "Pratim D. Gupta".
  44. ↑ "Baudhayan Mukherji".
  45. ↑ "Kamalini Mukherji".
  46. ↑ "Srijit Mukherji". The Indian Express. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  47. ↑ "Bedabrata Pain". The Indian Express. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  48. ↑ "Riddhi Sen".
  49. ↑ "Subrata Sen".
  50. ↑ "Papiya Adhikari".
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