St. James' School (Kolkata)

St. James' School
St. James' School
	File:St james school kolkata logo.jpg
Address
	165, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, Kolkata 700014; Kolkata, West Bengal; India
Information
Type	Private
Motto	Pro Ecclesia Et Pro Patria; (For Church and For Country)
Religious affiliation(s)	Church of North India
Established	1864
Principal	Terence Hamilton Ireland
Headmistress	Betty Matthews
Headmaster	Neville Holt
Staff	Varies
Enrollment	Varies
Campus	Urban
Nickname	Jacobeans
Affiliations	Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations
Website	www.stjamesschoolkolkata.com

school premises

St. James' School, Kolkata, India, is a CNI school, and is one of the oldest private schools in India. It was founded on the 25th of July in 1864 by Bishop Cotton,^[1] and celebrated its sesquicentenary (150 years) in July 2014. It is an all boys school ^[2] and is associated with the ICSE and ISC Board of Education.^[1]

The school has four houses which are Cotton, Copleston, Lefroy, and Westcott, each named after an English Bishop who served in India in the 19th century.

In 1900, St. James' School won the Beighton Cup.^[3]

Notable alumni[edit]

Somnath Bharadwaj - Batch 1983 - Astro Physicist IIT Kharagpur
Rajesh Gopakumar - Batch 1987 - Theoretical Physicist and Director of the ICTS
Sanjeev Sanyal - Batch 1989 - Principal Economic Advisor to Ministry of Finance, Government of India and Environmentalist.
Pritam - Batch 1990 - Bollywood Music Director.
Arjun Atwal - Batch 1992 - Pro Golfer, member of PGA.
Debashish Chaudhuri - Batch 1994 - Indian Symphonic Conductor of Western Classical Music
Murtaza Lodhgar - Batch 1995 - Ranji Trophy Cricketer and Coach for Bengal.
Sujoy Ghosh - Till Std IV - Filmmaker, National Award Winner.
Rohit K. Dasgupta, Academic and UK Politician (Labour Party)
Ashish Dhawan, Private Equity Investor

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 St. James' School, Kolkata. "Official Website of St. Jame's School, Kolkata". Retrieved 13 August 2015.
↑ "St. James': a journey from gravel to gold". The Telegraph. Kolkota. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
↑ O’Brien, Barry (4 December 2004). "All hail hockey on history high". Eye on Calcutta. Calcutta, India: The Telegraph, 4 December 2004. Retrieved 13 April 2007.

External links[edit]

Official website

Coordinates: 22°33′18″N 88°21′56″E / 22.55500°N 88.36556°E / 22.55500; 88.36556

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[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 St. James' School, Kolkata. "Official Website of St. Jame's School, Kolkata". Retrieved 13 August 2015.

[2] "St. James': a journey from gravel to gold". The Telegraph. Kolkota. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[Telegraph-3] O’Brien, Barry (4 December 2004). "All hail hockey on history high". Eye on Calcutta. Calcutta, India: The Telegraph, 4 December 2004. Retrieved 13 April 2007.

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