Scottish Church Collegiate School
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| Scottish Church Collegiate School (SCCS) | |
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| Coordinates | 22°35′29″N 88°22′09″E / 22.5913093°N 88.3692459°E |
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| Type | Private |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Church of North India |
| Established | July 13, 1830 |
| Founder | Alexander Duff |
| President | Rt. Rev. Dr. Paritosh Canning, Bishop of Kolkata. |
| Headmaster | Bivash Saniel |
| Affiliation | WBBSE & WBCHSE |
| Website | www |
The Scottish Church Collegiate School is a school in north Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Notable alumni
- Lalbehari De, Religious Leader and Writer.
- Turiyananda, Religious Leader.
- Dhan Gopal Mukerji, First successful Indian man of letters, Poet and Writer mainly for children and also for adults in english with international fame, won the John Newbery Medal.
- Akhil Niyogi (Swapanburo), Poet, Writer and Editor.
- Berry Sarbadhikari, Journalist, Cricket Commentator and Writer.
- Manna De, the Sangeet Natak Akademi, the Padma Shree, the Padma Bhushan and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award winning Singer and Composer.
- Prabodhkumar Sanyal, Journalist and Writer.
- Badal Sarkar, the Sangeet Natak Akademi and the Padma Shree awarde Playwright, Theater Director and Actor.
- Moti Nandi, Journalist and the Sahitya Akademi awarde Writer.
- Ajit Kumar Panja, Politician.
- Bikash Sinha, the Padma Shree and the Padma Bhushan awarde Physicist.
- Sadhan Pande, Politician.
- Dulal Lahiri, Actor and Theater Director.
- Soumitra Mitra, Reciter, Actor and Theater Directror.
- Soumitra Dastidar, Journalist, Writer and Documentary Filmmaker.
- Sujoy Shome, Journalist, Writer, Graphic Designer, Filmmaker, Actor, Social Activist and Editor & Art Director of the Fourth Generation of celebrated Bengali monthly Sandesh (magazine).
- Santanu Bandyopadhyay, Vocalist of the Bishnupur gharana at Indian classical music.
- Swapan K Saha, Physicist.
- Debasish Roy, Singer and Rabindrasangeet Guru.
- Subhasish Mukhopadhyay, Actor.
- Anindya Chattopadhyay, Lyricist, Composer, Singer, Journalist, Writer, Editor, Actor and Filmmaker.
- Shilajit Majumder, Lyricist, Composer, Singer and Actor.
- Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Grandmaster (chess).
- Sayantan Das, Chess Player.
- Tanishk Bagchi, Lyricist, Composer and Singer.
- Padmanabha Dasgupta, Actor and Screenplay Writer.
See also
- Scottish Church College, the twin institution of the school, also founded by Duff.
- Education in India
- List of schools in India
- Education in West Bengal
References
- ^ "Official Site". Scottish Church Collegiate School. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
