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South Point Group of Schools, Kolkata
South Point Group of Schools, Kolkata
Address
	Birla Building, 9/1 R. N. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata - 700001
Information
Type	Private
Motto	Courage to Know
Established	1 April 1954
Founder	Satikanta Guha
Director	Dr. Madhu Kohli (Junior school)
Principal	Dalbir Kaur Chadda (Junior school)
Principal	Rupa Sanyal Bhattacharjee (High School)
Faculty	300 (Junior school); 275 (High school)
Teaching staff	150 (Junior school); 175 (High school)
Grades	Nursery I to V (Junior school) ; VI to XII
Number of students	13,500
Colour(s)	Navy blue; Gold ; White
Publication	Nursery books, song books and CDs(Junior school),; Write Now (High school wall magazine); Pointer (School magazine)
Affiliation	WBBSE & WBCHSE, CBSE
Website	www.southpoint.edu.in

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South Point School (SPS) or South Point High School (SPHS) is a co-educational private day school located in Kolkata, West Bengal.^[5]^[6] The school opened in the year, 1954 and introduced higher secondary level in 1960. The school split into two buildings with the high school shifting to Ballygunge Place in 1980.^[7]^[8]

South Point group of schools, consisting of the junior and senior divisions, made an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records^[9] as the largest educational institute in the world in 1984 till 1992. The existing South Point school in Kolkata of the M.P. Birla Group, which was, till recently, managed by R. S. Lodha, has around 13,500 regular students on its rolls, and is reported to be the second-largest school in the world.^[10] The EducationWorld - IMRB International Survey ranked South Point High School at fourth in their 2007 list of India's most respected schools.^[7]^[11]

Notable alumni

Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, Professor of Economics, MIT
Amitava Bhattacharjee, Professor of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
Amitava Raychaudhuri, Professor of Physics, University of Calcutta
Amlan Das Gupta, scholar
Supriya Chaudhuri, scholar of English literature
Ritabrata Banerjee, politician, member of Rajya Sabha, India
Bedabrata Pain, scientist and inventor
Sucharit Sarkar, mathematician
Arnab Ray, entrepreneur and founder of Array & Bplanexperts.com
Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, filmmaker
Bauddhayan Mukherji, filmmaker
Koena Mitra, actor
Nandana Sen, actor
Qaushiq Mukherjee, filmmaker
Pratim D. Gupta, film critic, filmmaker
Rituparno Ghosh, National Film Award-winning filmmaker
Sandip Ray, noted filmmaker (son of Satyajit Ray)
Saswata Chatterjee, actor
Subrata Sen, filmmaker
Srijit Mukherji, filmmaker
Tanusree Shankar, danseuse
Tanmoy Bose, percussionist and tabla player
Wajahat Khan, Sarod Maestro
Amit Kumar, noted playback singer and son of Kishore Kumar
Antara Dev Sen, journalist
Kunal Basu, author
Anuradha Roy, author
Snehashish Ganguly, cricketer
Sanjoy Sen, I-League soccer manager.

References

^ "Contact Us". South Point School. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Faculty". South Point School. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
^ "Welcome". South Point School. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
^ "Nursery Books" (PDF). South Point School. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
^ "Kolkata Schools". Coaching Indians. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
^ Dey, Anurag. "In twilight years, gift of love to teachers". The Tribune. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
^ ^a ^b "History". South Point Education Society. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
^ "after which he took charge as assistant principal of South Point high school for seven years". Times of India.
^ "Recalling an old school - An institution with little rooted identity". The Telegraph. 12 June 2010. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Group Philanthropic Activities - Educational Activities". Birla Co-operation Limited. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
^ Thakore, Dilip (August 2007). "India's most respected schools". EducationWorld-IMRB International Survey. Retrieved 10 April 2012.

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[Address-1] "Contact Us". South Point School. Retrieved 9 March 2012.

[Faculty-2] "Faculty". South Point School. Retrieved 9 March 2012.

[Students-3] "Welcome". South Point School. Retrieved 9 March 2012.

[Publications-4] "Nursery Books" (PDF). South Point School. Retrieved 9 March 2012.

[coaching-5] "Kolkata Schools". Coaching Indians. Retrieved 18 August 2009.

[6] Dey, Anurag. "In twilight years, gift of love to teachers". The Tribune. Retrieved 31 January 2015.

[History-7] "History". South Point Education Society. Retrieved 10 April 2012.

[8] "after which he took charge as assistant principal of South Point high school for seven years". Times of India.

[Guiness-9] "Recalling an old school - An institution with little rooted identity". The Telegraph. 12 June 2010. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[Guiness1-10] "Group Philanthropic Activities - Educational Activities". Birla Co-operation Limited. Retrieved 10 April 2012.

[EduWorld-11] Thakore, Dilip (August 2007). "India's most respected schools". EducationWorld-IMRB International Survey. Retrieved 10 April 2012.

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 '''South Point School''' ('''SPS''') or '''South Point High School''' ('''SPHS''') is a co-educational [[Private school|private day school]] located in Kolkata, West Bengal.<ref name="coaching">{{cite web|url=http://www.coachingindians.com/schools-in-india/kolkata-schools.html|title=Kolkata Schools|publisher=Coaching Indians|accessdate=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|accessdate=31 January 2015|publisher=The Tribune}}</ref> The school opened in the year, 1954 and introduced higher secondary level in 1960. 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|accessdate=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>
-South Point group of schools, consisting of the junior and senior divisions, made an entry in the [[Guinness Book of World Records]]<ref name=Guiness>{{cite news|title=Recalling an old school - An institution with little rooted identity|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:70gztTSNNbgJ:www.telegraphindia.com/1100612/jsp/opinion/story_12554092.jsp+guinness+records+archive+south+point+school&cd=8&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in&client=firefox-a|accessdate=10 April 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=12 June 2010}}</ref> as the largest educational institute in the world in '''1984''' till '''1992'''. The existing South Point school in Kolkata of the [[M.P Birla Group|M.P. Birla Group]], which was, till recently, managed by [[R. S. Lodha]], has around 13,500 regular students on its rolls, and is reported to be the second-largest school in the world.<ref name=Guiness1>{{cite web|title=Group Philanthropic Activities - Educational Activities|url=http://www.birlacorporation.com/charity_education.html|publisher=Birla Co-operation Limited|accessdate=10 April 2012}}</ref> The EducationWorld - IMRB International Survey ranked South Point High School at ''fourth'' in their 2007 list of India's most respected schools.<ref name=History /><ref name=EduWorld>{{cite journal|last=Thakore|first=Dilip|title=India's most respected schools|journal=EducationWorld-IMRB International Survey|date=August 2007|url=http://educationworldonline.net/index.php/page-article-choice-more-id-934|accessdate=10 April 2012}}</ref>
+South Point group of schools, consisting of the junior and senior divisions, made an entry in the [[Guinness Book of World Records]]<ref name=Guiness>{{cite news|title=Recalling an old school - An institution with little rooted identity |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100612/jsp/opinion/story_12554092.jsp |accessdate=10 April 2012 |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=12 June 2010 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613151133/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100612/jsp/opinion/story_12554092.jsp |archivedate=13 June 2010 |df= }}</ref> as the largest educational institute in the world in '''1984''' till '''1992'''. The existing South Point school in Kolkata of the [[M.P Birla Group|M.P. Birla Group]], which was, till recently, managed by [[R. S. Lodha]], has around 13,500 regular students on its rolls, and is reported to be the second-largest school in the world.<ref name=Guiness1>{{cite web|title=Group Philanthropic Activities - Educational Activities|url=http://www.birlacorporation.com/charity_education.html|publisher=Birla Co-operation Limited|accessdate=10 April 2012}}</ref> The EducationWorld - IMRB International Survey ranked South Point High School at ''fourth'' in their 2007 list of India's most respected schools.<ref name=History /><ref name=EduWorld>{{cite journal|last=Thakore|first=Dilip|title=India's most respected schools|journal=EducationWorld-IMRB International Survey|date=August 2007|url=http://educationworldonline.net/index.php/page-article-choice-more-id-934|accessdate=10 April 2012}}</ref>
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