St. Vincent's High School

St. Vincent's High School and Junior College
St. Vincent's High School and Junior College
Location
	Pune, Maharashtra; India
Information
Type	Jesuit, private, all boys
Motto	"To Dare and Do and Win"
Established	1867; 157 years ago
Principal	Fr. Francis Patekar, S.J
Number of students	3500–4000
Campus	Pune, Maharashtra, India
Color(s)	Cream
Nickname	Vincentians
Website	stvincentspune

File:StVincentsTopView.jpg

Satellite view of campus

St. Vincent's High School is an English-medium convent school founded in 1867, located in the Indian city of Pune and named after Vincent de Paul, a seventeenth-century saint known for his love for the poor and the downtrodden.^[1] 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).

It is owned by the Poona Catholic Educational Association and managed by the Poona Jesuit School's Society, which belong to the 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^[2] and provides quality education to the students. It is currently ranked at No. 9 all across India.^[3] 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.

Present

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.

Achievements

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.^[4]

Principals

Year	Principals
1867	Fr. Joseph Brunner, S.J.
1872	Fr. Henry Depelchin, S.J.
1873	Fr. Henry Schumacher, S.J.
1879	Fr. George Weniger, S.J.
1880	Fr. Ignatius Kunzler, S.J.
1881	Fr. Jusoph Nuckle, S.J.
1883	Fr. William Althoff, S.J.
1886	Fr. Bernard Beider-Linden, S.J.
1887	Fr. Ferdinand Hillenkamp, S.J.
1889	Fr. Kilian Hahn, S.J.
1890	Fr. Joseph Willy, S.J.
1895	Fr. Julius Mayr, S.J.
1903	Fr. Killian Hahn, S.J.
1908	Fr. William Windhausen, S.J.
1914	Fr. Francis X. Larbolette, S.J.
1915	Fr. Ernest Hoogewerf, S.J.
1915	Fr. Peter Alborghetti, S.J.
1916	Fr. Thomas Baret (USA), S.J.
1916	Fr. John Lauder, S.J.
1918	Fr. Charles Ghezzi, S.J.
1929	Fr. Maximillan Riklin, S.J.
1950	Fr. Anton Rehm, S.J.
1955	Fr. William Clement, S.J.
1957	Fr. Rudolf Schoch, S.J.
1966	Fr. Edmund D'Souza, S.J.
1967	Fr. Romauld D'Souza S.J.
1973	Fr. Rudolf Schoch, S.J.
1977	Fr. Edmund D'Souza, S.J.
1983	Fr. Kenneth Misquitta, S.J.
1993	Fr. Bertie Rozario, S.J.
1998	Fr. Kenneth Misquitta, S.J.
2003	Fr. Mario Fernandes, S.J.
2009	Fr. Andrew Fernandes, S.J.
Present	Fr. Francis Patekar, S.J.

Notable alumni

Meher Baba graduated from St. Vincent's High School in 1911. Baha
Banoo Jehangir Coyaji was the first female to pass the matriculate exam from St Vincent's, an all-boys school, in 1933. Voba Times
Thomas Kailath, a Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, the first Indian student to obtain a doctorate in Electrical Engineering at MIT and a recipient of the IEEE Medal of Honor, the Padma Bhushan, and the US National Medal of Science.
Ebrahim Alkazi theatre director and Padma Vibhushan.^[5]
Parag Havaldar an Indian-American computer engineer, an alumnus of IIT-Kharagpur from Pune, and an Oscar Awards Winner! In 2017, he won the Academy Award for technical development as a pioneering work in Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI).

Gallery

Backside of St. Vincent's building
Father Osch's Hall
Father's House at St. Vincent's. Formerly the Old Red Bungalow.
Main Building Corridor
Main Building
Heritage Office Building
Camp Heritage Main Building
Maggi canteen
Outdoor basketball court
Huge Ground at St Vincent's
St. Vincent's School, Camp Pune
Small gate
Twin trees before Gulati Hall
View From Outside The Main gate.
A landmark near the Quadrangle.

References

^ "Directorate General Defence Estates".
^ "India Ranker". Retrieved 15 January 2012.
^ "India Ranking Boys School".
^ "VOBA – Vincentian Old Boys Association". www.vobapune.com. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
^ "Theatre is revelation (Interview)". The Hindu. 24 February 2008.

External links

Vincents Old Boys Association (VOBA) Official alumni organization
VincentiDabitur.com Website for ex-Vincentians

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[1] "Directorate General Defence Estates".

[2] "India Ranker". Retrieved 15 January 2012.

[3] "India Ranking Boys School".

[4] "VOBA – Vincentian Old Boys Association". www.vobapune.com. Retrieved 26 August 2017.

[5] "Theatre is revelation (Interview)". The Hindu. 24 February 2008.

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