St. Lawrence High School, Kolkata
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27, Pramathesh Barua Sarani (formerly Ballygunge Circular Road) Kolkata, West Bengal India | |
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| Type | Christian |
| Motto | "For God and Country" |
| Established | January 1937 |
| Founder | Fr. Lawrence Rodrigues, S.J. |
| School district | West Bengal |
| President | Fr. Jeyaraj Velusamy |
| Dean | Sr. Severine |
| Rector | Fr. Raphael Hyde S.J. |
| Principal | Fr.Sebastian James, S.J. |
| Teaching staff | 84 |
| Enrollment | 3,000 |
| Campus | 6.5 acres (26,000 m2) |
| Houses | Loyola, Xavier, Britto, Aloysius |
| Color(s) | Blue, green, red, yellow |
| Athletics | Football, cricket, basketball |
| Nickname | Lawrencian |
| Yearbook | The Lawrencian |
| Affiliation | Society of Jesus |
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stlawrencehighschool |
St. Lawrence High School is an English and Bengali language Jesuit secondary school for boys in Kolkata, India, which has boarding and day students. The school was started in 1810 in Baithakhana as an elementary school which later came to be known as St. John Chrysostom School. It was re-founded in January 1937 by Jesuit Fr. Lawrence Rodriques as St. Lawrence High School. Around 2,300 students are enrolled. It was named after Lawrence of Rome, a Spanish martyr, the patron saint of Fr Lawrence Rodrigues himself.
Notable alumni
- Utpal Dutt, actor
- Kabir Suman, singer
- Bedabrata Pain, scientist and filmmaker
- Saugata Roy, Member of Parliament, former Union Minister, former Member of Legislative Assembly West Bengal, politician, trade unionist and educationalist.
- Ranadeb Bose, cricketer
- Kharaj Mukherjee, actor
- Kamaleshwar Mukherjee, filmmaker
- Tathagata Roy, Governor of Tripura, politician, engineer (ex Indian Railway Service), legal arbitrator, author and former founder Head and Professor of Construction Engineering & Management at Jadavpur University
- Debashis Chatterjee, President, Technology Solutions at Cognizant Technology Solutions [1]
Coordinates: 22°31′43.39″N 88°21′20.88″E / 22.5287194°N 88.3558000°E
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