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St. Xavier's School, Delhi
St. Xavier’s Senior Secondary School is a private Catholic primary and secondary school located in Raj Niwas Marg in the Civil Lines area of North Delhi, in India. Founded by the Jesuits in 1960 as a residential school for boys only, the school has become a Christian minority neighbourhood co-educational school catering for students from preparatory to Grade 12. The school is recognised by the Directorate of Education, Delhi Administration, and is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education for the All India Secondary School Examination and All India Senior School Certificate Examination. An affiliated school in nearby Rohini includes a junior school, vocational training institute, and a National Institute of Open Schooling (afternoon tutorial). This school occupied its new site on 1 May 1998 and has enjoyed the administrative assistance of the Congregation of Jesus (CJ) sisters since 2006. History At its establishment in 1960, the school used the grounds and bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private School
A private school or independent school is a school not administered or funded by the government, unlike a State school, public school. Private schools are schools that are not dependent upon national or local government to finance their financial endowment. Unless privately owned they typically have a board of governors and have a system of governance that ensures their independent operation. Private schools retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students for Tuition payments, tuition, rather than relying on taxation through public (government) funding; at some private schools students may be eligible for a scholarship, lowering this tuition fee, dependent on a student's talents or abilities (e.g., sports scholarship, art scholarship, academic scholarship), need for financial aid, or Scholarship Tax Credit, tax credit scholarships that might be available. Roughly one in 10 U.S. families have chosen to enroll their childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples that Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, migrated to Britain after its End of Roman rule in Britain, Roman occupiers left. English is the list of languages by total number of speakers, most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. English is the list of languages by number of native speakers, third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish language, Spanish; it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in list of countries and territories where English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arun Jaitley
Arun Jaitley (28 December 1952 – 24 August 2019) was an Indian politician and attorney. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Jaitley served as the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of the Government of India from 2014 to 2019. Jaitley previously held the cabinet portfolios of Finance, Defence, Corporate Affairs, Commerce and Industry, and Law and Justice in the Vajpayee government and Narendra Modi government. From 2009 to 2014, he served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. He was a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India. He oversaw the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax which brought the country under one GST regime, demonetisation, merger of Railway budget with general budget and introduction of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. Jaitley decided not to join the second Modi Cabinet in 2019, due to health issues. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, posthumously in 2020 in the field of Public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvind Gupta
Arvind Gupta is an Indian science educator, toy inventor, author, translator and scientist. He received the civilian award Padma Shree from the Indian government on the eve of Republic Day, 2018. Career A graduate from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (1975 batch), Arvind Kumar Gupta took a year's study leave from TELCO (in 1978) to work with the grassroots village science teaching programme for children in the tribal district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh called Hoshangabad Science Teaching Programme (HSTP) in Madhya Pradesh. While there, he developed his idea of creating simple toys and educational experiments using locally available materials as well as items usually thrown as trash. These simple toys, he found, fascinated children and Gupta went on to make these as the hallmark of his movement of popularising science. Arvind Gupta's first book, Matchstick Models and other Science Experiments, was translated into 12 Indian languages by various Popular Science gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinesh Dhamija
Dinesh Dhamija (born 1950) is a British Indian business entrepreneur and politician. He is best known as the founder of online travel agency Ebookers. He was Member of the European Parliament for the London region serving for the Liberal Democrats. He was elected to the European Parliament in the 2019 elections and held the role until the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU. Biography Dhamija was born in Australia, the son of an Indian diplomat. He grew up in India, Mauritius, Afghanistan, Czechoslovakia and the Netherlands. He was educated at Mayo College, King's School, Canterbury and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he attained an MA in law. He began his professional career working for IBM, but soon left to begin his own business. In 1980, Dinesh and his wife Tani started selling travel tickets from a kiosk at Earl's Court tube station in London. By 1983, the business venture had developed into Flightbookers, a travel agency with three established premises. The fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohit Chauhan
Mohit Chauhan (born 11 March 1966) is an Indian playback singer, known for his work in Hindi films. He was a part of the Silk Route (band), Silk Route band. Chauhan has received two Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer and three Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer – Male, Zee Cine Award For Best Male Playback Singer awards. He has recorded several songs for films and albums many different languages, and is one of the most prominent Indi-pop, Indipop singers. Early life Mohit Chauhan was born in the town of Nahan, Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh, on 11 March 1966. He has an elder brother and a younger sister. Because of his father's transferable job, he studied in various schools of Himachal Pradesh, including Our Lady of Snows Highschool in Kullu, and St. Luke's Senior Secondary School, Solan. Chauhan earned a Master of Science in Geology from a government college at Dharamshala affiliated to Himachal Pradesh University. He has not received any formal training ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upamanyu Chatterjee
Upamanyu Chatterjee (born 1959) is an author and a retired Indian civil servant. His works include the novel '' English, August: An Indian story'', '' The Last Burden'', '' The Mammaries of the Welfare State'' and ''Weight Loss''. In 2008, he was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contribution to literature. Biography Chatterjee was born in 1959 in Patna, Bihar. He attended Delhi University, graduated from St. Stephens College, and became a 1983 batch Indian Administrative Service officer. He became a Writer in Residence at the University of Kent in 1990. He became a Director in the Ministry of Human Resource Development in India in 1998. Major works Chatterjee has written and published short stories since the 1980s, including stories republished in the 2019 collection ''The Assassination of Indira Gandhi''. His 1988 novel, '' English, August : An Indian story'' was adapted into the film English, August. His novel '' The Last Burden'' was published in 1993. A seq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Campose
Lieutenant General Philip Campose, PVSM, AVSM & Bar, VSM was the Vice Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army and assumed office on 1 August 2014 succeeding General Dalbir Singh. He retired on 31 July 2015 and was succeeded by Lieutenant General Man Mohan Singh Rai. Early life and education Campose is an alumnus of St. Xavier's School, Delhi; National Defence Academy, Pune and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. He also completed various command courses from Defence Services Staff College, Wellington; National Defence College, New Delhi; the Higher Command Course at Army War College, Mhow and a tactical course in Russia. He holds a master's degree in philosophy in Defence Management and Security Studies and in Strategic Studies from Indore and Madras Universities respectively. Career Campose was commissioned into 9 Gorkha Rifles in 1974 and was later transferred to the Mechanised Infantry Regiment in 1982. He has vast operational and command experience including commander ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakun Batra
Shakun Batra (born 1 January 1983) is an Indian filmmaker, actor and writer. His first film was the romantic comedy '' Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu'' (2012). He followed this with the ensemble family drama '' Kapoor & Sons'' (2016) and the Amazon Prime Video original noir romantic drama '' Gehraiyaan'' (2022), also his production debut. Career Batra entered the film industry working as a side actor in the film ''Don: The Chase Begins Again'' (2006), and then moved on to become an assistant director on films like '' Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na'' (2008) and ''Rock On!!'' (2008), while starring in the former as Nilesh, a minor character. He made his debut as a writer and director with the offbeat romantic comedy '' Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu'' (2012). Rachel Saltz of ''The New York Times'' commented, "The happy surprise of ''Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu'' is that it's not crude, sniggering or vindictive. Instead it's rather sweet and sometimes even a little unexpected." Batra's next film was the ensemble ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raghav Bahl
Raghav Bahl is an Indian businessman, a serial entrepreneur, and an investor best known for his past ownership of several television channels, including TV18 India. He was the Founding/Controlling shareholder & managing director of Network18 Group, a media group that he started in 1993 and grew into one of the largest collection of media properties in India.Inside the Network18 takeover Ashish Mishra, LiveMint (The Hindustan Times Gp), (25 Jun 2014) At its peak, the group controlled by Raghav Bahl included media and internet-based media outlets such as in.com, IBNLive.com, Moneycontrol. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samir Arora
Samir Arora (born November 5, 1965) is an Indian-American businessman and CEO of Sage Assist, a generative AI company, the former CEO or Kyro and founder of Sage Digital AI from 2016 to 2021, and the former CEO of Mode Media (formerly Glam Media) from 2003 to April 2016. He was CEO and chairman of the web design company NetObjects, Inc. from 1995 to 2001 and at Apple Inc. from 1982 to 1991. Arora was selected as one of the 21 Internet Pioneers that shaped the World Wide Web at the 1st Web Innovators Awards by CNET in 1997. Early life and education Samir Arora was born in New Delhi, India to a family of Punjabi descent. He studied electrical and electronic engineering at Birla Institute of Technology and Science. Arora has an EMP from INSEAD, attended Executive Education at Harvard Business School, and holds a diploma in Sales and Marketing from the London Business School. Career Samir Arora worked at Apple in Software and New Media from 1982 to 1991. Arora wrote a white pap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashok Alexander
Ashok Alexander is the Founder-Director of The Antara Foundation, a non-profit focused on public health. Prior to establishing Antara Foundation in 2013, Ashok headed the India operations of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He led the creation and expansion of the Foundation’s India office from its inception in 2003 until 2012. There, he created Avahan, India’s national AIDS program, which rapidly became the world’s largest ever private HIV prevention program. Before the Gates Foundation, Ashok spent 17 years at McKinsey & Company, and left as Director of the firm's Delhi office. He joined McKinsey in 1986 in New York and was part of a small group that moved to India to establish its highly successful India practice. Ashok is a graduate of St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, a post-graduate from the Delhi School of Economics, and has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. Married and has two sons, his passions are painting in oils and charcoal, and ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
