Scott Christian College Scott Christian College is an autonomous, co-educational, arts and science college in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu. Run by the Diocese of Kanyakumari of the Church of South India, the college is graded "''A''" under National Assessment and Accreditat ...

Nagercoil Nagercoil, also spelt as Nagarkovil ("Temple of the Nāgas", or Nagaraja-Temple), is a city and the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu state, India. Situated close to the tip of the Indian peninsula, it lies on an ...

alumni are often referred to as Scotians, a name derived from its Scottish founder's initial

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name. The list of Scott Christian College pupils, featuring members of the University of Cambridge, are segregated in accordance with their fields of achievement. This list includes individuals who have either studied at the university or worked at the university in an academic capacity. The list has been divided into categories indicating the field of activity in which people have become well known. Many of the university’s alumni have attained a level of distinction in more than one field. These individuals may appear under two categories. In general, however, an attempt has been made to put individuals in the category with which they are most often associated.

Scientists

*Dr. D.J. Bagyaraj - senior scientist,

Indian Institute of Science The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a public, deemed, research university for higher education and research in science, engineering, design, and management. It is located in Bengaluru, in the Indian state of Karnataka. The institute wa ...

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

*Dr.

Gunamudian David Boaz Gunamudian David Boaz (31 March 1908 – 8 July 1965) was the first Indian psychologist. He received his PhD from The University of Oxford in 1935, and graduated from Scott Christian College. The department of Psychology was instituted at t ...

- first Indian

psychologist A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and interpretation of how indi ...

*Dr. J Daniel Chellappa - nuclear scientist; Deputy Director of

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*Dr. Raja Chelliah -

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

; former advisor to

World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Interna ...

*Dr.

Selvin Christopher S Christopher is an Indian scientist who served as Chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Formerly he was director of the Centre for Airborne Systems. He is also the author of various research publications. Curre ...

- director of Centre for Airborne Systems,

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; recipient of

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

*Dr. Ranjan Roy Daniel - former director of

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) is a public deemed research university located in Mumbai, India that is dedicated to basic research in mathematics and the sciences. It is a Deemed University and works under the umbrella of the D ...

; recipient of

Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ...

*Dr. C. Livingstone - biological scientist; former Chancellor of

Madras Christian College Madras Christian College (MCC) is a liberal arts and sciences college in Chennai, India. Founded in 1837, MCC is one of Asia's oldest extant colleges. The college is affiliated to the University of Madras but functions as an autonomous institu ...

*Dr.

A.E. Muthunayagam Dr. A. E. Muthunayagam (born on 11 January 1939) is a leading space scientist in the Indian Space Research Organisation and the chief architect of rocket propulsion in India. He was responsible for the creation of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centr ...

- former director of

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and

Indian Institute of Technology Madras Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is a public technical university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. As one of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), it is recognized as an Institute of National Importance and has be ...

; recipient of Padma Bhushan *Dr. M.S.S. Pandian - veteran Indian historian and social scientist *Dr. Samuel Paul - founder and former director of

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad) is the world's number 1 business school, located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The school has been accorded the status of an Institute of National Importance by Ministry of Human Resource ...

*Dr. M. J. Xavier - founder and director of

Indian Institute of Management Ranchi The Indian Institute of Management Ranchi (IIM Ranchi, IIM-R) is a public business school located in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. IIM Ranchi was established in Ranchi on 15 December 2009 and began classes on 6 July 2010, under the 11th Five Year P ...

Mathematicians

*Dr.

Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai (5 April 1901 – 31 August 1950) was an Indian mathematician specialising in number theory. His contribution to Waring's problem was described in 1950 by K. S. Chandrasekharan as "almost certainly his best ...

- mathematician; recipient of Padma Bhushan

Indian police service

*Dr.

F. V. Arul Frederick Victor Arul (1917-2006) was a high-ranking Indian police officer and former director of Central Bureau of Investigation from Yangon. He was born in Nazareth, thoothukudi district Early life and education Arul was born on 24 Nov ...

(

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) - former Director of

Central Bureau of Investigation The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is the premier investigating agency of India. It operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. Originally set up to investigate bribery and governmen ...

; Commissioner of Police (Greater Chennai); first Indian Vice-President of

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*Dr.

C. Sylendra Babu C. Sylendra Babu (born 5 June 1962) is an Indian Police Service Officer who served as the Director General of Police and Head of Police Force, Tamil Nadu Police. Early life and education Sylendra Babu was born in the town of Kuzhithurai, Kan ...

- present Director-General of Police , Tamil Nadu *Dr.

Walter Devaram Walter Issac Devaramhttp://indiankanoon.org/doc/1968478/ (born 20 July 1939) is a retired Indian Police Service officer. He served as the Director General of Police for the State of Tamil Nadu. He was a former Army Officer before he sat for th ...

- former Inspector-General of Police; Indian Super Cop and Padma Shri awardee * G. Nanchil Kumaran - former Inspector-General of Police and Police Commissioner,

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

* Christopher Nelson - former Inspector-General of Police; lifetime member of Planning Commission

Indian administrative service

*Thiru Anand T - Project Officer DRDA, Tamil Nadu Government *Thiru P. Ekambaram - Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Water Board *Thiru V.M. Xavier Chrisso Nayagam - Director of Social Welfare to Government of Tamil Nadu *Thiru S. Thangaswami - Commissioner, Minorities Welfare to Government of India *Dr. R. Vijaykumar - Additional Chief Secretary to Government of India

Chief of Naval Staff

* Admiral Oscar Stanley Dawson - 12th Chief of Naval Staff * Admiral Sushil Kumar - 18th Chief of Naval Staff

Cinema

* J. C. Daniel - "father of the Malayalam film industry" * Ganesh Janardhanan (VTV Ganesh) - Tamil comedian and actor *

Rani Jeyraj Rani Jeyraj is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Femina Miss India 1996. A native of Kundal village in Tirunelveli District, she was born to a middle class Christian Nadar family in Zambia. Her parents were teachers ...

Miss India Miss India may refer to: * Femina Miss India, the most prestigious and oldest surviving national beauty pageant in India that started in 1964. It sends its winner to Miss World. * Miss Diva, the national beauty pageant that sends its winners to Miss ...

, 1996 *

R. Muttusamy Ramaya Muttusamy (5 January 1926 – 27 June 1988) was a prolific Sri Lankan music director and singer. He handled the music for most of K. Gunaratnam's productions. Muttusamy was born on 5 January 1926, in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India, the ...

- "the father of the

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n film industry" *

Sathyaneshan Nadar Sathyan (born Cheruvilakathu Veetil Manuel Sathyanesan Nadar; 9 November 1912 – 15 June 1971) was an Indian actor known for his work in Malayalam cinema. Known for his own style and versatility in acting, Satyan was one of the pioneers of r ...

- Malayalam actor * Jagathy N. K. Achary - Malayalam Script Writer *

Sukumaran Edappal Ponnamkuzhi Veettil Parameswaran Sukumaran Nair (10 June 1948 – 16 June 1997), known mononymously as Sukumaran, was an Indian actor and producer of Malayalam films. Sukumaran became a popular film star in Malayalam cinema during the 1 ...

- Malayalam actor

Educationalists

* Dr.

H. S. S. Lawrence Harris Sam Sahayam Lawrence ( ta, ஹாரிஸ் சாம் சஹாயம் லவ்றேன்சே; 28 July 1923 – 21 April 2009) was an Indian educationalist born in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu. As Special Officer for restructuring E ...

- former Director of Education,

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

;

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Adviser

Businessmen

Politicians

* A.V. Bellarmin - former

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...

member * J. Helen Davidson - current Lok Sabha member *Dr. N. Dennis, former and seven-time Lok Sabha member *

Nanjil K. Manoharan Nanjil K. Manoharan (February 1929 – 1 August 2000) was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was Tamil Nadu's minister of Finance during 1977–1980 and minister of Revenue during 1996–2000. ...

- co-founder of

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...

(DMK) *

Kunjan Nadar Kunjan Nadar, also known as Vattiyoorkavu Veeran (Hero of Vattiyoorkavu), was an Indian politician, lawyer and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected twice to Travancore-Cochin assembly and once to Madras State assembly. He ...

- former Lok Sabha member *Dr.

Marshal Nesamony A. Nesamony, sometimes known as Marshal Nesamony, was a political leader from Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu, India. He was the second son of Kesavan Appavu Nadar, born on 12 June 1895 at Nesarpuram, Palliyadi in Vilavancode Taluk, Kanya ...

, former Lok Sabha member

Authors and poets

*Dr.

David Davidar David Davidar (born 27 September 1958) is an Indian novelist and publisher. He is the author of three published novels, ''The House of Blue Mangoes'' (2002), ''The Solitude of Emperors'' (2007), and ''Ithaca'' (2011). In parallel to his writing ...

- former CEO of

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;

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faculty *Dr. M. J. Rabi Singh - linguistic scholar

Environmentalists

*Dr. J. C. Daniel - ornithologist and naturalist * S. S. Davidson - environmentalist *Dr. A.J.T. Johnsingh - scientist, former director of the

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Theology

Gnanasigamony Devakadasham Gnanasigamony Devakadasham became the fifth Bishop of Kanyakumari of the Church of South India (CSI) in 2001. He was elected as Deputy Moderator of CSI Synod on 14 January 2010. Devakadasham was also the Moderator of the CSI Synod from 2010 t ...

- Bishop of the largest Indian church,

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* John Gladstone - former Bishop of Church of South India

Sports

*W. Antony Dhas - cricketer"From snaring fish to chasing dreams"
/ref> * Thalaivan Sargunam - cricketer and

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batsman

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