St. Joseph's College, Nainital is a day boarding and residential school in Nainital, Kumaon, India, providing private school education.

Overview

St Joseph's college was established in 1888. The site was previously the location of a seminary, run by the Italian Capuchin Fathers. The school is still referred to as "SEM" (for Seminary). In 1892 four Christian Brothers took formal charge of St Joseph's College, and thus began the involvement of the Christian Brothers in the running of the school. The school is one of 20 educational institutions in India conducted by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, a pontifical institute, founded in Ireland in 1802 by

Edmund Ignatius Rice Edmund Ignatius Rice ( ga, Éamonn Iognáid Rís; 1 June 1762 – 29 August 1844) was a Catholic missionary and educationalist. He was the founder of two religious institutes of religious brothers: the Congregation of Christian Brothers and t ...

, a wealthy Catholic layman, who was beatified in 1996.

Student life

The pupils are boys are aged 6 to 18. The roll numbers about 1100, with 360 boarders. New admissions are taken only in classes one and eleven. Boarders are admitted from class 3 onwards. The school is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations and prepares students for the ICSE examinations. It has a plus-two section for the ISC examination. The school has seven playing fields, a gymnasium, lawn tennis, two squash courts, basketball court, billiard tables, and a swimming pool. The school takes part in inter-college events. The college has a distinguished football team in tournaments of Nainital and Edmund Rice schools. The school hosts inter-school events such as the Edmund Rice Meet and the Nirip Deep Memorial Soccer Tournament. Events such as quizzes, debates, declamations and elocution contests are held.

Notable alumni

Politics

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– Union minister with Cabinet rank and Vice Chairman of the Planning Commission * Rajendra Singh – head of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh *

K. C. Singh Baba Rajadhiraj Karan Chand Singh Baba (born 29 March 1947) is current Maharaja of Kumaon also an Indian politician who was a member of the 14th and 15th Lok Sabha of the Parliament of India. He represented the Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar constitu ...

– Member of Parliament, Nainital and sportsman *

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– Member of Parliament *

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– son of Sheikh Hasina Sumit Hridayesh , MLA , Haldwani , Uttrakhand

Armed forces

* Zameer Uddin Shah *

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– governor of Himachal Pradesh

Business, commerce and industry

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– philanthropist and civil servant *

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– entrepreneur

Education, fine arts and media

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– scientist *

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– film actor * Neelesh Misra – songwriter, journalist and authorhttp://www.flipkart.com/search.php?dd=0&query=Neelesh+Misra+ * Paritosh Painter – theatre actor, director and film, TV writer *

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– actor * Manoj Joshi – journalist * Amit Abraham – psychologist

Sports

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– field hockey player * Ronald Riley – field hockey player * Trevor Vanderputt – field hockey player

Media

The school's buildings have featured in Indian films. The best known of these are '' Masoom'' (winner of 4

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) and '' Koi... Mil Gaya'' (winner of 5 Filmfare Awards). The school buildings have also featured in various TV series such as Breathe into the shadows.

References

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