Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School is located in

Egmore Egmore is a neighbourhood of Chennai, India. Situated on the northern banks of the Coovum River, Egmore is an important residential area as well as a commercial and transportation hub. The Egmore Railway Station was the main terminus of the Ma ...

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 ...

. The school was established in July 1958 with 140 students and Fr. Mallon as the principal, and has since grown to over 5000 students. The school is affiliated to matriculation system of Tamil Nadu until class 10 and the Tamil Nadu State Board for classes 11 and 12.

Notable alumni

Silambarasan Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar, nicknamed as Simbu or his initials S. T. R., is an Indian actor, filmmaker and musician in Tamil cinema. He began his acting career by playing roles as a child artist in films directed by his father T. Rajendar, b ...

, actor * Prabhas, actor *

Viswanathan Anand Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster and a former five-time World Chess Championship, World Chess Champion. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and is one of the few players to have ...

, chess grandmaster and world champion *

Vijay Amritraj Vijay Amritraj (born 14 December 1953) is an Indian sports commentator, actor and retired professional tennis player from Madras. He was awarded the Padma Shri, India's 4th highest civilian honour, in 1983.In 2022, he was honored for his cont ...

, Tennis professional *

Y. Gee. Mahendra Y G Mahendran (born 9 January 1950) is an Indian Actor, dramatist, actor, singer, playwright and comedian from the state of Tamil Nadu. He has acted in a number of plays and films. He is the son of Y. G. Parthasarathy, one of the pioneers of mo ...

, actor * Dinesh Karthik, Indian cricketer * Arjan Kripal Singh, Indian cricketer *

Arvind Swamy Arvind Swamy (born 18 June 1970) is an Indian actor, model, entrepreneur and television presenter known for his work in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam films. He was introduced as an actor by Mani Ratnam with the blockbuster ...

, actor *

Daggubati Venkatesh Daggubati Venkatesh (born 13 December 1960) is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and a few hindi films. Venkatesh debuted with the 1986 film '' Kaliyuga Pandavulu'' for which he won his first Nandi Award. In a c ...

, actor *

D. Imman Immanuel Vasanth Dinakaran (born 24 January 1983), better known as D. Imman, is an Indian film composer and singer, predominantly working in Tamil cinema. Also worked in Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, and Hindi film industry. His first film as m ...

, music composer *

Sibiraj Sibi Sathyaraj (also credited as Sibiraj) is an Indian actor working in the Tamil film industry. He is the son of actor Sathyaraj. Early life and education Sibi did his schooling in Sherwood Hall Senior Secondary School and Don Bosco Matricula ...

, actor * Vikram Prabhu, actor * Vishal, actor *

Daggubati Suresh Babu Daggubati Suresh Babu (born 24 December 1958) is an Indian film producer, studio owner and distributor who serves as the managing director of Suresh Productions. In 2012, he received the Andhra Pradesh state Nagireddy–Chakrapani National Awa ...

, film producer * Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas, cricketer *

Vijay Kumar Vijay Kumar may refer to: * Vijay Kumar (cricketer) (born 1975), Indian cricketer * V. S. Vijay Kumar (1944–2019), Indian cricketer * Vijay Kumar (sport shooter) (born 1985), sport shooter and Olympic silver medalist from India * Vijay Kumar ( ...

, spiritual guru *

Keshav R Murugesh Keshav R. Murugesh (born 17 August 1963) is the Group Chief Executive Officer of WNS Global Services, a NYSE listed company in the Business Process Management (BPM) business. He has been the Chairman of NASSCOM 2019-2020. Early life and educa ...

, business leader *

Dayanidhi Maran Dayanidhi Murasoli Maran (born 5 December 1966) is an Indian politician and one of the prominent members of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party. He was elected thrice as a Member of Parliament to Lok Sabha from Chennai Central constituency during ...

, politician *

Sanjay Pinto Sanjay Pinto (born November 14, 1973) is an Indian lawyer, columnist, author, public speaker, talk show host, former bureau chief and resident editor at NDTV 24x7 and executive editor at NDTV Hindu. Early life Pinto was born to school teacher Ju ...

, business leader *

Sashi Kumar Sashi Kumar (born 23 February 1952) is an Indian journalist and media personality from Kerala. He worked in Asianet, the country's first regional satellite television channel. He founded and chairs the Media Development Foundation, the not ...

, media personality *

Kalanithi Maran Kalanithi Murasoli Maran is an Indian billionaire media mogul who is the chairman and founder of the Sun Group. He owns television channels, newspapers, weeklies, FM radio stations, DTH services, a cricket team (Sunrisers Hyderabad), and a mov ...

, business man *

Venu Srinivasan Venu Srinivasan is an Indian industrialist. He is Chairman Emeritus of TVS Motor Company, one of the leading manufacturers of two-wheelers in the world and Sundaram-Clayton Limited, a leading manufacturer of auto components in India. He also serv ...

, businessman

References

External links

School website
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DB Converge Global Alumni Meet, 2014 website
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