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St. Michael's High School, Patna
St. Michael's High School, Patna, also referred to as SMHS Patna or SMHS for short, is a private, Roman Catholic, co-educational high school in the Digha neighborhood of Patna, Bihar, India. Established in 1858 initially as an orphanage, it is one of the oldest schools in the state of Bihar, and is currently managed by the Patna Province of the Society of Jesus. It was founded by the first Bishop of Patna, Msgr. Anastasius Hartmann. The current principal is Edison J. Armstrong who took charge in January 2016 from Peter Arockiasamy. The school's patron saint is Saint Michael the Archangel. The school authority is the Central Board of Secondary Education in New Delhi. History In 1854 Monsignor Zuber, Vicar Apostolic of Patna, purchased the land where the school stands intending to form a community of native Christians. The Indian Rebellion of 1857 destroyed his plans and the place was left without any residents. In 1858, when order was restored, Anastasius Hartmann opened the bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patna
Patna (; , ISO 15919, ISO: ''Paṭanā''), historically known as Pataliputra, Pāṭaliputra, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the List of cities in India by population, 19th largest city in India. Covering and over 2.5 million people, its urban agglomeration is the List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India, 18th largest in India. Patna also serves as the seat of Patna High Court. The Buddhist, Hindu and Jain pilgrimage centres of Vaishali district, Vaishali, Rajgir, Nalanda, Bodh Gaya and Pawapuri are nearby and Patna City is a sacred city for Sikhs as the tenth 10th Sikh Guru, Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh was born here. The modern city of Patna is mainly on the southern bank of the river Ganges. The city also straddles the rivers Son River, Son, Gandak and Punpun River, Punpun. The city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganges
The Ganges ( ; in India: Ganga, ; in Bangladesh: Padma, ). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international which goes through India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China." is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through India and Bangladesh. The river rises in the western Himalayas in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Uttarakhand. It flows south and east through the Gangetic Plain, Gangetic plain of North India, receiving the right-bank tributary, the Yamuna, which also rises in the western Indian Himalayas, and several left-bank tributaries from Nepal that account for the bulk of its flow. In West Bengal state, India, a feeder canal taking off from its right bank diverts 50% of its flow southwards, artificially connecting it to the Hooghly River. The Ganges continues into Bangladesh, its name changing to the Padma River, Padma. It is then joined by the Jamuna River (Bangladesh), Jamuna, the lower str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janmejaya Sinha
Janmejaya Kumar Sinha (born September 12, 1959) is the present chairman of Boston Consulting Group (BCG) India, a BCG fellow and a member of the Henderson Institute Innovation Sounding Board. Career Janmejaya Kumar Sinha is the present chairman of Boston Consulting Group (BCG) India. He is also a member of BCG's Henderson Institute Innovation Sounding Board. He served as Chairman Asia Pacific for BCG from 2009 to 2018. Additionally, he has served on the firms executive committee from 2006 to 2018. He has been with BCG since 1998. Prior to becoming Chairman Asia Pacific, he was Managing Director of the India Practice from 2003 till 2009. In 2010, Consulting Magazine considered him to be among the 25 most influential consultants in the world. He is co-author of several books including 'Untangling Conflict: An Introspective Guide for Families in Business' and 'Your Strategy Needs A Strategy'. Sinha is currently Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) committee on fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arun Kumar Singh
Arun Kumar Singh or commonly Arun Singh is a retired Indian diplomat of Indian Foreign Service. He was the Indian Ambassador to the United States from 2015 to 2016. He is now a senior fellow with the Asia program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Before taking charge as ambassador in the United States, he served as Ambassador of India to France in Paris. On 8 March 2015, Ministry of External Affairs of India announced its decision to appoint Singh as the next Ambassador of India to the United States. He is a career Indian Foreign Service officer. He had previously served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy at Washington, D.C. (2008–13), Ambassador of India to Israel, Ambassador to Israel (2005–2008) and as a Joint Secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs (India), Ministry of External Affairs Government of India at New Delhi (2000–2005). Currently, he is a Senior Counsellor at The Cohen Group, a consulting firm in Washington, D.C. that provides a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth (born 20 June 1952) is an Indian people, Indian novelist and poet. He has written several novels and poetry books. He has won several awards such as Padma Shri, Sahitya Akademi Award, Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, WH Smith Literary Award and Vodafone Crossword Book Award, Crossword Book Award. Seth's collections of poetry such as ''Mappings (poetry), Mappings'' and ''Beastly Tales'' are notable contributions to the Indian English language poetry canon. Early life and education Seth was born on 20 June 1952 in Calcutta. His father, Prem Nath Seth, was an executive of Bata Shoes and his mother, Leila Seth, a Barrister by training, became the first female judge of the Delhi High Court and first woman to become Chief justice of a state High Court in India. Seth was educated at the all-boys' private boarding school The Doon School in Dehradun, where he was editor-in-chief of ''The Doon School Weekly''. At Doon, he was influenced by his teacher, the mountaineer Gurdial Singh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajiv Pratap Rudy
Rajiv Pratap Rudy (born 30 March 1962) is an Indian politician from Bihar. He is a four-time Member of Parliament representing Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2023, he won from Saran (Lok Sabha constituency) in Bihar. Earlier, he won three times in 1996, 1999 and 2014 from Chapra Assembly Constituency, which later became Saran. He was also an MLA from Taraiya Assembly Constituency representing Janata Dal in 1990. He is also a licensed pilot. Early life Rajiv Pratap Rudy was born to Vishwanath Singh and Prabha Singh on 30 March 1962 in Patna, Bihar. His ancestral village is Amnour, Saran, Bihar. Rudy did his schooling from St. Michael's High School, Patna. Later, he completed his pre-university from DAV College, Chandigarh. He completed his B.A. (Hons.) in Economics at Government College, Chandigarh. Later he also got a degree in Law from Panjab University in 1985 and studied post-graduation in Economics from Magadh University in 1987. Prior to joining politics, he was a lecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sushil Kumar Modi
Sushil Kumar Modi (5 January 1952 – 13 May 2024) was an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party who was a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Bihar. He was a List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar, Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar as well as the List of Finance Ministers of Bihar, Finance Minister of Bihar from 2005 to 2013 and 2017 to 2020. He was a lifelong member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He was appointed the Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers for the Implementation of Goods and Services Tax (India), Goods and Service Tax in July 2011. He was posthumously honored with the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian award, by the Government of India. Early life and education Sushil Modi was born on 5 January 1952. He was born to Moti Lal Modi and Ratna Devi. He attended Patna Science College and graduated with a Bachelor of Science, B.Sc. (Hons) Botany degree in 1973. He enrolled in the Master of Science, M.Sc. Bota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha
Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha (born 4 October 1958) is a retired Indian diplomat who belongs to the Indian Foreign Service. He is the former High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom. He was sworn in as Central Information Commissioner on 1 January 2019 served their till 3 October 2023. Personal life Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha hails from Bihar. Born in a Kayastha family of Patna, he was schooled at Chesham and at the St. Michael's High School, Patna. He holds a B.A. (Honours) degree in History from St. Stephen's College, Delhi and a Master of Arts degree in History from the University of Delhi. He also has an advanced diploma in Arabic from the American University in Cairo. He is married to Girija Sinha and they have two sons. He is the son of Lieutenant General Srinivas Kumar Sinha, PVSM, who was former Vice Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army, former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and Assam, and former Ambassador of India to Nepal. Career Sinha is an Indian Foreign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amitava Kumar
Amitava Kumar (born 17 March 1963) is an Indian writer and journalist. He is a Professor of English at Vassar College. Personal Life Kumar was born in the city of Arrah in the Indian state of Bihar on 17 March 1963 and grew up in the nearby city of Patna. His father, Ishwar Chandra was a Senior Bihar Bureaucrat from Jadopur, East Champaran Bihar He attended St Michael's High School. In India, Kumar earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Hindu College, Delhi University in 1984. He holds two master's degrees in Linguistics and Literature from Delhi University (1986) and Syracuse University (1988) respectively. In 1993, he received his doctoral degree from the Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota. His wife Mona Ali is an economics professor at SUNY New Paltz. Kumar lives with his family in Poughkeepsie, New York. As a professor at Vassar College, Kumar has made significant connections in the writing and journali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syed Saba Karim
Syed Saba Karim (born 14 November 1967) is a former Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. Karim has also served in the corporate sector. He has worked in the Corporate Communications Division of TISCO. Saba has been very vocal in his views on various cricketing aspects like team performance, umpiring standards and day-night test matches etc. Saba became captain of under-19 Patna team at the age of 13 and led his team to victory in Shmayal Sinha Trophy Bihar inter district competition in those days for school boys from there he was selected as Captain of Bihar Team in Vijay Merchant Trophy in 1981, from there he was selected in India Under 15 camp in Mumbai Career He had to wait for very long to make his test debut mainly because he was playing for Bihar not so strong a team in those days, He kept on performing and was praised by the likes of Sunil Gavaskar for his keeping and batting it took him almost 10 years to make his Indian team Debut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Minister
A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union territory) in India; a territory of Australia; a province of Sri Lanka or Pakistan; a federal province in Nepal; an autonomous region of Philippines; or a British Overseas Territory that has attained self-governance. It is also used as the English version of the title given to the heads of governments of the Malay states without a monarchy. The title is also used in the Crown Dependencies of the Isle of Man (since 1986), in Guernsey (since 2004), and in Jersey (since 2005). In 2018 Sierra Leone, a presidential republic, created the role of an appointed chief minister, which is similar to a prime minister in a semi-presidential system. Before that, only Milton Margai had the same position between 1954 and 1958. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bindeshwari Dubey
Bindeshwari Dubey (14 January 1921 – 20 January 1993) was a freedom fighter, trade unionist and politician who served as Chief Minister of Bihar between 12 March 1985 and 13 February 1988. Dubey was involved in the nationalisation of Indian collieries, especially in the Chhotanagpur region that was then a part of Bihar (now Jharkhand). He held the portfolios of Law, Justice and Labour in the Government of India, Union Council of Ministers in Rajiv Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi's cabinet. Earlier, he had held offices at state level as Minister of Education, Transport and Health. He was a member of the Seventh Lok Sabha between 1980 and 1984, representing the Giridih constituency in Bihar. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1988 until his death. Earlier he had been a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly during 1952–57, 1962–77 and 1985–88. He had also been a National as well as State President of INTUC besides being a Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee President. Early life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
