St. Vincent's High School

St. Vincent's High School is a private Catholic primary and secondary school and pre-university college for boys located in the city of Pune, Maharashtra, India. The English-medium convent school was founded by the Jesuits in 1867, located and is named in honour of Vincent de Paul, a seventeenth-century saint known for his love for the poor and the downtrodden. The school, which is recognized by the Government of Maharashtra, prepares pupils for the Secondary School Certificate Examination (Std. X) and for the Higher Secondary Certificate examination (Std. XII).

Management It is owned by the Poona Catholic Educational Association and managed by the Poona Jesuit School's Society, which belong to the Christian Religious Minority group, and therefore it enjoys the rights and privileges guaranteed by Article 30 (I) of the Constitution of India. It is considered one of the best schools in Pune and provides quality education to the students. it was ranked at No. 9 of all boys' schools in India. The Society of Jesus, to which the Jesuit Fathers and Brothers belong, is a Catholic religious order founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola in 1540. Active in the field of education throughout the world since its origin, the Society runs 179 high schools and 98 colleges in India, in which young people of every social class, community, and linguistic group are educated through the medium of both English and the regional languages.

Curriculum and facilities St. Vincent's High School imparts English-medium education from Std.I to Std.X. The St. Vincent's Junior College prepares students for the Higher Secondary Certificate Examination. The St. Xavier's pre-primary school prepares children to study English. Admissions are competitive, based on merit. The plans on making an Olympic sized swimming pool in the campus has been achieved. The massive school football ground is just the exact size of a real football field along with a stadium to suit the audiences. The school is situated on .

Co-curriculum activities

St. Vincent's has the notable record of winning the PSAA's (Poona Schools Athletics Association) Annual Athletics Championship for 60 consecutive years as of 6 February 2007. This achievement was recorded as a national record in the Limca Book of Records.

Principals The following individuals have served as principal of St. Vincent's High School: Ordinal Officeholder Term start Term end Time in office Fr. Joseph Brunner, S.J. 1867 1872 years Fr. Henry Depelchin, S.J. 1872 1873 years Fr. Henry Schumacher, S.J. 1873 1879 years Fr. George Weniger, S.J. 1879 1880 years Fr. Ignatius Kunzler, S.J. 1880 1881 years Fr. Jusoph Nuckle, S.J. 1881 1883 years Fr. William Althoff, S.J. 1883 1886 years Fr. Bernard Beider-Linden, S.J. 1886 1887 years Fr. Ferdinand Hillenkamp, S.J. 1887 1889 years Fr. Kilian Hahn, S.J. 1889 1890 years Fr. Joseph Willy, S.J. 1890 1895 years Fr. Julius Mayr, S.J. 1895 1903 years() Fr. Killian Hahn, S.J. 1903 1908 years Fr. William Windhausen, S.J. 1908 1914 years Fr. Francis X. Larbolette, S.J. 1914 1915 years Fr. Ernest Hoogewerf, S.J. 1915 1915 years Fr. Peter Alborghetti, S.J. 1915 1916 years Fr. Thomas Baret, S.J. 1916 1916 years Fr. John Lauder, S.J. 1916 1918 years Fr. Charles Ghezzi, S.J. 1918 1929 years Fr. Maximillan Riklin, S.J. 1929 1950 years Fr. Anton Rehm, S.J. 1950 1955 years Fr. William Clement, S.J. 1955 1957 years Fr. Rudolf Schoch, S.J. 1957 1966 years Fr. Edmund D'Souza, S.J. 1966 1967 years Fr. Romauld D'Souza S.J. 1967 1973 years() Fr. Rudolf Schoch, S.J. 1973 1977 years() Fr. Edmund D'Souza, S.J. 1977 1983 years Fr. Kenneth Misquitta, S.J. 1983 1993 years Fr. Bertie Rozario, S.J. 1993 1998 years() Fr. Kenneth Misquitta, S.J. 1998 2003 years Fr. Mario Fernandes, S.J. 2003 2009 years Fr. Andrew Fernandes, S.J. 2009 2019 years Fr. Francis Patekar, S.J. 2019 2024 years31Fr. Titus Thangaraj, S. J. 2024Incumbent Incumbent

Notable alumni

Ebrahim Alkazitheatre director and Padma Vibhushan Banoo Jehangir Coyajithe first female to matriculate from St Vincent's, an all-boys school, in 1933 Merwan Sheriar Iranian Indian spiritual master Thomas Kailathan electrical engineer, information theorist, control engineer, entrepreneur and the Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, at Stanford University

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