St. Joseph's College Nainital is a day boarding and residential school in Nainital, Uttarakhand, India providing public school education.
St. Joseph's College Nainital was established in 1888. The site was the location of a seminary, run by the Italian Capuchin Fathers. The seminary later reopened as a Catholic school for boys: St. Joseph's College. 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.
St. Joseph's College is one of the 20 educational institutions in India conducted by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, a pontifical institute, founded in Ireland in 1802 by Edmund Ignatius Rice, a wealthy Catholic layman, who was beatified in 1996.
The boys are ages 6 to 18. Roll strength is about 960, with 360 boarders. New admissions are taken only in classes one and three. 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 is at an altitude of about 2,000 meters above sea level amidst the idyllic surroundings of Kumaon Hills. St. Joseph's focuses on all-round development of students and co-curricular activities are considered equally important with studies.
St. Joseph's 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. St. Joseph has football teams (minis, juvies, U-18) that have earned a name for themselves over the years with consistent performance and tournament victories.
St. Joseph's hosts inter-school events: Edmund Rice Meet and Nirip Deep Memorial Soccer Tournament. Events like quizzes, debates, declamations and elocution are held.
Alumni share news and other information at alumni yahoo group and yahoo group links.
Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari + - Maha Vir Chakra (Kargil War hero)
Vice Admiral Rustom K. S. Ghandhi, PVSM, Vir Chakra (Goa war) ^ - # Governor Himachal Pradesh, # Chairman, India Shipping Corporation.
Commodore (Navy) Gokul Theogaraj
Commodore (Coast Guards) Amit Bhandari - Principal Director (Aviation)
Air Marshal Errol D'Noronha ^ - Royal Air Force (U.K)
Air Marshal K.D.K. (Keith) Lewis PVSM, AVSM, VM, ^ - Indian Air Force
Air Commodore Kishore Dhami
Group Captain Ram Kishen (Kaka) +
Lt. Gen. Gajendra Singh Rawat PVSM, AVSM ^ - # Vice Chief Indian Army
Lt. Gen. Zameerud-din Shah - Armed Forces Tribunal, # Deputy Chief Indian Army, Vice Chancellor, AMU
Lt. Gen. D. S. Barthwal - # Director General of Military Intelligence
Lt. Gen. Shankar Ranjan Ghosh,PVSM,AVSM,SM - General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command.
Lt. Gen. Suraj S.J.B Rana - Director General, Health Services, Govt of Nepal.
Maj. Gen. Gopal Kishen (Guppi) +
Maj. Gen. Surendra Shah ^
Maj. Gen. Shiv Jaiswal ^
Maj. Gen. I. J. S. Bora ^
Maj. Gen. M.M.Rai ^
Maj. Gen. J.M. Rai ^
Maj. Gen. V.K. Joshi ^
Maj. Gen. Subroto Kundu ^ Army doctor and author
Major General Anurag Gupta, ex Joint Secretary, NDMA
Maj Gen Abhay Singh Karki - Commandant, 2 Independent Armored Brigade
Brig. K. C. Mahajan - Commandant Ordnance Services, 4 Corps, Tezpur
Brig. Ajay Sah SM - DS Army War College, Mhow
Brig. D.S. Negi - GOC og 39 Mountain Division
Brig. Vijay Pande - Addl Dy Gen of Adm & Coord, Army HQ
Brig. Rakesh Kohli ^ - # Commandant Kumaon Regimental
Brig. Swatantra Kumar Sapru ^ - # Commandant Kumaon Regimental
Brig. Vivek Metha ^ - # Deputy Director General, Weapons & Equipment, Army HQ
Brig. Mukesh Joshi
Brig. HS Sandhu ^, VSM
Colonel Rajesh Shah Vir Chakra
Lt. Col. Rana Roy ^ - editor, old boys' magazine
Civil Services and Public Sector Undertakings
Kamal Pande - # Cabinet Secretary, Govt. of India
Dhirendra Singh - # Home Secretary, Govt. of India
V. Bhushan - # Secretary, Govt. of India, Posts
Mukul Pande - # General Manager, Western Railway, Indian Railways
L.S. Bisht - # Inspector General (Police), Delhi.
Trilok Nath Perti - General Manager, South Western Railway, Indian Railways
Vikram Srivastava - Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
Anup Mukherjee - # Chief Secretary, Bihar
Mukul Joshi - Secretary, Govt. of India, Home Ministry
Alok Perti - #Secretary, Govt. of India, Ministry of Coal
Sunjoy Joshi - # Joint Secretary; Energy and Climate change. Chairman, Observer Research Foundation expert
Hari Raj Kishore - Principal Secretary, Dept of Public Enterprise, U.P
A. P. Kala - Director General, Central Economic Intelligence Authority
Sandeep Puri Commissioner Customs Mumbai
Anil. K. Gupta - C.V.O, Kribhco, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Author
T.K. Shah - Chief Commissioner, Income Tax, Mumbai
A.K.Singh - Commissioner, Income Tax, Mumbai (Central)
Amitabh Pandey - IRTS officer: introduced e-ticketing in the Indian Railways
Tariq Quraishi - Executive Director, Engineering Projects Ltd, Ministry of Heavy Industries
Ashok Singh Bisht - Director (Personnel), Tehri Hydro Electric Development Corporation, Ministry of Power
Manoj Joshi - Director (Technical), Engineers India Ltd, Ministry of Petroleum
Ravi Kochak - CDE, Rail Coach Factory, Indian Railways
Melville D.J. Gellard - Chief Economic Advisor, European Commission
K. C. Pant + - # Union minister with Cabinet rank & # Vice Chairman Planning Commission
Cecil Edward Gibbon, member of the Constituent Assembly of India
Prof. Rajendra Singh (Rajju Bhayia) + - # Head, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
Dr. Savit Bhotiwihok - K.G.C (Special Class) Minister to Prime Minister's Office, Thailand.
K.C. Singh Baba - Member of Parliament, Nainital and # Champion, International Power-lifter
Kirti Vardhan Singh - Member of Parliament 12th and 14th Lok Sabha
Kisan Pande - # MLA, Nainital
F. W. Moore - # MLA, Allahabad
Jamshed Rahman-# ( JUMBO) CEO (Play2Learn Childcare) Director ( Akbar Management System Services) Owner Financetogether Mortgages. Email: [email protected]
Peter de Noronha + - philanthropist and civil servant
Muktesh (Micky) Pant - President, Yum Restaurants International, Yum! Brands, Inc
Brij Raj Punj - CMD, Fedders and Lloyd
Alok K. Misra - Chairman and MD, Bank of India
Neeraj Roy - MD and CEO, Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
A. K. Nanda - Chairman and MD, Akme Projects Ltd
Dr. Burzoe K. Ghandhi - # Corporate Director, Material Management and Manufacturing Engineering, Outboard Marine Corp, USA
Dhun K. Ghandhi - # Chairman, Rallis Trading Corporation, India
Ashok Punj - MD, PSL Ltd.
Anmol Dar - Managing Director, Superbrands, India
Ajit Singh Gill - CEO, Energy Systems, Santa Clara, USA
Nippi Kochhar - CEO, Société Générale, India
Bikram Kochhar - # Country Head, Citibank, Columbia
Vinit Joshi - Managing Director, Citibank, UK
Harkirat Singh - # Head, Standard Chartered Bank & Rabobank.
Larry Malarkar - General Manager, Oberoi Hotels & Director (Marketing)
Vijay Sharma - Director, Crescent Investments, UK
Rahul Kansal - CMO, Bennett Coleman & Company Limited
Mick Hogg - Head, Project Lighting, NSW, Australia
Suhel Seth - CEO, Equus and Partner Counselage
Shakti Lumba - Executive Director, Indigo Airlines
Raymond Noronha - Managing Director, Vazir Sultan Industries, Hyderabad
Saeed Shervani - MD, Shervani Hospitality Ltd.
Sergio Freitas - CEO, Betts India Ltd, Goa
Neeraj Sharma - Managing Director, Kone Elevators, Chennai
Manvendra Singh Bhandari - Managing Director, Him Furnitech
Abdus Sattar (Nini) - Chairman, GMG Airlines, Bangladesh
Purvez Bilimoria - Chief Legal Counsel, PepsiCo International, Australia
Anant Shekhar Chandola - Director New Businesses, United Colours of Benetton, India
Jagdish Thackersey - Chairman, Bhatia Hospital, Mumbai
Anil Pathak - CEO, Paracor Capital Advisors, Chairman Cookie Man, Chairman Peirce & Leslie Travels, Vice-Chairman, PL Worldways
Ashok K Daga - CEO, Valuefacture Systems Pvt. Ltd; Human Resource Consultant & Trainer
Rajesh Kapoor MD, Centre for Growth Alternatives, Gurgaon. http://www.cengrow.com
Jack (Phut) Sexton + - # Dean of Medicine, Aberdeen University.
Sorab K. Ghandhi - Prof. Emeritus of Electrophysics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA. Author of 180 research papers and four engineering books
Jamshed K.S. Ghandhi - Prof. Emeritus of Finance, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Prof. Peter Ronald deSouza - Director, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla
Prof. Dr. Victor Smetacek - Marine biologist, Germany; Scientist NIO
Prof. Dr. Sunil Saxena - Dept. of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, USAll Prof. Alfred Menezes - Dept. of Combinatorics & Optimization, University of Waterloo
Prof. Dr. Amit Abraham - Principal Scottish Church College Kolkata and Former Head, Post-graduate Dept. of Psychology, St. John's College, Agra and Author
Prof. Dr. Ranjan Roy - Prof. Dept of Mathematics and Computer Science, Beloit College, USA and Author
Prof. Atul Dar - Prof. of Economics, Sobey School of Business, SMU, Canada and Author
Prof. Dr. Anwar Ali + - # Director, Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur
Arun Sahay - Process Management Expert, Faculty FOSTIIMA
Mohinder Jankiraman - Noted Wireless Communication expert, Scientist of the year (1985) and Author
Naseeruddin Shah - Film actor; recipient of Padma Bhushan
Neelesh Misra - songwriter, journalist and author
Paritosh Painter - theatre actor, director and film, TV writer.
Satish Jacob - journalist and writer
Suhel Seth-Actor
Manoj Joshi- Editor, Mail Today, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation
Ben J. Pires - journalist and human right activist, Canada
Kiranjit Singh Rana - MD, Hunter House Publishers, San Francisco, USA
Enver Masud - founder and CEO, The Wisdom Fund
Anil Aurora - Promoter, Gaia Schools
Shawn Arranha - Bollywood Director
Dr(Surgeon Commander) Kiranjit Singh, Consultant Internal Medicine, Jehangir-Apollo Hospital, Pune, India. Ex Associate Professor, Dept of Medicine, Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, India
Cedric D'Souza- # Coach India national field hockey team
Richard James Allen + - # Goalkeeper India national field hockey team, Olympian
Ronald Riley - # Center forward Australia national field hockey team, Olympian
Kevin Carton - # Captain Australia national field hockey team, Olympian
Freddie Scott - # Hockey player for Great Britain, Olympian
Trevor Vanderputt - # Rangers Captain and Bengal selector; Director of Coaching, Hockey, Australia
Noel de Lima Leiato + - All India football commentator and analyst, associated with Vasco SC
Jim Corbett + - British-Indian hunter, conservationist & author
Dr. Ashok Daftry - Specialist, Geriatric and Internal Medicine, MD: St. Joseph's Medical Center, USA
Dr. Sanjay Kalra - Pumlonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic
Dr. Ravi Roy - Homoeopathic doctor, author of several best sellers in Homoepathy, Germany
Dr. A.S. Rawat - Recipient of Order of the Golden Ark, Netherlands
G.S. Bindra - Chairman, Indo-Irish Friendship Council.
Sajeeb Wazed - Young Global Leaders (World Economic Forum); son of Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Premier
Vijay V Virk - # equitation instructor
# = Former
+ = Deceased
^ = Retired
SEM from Tiffin Top
The school's magnificent buildings have featured in Indian films. The best known, which have won numerous awards, are Masoom (winner of 4 Filmfare awards) and Koi Mil Gaya (winner of 5 Filmfare awards). Films like Krishh and Krishh 3 were shot in SEM too. Others are Himalay Putra, a short documentary titled Mahatma and some music videos.
