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St Xavier's School, Patna

St. Xavier's High School, Patna (often abbreviated as SXS Patna or SXHS), is a private Catholic primary and secondary school, located in the neighborhood of Gandhi Maidan in Patna, Bihar, India. Established in 1940, it is the oldest Jesuit school in the city of Patna and in the state of Bihar, established by missionaries from the American Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus. Founded in 1940, The independent, non-diocesan school is operated by the Patna Province of the Society of Jesus and located in the heart of the city of Patna.

Etymology

it is named after St. Francis Xavier, a Spanish Jesuit saint of the 16th century, who travelled to India.

Affiliation

The school is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi as well as the Bihar School Examination Board, Patna.

Notable alumni

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Abhayanand, 48th D.G.P of the state of Bihar and famous educationalist
Arup Roy Choudhury (1972): CMD, National Thermal Power Corporation
Sandeep Das (1985): Tabla virtuoso
Sujoy K. Guha (1955): biomedical engineer
Syed Saba Karim (1982): former wicketkeeper, Indian Cricket Team, Board of Control for Cricket in India selector
Tejendra Khanna (1954): Lt. Governor of Delhi
Salman Khurshid (1970): Ex-Minister of External Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi
Prakash Koirala: Nepalese politician; son of former Nepalese Prime Minister B P Koirala and father of actress Manisha Koirala
Nikhil Kumar (1955): Governor of Kerala; former IPS officer and Member of Parliament
Sanjaya Lall (1956): development economist and Professor of Economics, Green College, Oxford University
Manish Mehrotra (1990): award-winning chef
Sujit Mukherjee (1944): teacher, author, translator, and publisher
Jagat Prakash Nadda (1974): National President & Former National General Secretary,BJP & Former Cabinet Minister, Govt of Himachal Pradesh
Shyam Saran (1961): former Foreign Secretary, Govt. of India
Vikram Seth: writer
Arun Kumar Singh (1971): Indian Envoy to France, earlier India's Deputy Ambassador in the US
N. K. Singh (1956): Member of Rajya Sabha. ex IAS and Former Principal Secretary to the PM
Dilip Sinha (1970): Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the UN in Geneva
J. K. Sinha (1961): former Director General of India's Central Reserve Police Force
Man Mohan Sinha (1948): Air Marshal, Indian Air Force
Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha (1974): Central Information Commissioner and former Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the UK
Shekhar Suman (1972): noted TV and Bollywood film actor and director

References

^ Map
^ "About Us". Stxavierspatna.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
^ "Patna-Chicago Connection" (PDF), Jesuit International, archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2012, retrieved 1 December 2011
^ Sangghvi, Malavika (10 November 2014). "From the mouths of moms". Mid-Day. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.

External links

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Official website

v t e Schools in Patna
Patna, Bihar, India
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See also Tarumitra

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Bihar	Khrist Raja High School, Bettiah St. Michael's High School, Patna St. Xavier's Higher Secondary School, Bettiah St. Xavier's High School, Patna
Delhi	St. Xavier's Senior Secondary School, Delhi St. Xavier's School, Rohini
Goa	Loyola High School, Goa St. Britto High School, Mapusa
Gujarat	St. Xavier's High School, Loyola Hall, Ahmedabad St. Xavier's High School, Gandhinagar St. Xavier's High School, Jamnagar
Jharkhand	De Nobili School, Bhuli De Nobili School, CMRI De Nobili School, FRI De Nobili School, Koradih De Nobili School, Maithon De Nobili School, Mugma De Nobili School, Sindri De Nobili School CTPS, Bokaro Loyola Collegiate School, Jamshedpur Loyola School, Jamshedpur St. John's High School, Ranchi St. Xavier's School, Bokaro St. Xavier's English School, Chakradharpur St. Xavier's School, Hazaribagh St. Xavier's School, Ranchi
Karnataka	Loyola School and Pre-University College, Mundgod St Joseph's Boys' High School, Bangalore St. Joseph's Indian High School St. Joseph School, Anekal St. Paul's High School, Belgaum Xavier School, Manvi
Kerala	Archbishop Kavukatt Jubilee Memorial School Assisi Vidyaniketan Public School Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram St. Michael's School, Kannur St. Joseph's Boys' Higher Secondary School, Kozhikode
Madhya Pradesh	Campion School, Bhopal
Maharashtra	Campion School, Mumbai Dnyanmata Vidyalaya, Sangamner Holy Family High School, Mumbai Loyola High School and Junior College, Pune St. Mary's School, Mumbai St. Mary's High School SSC St. Mary's School, Sangamner St. Peter's School, Mumbai St. Stanislaus High School St. Vincent's High School St. Xavier's Boys' Academy, Mumbai St. Xavier's High School, Fort St. Xavier's High School, Nashik St. Xavier's School, Kolhapur
Odisha	Loyola School, Baripada Loyola School, Bhubaneswar St. Joseph's School, Kendrapara
Rajasthan	St. Xavier's School, Behror St. Xavier's School, Bhiwadi St. Xavier's School, Jaipur St. Xavier's School, Nevta
Tamil Nadu	Carmel Higher Secondary School De Britto Higher Secondary School Loyola Academy, Chennai Loyola Higher Secondary School, Kuppayanallur St. Arul Anandar School, Orur St. Mary's Higher Secondary School, Dindigul St. Mary's Higher Secondary School, Madurai St. Xavier's Higher Secondary School, Palayamkottai St. Xavier's Higher Secondary School, Thoothukudi
Telangana	Loyola High School, Karimnagar St. Patrick's High School, Secunderabad St. Xavier's High School, Suryapet
West Bengal	St. Joseph's School, Darjeeling St. Lawrence High School, Kolkata St. Xavier's Collegiate School St. Xavier's School, Burdwan St. Xavier's School, Durgapur St. Xavier's School, Raiganj
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