St. Anne's Convent School, Chandigarh

St. Anne’s (/sa:nt æns/) Convent School is a co-educational secondary school in Chandigarh, India with English-language education affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). It is a Christian minority Institution, established by the Simla- Chandigarh Educational Society, in the year 1977. It is administered by the Religious Congregation of the Ursuline Sisters of Mary Immaculate, in the Catholic Church. The school is under the religious jurisdiction of the Catholic bishop of Simla- Chandigarh Diocese.

This article is about the St. Anne's Convent School in Chandigarh. For other uses, see St Anne's.

St. Anne's Convent School
The front portion of the primary wing building of St. Anne's Convent School, Chandigarh.
Location
Chandigarh

India
Information
TypeInstitution for Secondary Education
Motto
Let Your Light Shine
Patron saint(s)St. Anne
Established1977 (1977)
PrincipalSr. Dr. Shyni Paul
GradesLKG - 12
Enrolment~3000
LanguageEnglish, Hindi, Punjabi
Color(s)Olive Green & Cream   
AffiliationsCBSE
WebsiteSt. Anne's Convent School

Location

St. Anne's Convent School is located at 30° 42′ 22″ N and 76° 46′ 26″ E co-ordinates in Chandigarh. It lies on Chandi Path in Sector 32 C, one of the southern sectors of Chandigarh.

It covers an area of around 30,000m2.

Vision

Intellectually alert and open, emotionally well balanced, morally upright, spiritually sound, and Eco-conscious humanity.

Aim

The school aims at an all-round training for students to enable them to be spiritually oriented, morally upright, intellectually well informed, socially concerned, nationally conscious, appreciative of their culture, emotionally balanced and physically well developed.

Achievements
  • Arnav Aggarwal, an alumnus of St. Anne's Convent School Chandigarh topped the All India Institute of Medical Sciences MBBS Entrance Exam for the year 2013.[1]
  • Kanika Aggarwal ,an alumnus of St Anne’s Convent School Chandigarh ,who was also the topper in 2002 batch , cleared the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) exam in the year 2010.
  • Kritika Batra, an alumnus of St. Anne's Convent School Chandigarh got All India Rank 103 in the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) exam of the year 2013.[2]
  • Aanchal Sood, an alumnus of St. Anne's Convent School Chandigarh, in the same batch of Kritika Batra, made it to the 'Top 200' list of the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) exam with the All India rank of 184 in 2013.[3]
  • Apporv Devagan , an alumnus of St .Annes’s Convent School Chandigarh also made it to top 100 in the Indian Administrative Services Exam (IAS) exam in the year 2014.
  • Arshdeep Singh Goindi, a student of St. Anne’s Convent Chandigarh topped the National Talent Search Examination in UT Chandigarh (2011–12) conducted by NCERT.[4]
  • Prakash Gupta, an alumnus of St. Anne's Convent School topped tricity in UG-AIPMT 2014.[5]
  • St. Anne's Convent School was awarded as the best day school in 'Admissions Transparency' with a rating of 77 out of 100 in the year 2010 along with Springdales School, New Delhi and Inventure Academy, Bangalore with 77 rating each.[6]
  • Dr Dalip Kumar passed out from the school in 1996 and got distinction certificate in class 10th Exam in the Social Sciences subject by securing 97 marks out of 100.He won gold medals at the state level cycling events. Gold Medal from DAV college Chandigarh, in 1997 for his contribution towards sports.He continued his further university education to become doctor and is currently Emergency Department consultant at the Southend University Hospital in Westcliff-on-Sea, United Kingdom. In August 2016 he was awarded YEMD(Young Emergency Medicine Doctors) fellowship by the EUSEM (European Society of Emergency Medicine).Reference EUSEM website and Southend University Hospital Website.

Notable Alumni

SAOSA

St. Anne's Old Student Association abbreviated as SAOSA is an association of school's alumni. It is a celebrated organisation that organizes many programs and sports matches between school current and old students.

References
  1. "Regular study helps: AIIMS 2013 entrance test topper". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  2. "They made it to IAS & how". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  3. "St. Anne's Convent School". sacschd.in. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  4. "St annes convent school chandigarh :: Educationworld.in". Educationworld.in. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  5. "City topper bags 26th rank". Chandigarh Tribune. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  6. "Parameters of Excellence: India's Top 10 Day Schools" (PDF). EW Day Schools Survey 2010. educationworldonline.net. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  7. "Sachin Bansal Story - Bio, Facts, Networth, Family, Auto, Home | Famous Founders | SuccessStory". successstory.com. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  8. India, Pisoft Informatics Pvt. Ltd., Chandigarh. "Binny Bansal - Chandigarh Web". chandigarhweb.com. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
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