St. Mary's School, Mumbai

St. Mary's School I.C.S.E was founded in 1864 by members of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), a Roman Catholic religious order founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola in 1540. It lies adjacent to St. Anne's Church which was established in 1860. It began as a Catholic school of education and a military orphanage. Later it opened to the Catholic populace in general, which meant it had to expand. This led to the construction of the building that now houses the senior school, whose foundation stone was laid by Lord Linlithgow, the Viceroy of India from 1936 to 1943.

In recognition of its contribution in the field of education the Chief Postmaster General for Maharashtra released a special postal cover commemorating the school's 150th anniversary on 7 December 2013.[4]

It used to confer the degree/diploma of a Cambridge University O level of education, and now confers the ICSE (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education) diploma. The school has four Gothic-style buildings and is divided into Senior School (grades 5 and above) and Junior School (grades 4 and below).

As per Education World's 2018 survey, the school is ranked 3rd nationwide in the category of 'Day School for Boys'.[3]

Students are encouraged in the arts and sports. Many amongst the school's alumni have flourished in theatre, music, and Bollywood.

• — 1991: Fr. Casale, S.J
• 1991–1995: Fr. Joe Saldanha, S.J. (deceased)
• 1997–2009: Fr. Evarist Newnes, S.J.
• 2009–2011: Alice Carvalho ni (first female principal)
• 2011–2015: Fr. Dr. Kenneth Misquitta, S.J.
• 2015–current: Fr. Dr. Francis Swamy, S.J.

Zubin Mehta

Performing arts

• Freddie Mercury[5] – singer, songwriter and lead vocalist of the band Queen
• Zubin Mehta[5] – orchestral conductor[6]
• Sooraj Barjatya[5] – Hindi film director
• Boman Irani[5] – theatre and Bollywood actor
• Tushar Hiranandani[5] – Hindi film director
• Arjun Mathur – Bollywood actor
• Madan Mohan Kohli - Music Director
• Farukh Sheikh – Bollywood actor
• Kunal Vijaykar[5] – actor and director
• Sorabh Pant - Stand up comedian

Law

• Iqbal Chagla – Senior Advocate of the Bombay High Court
• Bakhtawar Lentin – Justice of the Bombay High Court
• Jamshed Mistry - Senior Advocate.[7]
• Homer Pithawalla – leading expert in corporate law and competition law; Professor of Law at Government Law College, Mumbai
• Goolam Essaji Vahanvati[5] – Attorney General of India
• A. G. Noorani - Lawyer, constitutional expert and political commentator.

Literature

• Homi K. Bhabha[5] – professor at Harvard University
• Dom Moraes[5] – writer and poet

Business

• Azim Premji[5] – Chairman of Wipro Limited
• Gautam Singhania[8] – Chairman & MD of the Raymond Group
• Jamshyd D F Lam - Indian Hotelier
• Kashif Shaikh - Dubai based Architect
• Phiroze D Lam - Executive Director & President - Godrej & Boyce

Economics

• Dilip Abreu – Princeton economist

Sports

• Shishir Hattangadi[9] – Bombay cricket captain
• Vijay Mohanraj[10] – Ranji Trophy cricketer for Mumbai
• Rehan Poncha[5] – Olympic swimmer

Medicine

• Ritam Chowdhury – physician, epidemiologist, biostatistician, writer, poet, Harvard faculty member
• Tehemton Erach Udwadia – gastroenterologist[11][12]

Science

• Vijay Balasubramanian – theoretical physicist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania[13]

• List of schools in Mumbai

• "IQBAL CHAGLA | Lawyers Update". www.web.lawyersupdate.co.in. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
• "Zubin Mehta to launch St Mary's School 150th year celebrations in Mumbai". India Today. Retrieved 20 May 2018.