Old Boys’ Association St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School
Annual Report 2014-2015
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2 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 Managing Committee - 2014 - 15
Rector Rev. Fr.Anthony Joseph, SJ President Mr. Gopal Bengeri (1976) 1st Vice President Mr. Umakanth Alva (1988) 2nd Vice President Mr. Rajeev Shenoy (1996) Secretary Mr. Brian D’Lima (1975) Joint Secretary Mr. Greg D’Sa (1963) Treasurer Rev. Fr. Clifford Sequeira, SJ (Principal, SJBHS)
Managing Committee - Members - 2014 - 15
Mr. A. G. Krishnaswamy (1972) Mr. Siddharth Raja (1990) Mr. Antonio Justin (1997) Mr. Vinay Naresh Kamath (1989) Mr. Franklin Antonat (1988) Mr. Kiran Patil (1990)
Managing Committee - Co-opted Members - 2014 - 15
Dr. Rabindra Nayak (1980) Mr. Zaki Khaleeli (1973) Mr. Shashi Lewis (1990)
Managing Committee - Coorg Chapter - 2014 - 15
President Mr. Ashok Subbaiah (1975) Vice President Mr. C.C. Thimaiah (1984) Secretary Mr. P. Ajith Bopanna (1975) Treasurer Mr. Joseph Cherian (1975) Mr. Deep Appaiah (1986) Member Dr. M.C. Cariappa (1969) Dr. Shyam Appanna (1984) Mr. Tarun Cariappa (1990)
Managing Committee - Dubai Chapter - 2014 - 15
President Mr. Arif Sait (1960) Vice President Mr. Gerry Andrade (1989) Secretary Mr. Shaun D’Cunha (1995)
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 3 Managing Committee - Goa Chapter - 2014 - 15
President Mr. Michael Rozalla (1956) Vice President Mr. Fulgence Rodrigues (1955) Secretary Mr. Lloyd Macedo (1974) Treasurer Mr. Hubert Saldanha (1977) A. Nazareth (1964) Member Dr. Amod Borkar (1975) Mr. Oscar D’Souza (1968)
Managing Committee - Kerala Chapter - 2014 - 15
President Mr. Thommen J Karimpanal (1955) Vice President Mr. K.K. Joseph (1955) Vice President Mr. K.V. Sebastian (1955) Secretary Mr. K.S. Thomas (1965) Treasurer Mr. K.K. Thomas (1965) Coordinator – OBA Connect Mr. Abraham K. J. Pottamkulam (1965) Mr. K.K. George (1954) Member Mr. K.E. Eapen (1960) Mr. K.V. Kurian (1960) Mr. Tommy Chacko (1972) Mr. K.T. Nicholas (1968)
Managing Committee - Mangalore Chapter - 2014 - 15
President Mr. Pavan Hegde (1982) Vice President Mr. Ajit Mahale (1984) Secretary Mr. Manoj Narvekar (1987)
Managing Committee - North America Chapter - 2014 - 15
President Mr. Gautam Ijoor (1989) Vice President Mr. Nitin Pereira (1997) 2nd Vice President Mr. Rakesh Peter (1988) Secretary Mr. Dhivakar Janarthanan (1997) Treasurer Mr. Akshay Shivananda (1993) Team Lead – New York sub-chapter Mr. Shivaji Sengupta (1988) Team Lead – Texas sub-chapter Mr. Dipak Ghosh (1989)
4 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 IMPORTANT NOTICE BE A BATCH COORDINATOR In continuation of our efforts to network as many Old Boys as possible, we are in the process of identifying a CO- ORDINATOR for every batch. The purpose is to provide you with a closer link to the OBA. Please stay in touch with your Batch Coordinator as listed below for information on the activities of the OBA. Also ensure that changes in your address, telephone numbers, email ID etc. are informed to your Batch Coordinator and the OBA Office. We are yet to identify a coordinator for many of the batches. If you are willing to be the coordinator of your batch, please get in touch with the Secretary of the OBA at [email protected]
BATCH COORDINATOR EMAIL OF COORDINATOR 1949 Melville Rego [email protected] 1955 Joe D’Mello [email protected] 1956 Michael Rozalla [email protected] 1958 B. Jagannath [email protected] 1959 Oscar Menezes 1961 Jayant Kapadia [email protected] 1962 Fabian Correia [email protected] 1963 Greg D’Sa [email protected] 1967 Greg de Nazareth [email protected] 1968 George Ollapally [email protected] 1969 Gurmeet Singh Randhawa [email protected] 1970 Noel de Nazareth [email protected] 1971 Nadeem Ahmed [email protected] 1972 A.G.Krishnaswamy [email protected] 1973 Zaki Khaleeli [email protected] 1974 Gavin Cordeiro [email protected] 1975 Brian Dlima [email protected] 1976 Gopal Bengeri [email protected] 1977 Bryan Nobbay [email protected] 1978 Kishore Subbaiah [email protected] 1979 Rajeev Gowda [email protected] Ivor Lewis [email protected] 1980 Rabindra Nayak [email protected] 1981 Akshai Mallappa [email protected] 1982 Bobby Joseph [email protected] 1983 Jim Zachariah [email protected] Dhiren Gopal [email protected] 1984 Ben Mathias [email protected] 1985 Rajesh Lund [email protected] 1986 Akshay Gandhi [email protected] 1987 Roshan Bajaj [email protected]
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 5 1988 Franklin Antonat [email protected] Umakanth Alva [email protected] 1989 Vinay Kamath [email protected] Arjun Nambisan [email protected] 1990 Ramprasad Alva [email protected] Shashi Kiran Lewis [email protected] 1991 Srinivasan (Osho) [email protected] 1992 Sajju Jain [email protected] 1993 Nandan Kamath [email protected] 1994 Francis Mathew [email protected] 1995 Ashwin Pai [email protected] Sunil Pichamuthu [email protected], [email protected] 1996 Rajeev Shenoy [email protected] Rolf Marren [email protected] 1997 Antonio Justin [email protected] 1998 Mukesh Kodandaramaiah [email protected] 2000 Cletus Rebello [email protected] 2001 Ajay Jagannath 2004 Vivek George [email protected] 2006 Sharath R [email protected] 2007 Jason Malcus 2008 Isaac Darryl Raj [email protected] Joel Joseph [email protected]
Old Boys’ Association St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School Museum Road, Bangalore - 560 001
Office phone: +91 80 2229 1711 (10am to 4pm) Email: [email protected]/ [email protected] www.sjbhsoba.net
6 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 Message from the Principal The OBA of our School is considered to be one of the best in India and we are very proud of this. The OBA has a wealth of talent and has always been ready to share it with our present students. The OBA Buzz which you conduct is an excellent platform to discover and nurture talent. We deeply appreciate the time and energy you invest in this, knowing full well that you have other work commitments to handle.
You have the gratitude of our boys and their parents for the generous scholarships you provide to those who need the help. Thank you for helping us organise motivational talks and inspiring our boys with your success stories. Your unfailing goodwill, constant encouragement, generous contribution and timely help have made our task easier and our burden lighter in the noble task of providing quality education to our students.
We, the Jesuits, recognize the different facets of education. We are not just an institution providing tuitions – rather, we are an Education Centre providing an ocean of opportunities for our children to participate, perform, excel and shine in various curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular fields. The new Sports Complex which was inaugurated yesterday is a concrete step in realizing the Jesuit vision of education as integral development of the human personality. We aim at providing opportunities to our students not only for their academic achievements but also for athletic accomplishments, aesthetic development and artistic flowering. It is our hope that our students will make good use of this new facility and claim it as their own.
This day has begun in a solemn manner and once the business part is done I am sure you will enjoy yourself to the fullest, meeting old friends, catching up on past years and recalling school stories. I wish you all the very best and pray for God’s blessings on each one of you in a very special way for the love and loyalty that you show towards your School. May Almighty God continue to be with us, guiding every step, leading us along the way, filling us with his grace and strength. May the blessings of our Patron Saint Joseph be with you always. Enjoy this, your very special day, the OBA Day.
Fr. Clifford Sequeira, SJ Principal
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 7 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
Dear Old Boys and now, Girls as well
It gives me great pleasure to inform you that your association has done very well for itself during 2014-15. Thanks to generous donations from Old Boys, our corpus funds have grown substantially. The corpus of the OBA, all funds included, is now more than Rs. 3.00 crores.
OBA CONNECT
Our satellite chapters in Coorg, Kerala, and Goa held their connect events in November ‘14, May ’15, and August ’15 respectively. All three events were opportunities to experience the excellent hospitality of the organizing teams. I would prevail upon all Old Boys to make it a point to attend at least one Connect event each year. That alone will gladden the hearts of the committees of our satellite chapters. Connect events are family affairs and the destinations are such that they lend themselves to family outings. Keep that in mind always. Most Old Boys come with their families and thoroughly enjoy themselves.
SALEH AHMED TROPHY
This annual fixture is the tennis ball, limited overs cricket match played between our OBA Cricket Team and those of the Alumni Associations of Bishop Cotton, Baldwins, Germains on our school grounds. Conducted during the month of March in celebration of the Feast of St. Joseph, this entire tournament is sponsored by Nadeem Ahmed of Saleh Ahmed. The Germains won again, making it the fifth time in a row. After mass at the school chapel, an excellent breakfast was served, followed by a sumptuous lunch after the matches. The OBA did a superb job this year again.
TEACHER KAIZEN PROGRAMME
The OBA conducted an interactive pilot programme for teachers to see how classroom success could be improved. Twenty high school teachers participated and explored creative methods of teaching. The entire course, save for the module on dramatics, was conducted by old boys. Gopal Bengeri, A.G. Krishnaswamy, Siddharth Raja and Umakanth Alva comprise the OBA Kaizen Team. Mrs. Arundhati Raja conducted the module exploring the use of dramatics as a pedagogical tool. The content of the course is not to teach the principles of Kaizen, instead, it uses the principles of Kaizen to formulate its content and delivery. The feedback from teachers is very positive and encouraging. The school is keen that we keep up the tempo and conduct more programmes for the other teachers as well.
OBA BUZZ
This year, the scope of the OBA Buzz was expanded to include more than 15 events. So far, the Buzz was open only to classes 7 to 12. This year, however, all students from class 1 to 12 participated in events like Elocution, Debate, Quiz, Creative Writing, Mad Ads, JAM, Personality, Sketching, Painting, Collage, Singing, Instrumental music, Dramatics and Dance. Shashi Lewis headed the Buzz Team. Maurice Rebello conducted the quiz again for the 26th successive year.
CENTENARY BOOK
The work on the Centenary Book of the OBA will begin this year. Siddharth Raja is its Editor. The plan is to make the book more anecdotal rather than simply recount the history of the OBA down the ages with facts and figures. We will have interaction with several old boys across the globe, to collect and compile their experiences during their student days and as old boys and members of the Association as well. The book is expected to take two years to put together.
8 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 I would urge all members to assist Siddharth in compiling the contents of the book. It could be with an interview, an article, some pictures, photographs, memorablia, or, even, lunch coupons of yesteryear – in fact, anything that has a story to tell about the OBA or any of its events or milestones
THE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
This year, the nominations process for The Lifetime Achievement and Young Achiever Awards was thrown open to members, for the first time. An Awards Sub committee was constituted with Zaki Khaleeli, Rajeev Shenoy, Umakanth alva and Vinay Kamath as its members. The sub committee drew up the guidelines, rules and process and published the same on the OBA website sjbhsoba.net, sent by e-mail the details to all batch coordinators and the entire database available with it. We even followed up with sms to 1,600 members whose cell numbers we have. They established a Jury of former Presidents of the OBA to make the final selection, based on the nominations cleared by the Scrutiny Committee.
The last date of filing nominations was extended four times, to allow members to nominate, as we feltthat they are not expecting this process and, as a consequence, may take time to collect information and send in the nominations.
The response to the call for nominations was less than desirable and the Managing Committee did not receive too many nominations. We are sure that in the coming year, the response will improve substantially, and the Committee will have a satisfying time selecting persons to receive the Awards.
Please keep a look out for the call for nominations (slated for December – January 2015) and do respond and nominate your friends and / or classmates for the Awards, with all enclosures and details.
Fide et Labore.
Gopal Bengeri President (2014 - 15)
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 9 NOTICE
The 97th Annual General Meeting of the Old Boys’ Association will be held at the St. Joseph’s Boys' High School Hall on Sunday, 6th September 2015 at 9.30 a.m. to transact the following business:
AGENDA
97.1 : Prayer and observation of a minute’s silence in memory of the Old Boys who passed away during the past year. 97.2 : Special welcome to Outstation Old Boys. 97.3 : Messages from Old Boys. 97.4 : Presentation of the OBA Lifetime Achievement Award. 97.5 : Presentation of the OBA Award for Significant Achievement. 97.6 : Presentation of the Staff Appreciation Award. 97.7 : The Presidential Address. 97.8 : Principal’s Address. 97.9 : To confirm the Minutes and Proceedings of the 96th Annual General Meeting held on September 7, 2014. 97.10 : Matters arising out of the Minutes. 97.11 : To consider and if approved, to adopt the Committee’s Report on the working of the Association for the year 2014 -15. 97.12 : To consider and pass the Statement of Accounts for the period April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015. 97.13 : To consider and adopt Resolutions proposed by the Managing Committee or from any individual member after providing sufficient notice, with permission of the Chair. 97.14 : To appoint an Auditor for the year 2015 -2016. 97.15 : To consider, any other business, with the permission of the Chair. 97.16 : Vote of Thanks 97.17 : To elect Office Bearers for the year 2015 -2016.
Bangalore BRIAN D’ LIMA August 17th, 2015 Secretary
NOTE
1. Questions pertaining to the Report and Accounts should be sent to the Secretary by Monday, August 31, 2015 for consideration of the Managing Committee. No questions will be taken up after this date. 2. Members desirous of contesting the election to the Managing Committee may collect nomination forms from the Secretary from Monday, August 24, 2015 during the working hours of the OBA office. 3. Last date for filing nominations is Friday, August 28, 2015 by 4.00 p.m. 4. Last date for withdrawals is Monday, August 31, 2015. All nominations to be handed over to the Secretary at the OBA Office in a sealed envelope
10 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 PROGRAMME
FRIDAY, September 4, 2015 9.00 AM Athletic Sports Day-1 (School Grounds) (Primary School) 7.00 PM BACK TO SCHOOL at SJBHS (reunion of the classes of 1955, 1965, 1975 & 1985 along with other batches)
SATURDAY, September 5, 2015 9.00 AM Athletic Sports Day-2 at the School Grounds (High School) 1.00 PM Athletics Sports contd. 3.00 PM Inauguration of the Sports Complex 7.30 PM BLUE & WHITE BASH at Catholic Club with BAND A26 in attendance
SUNDAY, September 6, 2015 – Oba Day 7.15 AM Holy Mass Placing of Wreath at War Memorial Unfurling of School Flag and singing of School Anthem 8.30 AM Breakfast at School Refectory 9.00 AM Group Photograph on School Grounds 9.30 AM Annual General Meeting at School Auditorium Noon onwards Hockey Match - Past v/s Present on School Grounds Lunch in Sports Complex, School Grounds Rates: Back to School Rs. 350/- per head (inclusive of dinner) Breakfast Rs. 150/- per head (members of the OBA only) Lunch Rs. 300/- per head for adults, Rs. 150/- per head for children below 12 yrs. Blue & White Bash Rs. 500/- per head, Rs.750/- per couple • Tickets for Back to School, Blue & White Bash, Breakfast and Lunch may be purchased from the OBA Office in the school during working hours – 9.30 AM To 4.00 PM from Monday, August 24, 2015. • Sale of tickets will close at 4.00 PM on Thursday, September 3, 2015. Late comers will be charged Rs. 200/- per head for Breakfast and Rs. 350/- per head for Lunch. • There will be no gate sales for the Blue & White Bash. • Dress code for Blue & White Bash: Smart Casuals. • Admission to the Blue & White Bash is restricted to individuals above 18 years of age. Liquor at the Catholic Club will NOT be sold to persons under the age of 21 as per Club rules. Photo ID and age proof is required to be produced at entrance to the venue and at the bar.
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 11 MENU
BREAKFAST:
Non-Veg : Pork Sausages, Fried Eggs, Fruit, Bread and Butter, Coffee
Veg : Dosa, Idly, Vada, Khara Bhath, Coffee
LUNCH:
Non-Veg : Mutton Biryani, Raitha, Brinjal Curry, Sweet
Veg : Special Lunch
Inauguration of the Sports Complex at St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School
The new Sports Complex will be inaugurated on Saturday, 5th September 2015 at 3 p.m. Given below is an invite from the Principal:
“It is with great pleasure that we would like to invite you to the inauguration of the Sports Complex and the Annual Athletic Meet on 5th September 2015. Your presence will add to the joy of the occasion. Looking forward to meeting you on Sports Day.”
Fr. Clifford Sequeira, SJ Principal
12 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 MANAGING COMMITTEE RESOLUTION # 1
IT IS RESOLVED THAT, in accordance with Article 13.1 of the Articles of Association and pursuant to the stipulated majority voting in favour hereof, the following proviso be added at the end of Article 7.2 of the Articles of Association:
‘Provided However That, in order to be eligible to file a nomination, and contest the election, for the office of President, First Vice President and Second Vice President, a member of the Association should have served at least three (3) years as a member of the Managing Committee, within the past seven (7) years preceding the date of the election where he wishes to file a nomination for such office.’
MANAGING COMMITTEE RESOLUTION # 2
WHEREAS, as a matter of abundant clarification of the Articles of Association, the following insertion be made in the following Articles:
RESOLVED THAT, (A), in Article 7.3 as regards the power of the Managing Committee to co-opt additional members, the words “but who shall not be voting members of the Managing Committee” be added at the end thereof. AND FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, (B), consequently, the words “of voting members only” be added in Article 9.3 after the words “show of hands”. * * * * * * * * The Managing Committee recommends the above two Resolutions for adoption by and at the Annual General Meeting of the members of the Association for the year 2015-16.
MANAGING COMMITTEE RESOLUTION # 3
WHEREAS, the Managing Committee has already RESOLVED, in terms of Article 13.2 of the Articles of Association, the following regulations for the efficient working of the Association, or in any manner connected therewith: THAT, for the better administration of the Association, the office of Joint Secretary be renamed as “Secretary – Administration”; and THAT, the office of “Secretary – Administration” be inserted as an elected member of the Managing Committee in Article 7.1 of the Articles of Association; and THAT, the duties and functions of the “Secretary – Administration” be as is described in the said Articles or as may be delineated by the Managing Committee as it may resolve from time to time for the better regulation and conduct of the affairs of the Association. * * * * * * * * The Managing Committee places its above regulations before the general body of members of the Association and seeks ratification of the same in terms of Article 13.2 of the Articles of Association.
RESOLUTION PROPOSED BY MR. A.G. KRISHNASWAMY
The exception of the Secretary’s post to the requirement of a maximum tenure of three years, currently in place for every office bearer and member of the Managing Committee, needs to be in line with other office bearers’ tenures. That is, an exception cannot be made only for one post. Also, today there are a number of Old Boys willing to join the MC and work in different capacities including that of a secretary. In all fairness, all posts have to have a fixed tenure with no exceptions. A case in point is the current Joint Secretary who has filled the post admirably. Also, this 3 year maximum tenure stipulation should apply to the Joint Secretary / if and as renamed as “Secretary -- Administration” upon that post’s inclusion in the list of office bearers in Article
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 13 7.1. Consequently, the sentence which exempted the Secretary in this behalf is proposed to be deleted. It is clarified that the three year period will start counting on and from the date of this AGM in 2015-16, for any incumbent in the post of Secretary.”
RESOLVED THAT, the last sentence of Article 7.2 be deleted.
RESOLUTION PROPOSED BY MR. IAN LEWIS:
Proposed Resolution to be placed before the Annual General Body of the Old Boys’ Association of St. Joseph’s Boys High School to be held on 06-09-2015:
Existing Rule Proposed Rule
In order to take the first few steps to make the 1. 2% (two percent) of contributions received to OBA financially self reliant, 10% (ten per centile) the General Fund / General Corpus only to be of all contributions received, specific end-use appropriated towards the OBA Administrative Fund. notwithstanding, shall be appropriated towards a fund to be called the OBA Administrative Fund. In 2. All contributions to any specific fund or any specific addition, the Managing Committee be authorized to project are exempted totally from appropriation to utilize the income derived therefrom also, to part- the OBA Administrative Fund. fund, if and when required, the activities initiated by the OBA, including, but not limited to, celebration 3. Funds remaining un-utilized at the end of the of St. Joseph’s Feast, Christmas Dinner, Inter-OBA financial year to be reverted to the General Fund / Cricket Matches, procurement of Memorabilia for General Corpus. later sale to members, creation and distribution of OBA Calling, Annual Report and such other OBA- centric activities, as approved by the Managing Committee, from time to time, for the greater benefit of its members and beneficiaries.
(As per Resolution No. 1 of the 92ndAGM held on 05th September 2010)
14 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 GRATITUDE
The OBA is an organization which is voluntarily supported by Old Boys who wish to give back to the school in whatever way they can, to express their gratefulness to this great institution. To them we sincerely say ‘THANK YOU’: 1) Rev. Fr. Anthony Joseph, SJ, Rector and Rev. Fr. Clifford Sequeira, SJ, Principal for all their support to the OBA. 2) Mr.K.S.Ram Pureswaran, for auditing our Books of Accounts. 3) Mr. Maurice de Rebello, Mr. Shashi Lewis, Mr. Winkle Chibb, Mr. Vivek George and Mr. Ashwin Leyland, for organizing the OBA Buzz - 2015. 4) The Class of 1972, for supporting Mrs. Chatterjee with her medical expenditure. 5) Mr. Zaki Khaleeli, for assessing needy students for distribution of OBA Scholarships. 6) Mr. Jimmy Anklesaria and family and the Old Boys in USA, for consistently supporting the Scholarship Fund. 7) Mr. Pramodh Naidu, for sponsoring the Christmas hampers for retired teachers and senior Old Boys. 8) Mr. Anand Nayak of ITC, for supporting the OBA. 9) Mr. Naveen Subramaniam, for setting up a Scholarship Fund. 10) Mr. Nadeem Ahmed, for sponsoring the celebration of the Feast of St. Joseph and the inter-alumni association tennis ball cricket tournament for the Saleh Ahmed Trophy. 11) The Class of 1996, for setting up the Staff Personal Accident Insurance Fund. 12) The Class of 1985, for setting up the Career Guidance Corpus Fund. 13) Mr. C. C. Thimaiah and team, for organizing the SJBHS OBA CONNECT – Coorg 2014. 14) Mr. Abraham Pottamkulam and team, for organizing the SJBHS OBA CONNECT –Kerala 2015. 15) Mr. Lloyd Macedo and team, for organizing the SJBHS OBA CONNECT – Goa 2015. 16) The Class of 1968, for instituting the Alec and Dorothy Alvarez and Richard and Mary Pereira Scholarships. 17) Kingfisher, for supporting all our Functions. 18) Deccan Herald, for helping out whenever called upon to do so. 19) The Advertisers in our OBA Calling and Annual Report 2014-15. 20) Catholic Club, for hosting the Blue & White Bash. 21) The Class of 1978, for partly sponsoring the setting-up of the interiors of the OBA office. 22) The OBA - Kerala chapter, for contributing towards the Staff Welfare Fund. 23) Mr. Pramodh Naidu and his staff at Gaap Communication for design and execution work of the Annual Report, Certificates, Mementos and citations during the year.
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 15 VISITORS TO OBA OFFICE 2014-15
VISITOR NAME & ADDRESS BATCH NOTES 25/8/2014 JOSEPH MARIO ASHOK MOTHA B 8, Venus Block, Regency Magnum, Hennur Road, Bangalore - 560043 1990 ****** 11/9/2014 DAVE LOBO 1984 Nice to see the many changes taking place. USA Go Joseph’s! 15/10/2014 RISHAB D. DESAI 2012 The school has got a beautiful new look. 306, Hoysala Sri Rang, 45/1, 11th cross, 3rd main, Ganganagar, Bangalore - 24 14/11/2014 MANISH PATHAK 1983 Nice to come back !! USA 21/11/2014 VISWARUP P. 1999 Every step of life was possible for me be cause of those years, days, seconds. I was carved out here at St. Joseph’s. Thanks to the OBA we can still visit. 30/12/2014 MARK THOMAS 1994 I was St. Patrick’s House Captain in 10th. 84 Cross Street, Baulkham Hills, Its so great to be back and see my old NSW, Australia 2153 school. I am a hard core Josephite and so proud to see the development! “We the Blues, We the Whites, We the Mighty Josephites!!!” 5/1/2015 BISWAJIT BASU I have come back to my Alma Mater after R-3, Hauz Khas 55 years. It has been a wonderful experi New Delhi - 110016 ence. Meanwhile I notice the school has been modernised but vestiges of the old still remain. It has been a nostalgic return and I wish the school the very best. P.S. I was here in 1958, the Centenary Year. Now another 55 years have passed. 7/1/2015 FM de SOUZA 1957 Nice to see the spirit still alive. Canada 28/1/2015
16 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 JAGDISH MUNDKUR 1961-68 Would have been nice to see the picture USA of the school cricket rather than the Ashes in the OBA office. 28/1/2015 DESMOND RODRIGUES 1959-68 A token remembrance of St. Joseph’s European High School would be nice as I was a boarder then. 9/2/2015 PATRICK Da CUNHA 1961 Great changes in the school. Toronto 24/2/2015 BHASKAR KONANHALLI 1988 Always love to visit school and bond with 109, Massing Berd Way all our teachers. London SW17 6AH 24/2/2015 RODNEY DEWORSOP 1970 Good catching up with the school nearly 3 Poet Road, Bentleigh East, 40 years later. Please guys if ever in Melbourne, Australia Austra lia give us a call or email me at any time. Thanks.
24/3/2015 ANDREW MORRIS 1964 You are a wonderful man. 707 Finch HVE. W N York - ONI Canada 19/5/2015 NICHOLAS FURTADO MD 1980 Very Nostalgic and Pleasant Experience – Chemin Couadon 10, 9ewe Great to be back and feel the St. Joseph’s PEDT Sallonex ambience again. Thank You Daria. 1209 - Geneve, Switzerland
22/5/2015 MAHESHWAR SRINIVAS 1966-71 Wonderful to be back. The walls speak of 223 ‘35- TWPRD522 dedication that made our foundations Sherwood Park, Alberta, strong. Thank you. Canada, T 8 C, G 2
22/5/2015 ALEX PILLAI 1965-71 “Golden Memories” Best School! Best Stu dents have walked down these Memory Lanes! 1/7/2015 JOHN VIJAYAKUMAR CAESAR 1977-83 Honored to have been a student at Ajurinkatu 3A 28, 02650, St. Joseph’s. E S POO Finland
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 17 MINUTES OF THE 96th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE OLD BOYS’ ASSOCIATION OF ST. JOSEPH’S BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL HELD ON SUNDAY THE 7th SEPTEMBER 2014 AT THE SCHOOL HALL.
The meeting was called to order by the President at 10.15 a.m. with 150 Old Boys present. On the dias were Go- pal Bengeri, President, Brian D’Lima, Secretary and Fr. Clifford Sequeira, Treasurer of the OBA and Principal, SJBHS. Zaki Khaleeli took on the mantle of being the Master of Ceremonies. 96.1 Prayer and observation of a minute’s silence in memory of the Old Boys who passed away during the last year: The meeting started with a prayer and observation of a minute’s silence in memory of the following Old Boys who passed away during the last year:
Names of the deceased are:
Name of Deceased Batch Date of Demise
Fr. Simon Furtado, SJ January 16, 2014 Jal Jehangir MD.Saleh Khaleeli 1945 Joseph Casmiro Z D’Sa 1938 January 4, 2013 K.C.James 1968 August 30, 2013 Bashiruddin Babu Khan 1959 September 15, 2013 Rev. Fr. Gerald D’Souza OFM October 2013 A. Mohin Devaiah 1956 April 6, 2014 Trevor Devas 1969 August 31, 2014 Allan Christopher Bobby 2006 September 4, 2014
96.2 Special welcome to Outstation Old Boys: The President called upon Mr. Jayant Kapadia to read out the names of the outstation Old Boys who were present for the OBA Day. They were:
SL NO. NAME Batch From 1 Fulgence Rodrigues 1955 Goa 2 Michael Rozalla 1956 Goa 3 Oscar (Boom) D’Souza 1968 Goa 4 Hubert Saldanha 1977 Goa
18 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 5 Wg.Cdr.Prakash Sanadi 1960 Pune 6 K.J.Abraham 1965 Kerala 7 Malcolm Rodrigues 1968 Mumbai 8 George Mani 1968 Chennai 9 Lloyd Macedo 1974 Goa 11 C.C.Thimaiah 1984 Coorg 12 Tom Zachariah 1979 Kuwait 13 Sanjeev Mahajan 1975 Delhi 14 Philip Balfour 1970 Oman 15 Rajesh Kheny 1978 USA 16 Ian Macdonally 1974 Perth 17 David Lobo 1984 USA 18 Andrew Lynn 1984
96.3 Messages from Old Boys : The President called upon Mr. Zaki Khaleeli to read out the messages received from Old Boys who could not make it to the AGM. Zaki read out the messages from the Old Boys especially from the Batch of 1989 which was celebrating its silver jubilee of passing out of SJBHS. He commended the batch coordinator, Vinay Kamath, for his efforts in organising his batch reunion.
96.4 The Presidential Address : The President gave a synopsis of the activities undertaken by the OBA during the year. He briefed the members about the Staff Medical Insurance fund which was single-handedly being run by Sumir Hinduja (1985). The Medical Insurance covered 296 individuals (serving/retired staff and their families) and reimbursed 24 of them for hospitalisation during the year. Total claims paid were Rs.6,80,000/-, total premium paid was Rs.3,84,000/-, premium per member with family was Rs. 3407/- (for insurance cover of Rs.2,00,000/- p.a.) and the total corpus in the fund was Rs. 64,50,000/- .
He spoke about the OBA Connect activities in Kerala, Mangalore, Goa and Coorg. He said the local chapters expend substantial effort in organising them, they are family oriented, non-fund raising and fun events and hence exhorted all Old Boys to attend at least one of the events in a year. He mentioned the OBA Buzz which is normally held in June-July every year. Usually inter-house competitions are held in Elocution, Debate and Quiz. He said that this year, Music, Creative Writing and Dramatics were included and primary and middle school students were also allowed to participate. He thanked Fr.Clifford Sequeira, the Principal for his unstinted support to the event. He said that all the school annuals from 1910 till date had been scanned and were available as e-books. So it is now possible not only to view the annuals in their original design, but the text as well. All the scanned annuals have been installed on a touch-screen device in the OBA Office. This enables a person to search for names, events and dates in any annual. He explained about the new OBA Office which has a conference area, an LCD projector, a lounge area, Wi-Fi connection, computer systems and the scanned annuals. The project was largely financed by Old Boys, primarily from the ISC batch of 1972. Looking towards the future, the President discussed some of the activities/projects which had been planned for the OBA Centenary year (2018). These were a Science Exhibition (the OBA Alvie and Chat Science exhibition), a Teacher Training Programme and a Centenary book.
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 19 The President concluded his speech thanking the Jesuits, the school’s teaching and non-teaching staff, the students, the members of the Managing Committee and placed on record his thanks to the Batch of 1989 for sponsoring the breakfast and lunch on the day.
96.5 Presentation of the OBA Lifetime Achievement Award : The President called upon Mr. Ben Mathias to read out the citation for the winner of the OBA Lifetime Achievement Award, which was conferred upon Prof. Rahul Sarpeshkar (1984) for his pioneering work on analog synthetic biology. Prof. Sarpeshkar is a scientist at MIT and heads a research group on Analog Circuits and Biological Systems. As Rahul was unable to come down for the presentation, the President handed over the award to his mother. Mrs. Sarpeshkar (Rahul’s mother) then read out Rahul’s speech. He spoke about the values which St Joseph’s had instilled in him: about the most inspirational teacher he had ever met- Dr. David Chatterjee. He said that Dr. Chatterjee sparked in him a deep desire and love for science and dedicated the award to him.
Presentation of the OBA Young Achiever of the Year Award : The award was conferred upon Mr. Robin Uthappa prior to commencement of the AGM.
Presentation of the Staff Appreciation Award : The award was not conferred this year.
96.6 To confirm the Minutes and Proceedings of the Annual General Meeting held on 8th September 2013 : The President asked if the Minutes could be taken as approved. Sudheer Mahajan proposed and Maurice Rebello seconded the motion.
96.7 Matters arising out of the Minutes : There were no matters arising out of the Minutes and they were passed unanimously. Minutes of the 95th Annual General Meeting were considered approved & adopted.
96.8 To consider and if approved, to adopt the Committee’s report on the working of the Association for the year 2013-14 : Gurmeet Randhawa proposed that the report be considered as approved and Santhosh Naidu seconded the motion.
96.9 To consider and pass the Statement of Accounts for the period 1st April 2013 to 31st March 2014 : Joe D’Mello proposed that the Statement of Accounts be passed and Siddharth Raja seconded the motion.
96.10 To consider and adopt Resolutions proposed by the Managing Committee or from any individual member after providing sufficient notice, with permission of the Chair: There were no special resolutions proposed / passed.
96.11 Principal’s Address : Rev. Fr.Clifford Sequeira, Principal, said that the OBA symbolises the hope of the future and he was happy to see the Old Boys united in purpose and working for the school. He opined that the OBA was one of the best alumni associations in India and expressed his gratitude for the OBA scholarships which helped impart quality education to many a needy child. He commended Mr. Shashi Lewis, OBA MC member for having done a wonderful job in conducting the OBA Buzz. The OBA Buzz, he felt, was one of the best competitions conducted at the school level. He also briefed the Old Boys about the new school activities and e-governance to improve communication with parents.
20 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 The OBA President praised and thanked Fr. Principal for his unstinted co-operation and support for all OBA activities through the year.
96.12 To appoint an Auditor for the year 2014-2015 : Mr. Ram Pureswaran agreed to continue auditing the accounts. The President placed on record appreciation to Mr. Ram Pureswaran for the time and effort put in by him in auditing the books of accounts of the OBA. Jayant Kapadia proposed and Santhosh Naidu seconded the motion.
96.13 To consider, any other business, with the permission of the Chair:
96.13 (A) With the permission of the Chair, Mr. George Olapally (1968) spoke about the contributions of Mr. Alec Alvarez to the school. He said that his batch (1968) was instituting the Dorothy and Alec Alvarez Scholarship. He requested other Old Boys to institute scholarships in the memory of other teachers like Mrs. Mary and Mr. Richard Pereira, Mr Luke D’Souza, Mr. Yates etc. He thanked Mr. Brian D’Lima for his efforts as Secretary. The President urged the younger Old Boys to chip in, even with smaller amounts.
96.13 (B) With the permission of the Chair, Mr. Rajesh Kheny (1978) said that after 7 years, the US Old Boys had a reunion on 31st August, 2014 at Washington DC. 33 people attended the reunion. He said that because of the size of the country, it was difficult to travel and hence mooted the idea of having reunions in different parts of the country. He had asked the US Old Boys to support, mentor and coach old students who have just come to the US. He mentioned that an election was conducted and that he was was elected as the President of the USA Chapter. The US old boys also wanted career guidance for the 9th to 12th standard school boys. He said that Mr. Jimmy Anklesaria had done a terrific job regarding the scholarships and added that the batch of 1984 had also made a significant contribution.
96.13 (C) With the permission of the Chair, Mr. Lennold D’Almeida (1994) said that as part of their 20th yearcelebrations, they were planning to institute a scholarship for the PT master, Mr. Shivprakash.
96.14 Vote of Thanks : Mr. Umakanth Alva, the 1st Vice President proposed the Vote of Thanks. He requested each Old Boy to bring atleast 2 Old Boys back to the OBA.
96.15 To elect Office Bearers for the year 2014-2015 : Result of the election was announced by Mr. Santosh Naidu: 1. Mr. Gopal Bengeri (1976) - President 2. Mr.Umakanth Alva (1988) - 1st Vice President 3. Mr. Rajeev Shenoy (1996) - 2nd Vice President 4. Mr. Brian D’ Lima (1975) - Secretary Committee Members: 1. Mr. Vinay Kamath (1989 2. Mr. Greg D’Sa (1963) 3. Mr. Antonio Justin (1997) 4. Mr. A.G.Krishnaswamy (1972)
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 21 5. Mr. Siddharth Raja (1990) 4. Mr. Kiran Patil (1990) 5. Mr. Franklin Antonat (1988)
Mr. Zaki Khaleeli then read out a eulogy for Mr. Alec Alvarez. He said that Alvy, as he was fondly known, was born in Indore and he joined St. Joseph’s in 1941 and married Dorothy Vaz on 9th September 1944. He said that Mr. Alvarez was one gem amongst that class of teachers that went on to define the words ‘selfless’ and ‘dedicated’ it selves and that included Mrs. Dorothy Alvarez, the Pereiras, ‘Smiler’ and ‘Dick’ who dedicated their lives to the boys of St. Joseph’s.
He mentioned that Mr. Alvarez managed the Annual Sports Day for the school, was the de facto administrator and the Secretary of the OBA. Zaki expressed that it was Mr. Alec Alvarez and Mr. Denis Noronha who gave the OBA its structure and form and that their far-sighted prowess generated the standard operating systems, be it organizational or accounting.
Zaki concluded by wishing Mr. Alvarez eternal peace - We shall always remember, “The picture fades but the memories live on….”
The President then thanked the Managing Committee for their cooperation and support during the year.
As there was nothing else to be discussed, the Meeting was called to a close.
22 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 OBITUARIES 2014-2015
We regret the sad demise of the following Old Boys. Our deepest condolences to the bereaved families. May their souls rest in peace:
Name Of Deceased Batch Date Of Demise N. Premkumar 1964 September 10, 2014 Joseph Colaso 1973 September 29, 2014 Cecil Joseph Fullinfaw 1949 December 12, 2014 Chandan Nambiar 1990 January 2, 2015 Shaktheesh Shetty 2004 January 8, 2015 Purushotham Amritrao Ghatge 1960 March 3, 2015 Gokulnath 1963 March 18, 2015 Saketh Marla 1995 April 8, 2015 Lawrence Fownes 1954 April 9, 2015 Claudy Barboza 1995 April 29, 2015 Lawrence Saldanha 1973 May 5, 2015 K.C.Thomas 1964 July 12, 2015
NEW LIFE MEMBERS – 2014-15
Dominic Deepak R. Reo Raymond Dr. Joel Sequeira Varun Jalan
NEW PATRON MEMBERS – 2014-15
Aejaz Ahmed Munshi Kailesh Pujary Ivor Peter Prem Lewis Kiran Patil Jayakar Jerome Zoish Hormusjee
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 23 ACTIVITIES OF THE OBA : 2014-2015
The OBA conducted a number of activities to bring Old Boys together. Reunions were held at Kerala, Coorg and Goa and these get-togethers brought Old Boys from various age groups to interact in the true Josephite spirit. The OBA also instituted schemes, funds collected under which were disbursed towards scholarships to needy students, promotion of cultural activities in the school, conduction of Career Guidance programmes for students and also towards welfare of staff. In the previous year (2014-15) over Rs. 10 lakhs was given to needy students under the various scholarship schemes, Rs. 6.85 lakhs was paid as Mediclaim Insurance Premium for retired and current school staff and over Rs. 1 lakh was awarded in prizes to students producing outstanding results in the ICSE and ISC Exams. The OBA organized the OBA Buzz, the annual inter-house cultural competition for the school’s students of Class 5 onwards, which included events such as Debate, Elocution and Quiz. Certificates, trophies and cash prizes were awarded to the winners of the competitions. Apart from these, the OBA organized its annual Christmas Dinner, Welcome to OBA, the inter-alumni association tennis ball cricket tournament in celebration of the Feast of St. Joseph, the Blue & White Bash and the OBA Day. The OBA also gave out hampers to Senior Old Boys and staff.
Scholarships to School: We had a total of 130 applications. Zaki Khaleeli and Brian D’Lima individually met 126 parents. Need-cum-merit was the criterion and a sum of Rs. 10 lakhs was awarded in scholarships. The need was around Rs. 15 lakhs but due to a shortage of funds, only around Rs. 10 lakhs was given out. Fee instalments were paid directly to the school and the applicants were informed of the same.
Staff Medical Insurance: The Staff Medical Insurance scheme covers full-time teachers who have competed two years of service in the school and their families. Also, all retired teachers and staff who had completed 10 years of service are covered under the scheme along with their spouses. Sumir Hinduja, the brain behind the scheme, helps us in negotiating a good amount of premium. Last year, our premium was Rs. 6.85 lakhs and was paid fully by the OBA. It covers medical insurance for each family up to a maximum of Rs. 2 lakhs. This has benefited a number of teachers, retired and serving, as well as service staff of the school who would never have been able to afford good medical treatment on their own.
Awards: This year, over Rs. 1 lakh was given as prizes to the students passing out of the ISC and ICSE classes. The prizes that are given are for standing first in the school, being the best in studies and games, being the best swimmer, for securing the highest marks in each subject etc. The prizes include a trophy, a certificate and a cheque. These awards are sponsored by the Batch of 1968, Batch of 1975, Bashiruddin Babu Khan, Mario de P Miranda, Rev. Fr. Simon Furtado and Rajesh Kheny
OBA BUZZ – 2015: This year, we conducted a number of events under the umbrella of ‘OBA Buzz’. The events that were conducted were Debate, Elocution, Quiz, Essay Writing, Western Music, Indian Music, Instrumental Music and Inter-House Skit competitions. Maurice de Rebello and Shashi Lewis did an excellent job of conducting the Quiz competition.
24 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 Shashi Lewis, with the help of Gopal Bengeri, Gavin Cordeiro and Ian Lewis conducted the Elocution and Debate competitions and the response was very positive. Our gratitude goes out to the above-mentioned Old Boys for taking time off to conduct these competitions. Thanks also go out to Shivaram who sponsored the Warrior Award for Elocution and Maurice de Rebello for sponsoring the prizes for Creative Writing.
Career Guidance for the students of Std. 10: The OBA, along with the PTA, conducted a Career Guidance programme for the students of Std. 10. 205 students took the test and most of the students along with their parents came for personal counselling sessions where various career options were recommended. Our thanks go out to the PTA for helping out and giving a wonderful opportunity to our budding Josephites to wisely choose their careers. The OBA organized a special function for the students passing out of Stds. 10 & 12. N.K. Dilip, eminent lawyer and Old Boy from the Class of 1988, addressed the students and a memento and booklet on the OBA were given to each one of them. This was followed by tea.
Christmas Hampers: Joe D’Mello and Brian D’Lima visited very senior Old Boys as well as senior retired teachers and their families and gave them a Christmas Hamper. This hamper was sponsored by Pramodh Naidu. The retired teachers and Old Boys were grateful to the OBA for its thoughtfulness.
Fellowship Programmes: Blue & White Bash: The event was held at the Catholic Club and was attended by over 1000 people. The Band in attendance was A26 from Goa and it catered to all age groups.
OBA Day: OBA Day was celebrated on the 7th of September. The day started with Mass, celebrated by Fr. Anthony Joseph, Rector and assisted by Fr. Hedwig Da Costa, Old Boy and former Principal. Mass was followed by placing of a wreath at the War Memorial by Fr. Clifford Sequeira, Principal of the School. The School Flag was unfurled by a senior Old Boy and the singing of the School Song was led by the school choir. The School Song was sung with Old Boys grouped by their Houses. Group photograph followed the Breakfast, where we had to take the photograph in two batches to accommodate all the Old Boys present. At the AGM, two awards were given out - first, The OBA Lifetime Achievement Award to Mr. Rahul Sarpeshkar and second, The OBA Young Achiever of the Year Award to Mr. Robin Uthappa. The Batch of 1989 sponsored the Breakfast and Lunch on OBA Day.
Christmas Dinner: This year, the Christmas Dinner saw an attendance of over 100 Old Boys from different batches. The committee hopes that in future, representation from younger batches of Old Boys will increase.
Celebration of the Feast of St. Joseph: This year, the entire amount of expense towards celebrating the Feast of St. Joseph was sponsored by Nadeem Ahmed. All those who attended were treated to a sumptuous breakfast, beer and an excellent biryani, all on the house. The Saleh Ahmed Trophy, for the winner of the inter-alumni association tennis ball cricket tournament,
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 25 was won by the alumni association of St. Germain High School with the team representing the alumni association of Baldwin Boys’ High School coming in as the runners-up. All participants were given a memento, courtesy of Saleh Ahmed.
SJBHS OBA CONNECT: Chapters of the OBA at Coorg, Kerala and Goa organized excellent get-togethers for Old Boys of all ages under the banner of ‘SJBHS OBA CONNECT’. Old Boys from the 1950’s mixed with Old Boys from the 2000’s. Special thanks to C. C. Thimaiah, Abraham Pottamkulam, Lloyd Macedo and their respective committees for organizing the events. Reports filed by Gopal Bengeri on the events held at Coorg and Goa appear later.
Brian D’Lima Secretary (2014-15)
26 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT To the Members of St. Joseph’s Boys High School, Old Boys Association, Bangalore We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Bangalore Jesuit Educational Society A/c St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Old Boys Association. Bangalore (Institution) which comprises the Balance Sheet as at March 31st, 2015 and the Income and Expenditure Account for the year then ended and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information. Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements Management is responsible for the preparation of these financial statements in accordance with the law applicable to the institution. This responsibility includes the design, implementation and maintenance of the internal control relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditor’s Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing issued by the Institute of Chartered Accounts of India. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgement, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the institution’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Opinion In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the financial statements of Bangalore Jesuit Educational Society A/c St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Old Boys Association for the year ended March 31, 2015 are prepared in all material respects in accordance with the law applicable to the institution.
For Ram Pureswaran& Co. Chartered Accountants FRN 012327S Place: Bangalore K.S.RamPureswaran Date June 14th, 2015 Proprietor Mem No 013099
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 27
3,88,353 5,48,585 As At 13,44,772 31.03.15 3,15,21865 2,92,40,155
Proprietor
J I L K M .Ram Pureswaran S chedule K. S Chartered Accountants For Ram Pureswaran & Co, Ram Pureswaran For As per our Report of Date Even
Assets
Fixed Assets Fixed Investments Current Assets Cash & Bank Balances Notes To Accounts Notes To Treasurer Rs. Rs. As At 3,64,307 4,61,567 31.03.14 12,06,923 2,31,00,946 2,51,33,732 Rev Fr Clifford Fr S equeira J Rev - - Rs. As At 36,62,635 86,30,000 25,35,000 50,05,000 14,39,230 31.03.15 3,15,21,865 1,02,50,000
F B C E A H D G S chedule BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2015 31 MARCH SHEET AS AT BALANCE
S ecretary Brian D’Lima ST. JOSEPH’S BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL - OLD BOYS’ ASSOCIATION HIGH SCHOOL - OLD BOYS’ JOSEPH’S BOYS’ ST.
Liabilities e Capital Fund Income & Expenditure A/C Scholarship Funds Scholarship Welfare Funds Welfare Awards Fund Current Accounts Other Current Liabilties Other Funds
-
Bangalor
-3,98,563 30,50,541 8th July 2015 8th July 71,35,700 85,79,800 23,85,000 43,81,265 As At
31.03.14 Rs.
2,51,33,743
President Place Date G opal Bengeri 28 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 Rs (6,435) 56,100 2,07,819 8,42,503 1,74,219 4,10,800
2014-15
Proprietor Rs .Ram Pureswaran, 31,79,654 (29,71,835) K. S Chartered Accountants For Ram Pureswaran & Co, Ram Pureswaran For As per our Report of Date Even
INCOME Treasurer OBA Day Income (net) Day OBA Less Allocations (Ref Sch.D) Blue and White Ball 50% of Membership fees Life & Patron Interest Printing & Prod of Annual Report sponsorship
Rev Fr Clifford Fr S equeira J Rev 7,893 44,875 Rs 1,96,000 2,36,400 5,84,053 2013-14 15,18,969 (14,20,084)
Rs 7,617 55,994 17,628 60,290 46,991 88,569 30,905 21,627 30,000 2014-15 3,14,296 1,68,586 8,42,503
S ecretary Brian D’Lima
ST. JOSEPH’S BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL - OLD BOYS’ ASSOCIATION HIGH SCHOOL - OLD BOYS’ JOSEPH’S BOYS’ ST. E X PENDITURE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2015 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT Excess ofExcess Expenditure Income over Depreciation St. Joseph’s Feast (net) Feast St. Joseph’s Graduation Expenses SJBHS MUN Painting ofPainting Captains Board BUZZ OBA Christmas Gettogether (net) Production & Postage - OBA Report - OBA Production & Postage Website Maintenance Website Connect OBA Award Achievers Life Time/Young Office Expenses Prizes Sports and extracurricular Staff Lunch Career Guidance for 9th Std 2,450 2,921 5,644 Bangalore 2015 8th July 29,528 10,114 17,990 85,522 38,919 10,000 22,201 18,600 30,000 18,300 1,36,003 1,55,861 5,84,053
2013-14
Rs
Place Date g opal Bengeri President The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 29 ST. JOSEPH’S BOYS HIGH SCHOOL - OLD BOYS’ ASSOCIATION RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2015
RECEIPTS Rs Rs PAYMENTS Rs Rs
Opening Balance Scholarships 10,00,000 Cash 15,952 Diamond Jubilee Scholarship 30,000 Bank accounts 4,45,615 4,61,567 Platnium Jubilee for Higher Education - 10,30,000 Donation to Corpus Funds Awards Alec & Dorothy Alvarez Sch Fund 1,82,000 OBA Awards 1,07,713 C.V.George & Thangamma George Sch 92,000 OBA BUZZ 63,241 C.S.Sitalakshmi Scholarship Fund 1,82,000 Inter House Dramatics 23,255 Richard & Mary Pereira Sch Fund 36,200 Maurice de P Rebello Essay Writing Award 13,250 Jimmy Anklesaria Sch. Fund 7,00,000 Prizes Sports and extracurricular 2,000 2,09,459 P.G. & Rose D’Souza Scholarship 82,000 Welfare Class of 1973-74 Sch Fund 4,500 Staff Health Insurance Payments 6,85,396 Class of 1975 Scholarship Fund 1,82,000 Teacher’s Pension 42,700 Class of 1983 Scholarship Fund 1,74,400 Retd Teachers Pension 1,77,500 Class of 1984 Scholarship Fund 6,25,000 Retd Teachers -Batch of 1972 24,000 9,29,596 Class of 1988 Anand Seb,Sai Sch 4,13,000 School Functions/Activities Class of 1989 Scholarshio Fund 4,500 Graduation expenses 60,290 Class of 1985 Career Guidance Fund 1,52,000 Staff Lunch expenses 30,000 90,290 Class of 1988 Retd Teachers contribution 3,00,000 Expenses on OBA Functions Staff Health Insurance Fund 1,83,651 OBA Day 1,88,675 Class of 1996 Accident Insurance - 2,73,000 35,86,251 OBA CONNECT 21,627 1,47,972 Income from Functions St Joseph’s Feast 17,628 OBA Day (incl sponsorship) 1,82,240 Christmas Get-together 59,350 Christmas Getogether 66,967 Christmas Hampers to Senior Inter House Dramatics 48,455 Old Boys 4,200 Blue and White Ball 2,00,000 Blue and White Ball 25,781 3,24,878 OBA BUZZ 20,000 5,10,045
TOTAL C/F 45,57,863 TOTAL C/F 25,84,223
30 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 RECEIPTS Rs Rs PAYMENTS Rs Rs
TOTAL B/F 45,57,863 TOTAL B/F 25,84,223 Donation to Other Funds TDS 27,000
OBA Kerala Fund 91,000 OFFICE EXPENSES
Jimmy Anklesaria Scholarship 2,30,900 Postage & Telephone 18,782
OBA ADMINISTRATIVE A/C 3,79,849 Printing & Stationery 6,866
Scholarships received 17,400 Repairs and Maintenance 9,600
OBA USA Scholarships 1,82,500 General Expenses & Conveyance 12,317
Retd. Teachers support 5,40,000 Website expenses 30,905
Retd Teachers Pension 42,702 14,84,351 Meetin g Expenses 4,907
Membership Fees Office Assistant Salary 1,13,000
Life 14-15 87,200 Bank Charges 3,114 1,99,491
Patron Memembership 25,000 1,12,200 Medical/Other Expenses 53,270
Prod & Postage of Annual Repot 4,10,800 OBA OFFICE Interiors 2,70,275
Fixed Deposits encashed 1,27,25,993 Scanning of School Annuals 1,81,870
Mementos Donations 1,44,600 Production & Postage - OBA Report 88,569
Interest on Investments 31,79,654 Fixed Deposits made 1,88,65,202
FAITH & TOIL BOOK 3,000 Purchase of Mementoes 1,66,846
Donation to OBA 3,00,000 Closing Balance
Donation for Christmas Hamper 8,000 Cash 2,234
Medical/other Expenses donation 58,870 3,69,870 Bank accounts 5,46,351 5,48,585
TOTAL 2,29,85,331 TOTAL 2,29,85,331
As per our Report of Even Date For Ram Pureswaran & Co, Chartered Accountants
Gopal Bengeri Brian D’Lima Rev Fr Clifford Sequeira SJ K.S.Ram Pureswaran, President Secretary Treasurer Proprietor
Place: Bangalore Date: 8th July 2015
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 31 SChedules Annexed to and Forming Part of the Balance Sheet As At 31 March 2015 (amounts in Rupees) As at 31.03.14 As at 31.03.15 SCHEDULE A - CAPITAL FUND 19,76,139 Balance as per last Balance Sheet 30,50,541 29,527 Add Transfer from Income & Exp. A/c 55,994 10,00,000 Transfer from Class of 1972 Fund towards OBA office - Transfer from Class of 1978 Fund towards OBA office 5,00,000 44,875 Add : 50% of Life & Patron Memberships 56,100 36,62,635 30,50,541 TOTAL - CAPITAL FUND 36,62,635
SCHEDULE B - INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT - Opening Balance - 29,528 Surplus/(Deficit) for the Current Year 55,994 (29,528) Less transfer to Capital Fund (55,994) - TOTAL - INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT -
sCHEDULE C - SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS Opening Current Transfers Closing Balance Receipts from C/A Balance Higher Studies Scholarships 7,30,000 Platinum Jubilee Fund 7,30,000 - 85,000 8,15,000 6,10,000 Diamond Jubilee Freeship Fund 6,10,000 - 40,000 6,50,000 Scholarships for the School 7,90,000 Scholarship Fund 7,90,000 25,000 8,15,000 1,00,000 Michael and Greta Aranha Sch 1,00,000 - 5,000 1,05,000 60,000 Capt. George Mathias Mem. Sch. Fund 60,000 - - 60,000 60,000 Charles E.Noronha Scholarship 60,000 - - 60,000 60,000 P.G.D’souza/Rose D’Souza Mem Sch. 60,000 82,000 8,000 1,50,000 60,000 OBA CANADA Scholarship 60,000 - 60,000 1,90,000 Rajesh Kheny Scholarship 1,90,000 10,000 2,00,000 Class of 1968 Alec & Dorothy Alvarez Scholarship - 1,82,000 18,000 2,00,000 Class of 1968 Richard & Mary Pereira Scholarship - 36,200 3,800 40,000 1,35,000 Class of 1973-74 Scholarship Fund 1,35,000 4,500 500 1,40,000 Class of 1975 Scholarship Fund - 1,82,000 18,000 2,00,000 6,70,700 Class of 1983 Scholarship Fund 6,70,700 1,74,400 24,900 8,70,000 13,50,000 Class of 1984 Scholarship Fund 13,50,000 6,25,000 65,000 20,40,000 3,10,000 Class of 1988 Anand Sebastion/Sai Manohar 3,10,000 4,13,000 27,000 7,50,000 2,45,000 Class of 1989 Corpus Fund 2,45,000 4,500 60,500 3,10,000 4,25,000 Class of 1990 David Chaterjee Sch 4,25,000 - 15,000 4,40,000 90,000 Class of 1994 Fund 90,000 - 5,000 95,000 8,00,000 Jimmy Anklesaria Scholarship Fund 8,00,000 7,00,000 - 15,00,000 2,50,000 C.S.Sitalakshmi Scholarship Fund 2,50,000 1,82,000 18,000 4,50,000 2,00,000 Joseph Ollapally Scholarship 2,00,000 - - 2,00,000 C.V.George & Thangamma George Scholarship - 92,000 8,000 1,00,000 TOTAL - SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS 71,35,700 26,77,600 4,36,700 1,02,50,000
32 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 sCHEDULE D - WELFARE FUNDS Opening Current Transfers Closing As at 31.03.14 Balance Receipts from C/A Balance 64,19,800 Staff Health Insurance Fund 64,19,800 1,83,651 1,46,549 67,50,000 11,00,000 Staff Appreciation Fund 11,00,000 - 1,20,000 12,20,000 8,20,000 Teachers Pension Fund 8,20,000 93,892 (9,13,892) - 2,15,000 Class of 1972 Retired Teachers Fund 2,15,000 - 15,000 2,30,000 25,000 Class of 1987 Welfare Fund 25,000 - 5,000 30,000 Class of 1996 Accident Insurance Fund - 2,73,000 27,000 3,00,000 OBA Kerala Staff Welfare Fund 91,000 9,000 1,00,000 6,70,700 Class of 1983 Benevolent Fund 6,70,700 - (6,70,700) -
92,50,500 TOTAL - WELFARE FUNDS 92,50,500 6,41,543 (12,62,043) 86,30,000
SCHEDULE E - AWARDS Opening Current Transfers Closing Balance Receipts from C/A Balance 2,70,000 A Alvarez OBA Medal for first in school 2,70,000 20,000 2,90,000 1,10,000 Bashiruddin Babukhan OBA Sesquicentennial Award 1,10,000 5,000 1,15,000 2,15,000 Mario de P Miranda Award Fund 2,15,000 15,000 2,30,000 1,10,000 Rev Fr. Simon Furtado Award 1,10,000 5,000 1,15,000 1,06,500 The Warrior Award 1,06,500 3,500 1,10,000 3,00,000 Rajesh Kheny Award for ICSE/ISC 3,00,000 - 20,000 3,20,000 69,000 Alan Macbride Hockey Award 69,000 6,000 75,000 5,00,000 Class of 1968 Awards 5,00,000 - 30,000 5,30,000 4,20,000 Class of 1975 Awards 4,20,000 - 30,000 4,50,000 1,34,500 Class of 1985 OBA BUZZ Fund 1,34,500 - 10,500 1,45,000 1,50,000 Maurice de P Rebello Award for Essay Writing 1,50,000 - 5,000 1,55,000 23,85,000 TOTAL - AWARDS 23,85,000 0 1,50,000 25,35,000
SCHEDULE F - OTHER FUNDS Opening Current Transfers Closing Balance Receipts from C/A Balance 5,00,000 Class of 1978 Building Fund 5,00,000 (5,00,000) - 6,38,335 Class of 1984 Sports Complex Fund’ 6,38,335 61,665 7,00,000 - Class of 1985 Career Guidance Fund 1,52,000 23,000 1,75,000 3,93,330 OBA ADMINISTRATIVE FUND 3,93,330 3,79,849 86,821 8,60,000 28,49,600 SESQUICENTANNIAL ADMINISTR FUND 28,49,600 4,20,400 32,70,000 43,81,265 TOTAL - OTHER FUNDS 43,81,265 5,31,849 91,886 50,05,000 2,24,81,765 TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 2,24,81,765 38,50,992 87,243 2,64,20,000
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 33 SCHEDULE G - FUND CURRENT ACCOUNTS SCHOLARSHIPS Receipts Interest Disbursed Transfers Closing Higher studies scholarships Allocated to Funds Balance Platinum Jubilee Fund - 85,000 - 85,000 - Diamond Jubilee Freeship Fund - 70,000 30,000 40,000 - Scholarships for the School Scholarship Fund 17,400 1,06,600 99,000 25,000 - Michael and Greta Aranha Sch 15,000 10,000 5,000 - Capt. George Mathias Mem. Sch. - 6,000 6,000 - Charles E. Noronha Scholarship - 6,000 6,000 - P.G.D’souza/Rose D’Souza Mem Sch. - 14,000 6,000 8,000 - OBA CANADA Scholarship - 6,000 6,000 - Rajesh Kheny Scholarship 30,000 20,000 10,000 - Class of 1968 Alec & Dorothy Alvarez Scholarship 18,000 18,000 - Class of 1968 Richard & Mary Pereira Scholarship 3,800 3,800 - Class of 1973-74 Scholarship 14,500 14,000 500 - Class of 1975 Scholarship Fund 18,000 - 18,000 - Classs of 1983 Scholarship Fund 79,900 55,000 24,900 - Class of 1984 Scholarship Fund - 1,81,500 1,16,500 65,000 - Class of 1988 Anand Sebastion/Sai Manohar - 57,000 30,000 27,000 - Class of 1989 Corpus Fund 30,499 20,000 10,499 - Batch of 1990 David Chaterjee Sch 55,000 40,000 15,000 - Class of 1994 Fund 9,000 4,000 5,000 - Jimmy Anklesaria Scholarship Fund 2,30,900 1,19,100 3,50,000 - - C.S.Sitalakshmi Scholarship 38,000 20,000 18,000 - Joseph Ollapally Scholarship 15,000 15,000 - C.V.George & Thangamma George Scholarship 8,000 8,000 - OBA KERALA Scholarship Fund 9,000 9,000 - OBA USA Scholarships 1,82,500 1,82,500 - TOTAL - SCHOLARSHIPS 4,30,800 9,94,899 10,30,000 3,95,699 - WELFARE FUNDS Opening Interest Disbursed Transfers Closing Staff Health Insurance Fund - 8,31,945 6,85,396 1,46,549 - Staff Appreciation Fund - 1,20,000 - 1,20,000 - Teachers Pension Fund - 1,36,592 42,700 93,892 - Class of 1972 Retired Teachers Fund - 39,000 24,000 15,000 - Class of 1987 Staff Welfare Fund 5,000 5,000 - Class of 1996 Accident Insurance Fund 27,000 27,000 - TOTAL - WELFARE FUNDS 11,59,537 7,52,096 4,07,441 - AWARDS FUNDS Opening Interest Disbursed Transfers Closing A Alvarez OBA Medal for first in school - 35,500 15,500 20,000 - Bashiruddin Babukhan OBA Sesquicentennial Award - 10,500 5,500 5,000 - Mario de P Miranda Award Fund - 25,500 10,500 15,000 - Rev Fr. Simon Furtado Award - 10,500 5,500 5,000 -
34 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 The Warrior Trophy - 12,000 8,500 3,500 - Rajesh Kheny Award 43,000 23,000 20,000 - Alan Macbride Hockey Award - 6,000 - 6,000 - Class of 1968 Awards - 55,913 25,913 30,000 - Class of 1975 Awards - 51,800 21,800 30,000 - Class of 1985 OBA Buzz 18,250 7,750 10,500 - Maurice de P Rebello Award for Essay Writing - 18,250 13,250 5,000 - TOTAL - AWARD FUNDS 0 2,87,213 1,37,213 1,50,000 0 OTHER FUNDS Class of 1984 Sports Complex Fund’ 61,665 61,665 - Class of 1985 Career Guidance Fund 23,000 23,000 - OBA ADMINISTRATIVE FUND 86,821 86,821 - SESQUICENTANNIAL ADMINISTR FUND - 3,58,700 3,58,700 - TOTAL - OTHER FUNDS 5,30,186 - 5,30,186 - Grand Total 4,30,800 29,71,835 19,19,309 14,83,326 -
SCHEDULE H - OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES Opening Receipts Disbursed/ Transfers Closing Other Funds Balance Expenses Balance 1,20,910 Class of 1983 Retd Teachers Fund 1,20,910 - - 1,20,900 47,176 Class of 1988 Hockey Fund 47,176 - 2,000 45,176 Class of 1988 Retd Teachers contribution - 3,00,000 3,00,000 Retd. Teachers support - 5,40,000 - 5,40,000 24,370 Innovation Lab 24,370 24,370 OBA Buzz 20,000 20,000 (7,79,094) Retd. Teachers Pension (7,79,094) 42,702 1,77,500 9,13,892 - 45,958 Medical Expenses a/c 45,958 58,870 53,270 51,558 (7,784) Christmas Gifts a/c (7,784) 8,000 4,200 (3,984) 31,200 Donation to OBA 31,200 3,00,000 - 3,31,200 50,001 Vinay Kamath Fund 50,001 50,001 - 39,700 FAITH & TOIL BOOK 39,700 3,000 - 42,700 - 19,000 School DVD 19,000 - 19,000 - 10,000 OBA Goa 10,000 10,000 - - - (3,98,562) TOTAL (3,98,563) 12,72,572 2,36,970 10,25,593 14,39,230 - sCHEDULE I - FIXED ASSETS Opening Additions Depn Closing Balance Balance 266 Furniture & Fixtures 266 266 - 9,140 Computer System 9,140 - 2,285 6,855 11,93,502 OBA Office Interiors & Furniture 11,93,502 2,70,275 2,92,755 11,71,022 Scanning of OBA Reports 1,81,870 18,187 1,63,683 4,015 Camera 4,015 803 3,212 12,06,923 TOTAL 12,06,923 4,52,145 3,14,296 13,44,772
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 35 SCHEDULE J - INVESTMENTS Company Interest Date of Number Date of Amount Rate Deposit Maturity 30,00,000 HDFC 9.75 30-Nov-14 BL/892498 31-May-17 39,17,949 19,45,993 HDFC 9.85 08-Apr-14 BL/838351 08-Feb-16 25,01,374 37,33,953 HDFC 9.85 BL/838344 20-Oct-15 37,33,953 20,00,000 South Indian Bank 9.00 03-Apr-14 108100000003617 04-Apr-15 20,00,000 15,00,000 South Indian Bank 10.00 04-Jun-12 108100000003376 04-Sep-15 15,00,000 12,00,000 South Indian Bank 10.00 04-Jun-12 108100000003378 04-Sep-15 12,00,000 14,00,000 South Indian Bank 9.50 21-Nov-11 108100000004348 21-Feb-17 14,00,000 16,30,000 South Indian Bank 8.80 10-Mar-15 108101000004044 10-Mar-17 16,30,000 7,00,000 South Indian Bank 8.75 24-03-14 108100000003065 24-Mar-17 7,00,000 10,00,000 South Indian Bank 8.80 30-Jan-15 108100000004629 12-Jun-16 10,00,000 8,50,000 South Indian Bank 8.80 09-Mar-15 108100000004043 09-Mar-17 8,50,000 2,00,000 South Indian Bank 8.80 30-Mar-15 108100000004073 30-Mar-17 2,00,000 3,41,000 South Indian Bank 9.25 30-Mar-14 108100000004577 30-Mar-16 3,41,000 15,00,000 South Indian Bank 9.50 12-May-14 108100000004830 16-Jun-15 15,00,000 8,00,000 South Indian Bank 9.00 30-Jun-14 108100000004883 30-Jun-15 8,00,000 13,00,000 South Indian Bank 9.50 14-Mar-14 108101000010507 18-Apr-15 13,00,000 South Indian Bank 7.00 18-Mar-15 108102000006526 03-May-15 18,15,879 South Indian Bank 7.00 28-Feb-15 108102000006532 15-Apr-15 8,50,000 South Indian Bank 8.25 31-Mar-15 108101000011310 30-Sep-15 20,00,000 2,31,00,946 TOTAL - INVESTMENTS 2,92,40,155
SCHEDULE K - CURRENT ASSETS 3,000 Deposits (Telephone) 3,000 3,000 25,200 Inter House Dramatics 25,200 23,255 48,455 - 44,828 TDS 44,828 27,000 - 71,828 2,91,279 Closing Stock of Mementos 2,91,279 1,66,846 1,44,600 3,13,525 3,64,307 TOTAL - CURRENT ASSETS 3,88,353
SCHEDULE L - CASH & BANK BALANCES 15,952 Cash on hand 2,234 Cash at Banks 97,619 SBI Account 93,928 3,47,996 South Indian Bank-BJES 4,52,423 5,46,351 4,61,567 TOTAL - CASH & BANK BALANCES 5,48,585
36 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 SCHEDULE M - NOTES TO ACCOUNTS
1 Statement of Significant Accounting Policies i) Generally, all income and expenditure are accounted on an actual basis. ii) Interest on investments received during the year are allocated to the various funds in the ratio of their opening balances iii) Of the membership fees received, 50% is credited directly to the Capital Fund, and the balance considered as current years income. The excess of income over expenduture amounting to Rs.55,994/- has been transferred to the Capital a/c iv) Fixed Assets are stated at written down value. Depreciation is provided for the at the rate of 20% per annum for furniture and fixtures and 25% per annum for the computer system. v) Closing Stocks are valued at cost. 2 Previous year's figures have been re-grouped appropriately, where necessary. 3 The total collection in the Staff Health Insurance Fund was Rs.1,83,651/- The insurance premium paid was Rs.6,85,396/- 4 The Retired teachers pension Fund has been closed as the excess amount of Rs.9,13,892/-paid out as pension has equalled the corpus fund The Managing Committee took a decision to stop paying out pensions to retired teachers and write out the excess amount paid from the corpus fund 5 From the collection and interest of the Staff Health Insurance an amount of Rs.3,30,200 has been capitalised taking the Fund to Rs.67,50,000/- 6 Class of 1996 has set up a Staff Accident Insurance Fund Rs.2,73,000 7 Class of 1985 have set up a Carreer Guidance Fund 1.52,000/- 8 Collections from Faith & Toil Book 42,700 and School DVD 19,000 transferred to Sesquicentennial Fund 9 Four New Scholarships Funds were set up Class of 1968 Alec and Dorothy Alvarez Scholarship Fund of Rs.1,82,000/- the Class of 1968 Richard and Mary Pereira Scholarship of Rs.36,200/- The Class of 1975 Scholarship of Rs.1,82,000/- The C V George and Thangamma George Scholarship of Rs.92,000/- 10 Class of 1983 have transferred the Corpus Fund from Benevolent Fund to Scholarship Fund 11 The batch of 1978 have donated a sum of Rs.5,00,000/- towards the Interiors of the OBA Office from their Batch of 1978 Building Fund 12 During the year Scholarship amounts were received from Jimmy Anklesaria, Rajesh Kheny, and Old Boys from the USA The amounts were distributed to the needy students of the school after meeting each of the parents13A Sum of Rs.1,75.500/- was paid out as pension to Retired teachers.
14 A sum of Rs.50,001 of Vinay Kamath has been transferred to Class of 1989 Scholarship Corpus fund 15 OBA Kerala has made a donation of Rs.1,00,000/- to be used for the Benefit of the staff 16 The Balance in the Income and Expendiure a/c and all Fund current accounts have been capitalised as per accounting procedure 17 Disbursements are made from Interest Earned The Allocation of the Investments into the various funds are given below
Scholarships Funds 1,02,50,000 Welfare Funds 86,30,000 Award Funds 25,35,000 Other Funds 50,05,000 Other Current Liabilities 14,39,230 Capital Fund 13,80,925 TOTAL2, 92,40,155
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 37 OUR GRATEFUL THANKS TO THE OLD BOYS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS VARIOUS SCHEMES/FUNDS:
STAFF MEDICAL INSURANCE SCHEME 2015 - 2016 Amount collected:Rs. 1,83,651/-
Ananth Seetharam Hemant Kamath Nitin Sajju Jain Balan Hetal Prakash Desai Noble Thomas Santosh Mavely Chethan Ian Macdonald P.s. Ramesh Shabarinath Rohit Class Of 1996 Ismail Jawad Philip Balfour Shyam Nichani Class Of 2007 Jayjay Srinivas Prakash Alvarez Sunil Pichamuthu Dhanwanth John J. Nereyeth Prasad Shetty Suresh Venkat Eshwer Reddy Jyotinath Ganguly Rajesh Chhabria Surya George Thambuswamy Kailesh Ramprasad Alva Tosher G. Hormusjee Gregory Koshy Reju George Vijay Alphonse Harish Kumar Dogra Mario Stallone Robin Uthappa Vijay Chugani Harish Kunnath Mark Felsinger Harshil Reddy Maurice De Rebello Sachin Kukreja
THE SESQUICENTENNIAL FUND Amount collected:Rs.27,50,000/- A.G. Krishnaswamy Kaushik Thakore Rajat Mukherjee Bryan Nobbay M.r. Srinivas Prasad Ramchandra Nayak Chandrashekar Viswanath Madu Suresh Sagar Muthappa Jimmy Anklesaria Nimish Thakore Suraj Narvekar K. Prabha Mahesh OBA Melbourne Varun Gurjer From The Batch Of 1976: Anil Ferris Janardhan Padmanabhan Prem Thomas B. Sampath Luis Miranda Ram Kumar Rajarathnam Christopher Rego Madhukar Hiregange Shiv Baloo Fredrick Soans Mohan Menon Vivek Bhaktaram Ivan Rodrigues Narendra Kudva V.S.J. Lobo
38 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 The Class OF 1968 AWARDS FUND Amount collected:Rs.5,30,000/- A.C. Premkumar K.T. Nicholas Paul Joseph DR. H. Satish Chandra Kailash Dili Ponathur Prahlad George Ollapally Mark Lushington S. Sayakumar Jagdish Belani N.R. Venkatesh SQN. LDR. Baldev Singh Joseph Issac Nanda Appaya Sumit Sinha Joy Marattukulam Osman Abdulla V.Z. Zachary
The Class OF 1968 SQN.LDR. BALDEV SINGH FOOD COURT IN THE SPORTS COMPLEX Amount collected: Rs.10,00,000/- Avijit Dutt K.N. Srikanth Patrick Mathias Family Of Baldev Singh K.T. Nicholas S. Satyakumar George Ollapally Mark Lushington Srinivas Venkateshwarlu Irfan Razzack N.R. Venkatesh Jagdish Belani P.K. Prahalad
The Class OF 1972 RETIRED TEACHERS FUND Amount collected: Rs.2,30,000/- Jimmy Anklesaria A.G. krishnaswamy Mark Mascarenhas Arun Malpani
The Class of 1972 OBA Office Fund Amount collected: Rs.10,00,000/- A.G. Krishnaswamy Jacob Kurien Philip Mascarenhas Alistair Saldanha Jimmy Anklesaria Ramanath K. Amitabha Kumar Mahesh Srinivas Ramesh N.L. Anil Malpani Nader Mirza Raza Abdulla Colin Sequeira Narayanaswamy K. Gerard Saldanha Noel D’SA
The Class OF 1973-74 SCHOLARSHIP FUND Amount collected: Rs.1,40,000/- B.v. Murali Mohan Dr. Mathew Jacob Mohan Abraham Christopher D’ Mello Ghansham K. Dalwani Noel Abreo Colin Sequeira John J. Nereyeth Shivram Warrior Derek D’mello Mark Silgardo Zaki Khaleeli
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 39 The Class OF 1975 AWARDS FUND Amount collected: Rs.4,50,000/- Brian D’lima Jyotinath Ganguly Trevor Viegas Girish Punja Trevor King
The Class OF 1975 SCHOLARSHIP FUND Amount collected: Rs.2,00,000/- Girish Punja Jyotinath Ganguly
The Class OF 1978 BUILDING FUND Amount collected: Rs.5,00,000/- A.G. Yeshwant Narrain Dr. Sylvan Rego Paras Suri Ajit Nambiar Dr. Taraq Waheed Prashant Rai Dalu Paul Eshwar Vengala Rajesh Gupta Devikumar Acharya Fazal Ur Rahman Ramdas Nagarajan Diwakar Rao Jojan George Jacob Sanjay Malpani Dr. Anthony Shein Shin Ping Lloyd Lobo S. Balagopal Dr. Joseph Xavier M.v. Rajeev Gowda Venkatesh Srinivasan Dr. Kishore Subbaiah Narendra R. Baliga Dr. Rajan Balasubramaniam Nilesh Gandhi
The Class of 1983 SCHOLARSHIP FUND Amount collected: Rs.8,70,000/- Abhijeet Chakraborty Dhiren Gopal Manish Pathak Siddharth Kanoria Abhimanyu Alavalapati Dilip D’souza Nishant Bhatia Siddharth Pai Ajay Loganadan Dr. Jaideep Prabhu Pankaj M. Chhapia Sujit Mukherjee Amir Shakeel Gerard B. John Pradeep Menon Sundaram V. Rajagopal Anil Swami Harish A. Holla Pradeep S. G. Roche Sunil Colaso Baharul Islam Harish Poojary Rajesh Hegde Suresh Brown Belli Kuttanna J. Augustine Sandeep Maini Sushil Ahmed Borys A. Mascarenhas Jim Zachariah Sandeep Sen Vikram Gadre Charles Raj Maini Material Movement Sid Valluri Vivek Chandy
40 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 TheClass of 1983 Retired Teachers Fund (incl. Mrs. Chatterjee) Amount collected: Rs.1,20,910/- Abhimanyu Alavalapati Gerald John S.v.rajagopal Ajay Loganadan Gerard Dacosta Sanjay Abraham Anil Swami Harish A. Holla Siddharth Pai Balakrishnan Menon Jim Zachariah Simon Huang Belli Kuttanna Manish Pathak Suresh Kumar Beneltus Nihant Bhatia Vikram Mangharam Borys A. Mascarenhas Pradeep Menon Vivek Chandy Dilip D’souza Ranjit John
The Class OF 1984 SCHOLARSHIP FUND Amount collected: RS.20,40,000/-
Afzal Sulaiman Dr. Suvijit Basu Priteesh Mahajan Vincent Noronha Ajay Seetharam Dr. Ranjit Shetty Rahul Sarpeshkar Vishnu Moola Andrew Lynn Estate Systems & Software Sabeer Bhatia Dr. Bagirath Raghuraman Bede Dominick Gautam Maini Sandeep Rakhra Benedict Mathias George & Tessie Chalissery Sanjith Shetty Byas Nambisan Harinath Rajupet Santosh John Menezes C.R. Muralidaran I.P. Kariyappa Shankaranand D Natesan Calvin Printer Jeffrey Rebello Shyam Sundar Chinappa M.b. Joseph Huang Siddhartha Venkatappa David Lobo K.A. Madappa Steven Rebello Dion And Chritiane Tims Karan Kariappa The Menda Charitable Trust Dominic Shreshta Lalchand K. Chhabria & Sons Varun Gurjer Nikhil Krishnakutty V.J. Dominic Dr. Shyam Appana Philip Alexander Ved Manu Moola
The Class of 1984 SPORTS COMPLEX FUND Amount collected: Rs. 7,00,000/- Ajay Loganadan Dr. Suvojit Basu Pradeep Menon Ajay Seetharam Gautam Maini Sabeer Bhatia Borys A. Mascarenhas George & Tessie Challissery Sanjith S. Shetty C.s. Madappa Harish Holla Shyam Sundar Conrad Colaso Jeffrey Rebello Siddhartha Venkatappa David Lobo Jim Zachariah Vincent Noronha Dominic Sreshta Nikhil Krishnakutty Vishnu R. Moola Dr. Bagirath Raghuraman Philip Alexander
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 41 The Class OF 1985 OBA BUZZ FUND Amount collected: Rs.1,40,000/-
The Class OF 1985 CAREER GUIDANCE FUND Amount collected: Rs.1,75,000/-
The Class OF 1985 STAFF WELFARE FUND Amount collected: Rs.30,000/-
Ashwin Rao
The Class OF 1988 ANAND SEBASTIAN, SAI MANOHAR, MAJOR SYLVESTER SCHOLARSHIP FUND Amount collected: Rs.7,50,000/-
The Class of 1989 Corpus Fund Amount collected: Rs.3,10,000/-
Ashwin Krishnan Nikhil Nayak Shriram Krishnamurthy Biddappa N. Berera Nishant R. Gurjer Simonti Raj Cyril J. Mathias Rajan Aggarwal Sony Kurian Darius Byramji Rishi Pardal Suraj Chhabria Dave Lobo Rituraj Deb Nath Suraj D’souza Manish Rao Sandeep Farias Vinay Kamath Mathew Manoj Sanjay Joshua Balan Zubair Anwar
The Class of 1990 DAVID CHATTERJEE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Amount collected: Rs.4,40,000/-
TheClass of 1994 SCHOLARSHIP FUND Amount collected: Rs.95,000/-
42 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 THE CLASS OF 1996 STAFF PERSONAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND Amount collected: Rs.3,00,000/-
Ajeet .S. Darshan Shetty Maitreya Bhoopalam Rohit C. Ramesh Akhil Dev Gopal Gera L. Manjesh G. Shamik Shah Amit Shetty Harsha Nasir Masood Sharath Chander Anush Nazareth Hemendranath Upadhyay Naveen V. Tony Castro Appaiah K.b. John Jeevan Joseph Nicky Chugh Vijoy Saldanha Arjun Raman Joji Xavier Nikhil Cunha Vinay S. Arjun R.N. Kuncheria C.K. Pradeep Nayak Viren Punja Ashwin U.G. Leslie Fernandes Rajeev Shenoy Vishal Jumani Carl Patrao Madhusudhan Rishi Kiran Yogesh K.
SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE SCHOOL Amount collected: Rs.4,30,800/-
A. Franklin Jim Zachariah Ajay Loganadan Jimmy And Jennifer Anklesaria Borys Mascarenhas Leslie Abreo David & Ricardo Lobo Manish Pathak Gerald B. John Nishant Bhatia Gopal Bengeri Rajeev Shenoy Harish Holla Sid Valluri Ian Lewis Zun Foundation Jeffrey Rebello
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The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 57 (L-R): Sumir Hinduja, A. Thirumurugan, Praveen Rodrigues, Kalpesh Shah, K.t. Lazar, Hetal Desai, Shreepal Deshpande, Nimish Thakore, Vijay Chugani, Joseph P. Varghese, Jeffrey Rebello, Joseph L. Joseph Rebello, Jeffrey Varghese, Chugani, P. Vijay Joseph Thakore, Nimish ShreepalDesai, Hetal Kalpesh Thirumurugan,A. Sumir Hinduja, Deshpande, (L-R): Lazar, Shah, K.t. Rodrigues, Praveen (L-R): Wg. Cdr. (Retd.) Prakash S. Sanadi, Abdullah, Mashood Shakoor, Abraham K.j., David Da Costa, Glen Hartley, Edmond Smith, Noel De Nazareth, Ajay Srinivas, Hemanth Kamath, Sunil Shetty, Hemanth Kamath, Sunil Shetty, Srinivas, Nazareth, Ajay De Noel Edmond Smith, Hartley, Glen Da Costa, David Abraham K.j., Sanadi, Abdullah, Mashood Shakoor, Prakash S. (Retd.) Cdr. Wg. (L-R): 1 : S.j. Naidu, R. Nagaraj, Lancelot Ross, Michael Rozalla, Fulgence Rodrigues, Bruno Da Costa, Abbas Saleh, Joe D’ Mello, Cecil Noronha, R.c. Sharma, Air. Cde. Melville Rego, Murad Printer, Lt. Col. Lt. Len Murad Printer, Melville Rego, Sharma, Cde. Cecil Noronha, R.c. Air. Bruno D’ Mello, Da Costa, Abbas Saleh, Joe FulgenceRodrigues, Rozalla, Michael Naidu, R. Nagaraj,Ross, Lancelot S itting (L-R) : S.j. Ronnie Olakkengil, Da Lazarus, Hedwig Costa, Sj, I.t. Captain MaryJose Jacob Fr. Sj (Rector), Anthony Joseph, Sj, Fr. Sunil Fernandes, Uthappa, Fr. Clifford Sj (Principal, Sjbhs), Robin Sequeira, Noronha, Gopal Bengeri, Fr. Fernandes Richard Arun Wilfred Pais, K. Malpani, Oscar Menezes, Reddy, Noronha, Eswar Terence Maurice De Rebello, Cecil Fullinfaw, Tellis, S tanding - Row Prashanth Sebastian, Leonard A.k. Krishna M. Reddy, Guda, Kiran Patil, Srinivas Raman B.n.v., Ramprasad Alva, Mark Felsinger, Thomas, M.j., Navin Sudheer Mahajan, Hari Krishnan, Divakar Ralph Robert, Santosh Governor, Rusi Philip Balfour, Malcolm Rodrigues, Oscar D’souza, Sudhir, N.r. Kiran Kattishettar, Dr. Ganguly, Mahesh Mahajan, Prasad, Sanjeev Jyotinath Brian D’lima, Prakash Alvarez, 2 (L-R): S tanding - Row Joshi, Nagaraj, Sunil N. Gregory Carvalho, Nazareth, Madireddy V. De Pan Thimaiah, Mathias, Ben C.c. Lobo, Makhija, Dave Ajay Aiyappa, M. Sreeram Murthy, K.c. Andrew Lynn, Kuttappa, P.a. Kumar, Prabhu, Tilak Ferris Naresh Kamath Sundaresh, Mathew Manoj, Vinay Basappa, U.s. Hemachandra Hemanth Deshmukh, Nader Mirza, A.g. Macedo, Sunil Menon, Lloyd Saldanha, Andrew Lobo, Joseph Chengappa,M.m. Cordeiro, Ian Macdonald, Gavin Dr. Rabindra Nayak, Kapadia, Noronha, Dr. Vivian N. Jayant 3 (L-R): S tanding - Row Balan Dominic D’ Cruz, Joshua Suraj Chhabria, Sanjay Noble Thomas, Harish Fernandes, Tharakan, Zubair Anwar, John George Ollapally, Malpani, Mathew Varghese, Anil Kumar Krishnaswamy, Bryan Zachariah, Nobbay, Tom John, Renil Sameer Rao, A. Franklin, Kandhari, Umakanth Alva, Arvind Prasanna Chander, Subbiah, Sunil S. EdgarMadan K., Nanjappa, M.c. Fernandes, Greg D’sa, 4 (L-R): S tanding - Row Santosh Nagraj, Ajay Anoop Kumar, Sony Kurian, Sadhwani, Navin Harikrishna V.m., Muralidharan, Sandeep Rakhra, Kailesh Pujary, Mehta, C.r. Kshitij Hormusjee, Rajesh Kheny, Tosher HubertSaldanha, Jacob, Prince Rajan Aggarwal, Niran Vasant Mavely, 5 S tanding - Row Nereyeth, M. Zaki Khaleeli J. John Ajai Peter, Colaco, 58 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 Ananth Seetharam, Anand Vinekar, Manek H. Makhija, Francis Satish, Tilak Thomas, Sunil Fernandes, Antonio Justin, Brian D’ Lima, Rajeev Shenoy, Umakanth Alva, Gopal Bengeri, Fr. Clifford Sequeira, Sj Clifford Sequeira, Gopal Bengeri,Fr. Umakanth Alva, Shenoy, Lima, Rajeev Brian D’ Antonio Justin, Sunil Fernandes, Tilak Thomas, Satish, Makhija, Francis H. Manek Anand Vinekar, Ananth Seetharam, itting (L-R): S itting M. Zaki Khaleeli Rajesh Kheny, Kothaneth, Chetan Kandhari, Akshaye Suhaib Ahmed, Dhanwant, Greg D’sa, Hedwig Da Costa, Sj, Sajju Jain, Sj, Fr. Sunil Fernandes, Fr. Sj (Rector), Anthony Joseph, (Principal, Sjbhs), Fr. Amit Pulickal, Sachin V.k., Mukesh Hernan Fernandes, John Kumar, Manish Makhija, Anirudh Shravan Malpani, Alex Ronald, Tulsyan, Akkshye Shetty, Abraham, Palgun Kurian Prabhu, Shanthanu 1 (L-R): S tanding - Row Kannan,Senthil Pichamuthu, Sunil K.c., Meril Jacob Habib–Ur-Rehman, Naidu, Dhananjay Vikram Golcha, Thomas, Niju Gonsalves, Pramodh Prashanth, Nikhil Aral Lobo, Jalan, Varun Shane Lobo, M., Khanna, Pawan Harish Kunnath. Shetty, Shishir N. Conrad Grenold D’almeida, D’ Gomes, Neville Sunil Lazar, Amogha Sebastian, Basappa, Harish Fitze D., Hari Adivarekar, Nithin Joseph, Nag, Niraad Bose, Tushith Kaushal Swarup, P.f., Kenneth 2 (L-R): S tanding - Row M.k. Shabarinath, Suryanarayanan K. Basavaraj, Kartik Shaun D’cunha, Vishwas Alwin Lawrence, Gupta, Nitin Ullas, D’ Souza, Prasad Shetty, Mario Ranjit, Rohan Mello, Nazareth, DarrilDe Steven Francis, K. Srivathsan, Sushen Narayanan, Dushyanth Krishna, Adrian Samhita Chouthai, Ditya Boniface, Mohd. Abbas Khaleeli, Rodrigues, P.h. Nivat Mudur, N. Varun 3 (L-R): S tanding - Row Namith Mohan (Toddy), Rahul Tadimalla Sequeira, Mario Stallone, Vivan H. Farooqui, George, Junaid Koshy George, Marlon D’souza, C. Vivek Johny, Jomy Pius, Rohit Saldanha, Ranjith R. Richard Joel D’souza, Noel Peter Pinto, Ritesh Poojary, Uday Pavan Mario Nikhil Mascarenhas, Allen Clement, D. Harshil Reddy, Marg Sunil, Adrian D’ Lima, J. Ritesh John 4 (L-R): S tanding - Row Jeffrey S. Krishna, Maria Jonathan, Vijay Silva, D’ Almeida, Vinay Lennold S.p. Mathew, Francis Rao, Akshay Rolf Darshan Shetty, Gautam Nanda, Ashwin U.g., Marren, Appaiah K.b., Jacob, Rohit Kamath,Ajay Sameer M., Nanjappa T.b., Ahmed, Karan Chinnappa A.p., Souza, Faheem De Doshi, Nishan Joseph, Denver George Thambuswamy, Nikhil Chittiappa, Nishanth Varghese, 5 (L-R): S tanding - Row Alden, Cherub Steve K., Aju K. Jose Shariq Zaman, S. Rishab Parekh, Arun Naresh Prahlad, Sandeep Cariappa, Abhishek Varma, A.a., C.n. Mascarenhas, Kumar Jayaraj, Bhupathi, Maria Rai, Neel Kenneth Srivaths Bharath Kumar, P. Joseph, Francis Hegde, Rushil Saahas Patil, Niranjan Ravikumar, Varghese, Roy Richard M. Thomas, David Carvalho, Melvin C. 6 (L-R): S tanding - Row Kartik Gautam K., Sai Adithya. Neil Castelino, Bekal, Ananthram Rao M.c., Hadrian, Manoj Vijay, S. The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 59 IN MEMORY OF DR. DAVID CHATTERJEE
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1 Class of 1988 Anand Sebastian, Sai Manohar, Major Sylvester Memorial Scholarship 2 Class of 1975 Scholarship 3 Class of 1983 Scholarship 4 Class of 1984 Scholarship 5 Capt. George Mathias Memorial Scholarship 6 Charles E. Noronha Scholarship 7 P.G. D’Souza and Rose D’Souza Memorial Scholarship 8 OBA Canada Scholarship 9 Michael and Greta Aranha Scholarship 10 Batch of 1990 David Chatterjee Scholarship 11 Jimmy Anklesaria Scholarship 12 Rajesh Kheny Scholarship 13 Class of 1973-74 Scholarship 14 Class of 1989 Scholarship 15 Class of 1994 Scholarship 16 Dorothy Alvarez Scholarship 17 Joseph Ollapally Scholarship 18 Sitalakshmi Scholarship
88 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 CITATION FOR RECIPIENT OF THE YOUNG ACHIEVER OF THE YEAR AWARD - 2014 The Old Boys’ Association would like to recognize the achievements of Robin Uthappa. While better known facts are freely available on the internet, we wish to celebrate not just Robin the cricketer but also Robin the person. Robin joined school in 1994 and moved out in 2001. His single aim in school was – ‘I want to play cricket for India’. Robin always knew that he wanted to play for the Indian team. Robin’s mother would come to school pretty often to ask for class notes that were missed because he was busy playing cricket. Like any concerned parent, she worried about what would become of her son as he was completely engrossed in cricket. His mother need not have worried. Robin is, today, a cricketer par excellence. When Robin decides to blaze, he’s literally on fire. At the crease, he’s a human dynamo sending fielders on a leather hunt. An outstanding batsman and a first-class cricketer, he has overcome many odds in his eventful life to reach where he is today. Robin always set the highest standards for himself and continuously strived to achieve perfection. While most of his schoolmates were content playing for the school, Robin always aspired to be on the Indian team. Pushing himself at the nets, he would finish his batting practice and rather than sitting and watching others play, he would try and improve his leg spin bowling or pull on his keeper’s gloves and polish his wicket- keeping skills. Robin was born on 11th November 1985 to Venu Uthappa, a former international hockey umpire, and Roselyn. Robin is married to Sheethal Goutham. Having a good sense of humour, a plump Robin would keep his friends entertained with his version of the Arabic belly dance before net practice. He would also sometimes get mischievous – once, when the class period was coming to an end, Robin got a bright idea – burst a cracker in class and he went on to do just that. Robin burst a cracker and the teacher burst a blood vessel. At school matches, the opposition dreaded his arrival and Josephites would go wild in the stands in anticipation of fireworks. Robin never disappointed. An admirable quality is Robin’s thought process on the field. During a two day school final, St. Joseph’s was chasing the ball for most of the two days. While everyone wanted to go inside and chill out with a cold drink, Robin, still alert as ever, was giving the captain inputs and egging the bowlers on. Robin always had a penchant for big hits. There was this match against Bangalore High School and all were thrilled merely to be playing on the main ground at Chinnaswamy Stadium. Robin was batting and simply clobbered the ball onto the second floor stands in the stadium. Even as a schoolboy, his awesome strength and knack to hit the ball was way beyond his young years. His parents would attend many of the school matches and cheer for Robin and the team. As a boy, he was expected to bail out his team during periods of crises. As a man, clearly, things haven’t changed. Recently, Robin has been a part of the winning side at the inaugural T20 World Cup and the 2014 IPL, where he was awarded the Purple Cap for being the highest run-getter. His 86 on debut is the highest by an Indian cricketer in limited overs cricket. More recently, he has captained the India ‘A’ team and played crucial knocks in the Ranji Trophy that Karnataka won in 2013. What we are now witnessing is the second coming of Robin Uthappa - self assured, confident and not looking to smash every ball out of the field. There is now a sense of relative calm and purpose. We congratulate Robin for believing in his abilities and achieving what many of us only dreamt of as our future. We wish him the very best in his endeavours and are confident that he will break new barriers.
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 89 CITATION FOR RECIPIENT OF THE OBA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – 2014 Rahul Sarpeshkar is a professor and scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he heads a research group on Analog Circuits and Biological Systems. His bioengineering group creates novel wet DNA- protein circuits in living cells and also advanced dry nano-electronic circuits on silicon chips. His longstanding and pioneering work on analog and biological computation has helped create novel analog synthetic biology circuits and biological and bio-inspired supercomputers based on analog computation in cells. In addition, he has invented ultra-energy-efficient and energy-harvesting systems like glucose-powered neural prosthetics; and ultra-low-power implantable medical devices such as cochlear implants or diagnostic devices. In simple, layman terms, Rahul’s research is based on the fact that the human body is an extremely energy- efficient system. He has been able to use the principles of energy consumption in the human cell and apply them to electronic inventions. This could include implants for the deaf, blind, paralyzed and cardiac patients where you need an electronic system to survive on an implanted battery in the human body for 30 years or it could be a broadband radio chip that could enable an ultra-fast low-power cell phone by using the principles of how the human ear functions. His work has applications in areas as wide as medicine, biotechnology, bioelectronics and even energy-efficient cars – in fact, anything that needs to work for long periods of time with a limited energy supply. The 1984 batch had star performers academically. Amongst them was one who stood tall - Rahul Sarpeshkar. A short-statured student with explosive knowledge, he was second to none and was admired by our school clergy and teachers for his knowledge, oratory skills and anything cerebral. It was a foregone conclusion that the OBA gold medal was his and he did not disappoint. In the 4th standard, while the rest of his batch was still reading Enid Blyton, Rahul had finished the entire Hardy Boys collection. In high school, Rahul would spend his lunch breaks sitting in the library poring over encyclopedias and reference books. Every so often, he would be pulled out to explain a difficult mathematics or physics concept that students needed help in understanding. With all his brilliance, Rahul had the uncanny ability to simplify and explain a complex problem in order to make it comprehensible to the rest of us. There was one occasion when the class asked the teacher to stop the lecture and let Rahul take over. The teacher was only too relieved to oblige. Rahul always seemed to have full knowledge of a topic well before it was covered in class. Rahul’s brilliance did not end in the classroom. He was an eloquent orator and would inevitably win every debating competition. In addition to his outstanding delivery, it was the facts that he put forward to bolster his case that were very hard to dispute. Note that this was well before the days of the Internet and the only source of information were books. When in the 12th standard, Rahul was accepted into a number of the top colleges in the USA with full scholarships, including MIT, which he decided to accept. Nonetheless, after making this decision, Rahul still chose to write the IIT entrance exam. When asked why, his answer was “just for the fun of it”. He ended up getting the 7th place in all of India. Rahul went on to receive a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Physics from MIT and a Ph.D. from CalTech. He then became a member of the technical staff of Bell Labs’ division of biological computation before eventually joining the faculty of MIT.
90 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 He holds over thirty patents and has authored more than 120 publications including one featured on the cover of NATURE. His work on a glucose fuel cell for medical implants was featured by Scientific American among 2012’s Ten World-Changing Ideas and this was also featured by the BBC, Economist and Science News. He has received several awards for his interdisciplinary bioengineering research including the NSF Career Award, the ONR Young Investigator Award, the Indus Technovator award and the Packard Fellows Award. Recently, he was a speaker at the 2011 ‘Frontiers of Engineering’ conference hosted by the National Academy of Engineering. I am sure that he will receive many more accolades in the future. On behalf of the Old Boys’ Association, it is with great pride and pleasure that I commend to Rahul Sarpeshkar, the OBA Lifetime Achievement Award - 2014.
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 91 A EULOGY TO FR. RONNIE PRABHU
I first ran into him at the interview. Where he asked me no questions, except to ask me to read out Frost’s Mending Wall during a lull in the proceedings. I did. He smiled.
He had smiled like that once before. When I entered the room, slightly nervous because I had turned up in jeans, and one of the two kurtas which were then my entire wardrobe. All the other interviewees had turned up in formal clothes, many of them in neckties, one in a suit, and one in a rather resplendent Conjeevaram. The smile went all the way into his eyes, and into the crinkles that sped sideways from there, and into the rims of his spectacles. All in all, the surprise wattage of a studio lamp, when you go in wanting only passport-size. The smile was all warmth, and perhaps some instinctive understanding of what was playing in my head the first time. I don’t know what it meant the second time.
I met him two weeks later, after a beautifully slow beginning to my career as college teacher, comprising four lectures a week. This was some staff orientation, and I got there ten minutes early. Yes, yes, I was young then and capable of such things. He was already there, and he was pacing in leisurely fashion towards the treetops that framed the corridor-end in the PU Block. He smiled again, and said hello. He remembered my name, and said it with more affection than I had heard in a long time. He was wearing a rather superb cream kurta.
I was quite nervous, because everybody in the teaching circuit had stories about this college. About the huge PU classes. About the irrepressible Degree students, and what they could get up to. Some unfortunate Esther had once said last bench getout after a torrid half-hour, and had been rewarded with the sight of a ceremonial removal of the said item of furniture. Following which the five gents returned to park themselves on the desk while the rest of the class applauded their social conscience. There was also the story of the man who had risked the phrase irresponsible fellows. He received what you might call a visual-tactile tribute; an airborne idli that arced across the room and landed on his forehead. The story of unfortunate newbies who strutted across the aisles and went home to find out the backs of their spotless white shirts crisscrossed by non-Rorschach splashes of ink. About the English lecturer who was interrupted amid notes-giving by an explosion--a device of great precision featuring an agarbatti and a green-wound hydrogen-bomb from Sivakasi. And I was a weedy, nervous, easily embarrassed young feller with nothing remotely professorial about me to recommend my case to such lords of life.
At the orientation, he began by talking about the first class he took while still a scholastic. In fifteen minutes, nobody was listening to him, and they gave him hell regularly for a week after. A senior priest had passed by his class once, and everybody shut up. The man later said to him, pitch your class slightly above their heads, and don’t smile so much. Because when you stop smiling, you look like you are stuck, and they seem to enjoy making that happen. It seemed to work, he said. I don’t know if it will for you. That was possibly the first time I heard an entire room relax. And then everybody began asking him questions, and telling their stories.
He listened patiently. And said something only when all the fifteen new teachers in the room had finished. Enforce your rules consistently. And don’t make too many rules, because then you won’t have the time to do anything but enforce. Imagine the student, he said. Poor fellow. In the first hour, he has to jump to remember Teacher X’s rules. And then jump again and remember Teacher Y’s rules. Also, don’t be afraid to have conversations with students. Know their stories, because they might want you to listen. Especially because nobody in our world takes adolescents seriously. Your
92 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 rules shouldn’t become hoops that they have to jump through, because then they will give up on conversation. Students tell me all kinds of things. I had to learn not to judge, but to listen, he said.
I didn’t notice how time flew that day. It was a bunch of conversations, not a pep-talk, nor expertise display. I’ve sat through dozens of orientations by other people, and none of them had the simple gift of making conversation happen, or freeing you from having to look at your watch.
I remember every minute of that day. The stories he told us. And how he chose not to attire himself in his authority as Rector of the college, but to return to where we were, and to begin from there with us. That day’s exchanges went simply and painlessly into my own practice. I don’t think I will forget his bit about it being simpler to make rules for oneself, and to make as few rules as possible for others.
I think that day was one of the three reasons for my choosing to stay on in college. The other two reasons were named Eugene Lobo and Clarence D’Souza. I had never before met priests I could respect, and here, suddenly, were men of great ability, and no hankering after the trappings of authority. Those were great times in which to begin.
I met him about a dozen times after that. And he always had the time for conversation. The last time we met, he was old, tired, and a little bit shrunken by exhaustion. I had expanded to about two-and-a-half times my original size, and I had extra foliage. He looked at me, puzzled a little bit by the shrubbery, and then his eyes lit up again, and he pronounced my name like he had that first time, in a voice that was an extension of that smile, that warmth.
Institutions around us nowadays need booster doses of the kind of good sense he was capable of. Goodbye, Fr. Ronnie Prabhu. They don’t make Jesuits like you anymore.
Dr. Arul Mani Associate Professor St. Joseph’s College
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 93 THE OBA TEACHER KAIZEN PROGRAMME
Teachers make an institution. A venerable institution like St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School with 3,300 students on roll, present several challenges to teachers, least of all being the high expectations set by parents, management, old boys and the students themselves. Our school is not one to rest on its laurels of 158 years. The school evolves, each year, resetting goals and targets, and, consequently, expectations as well.
Teachers are no longer just teaching subjects and preparing students for examinations. They are involved with students as their mentors, friends, critics, and caregivers. Teachers, in addition to all these activities are also involved as administrators of their classes. Technology is changing now, even as we red this. Students are aware of these changes and adapt much faster than teachers do. It is, therefore, no longer feasible for a teacher to enter a classroom under the assumption that students do not know the subject. Students have unlimited resources and methods of learning off the internet.
The restrictions placed on teachers from these expectations, as well as those placed by the compulsions of the examinations by the ICSE board; compel teachers to adopt what students are apt to define as “boring” methods of teaching.
The teacher must evolve. The question is, if teachers have been teaching subjects in a particular way for decades, and have, more or less, succeeded, then what is this evolution that one expects from them, and, more importantly, how does one enable such evolution?
Fr. Clifford Sequeira, Principal of the school, approached the OBA with this and other related problems facing the school and its teachers.
The OBA, after a great deal of thought, and several rounds of discussions with management and teachers, put together a set of six sessions and called it The OBA Teacher Kaizen Programme. “Kaizen” is the Japanese word for continuous improvement. It is not aimed at teaching Kaizen principles in themselves, but, rather, to use kaizen principles to develop and deliver the programme. It is not meant to be a training programme in the classical sense of the word; it is a set of highly interactive and intensely participatory sessions meant to tickle the creative senses of teachers and to encourage them to clearly enunciate the challenges they face and equip them to look for solutions on their own.
The teachers, on their part, were, understandably, wary of participating. Keeping in mind that most of the teachers in the first pilot batch have more than 20 years’ experience each – much of that experience in our school, we approached the development of the sessions a little off the beaten path.
Each session began with a game that teachers could replicate in their classrooms and involve the children as well. These games were developed specifically for the programme by the OBA Kaizen Team and are very interactive. The advantage with these games is that they can be used for any subject being taught and become all the more interesting and great fun when used while teaching Indian languages. The main sessions were aimed at opening the minds of teachers. Their minds, being conditioned to teaching in an “acceptable’ manner, are the only thing that comes in the way of trying new methods. Each module of the six sessions were planned to tap their inert creative senses and let them free to think without hindrance. They were given situations or problems to solve, allowing them to use “design thinking” to at first, formulate the challenge or problem clearly and focus on the distilled statement, thereby allowing them to come up with several possible solutions.
Teachers showed more creativity than they gave themselves credit for. It is clear that everyone is creative at some level or the other. It is only the lack of opportunity and the pressures of circumstance that prevent them from unleashing it on their students. The feedback from teachers is very encouraging and they are looking forward to participation at the next level.
94 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 The teachers were happy to be led by old boys as they knew that the programme was being conducted with no profit motives at all. They were also pleased to get a break from the usual corporate kind of trainers, of whom they have had enough.
The OBA’s Kaizen Team of Gopal Bengeri (1976), A.G. Krishnaswamy (1972 ISC), Siddharth Raja (1990) and Umakanth Alva (1988) is now getting ready for its Second Pilot OBA Teacher Kaizen Programme slated to begin sometime in October 2015.
The Programme was launched on July 6, 2015, culminating on August 14, 2015. All session were held after class hours from 3pm to 5 pm, once a week.
The Kaizen Team would like to place on record its gratitude to fr. Priincipal, Mrs. Miriam Angelo (Vice Principal), the non-teaching staff – Praveen and Sundar for all their cooperation throughout the duration of the programme.
And to the teachers who participated after hours, despite commitments at home, and in school, the following day of each session, we would like to say that it was a fabulous, revealing and a great learning experience for us!
Gopal Bengeri
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 95 JOSEPHITES PRESENT CHENNAI Austin D’Almeida BANGALORE Rev. Fr. Clifford Sequeira, Gopal Bengeri, DUBAI Rajeev Shenoy, Brian D’Lima, Antonio Ajay Peter, Reju George J Antony, A G Krishnaswamy, Shashi VIRUDHUNAGAR Lewis, Joe D’Mello, J Kapadia, Akshay P Jayakar Gandhi, Ramprasad Alva, Franklin A, Kiran KERALA Kattishettar, Kiran Patil, Arjun Unnikrishnan, KERALA Alistair Saldhana, George Olllapally, M K K V Sebastian, K V Kurian, Anil Mathew, Marattukulam, K T George, K T Sebastian, P A Abraham Tharaken, P G Abraham K T Lazar, V J John, John Tharaken, Abdul ( Tharaken, K K George, K K Joseph, K Widdy) K Sebastian, Mathew Scaria, J George Pottenkulam, K T Nichloas, Lala Kurian, Tommy Chacko, K S Thomas, K K Thomas, Abraham Pottamkulam, Thommen Karimpanal
Saturday 23rd May 2015 With 45 Josephites in attendance, along with their family members, the total strength at this meet stood at 100. The meeting was called to order and commenced with the school song led by OBA President Josephite Gopal Bengeri. This was followed by a minute’s silence as a mark of respect to our dear departed Josephites and their names were read out by Vice President Josephite Rajeev Shenoy. On behalf of the Kerala Chapter, a warm welcome was accorded to the visiting members particularly, to the Principal Rev. Fr. Clifford Sequeira and the OBA President and Committee Members. A warm welcome was also accorded to Josephite Joe D’Mello and Josephite Brian D’ Lima who were instrumental in the revival of this chapter with their visit to Kanjirapally in 2008 and a special thanks to them for all the efforts taken by them in making this chapter what it is today. Josephite Gopal Bengeri in his address, explained in length, the activities of the OBA and the preparations that are being initiated for the OBA centenary celebrations in 2018. Expressing his appreciation for such events conducted in various parts of the country, he invited all Josephites to the annual meet in September at Bangalore. Rev. Fr. Clifford Sequeira in his address appreciated the support and work done by the Old Boys. He did have special mention of Josephite Shashi Lewis, who has personally taken up the student development programmes and has devoted a lot of time in successfully implementing them. The meeting concluded with the presentation of a traditional lamp to Rev. Fr. Clifford Sequeira by our senior most old boy Josephite K. K. George and thereafter, Josephites assembled for a group photo followed by fellowship and dinner. Sunday 24th May 2015 Rev. Fr. Clifford Sequeira celebrated Holy Mass at the resort which was attended by most of the Josephites. This was followed by a house boat ride and lots of special rides on a yacht and speed boat courtesy Josephite Tommy Chacko, which was the star attraction of the day. The celebrations ended after lunch with a few Josephites extending their stay at the resort. In Faith and Toil Thommen Karimpanal President OBA Kerala Chapter.
96 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 coorg
SJBHS OBA CONNECT – Coorg 2014
November 2014, saw the convergence of around 50 old boys at the Polibetta Club, Pollibetta, Coorg, for the Coorg Connect 2014 event. Several of the old boys had even arrived a few days before the event to enjoy the sa- lubrious weather there, at that time of the year.
In response to my plea during the 2014 AGM, for better attendance at the Connect Events, there were quite a few “first timers” at Coorg.
The event started with a formal meeting of the Coorg chapter’s Managing Committee with Ashok Chengappa (Subbaiah) (1975) – President; C.C. Thimmaiah (1984) Vice President; P. Ajith Bopanna (1975) Secretary; and Joseph Cherian (1975) Treasurer.
After observing a one-minute silence in memory of deceased old boys, all old boys present sang the school song with enthusiasm.
Vice President, C.C. Thimmaiah (or, just “CC”, as he is better known), welcomed the gathering of about 70 per- sons including spouses and families, and invited more Coorg old boys to play an active role in the Coorg chapter.
Young achiever, golfer, and old boy Varun was the Guest of Honour at the event. He spoke of how the school’s management allowed him to pursue his goals in golf and to catch up with his academics later. That, he said was the most wonderful things about St. Joseph’s. The focus is not only on academics, but an overall development.
Gopal Bengeri, President OBA, then addressed the gathering. He recounted the efforts of the OBA in providing students scholarship; the teacher’s insurance fund and elaborated the schemes that the OBA had initiated and called for everyone’s support.
The new committee was elected – essentially the existing committee continued to administer the Coorg chapter. P. Ajith Bopanna then proposed a vote of thanks.
The meeting adjourned to the dance floor, where the band “Jukebox” from Goa played, sang and took requests from the crowd.The dinner was a traditional Coorg spread with all the trappings and everyone loved it. It was an evening well spent and worth attending again!
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 97 GOA
SJBHS OBA CONNECT – Goa 2015
OBA Connect, Goa was held on Saturday, August 8, 2015 at Chalston Beach Resort, Baga, Goa. This was the 6th edition of Goa Connect, and was attended by 26 Old Boys from Bangalore, Kerala, Goa, Coorg, and Mumbai. The AGM of the Goa Chapter was held in the morning and the following old boys were elected as office bearers for 2015 – 16: President – Michael Rozalla(1956); Vice President – Fulgence Rorigues(1955); Secretary – Lloyd Macedo (1974) and Treasurer - Hubert Saldhana (1977).
The afternoon kicked off with assembled old boys singing the school song with Rahul Tadimalla (Toddy) on the keyboard. Lloyd Macedo welcomed the gathering.
Gopal Bengeri, President of the OBA, congratulated the Goa Chapter on organizing yet another wonderful get together and wished them well, hoping there would be better attendance in the following year.
These present were treated to an excellent Bharat Natyam performance and followed by a variety of retro music. Toddy was in his element and sang his heart out for the old boys.
Lunch, as usual, was a grand affair with a generous spread of typical Goan fare, from soup to nuts. As always, the Chalston Resort, extended professional hospitality to all of us and we all had a good time, looking forward to the next Goa Connect event.
Several old boys suggested that if the event were to be held at a different time of the year, say, February, the attendance was sure to improve.
The effort put in by the Goa Chapter to make this event a success, was very obvious.
The OBA places on record their appreciation to the Goa Chapter for their hospitality and warmth during the event.
Gopal Bengeri
98 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 PRIZES AWARDED BY THE OBA TO ICSE (STD. 10) STUDENTS – 2014-15
ALEC & DOROTHY ALVAREZ OBA AWARD (for securing the highest marks in the ICSE examinations) D. Tony Fredrick MARIO de P MIRANDA AWARD (for the best student in academics and games - ICSE) Mohammed Shazaan Hussain BASHIRUDDIN BABUKHAN OBA SESQUICENTENNIAL AWARD (for the best student in academics, athletics & aquatics) Sachin Jude Coelho RAJESH KHENY AWARD (for the best outgoing student - ICSE) D. Tony Fredrick REV. FR. HEDWIG Da COSTA AWARD (from the batch of 1975) (for securing the highest marks in English in the ICSE examinations) Rameshwar Garg Amrit Sodhi D. Tony Fredrick HARTWELL YATES AWARD (from the batch of 1975) (for securing the highest marks in Mathematics in the ICSE examinations) Amrit Sodhi BATCH OF 1975 AWARD (for securing the highest marks in Kannada in the ICSE examinations) Bhargav Prakash Manasvin A. LUKE & ANNE D’SOUZA AWARD (from the batch of 1975) (for securing the highest marks in History, Civics & Geography in the ICSE examinations) D. Tony Fredrick DAVID CHATTERJEE AWARD (from the batch of 1975) (for securing the highest marks in Science in the ICSE examinations) D. Tony Fredrick RICHARD & MARY PEREIRA AWARD (from the batch of 1975) (for securing the highest marks in Computer Applications in the ICSE examinations) Adithya Kiran M. S. Nandan Kenneth O. Koshy Revin D’silva Rohit P Bernard Ajit Dilip Patwardhan D. Tony Fredrick Dion Gavin Mascarenhas ALAN MACBRIDE AWARD (from the batch of 1975) (for securing the highest marks in Physical Education in the ICSE examinations) Nishant Satish
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 99 MRS. LYNETTE LOBO AWARD (from the batch of 1975) (for securing the highest marks in Economics in the ICSE examinations) Ahmad Rehan Shaikh J. Pavan Kumar Eric Antony Varghese Suraj Sai Nikhil Padakanti N. Siddharth Reddy TREVOR KING AWARD (for securing the highest marks in Commercial Applications in the ICSE examinations) Andrew Mark Verdes REV. FR. SIMON FURTADO AWARD (for securing the highest marks in Chemistry in Std. 9) Pritik A. Shah REV. FR. SIMON FURTADO AWARD (for securing the highest marks in Chemistry in Std. 8) Jikhil Mattom
100 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 PRIZES AWARDED BY THE OBA TO ISC (STD. 12) STUDENTS – 2014-15
ALEC & DOROTHY ALVAREZ OBA AWARD (for securing the highest marks in the ISC Science Examinations) Joseph Xavier Vinit Miranda ALEC & DOROTHY ALVAREZ OBA AWARD (for securing the highest marks in the ISC Commerce Examinations) Utsav Chaturvedi RAJESH KHENY AWARD (for the best student in ISC - Science) Joseph Xavier Vinit Miranda RAJESH KHENY AWARD (for the best student in ISC - Commerce) Utsav Chaturvedi BATCH OF 1968 AWARD (for the best girl student in ISC - Science) Lina D. Louis BATCH OF 1968 AWARD (for the best girl student in ISC - Commerce) Kimberly Debra Pinto MARIO de P MIRANDA AWARD (for the best student in academics and games - ISC) Vivian Louis Sequeira FR. JACQUES GOLDEN JUBILEE PRIZE (for securing the highest marks in English in the ISC examinations) Rashmi Ashok, Chitra Suvarna FR. JACQUES GOLDEN JUBILEE PRIZE (for securing the highest marks in Mathematics in the ISC examinations) Alishan Aziz, Nikhil Sunil Elias, Srinjoy Das REV. FR. CLAUDE D’SOUZA AWARD (from the batch of 1968) (for securing the highest marks in Physics in the ISC examinations) Joseph Xavier Vinit Miranda Tharun Shyam REV. FR. SHENOY AWARD (from the batch of 1968) (for securing the highest marks in Chemistry in the ISC examinations) Joseph Xavier Vinit Miranda REV. FR. HILARIO FERNANDES AWARD (from the batch of 1968) (for securing the highest marks in Computer Science in the ISC examinations) Abhishek Biswas, Chetan Surana R., Aishwarya A. R., Joseph Xavier Vinit Miranda Lina D. Louis, Srinjoy Das, Suhas Suresh REV. FR. BISCARO AWARD (from the batch of 1968) (for securing the highest marks in Biology in the ISC examinations) Tharun Shyam BALDEV SINGH AWARD (from the batch of 1968) (for securing the highest marks in Economics in the ISC examinations) Ishwara M. Hegde, Kimberly Debra Pinto, Siddharth Mohan REV. FR. MICHAEL JOHN AWARD (from the batch of 1968) (for securing the highest marks in Commerce in the ISC examinations) Nikhil Modi SANDIP MALPANI AWARD (from the batch of 1975) (for securing the highest marks in Accounts in the ISC examinations) Eravelly Sherwin Sebastian, Kimberly Debra Pinto, Nandita C. Siddharth Mohan BATCH OF 1968 AWARD (for securing the highest marks in Business Studies in the ISC examinations) Nikhil Modi
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 101 RESULTS OF OBA BUZZ - 2015 Overall Winner - St. Andrew’s
DEBATE - STDS. 11 & 12 Best Speaker Saleema Sultana St. Patrick’s First Runner-Up Mark D’souza St. George’s Second Runner-Up Bashir Ali St. Andrew’s DEBATE – STDS. 9 & 10 Best Speaker Nikhil Anand St. Patrick’s First Runner-Up Martin Jose St. Andrew’s Second Runner-Up Amal A. Thomas St. David’s ELOCUTION – STDS. 11 & 12 Best Speaker Saron M.b. St. Andrew’s First Runner-Up Mark D’souza St. George’s Second Runner-Up Rebecca Dsilva St. David’s ELOCUTION – STDS. 9 & 10 Best Speaker Thomas Raunak Manoj St. David’s First Runner-Up Nikhil Anand St. Patrick’s Second Runner-Up Andrew Gonsalves St. David’s ELOCUTION – STDS. 7 & 8 Best Speaker Ajay Bennet St. Patrick’s First Runner-Up Sergio Rosario St. David’s Second Runner-Up Jason Anthony D’souza St. David’s ELOCUTION – STDS. 5 & 6 Best Speaker Joshua Joseph Jose St. Patrick’s First Runner-Up Steve D’souza St. Andrew’s Second Runner-Up Anshul Khurana St. Andrew’s QUIZ– STDS. 11 & 12 Winner – St. George’s Hari Karthik Fakhruddin Nikhil Gopal QUIZ– STDS. 9 & 10 Winner – St. Andrew’s Shravan Ravi Hayden D’souza Jacob Jason QUIZ– STDS. 7 & 8 Winner – St. Andrew’s Anirudh Sreeram Shane Shaji John Thomas John QUIZ – STDS. 5 & 6 Winner – St. George’s Siddhanth N.V. T.r. Puneet Aaron J.A.
102 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 WESTERN MUSIC - SINGING – STDS. 11 & 12 Winner Manya A. Singh St. George’s First Runner-Up Nathaniel Aleks St. David’s Second Runner-Up Shalaka Yeshwant St. George’s WESTERN MUSIC - INSTRUMENTAL – STDS. 11 & 12 Winner Rohit Bernard St. Andrew’s First Runner-Up Romario Vaz St. Andrew’s Second Runner-Up Aarushi R. St. George’s Second Runner-Up Shaktik Shenoy St. David’s WESTERN MUSIC - SINGING - STDS. 9 & 10 Winner Hiren Fernandes St. David’s First Runner-Up Jason Gagan Raj St. David’s Second Runner-Up Devadathan Vinay St. David’s WESTERN MUSIC - SINGING – STDS. 7 & 8 Winner Daniel J St. Andrew’s First Runner-Up Carlin T St. George’s Second Runner-Up Rahul Anthony St. Patrick’s WESTERN MUSIC - INSTRUMENTAL – STDS. 9 & 10 Winner Nikhil Anand St. Patrick’s First Runner-Up V. Shreyas St. David’s Second Runner-Up Walter Joseph St. Andrew’s WESTERN MUSIC - SINGING – STDS. 5 & 6 Winner Jacob Lazar St. Patrick’s First Runner-Up Karl Jude Sandhu St. Andrew’s Second Runner-Up Glen Felix St. Andrew’s Second Runner-Up Sachin Augustine St. Patrick’s CREATIVE WRITING – STDS. 11& 12 First Place Anousha Fernandes St. Patrick’s Second Place Saron M. B. St. Andrew’s Third Place Mary Joseline St. Patrick’s CREATIVE WRITING – STDS. 9 & 10 First Place Thomas Raunak Manoj St. David’s Second Place Martin Jose St. Andrew’s Third Place Dulan John Furtado CREATIVE WRITING – STDS. 7 & 8 First Place Rohit Paul St. George’s Second Place Aditya Abraham St. George’s Third Place Sanjit Joseph St. Patrick’s CREATIVE WRITING – STDS. 5 & 6 First Place Nikhilesh N. Marali St. David’s Second Place Ayman A. St. David’s Third Place Siddh Nagori St. Andrew’s
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 103 MAD ADDS – STDS. 11 & 12 First Place-St. Patrick’s Lenny Clifford Sharan Sabarad Nakul Reddy Joshua Lewis Lloyd Lobo Deol P.a. Mayur Somashekar Arvind Rao Raghav Lall Sanjay Charles Rego MAD ADDS – STDS. 09 & 10 First Place – St. George’s Danish M. Shervin D. Yaswardhan Choraria Sidhanth M. Joshua Vinod Srivalsan S. Michael Suraj Ratul T. Aaron M. Meldon D’souza DUMB CHARADES – STDS. 11 & 12 Winner – St. David’s Rohan Michael Mihir Shroff Reewan Alvares DUMB CHARADES - STDS. 9 & 10 Winner Sean Pinto First Runner-Up Saiyam Pramod First Runner-Up Jerome Ronson Paul JAM– STDS. 11 & 12 Winner Amrit Sodhi St. Andrew’s First Runner-Up Harshal Malhotra St. David’s Second Runner-Up Mayuri St. George’s JAM – STDS. 9 & 10 Winner Nikhil Anand St. Patrick’s First Runner-Up Nishanth Srinivas St. Patrick’s Second Runner-Up Priyam St. George’s AIR CRASH – STDS. 11 & 12 Winner Rovaan Kandath St. Andrew’s First Runner-Up Rohan Michael St. David’s First Runner-Up Chirag Raju St. Patrick’s Second Runner-Up Deol P.a St. Patrick’s AIR CRASH – STDS. 09 & 10 Winner Nishanth Srinivas St. Patrick’s
104 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 First Runner-Up Prajwal B.p. St. David’s Second Runner-Up Yashwardhan C. St. George’s SOLO DANCE – STDS. 11 & 12 Winner Medha Raj St. Patrick’s First Runner-Up Mohit Damani St. Andrew’s Second Runner-Up Ashwini K.r. St. David’s Second Runner-Up Sharan Sabarad St. Patrick’s SOLO DANCE – STDS. 09 & 10 Winner Vyshak Sappe St. Patrick’s First Runner-Up Saiyam Pramod St. David’s Second Runner-Up Ameya Hamlai St. Andrew’s SKETCHING – STDS. 11 & 12 First Place Richa Rajpal St. George’s Second Place Glen D’souza St. Andrew’s Third Place Rebecca Maria D’silva St. David’s Third Place Shalaaka Y. St. George’s SKETCHING – STDS. 09 & 10 First Place Pritik Shah St. Patrick’s Second Place Nitin Stanley Sequeira St. Patrick’s Third Place Meljo Varghese SKETCHING – STDS. 07 & 08 First Place Anurag Nambiar St. Patrick’s Second Place B.m Ayanna St. Andrew’s Third Place L. Winfred Caleb St. Andrew’s Third Place Abid Modi St. David’s PAINTING – STDS. 11 & 12 First Place Samarth S. Pai St. George’s Second Place Amit M. St. Patrick’s Third Place Sejal Lobo St. Patrick’s PAINTING – STDS. 09 & 10 First Place N. Mohith Raju St. David’s Second Place Adarsh Nambiar St. Patrick’s Third Place Md. Anas St. George’s Third Place Pritik Shah St. Patrick’s PAINTING – STDS. 07 & 08 First Place Andre Aditya Roy St. David’s Second Place Melvin Immanuel St. Patrick’s Third Place Mallon D. St. George’s PAINTING – STDS. 05 & 06 First Place Sachin Augustine E. St. Patrick’s Second Place Lakshy H. Jain St. David’s Third Place Haaris Ahmed St. Patrick’s THE PERSONALITY – STDS. 11 & 12 First Place Mayuri Salecha St. George’s Second Place Sharan Sabarad St. Patrick’s Third Place Harshal Malhotra St. David’s
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 105 THE PERSONALITY – STDS. 09 & 10 First Place Nikhil Anand St. Patrick’s Second Place Vineet Braganza St. Patrick’s Third Place Danish M. St. George’s COLLAGE – STDS. 11 & 12 First Place – St. Andrew’s Tejas Kumar Natasha Pillai Vidya Judith COLLAGE – STDS. 09 & 10 First Place – St. David’s Amal A. Thomas Kunaal K. Jain Harsh Nibjiya COLLAGE – STDS. 07 & 08 First Place – St. David’s Samkeet Pramod Anshul Goel Asher Manoj PHOTOGRAPHY – STDS. 11 & 12 First Place Tejas Kumar R. St. Andrew’s Second Place Mohit Damani St. Andrew’s Third Place Ashwin Gerard Colaco St. George’s PHOTOGRAPHY – STDS. 09 & 10 First Place Yashwardhan Choraria St. George’s Second Place Rishab Jain St. David’s Third Place Jason David A. St. Andrew’s
DRAMATICS Winner Second Place Third Place ST. GEORGE’S ST. DAVID’S ST. ANDREW’S Louis Unni Ayesha Khyser Aamina Nadene Thea Barboza Rashmi Ashok Thomas B. Vaishnavi Nikhil Elias Vaishnavi Rochelle Louis Rebecca D’Silva Vinay Mark D’souza ReewanAlvares Joseph ChitraSuvarna TharunShyam Faizan Samundar Ahmed Shaktik Shenoy Debmalya Hassan Syed Laiq Derek Mathais Anshuman Shelwyn James S. Siddanth Swamy Cludia NaythanCarvalho PrinsonPais Rosalind Srinija V. Kimberly Pinto Devin Leander Lewis Jason Raj Alishan Niharika M.N. NanditaChandrashekhar Yogita Sadath Ali Khan Darshan Patel Karthik Vikram C. Melver Vivian Sequeria
106 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 SJBHS’ showing in various competitions (2014-15)
Competition / Event SJBHS’ showing
Catechism exam conducted by the Bangalore Diocese D. Tony Fredrick - Highest Scorer ‘Cascades’ conducted by Nehru Bal Sangh Sachin Coelho of Std. 10 was adjudged ‘Mr. Cascade’ for his excellent overall performance
National Science Olympiad Rohith Paul of Std. 7 secured the 6th Rank at the State level and the 64th rank at the International level
Centenary Shield Hockey Tournament for Senior Runners-up Boys (U-17) B.T.R.U-14 years cricket tournament conducted by the Karnataka State Cricket Association Semi-finalists KSCA Invitation Cup (Seniors) Semi-finalists Cottonian Shield (Juniors) Runners-up STP Football tournament (U-14) Runners-up Inter-School Football Tournament conducted by Baldwin Boys’ High School Runners-up (Seniors & Juniors) Dylan Felix was adjudged the Best Defender (U-14) and Siddhanth Bekal was adjudged the Best Goalkeeper (U-17)
Mignon Memorial five-a-side Football Tournament conducted by Bethany High School Winners Macarton Lewis was the highest scorer and Sunny Mikhael was adjudged the Most Promising Player (U-17)
Greenwood High nine-a-side Football Tournament Runners-up (U-14) Suharsh Xavier and Sherwin D’Souza won special prizes
Annual Athletic Meet of Bishop Cotton Boys’ School First Place (Std. 5 boys – 4 x 100 mts. relay) First Place (Std. 9 boys – 4 x 100 mts. relay)
Annual Athletic Meet of St. Joseph’s Indian High School First Place (Seniors - 4 x 100 mts. relay) Annual Athletic Meet of Baldwin Boys’ High School First Place (Std. 4 boys – 8 x 50 mts. relay)
Devdutt BP , Shahzan Hussain and Adithyan Kumaran from our school were selected to represent Karnataka in the Under-16 State Team. Rajeev B of Std. 10 represented Karnataka State in its Aquatics team in the Junior Category. Varun Muthappa of Std. 5 was the South Zone Champion in the Junior category at the golf tournaments held at Ooty, Mysore, Chennai, Mercara Downs and Karnataka Golf Association. He was declared overall winner in Category D and was the Runner-Up in two other tournaments.
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108 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 An Ode to Our Alma Mater Proud are we to be alumni of St Joseph’s, And for this we are all thankful to the founding father St. Ignatius, It is because of the Brothers and Fathers Jesuit, Every alumnus is an outstanding graduate.
Many a student can wield a bat or a hockey stick, And even bowl or kick a hat trick, All the students are smart and fantastic, Belong either to St Andrew’s, St David’s, St. George’s or St. Patrick’s.
On Museum Road is this great school, Where every student and pupil as a rule, Emerges as a person not only whole and full, But also with an outlook ecumenical.
Hats off to the great teachers of this elite school, Where every alumnus is not only unique and cool, But also very faithful and fiercely loyal, To its motto ‘Faith and Toil’.
An Ode to My First Teacher in My New School
My first teacher in my new school was Mrs. Lynette Lobo, She was the aunt of my classmate Ricardo, Thanks to her otherwise I may have become a bozo or hobo, Or even a big zero.
She was kind and even keel, And she knew how each boy did feel, She knew it was no point being harsh or cold like steel, Because she had sons of her own named Warren and Neil.
She knew that for each of us it was a difficult transition, And therefore avoided being a strict disciplinarian, She simply wanted us to enjoy our education, Even if we were from backgrounds proletarian.
She taught at St. Joseph’s on Museum Road, And made sure we did not overburden ourselves with a high load, Thanks to her kind and gracious teaching style and mode, We are all now following the high road.
An Ode to our Math Teacher
Our math teacher was the one and only Mr. Hartwell Yates, We all wondered how mentally he solves and calculates, To solving math problems he was true and passionate, And to have him as a teacher we were indeed fortunate.
He would teach math with great vigor,
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 109 And in great detail and extraordinary rigor, But up and down the long school corridor, He would walk like an absent-minded professor.
While Swinging Clubs he made us all to co-ordinate, And in geometry he taught us X and Y co-ordinates, His voice and accent many a kid liked to imitate, And his gentle personality impersonate.
With all the pupils he was a great hit, Because of his mild manner and ready wit, All the pupils were mesmerized by this teacher perfect, Papa Yates is how we all referred to him with fondness and great respect.
An Ode to our Principal
Our principal was Fr. Hedwig, He was the boss of school big-wigs, He was the indeed the big chief, And he certainly did tolerate the boys’ mischief.
Up went every school kid’s adrenaline, When they saw the cane he used to discipline, When the mischief-maker was caught, without a doubt he was toast, And the parents were summoned for a solid roast.
He was an outstanding English teacher, From him we learnt Norah Burke, Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare, He made it very simple and easy, For us to understand the meaning of concepts such as ‘Quality of Mercy’.
Thanks to Fr. Hedwig Da Costa, The school coffers increased like a bonanza, And the students better understand poetry, verse and stanza, Only once you graduate the kids get to know that he is indeed a fine, fine fella.
An Ode to Our Geography Teacher
The name of our Geography teacher was Mr. Luke, The fact that he was a great teacher was no fluke, When provoked, his temper flared up like a nuke, And he responded with a gruff rebuke.
He taught us figure running and latitude, And also longitude, When you did well he was reluctant to give you platitudes, But he was not hesitant to slap your head when you had a bad attitude.
He felt that is important to know about stalagmites, And stalactites, About underground pillars made of calcite, To be a complete Josephite.
110 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 He taught us about crescentic sand dunes and the Savanna, And ox-bow lakes in Havana, About the great earthquakes in Lisbon, Tokyo and Yokohama, Despite the fissures, faults and tremors we all respected Mr. Luke D’Souza.
An Ode to our High School Math and Physics Teacher
We had a high school teacher whose name was Mr. John Pinto, Always immaculately dressed like the movie star Django, When he shook his head, he moved his whole upper body, The students nicknamed him Noddy.
He took fifty boys on excursion to the hills of Ooty and Chamundi, To Madurai to see the Temple Meenaskhi, To see the bison and elephants at the game sanctuary in Thekadi, Breath taking was God’s Own Country.
We saw scenic rubber estates near Kottayam, The capital Trivandrum and the beautiful beaches of Kovalam, We saw the placid backwaters of Cochin, And Vivekananda Memorial in Cape Comorin.
He taught us Physics and Maths, And the importance of exploring new places and paths, We are grateful to him for his energy unbounded, To make us all rounded.
An Ode to our Chemistry and Biology Teacher
We had a teacher whose name was Mr. David Chatterjee, He taught us high-school Chemistry, And Biology, Including Botany and Zoology.
When a mischievous student caused disarray, He would express with dismay ‘I say’, If the student was crass or behaved like an ass, Red-faced, he would bellow ‘ I say, get out of my class’.
He was passionate about Chemistry, And spent all day in the underground laboratory, During his lectures he was full of energy, And we all admired this prodigy.
We are grateful for him for laying the strong foundation, For many an Old Boy to pursue the healing vocations, Of clinical medicine, Or that of a veterinarian.
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 111 An Ode to Our History Teacher
Our history teacher was Mr. Hanumantha Rao, He chuckled when the mischievous boys tried to gherao, He taught us about the rule of the Mughal kings Humayun and Zair-ud-din Babur, And about greatness of Ashoka and Akbar.
He knew we were more interested in reading racy comics, Rather than learning History or Civics, He was a teacher who was easy going, As a result he had a big following.
He also taught us Kannada, But in the exam many of us still scored a big ‘nada’, He walked up and down the school corridors and verandah, Grinning affectionately like a giant panda.
He was fun-loving and jovial, He even borrowed our comics and novels, We are grateful to him because he taught us life lesson quintessential, That from time-to-time it is important to lighten up a little.
Dr. Ragavendra R. Baliga (Class of 1975)
112 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 GIVING BACK TO SCHOOL…
Memories of school always evoke sweet nostalgia for me - as it does with all our Josephites. Today, I had come to school along with Dr Rajalaxmi and the team from Srishtilife. I had the good fortune of spending time with my juniors and it was nice to see hundreds of boys smartly attired in uniform just like the good old days –the difference though was that I was not one of the boys in uniform – how I miss those cherished days.
We are indeed blessed with the benefits and convenience that modern civilization has to offer. Unfortunately there is also the flip side; one of the biggest banes we are seeing today is increase in the incidents of child sex abuse. This is a cause for concern and something we all have to collectively address.
A subject like child sex abuse in a conservative society like India’s requires one to be extremely sensitive and yet drive home the point – something that Dr. Rajalaxmi can do with great ease. Dr. Rajalaxmi (Raji as she prefers being called to break down the formal barriers when communicating with her) is someone who has dedicated her life to address this complex and difficult area with missionary zeal. She is a person for whom the work is like prayer as her final journey of life. Raji is a medical doctor (sexologist & gynecologist), who has been working with children for a decade. Mentoring children to realize their full potential is her passion. She has travelled far and wide across the length and breadth of the country interacting and speaking to children, parents and teachers and also worked with several state governments to train teaching staff at government schools. Srishtilife has also covered twenty four lakh children across the social spectrum in a short period of time since its inception.
Raji during the course of her work has found that child sex abuse can be curtailed drastically if the children, parents, teachers and other well-wishers of the children are better equipped, well informed and have no communication barriers with the child. In most instances, abuse does not happen overnight but after an incubation period. It is also not something that happens from strangers but by people known to the child. There are ominous signs that if you just look out for can prevent a young life going awry.
Me being in Srishtilife was simply because of Raji and her deep commitment to the cause. Srishtilife has the concept of “Have you gone back to your school?”. Being an Old Boy, I was keen to have Raji come to St Joseph’s. Today this was fructified and she had a session at school with the children of fifth, sixth, seventh and eight standards.
The programme started off with responsibility and then smoothly merged into responsibility with regards to child sex abuse. I realized for myself how very critical it is to be responsible to the word child sex abuse. How responsibility can be inculcated and imbibed in young minds and how we miss out on this crucial aspect – and yet how simple it can be if we just make the effort. All the time we hear the word good touch and bad touch and it can get a tad confusing beyond a point. Raji spoke about the brain and the impact of emotions on the intellect - it was a whole new refreshing approach to addressing a feared topic. The teaching was done in an objective manner and was not subjective. Then there were skits that were held by the team of Srishtilife to convey some of the key messages along with the five points of safety - ensuring the Josephites felt connected and were learning with fun.
The programme concluded with the children giving a promise for being responsible - first to themselves and later as the powerful future of our nation. At the end of the programme, Raji and team got a standing applause.
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 113 I did feel a sense of pride that I could contribute in some small measure towards my fellow young Josephites and have Raji address them on responsibility. Responsibility is such a powerful answer for the children and for every human being.
It is heartening to see people like Raji stay so deeply committed to a cause and be a support for several children, teachers and parents. With changing times parents need to change and speak to their wards about the need for safety of their body. Most parents desist from any talk around sexuality and this is the reason the child is unable to address his concerns and sometimes gets information that is incorrectly ingrained in his psyche from dubious sources. Communication between parents/teachers and the child must be open and the child must feel comfortable with his parents/teachers and look upon them as his best friends. This will go a long way to ensure that the child has adequate psychological support and can always tell his well-wishers what is happening in his life so that remedial steps can be taken well in advance if anyone is prying on the child’s vulnerability, rather than deal with a difficult aftermath.
Thanks to Rev. Fr. Clifford Sequeira, Mrs. Angelo and the OBA for facilitating this programme and to Raji for taking the take time off from her busy schedule to come and address our Josephites.
Suraj R. Jumani (Class of 1993)
A TALE OF TWO SCHOOLS ONE CITY … AND A LOT IN COMMON?
Bishop Cotton Boys’ School celebrated its sesquicentenary this year; seven years after our school’s 150th anniversary of its founding. Traditional rivals you may say, for several decades. But, in this city of ours, Bangalore, these two “grand monoliths, colonial cousins if you will” (as Aditya Sondhi, Old Cottonian, writes in the first article below), have come to embody the best of what we, as a society, represent – each in their own respective activities and giving back to their respective schools.
This editor was approached by Aditya to pen a piece for the anthology that the Old Cottonians’ Association (OCA) were putting together for their school’s momentous anniversary. That article – with inputs and materials from Col. Chris Rego (Class of 1976) – and written with a sense of history, places the intense rivalry between these two hoary Bangalore institutions in its traditional and historical settings; as well as seeks to draw on the common threads underlying our alma mater and Aditya’s. The article entitled “The View from Down the Road” was carried in “Pucca Sahibs”, the Sesquicentennial Journal of the OCA 2015, under the heading “The Rival Sahibs” – although, if as this article references Bishop Cottons as the rival school “down-the-road”, then technically the article should have been entitled “The View From UP the Road” – another bone of contention one may say between these never ending rivals! “The View from Down the Road” is reprinted here after Aditya Sondhi’s article, with the permission of the Old Cottonians’ Association.
We now return the compliment and carry in our OBA Calling and Annual Report 2014-15 – the first article below – this short piece written by Aditya Sondhi entitled “2014-15: A Year in Retrospect for the Old Rival”. As Aditya writes: “[ours is an] over 300 combined years of a priceless history of Bangalore.” A history worth telling in juxtaposition!
114 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 2014-15: A YEAR IN RETROSPECT FOR THE OLD RIVAL
Bernard Shaw was his usual mischievous self when said “Reminiscences make you feel so deliciously aged and sad.” The Old Cottonians’ Association took a cue and tried to avoid plain nostalgia in celebrating the sesquicentennial year of Bishop Cotton Boys’ School, and instead, tried to pepper the year with meaningful fellowship in a spirit of tribute.
The year was kicked off in September 2014 with high-tea for the old teachers of Cottons at Koshy’s. They were each presented the OCA’s memento – a Paul Fernandes print done specially for “150 Years of Green and Gold”. Paul being a Josephite was most gracious in drawing the rival school, evoking his customary joie de vivre.
Come October, a cricket match was held in the memory of Pankaj Sadhu (1994), a talented cricketer who passed away young. The game saw two full-strength sides of old boys, facing off at the BEL grounds. An inter-school cricket tournament was also held at RSI towards the end of the year, with debutants Bethany being crowned winners.
A felicitation followed for Philip Wollen (1967) – a winner of the OCA’s Eminent Old Cottonian Award for 2014. An Order of Australia for his work against animal cruelty, a special vegan fare was on offer for him and all guests. Around this time, the OCA also introduced the first of its “Heritage Walks”, with historian Meera Iyer taking her group around the boys’ and girls’ schools, and other connected landmarks close by, such as the St. Mark’s Cathedral, Koshy’s and Konark. (Cash Pharmacy was missed.)
November saw Lt Gen K Surendranath (1970) deliver the tenth Gen K S Thimayya Memorial lecture, bringing to the fore the rich military tradition of Cottons. By December, several rounds of auditions were completed for what was to be the piece de resistance of the celebrations, the OC play. Theatre-person Preetam Koilpillai (1990) went on to direct Yasmina Reza’s “Art”, featuring Kartik Ganapathy (1991), Abhijit Madhwaraj (2001) and Chris Avinash (1992). The play was staged over four shows in June 2015 at Jagriti Theatre and was received with gusto. For good measure, the script was mildly tweaked to make a witty jibe at our old rivals!
I had the personal privilege of bringing out my book The Order of the Crest (Penguin, India) in January 2015 as a tribute to the old school on its 150th. That it was launched by my English teacher Mrs Hilda Peacock, former principal of La Martiniere for Girls, Kolkata, made it doubly sweet.
June-end (which is when we celebrate St. Peter’s Tide and Old Cottonians’ Day) also witnessed several batch reunions, including a boisterous golden jubilee of the centenary batch of 1965. The official bash was a twin-event – one for the younger OCs featuring a rock band and a DJ, and another - the Green and Gold Ball - for the older folks with Jagan Chandy’s retro band in attendance. This dinner saw a convergence of alumni from across the globe and a very high degree of camaraderie. Ajit Varki (1967) received the Eminent Cottonian Award and reminded the guests of his watchword, “Whatever thy doest, do it with thy might” (Ecclesiastes 9:10). That Sunday morning, a marathon was run from Balabrooie Guest House (where Cottons began in 1865) to the school, where a sumptuous breakfast awaited the athletes.
During the year, the OCA thoroughly enjoyed putting together a journal called Pucca Sahibs with anecdotal pieces contributed by old boys from the batch of 1938 to the most recent batch of 2015. We were delighted that we could carry a piece “The View from Down the Road” by Siddharth Raja, sharing a Josephite’s perspective of Cottons. It carried
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 115 rich anecdotes, for which Colonel Chris Rego (OJ) must be heartily thanked. Old rivalries apart, Cottons and Joseph’s are two grand monoliths, colonial cousins if you will, with over 300 combined years of a priceless history of Bangalore. It is very uplifting that the old boys’ associations of the two schools are striving exceptionally to keep this legacy going, driven by their pithy school mottos.
Floreat.
Aditya Sondhi (Old Cottonian)
Dr. Aditya Sondhi is a designated Senior Advocate at the Karnataka High Court. A Ph.D. in Political Science from Mysore University; and an alumnus of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, Aditya is a passionate “Old Cottonian” having authored a book “The Order of the Crest: Tracing the Alumni of Bishop Cotton Boys’ School, Bangalore (1865 - 2015)” to coincide with his alma mater’s 150th anniversary. When not arguing in court; or holding his school motto aloft, Aditya would enjoy sipping a drink while watching some old-fashioned test cricket!”
116 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 THE VIEW FROM DOWN THE ROAD
I am a “dyed-in-the wool” Josephite; and so is Christopher Rego – Chris, from the batch of 1976 of St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School, is senior to me by 14 years. Both of us unabashedly acknowledge that we owe all of what we are today to that hallowed institution, a foundational and inspirational rock on which several young men in Bangalore have built their lives and their life’s mission. So, when Aditya Sondhi – from the great rival school “down-the-road”; that school “which- is-not-to-be-mentioned” but which can lay equal claim to such a legacy – approached us to write a short article on the rivalry between Bishop Cotton Boys’ School and our alma mater for an anthology to commemorate Bishop Cotton’s sesquicentennial this year, I instantly remembered it was Aditya who had graciously written about his school’s “friendly rival” (oxymoronic) when St. Joseph’s celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2008. Images of several renowned school and college rivalries came flooding into my mind – Eton vs. Harrow (something that Aditya had, indeed, adverted to in his article); Oxford vs. Cambridge; Harvard vs. Yale or Stanford; and, closer home, St. Stephen’s vs. Hindu College.
Apart from these obvious references, I was clearly now struggling for some context to write the article requested; one befitting the occasion of the old rival’s sesquicentenary and, daresay, in the best spirit of the old rivalry between our two schools, without missing a step for my own alma mater! Guidance, however, was on hand – please write a piece which is “light and anecdotal, with a touch of history that I know both of you relish” said Aditya. Chris, the author of a seminal work tracing the history of St. Joseph’s (“Faith & Toil : 1858 to 2008”) extracted for and shared with me without hesitation (thank you, Chris) information on this old school rivalry from his reams of painstaking research. So, it fell to me to piece together a story, drawing almost entirely from Chris’s inputs, weaving my narrative through the threads of these anecdotes and the strands of the historical setting of Bangalore from the mid 19th century onwards. I end with a forward-looking perspective.
Post the establishment of the British suzerainty over India at the turn of the 18th century and their “despatch” of Tipu, Bangalore grew in prominence once the Cantonment was established in 1809. Bangalore’s early pinnacle was reached under the period of direct British rule between 1831 and 1881, when the Wodeyar Maharaja was the mere titular head of his Durbar in Mysore and the princely State was governed – directly from the Secretariat in Bangalore – by British Commissioners, with Mark Cubbon and Lewin Bentham Bowring, being the most prominent. An increasing number of Europeans and Anglo-Indians settled in the Cantonment, which developed into a township – the “Civil & Military Station” – rivaling the “pettah” (or “native” fort area, which pre-dated it), in size. Unsurprisingly, the demand for good schools increased and the first Catholic missionary schools came to be established – chief among them, St. Joseph’s Seminary (in 1858), which later became, first, St. Joseph’s College (up to 1927); and, later, St. Joseph’s “European” High School, before being renamed in 1968 to “St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School”. Two other major European schools were set up soon after St. Joseph’s – Bishop Cottons in 1865 and Baldwins in 1878; both Protestant institutions.
Dressed in their Sunday best, the boarders of St. Joseph’s would, after Mass and breakfast, go for a walk around town under the careful gaze of a priest. As noted in the “OBA Calling” of 1968 (the journal of the St. Joseph’s Old Boys’ Association):
“On these excursions, they often encountered similar processions of boys from rival Protestant schools [chiefly of] Bishop Cottons…. – a good opportunity to hurl ribald epithets or cat calls or even throw stones in good fun! Of course, they got as much as they gave.”
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 117 Thus, was born the old school rivalry between St. Joseph’s and Bishop Cottons – the genesis of which contest lay as much in the Catholic-Protestant divide (overlaid on centuries-old class and caste divisions), as in the age-old phenomenon of rowdy boys!
But, underlying all of this emerging rivalry was a certain, very British ethic – civility and good order; “gentlemanliness”! It has been said (and oftentimes equally challenged) that when things start to get nasty, trust only the British to be fair! There can be no doubt that in the early days of the 19th century right up to the early 20th century, premier schools like these in Bangalore (and in other cantonment towns) were almost always the exclusive preserve of Europeans, with Indians only making their way in around World War I. Nonetheless, this ethic of good order and fair spirit in ones acts and deeds – regardless of its origin – has come to embody the legacy and contribution of both these institutions right up to today – a heritage that is, and must proudly be, carried on and strengthened. Where else can this spirit be seen more than on the sporting fields?
To generations of boys – Josephites and Cottonians equally – cricket has become synonymous with their school years; with the most vivid memories often being the fiercely fought matches between our two schools. Honours were (and continue to be) divided, with St. Joseph’s putting it across its rival in one year; with the compliment being repaid, in equal measure, by Bishop Cottons in another. Every contest was (and is) invariably fought tooth-and-nail, with boys from the rival camps egging their teams on from the sidelines. Every now and then, however, after a tough fight, honours were shared. On 24th July 1961, a match between the teams ended in a tie with both schools scoring 80 runs. In that game, Santosh Naidu, Vece Paes and Peter Rodericks bowled well for the Josephites, whereas D. Deviah did well with the bat; St. Joseph’s won the Cottonian Shield in 1969 after a ten year drought.
Commenting on the friendly rivalry between St. Joseph’s and Bishop Cottons, Mr. Humayun Mirza, an eminent Old Boy of St. Joseph’s, had this to say in a speech at the Centenary Sports of St. Joseph’s on 8th April 1958:
“No praise is too high for Bishop Cottons….I had rarely seen [a team] play a losing game which they had as much right to expect to win, with such cheerfulness and such friendliness. This is a supreme test of character and I feel that I have not the right to leave unrecorded here what redounds to the everlasting credit of Canon Elphick’s boys.”
An instance where the shoe was on the other foot occurred on the hockey field. During a closely fought hockey match, a fracas broke out among the Cottonians and the Josephites, with teams and supporters alike joining in the melee in the heat of the moment. It later transpired that a disputed goal which gave St. Joseph’s victory was actually illegal and the referee had faulted in allowing it. The Cottonian hockey players were rightfully livid at losing to their perennial adversaries and approached their Principal to ask him to contest the award of the trophy to St. Joseph’s. The Principal of Cottons however took the laudable step of declining to rake-up the matter on the basis that true sportsmanship was not about winning, but about taking the smooth with the rough and in accepting the referee’s decision taken in good faith. That laid the matter to rest. And, it only remained for the boys of St. Joseph’s, involved in the “good fight”, to be hauled across the coals during assembly the next morning, labeled “immature savages” and “overgrown hulks” before being put under the cane. Now, I am sure all of that sounds familiar in both camps!
As India emerged from its colonial past, the ethos of both schools built-up over several decades were clear for all to see, illustrated in microcosm by these incidents – inspirational themes calling upon both Cottonians and Josephites to
118 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 wage the good fight, but always keep one’s wits about oneself and one’s head held high. There can, I believe, be no better endorsement, or a truer reflection of what both our alma maters stand for and for which we are each, respectively and for each other, genuinely proud. A thread runs silently through this theme on both sides of the rivalry: eloquently demonstrated in the personage of one of St. Joseph’s finest Principals, Fr. E. J. Jacques – “Good, better, best; never let it rest, Till your good is better, and your better, best.”
The spirit of camaraderie and fellowship is another theme intrinsic to both schools and their interactions with each other. In 1910, just a couple of years after its founding by Robert Baden-Powell, separate Boys Scout troops were formed at Bishop Cottons and St. Joseph’s and named the 1st and 2nd Bangalore Troops, respectively. The 2nd Bangalore Troop at St. Joseph’s had a chequered initial decade of its existence and had to be reconstituted in 1921. In an elaborate ceremony at St. Joseph’s, forty boys who had passed the tenderfoot examination were sworn into the “brotherhood” of the Scouts. Boys of the 1st Bangalore Troop of Bishop Cottons marched in with their colours to support their new brethren; in an impressive initiation ceremony performed by District Scoutmaster Major Pakenham-Walsh who also lead the Cottons Scouts.
Old boys of both schools have often met to celebrate their common heritage of great schools and having been brought- up with stellar values and ethics. At several of these gatherings of old boys from both schools – including the joint staging of Blue and Gold Balls – the highlight was a cricket match between the two teams, followed by competitions like “egg-catching” and “3 legged races”. On one occasion, there was even a Tug-of-War between Bishop Cottons and Sacred Hearts! The “OBA Calling” of 1992 includes this joke:
“Hear that an Old Cottonian from Hind Levers;Approached a Good Shepherd Fraulein and said;
‘Gimme your PALM OLIVE’, to which she said;
‘Not in your LIFE, BOY !’;
‘They are meant for the “JoSOAPites!”’
As we stand on the cusp of what many are calling “India’s century”, the abiding tale emerging from the historic old rivalry between St. Joseph’s and Bishop Cottons is a shared sense of truth, of civility, of hard work, of good order and fairness, of camaraderie, of honour, of virtue and, ultimately, of good citizenship of, and to, this nation of ours. Built on decades of competition, each of our sights must be firmly set on building in each of our alumni, regardless of class, creed, caste, race, religion (or avowed non-believers), gender or sexual orientation, the ethos of our schools’ respective mottos: “Fide et Labore” – Faith and Toil; and “Nec Dextrorsum, Nec Sinistrorsum” – neither to the Right, nor to the Left; for the better good and glory of India.
As if to underline this theme of collaboration between these two great though rival, institutions, a noble effort to build village schools (and champion social change) in Manipur spearheaded by Chris Rego – including hostel accommodation and a nutrition scheme – has seen alumni of both schools join hands for a common cause. What better way to celebrate our shared concerns than to work together without reference to which school we each attended; as our respective heritage emphasizes the same abiding ethic – to borrow a phrase – of malice toward none and with charity for all?
Writing in 2008 of St. Joseph’s, Chris Rego in his book said:
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 119 “In the Sesquicentennial year of the school, its stakeholders look back in awe at the metamorphosis of the institution, slowly and surely, with every passing year, its growth not merely in brick and mortar but in character, competence and compassion.”
These are words equally true of Bishop Cottons. We join countless of our Old Boys at St. Joseph’s, and, indeed, its students, teachers and all its stakeholders, in warmly congratulating Bishop Cottons on completing its sesquicentennial; and, indeed, to joining hands with us at St. Joseph’s, in jointly seeking to make the next 150 years more glorious to the greatest benefit of all our young citizens, who pass through our portals.
Siddharth Raja (with valuable inputs & materials from Col. Christopher Rego). Siddharth Raja – “Piggy” is founder partner at the Bengaluru-based law firm, Samvad Partners. He attended a school down the road from Cottons that turned 150 in 2008. Piggy also conducts the increasingly popular Nandi Valley Walks – a historical walking tour at the foot of the Nandi Hills.
120 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 FROM THE ARCHIVES
[Ed. Note: The 26th Annual General Meeting of the Old Boys’ Association of St. Joseph’s European High School, held on Sunday, 3rd September 1944, corresponded with the Silver Jubilee year and celebrations of our O.B.A.
Founded on 7th September 1919, the O.B.A. celebrated its 25th anniversary under the baton of Mr. C. E. Noronha as its President (he was to hold that post until 1945); and Mr. F. X. Paul as the Honorary Secretary (in his third year of a decade long stint as Secretary) – all under the watchful gaze of the Honorary President of the Association, Rev. Fr. E. J. Jacques, S.J., the first Anglo-Indian principal of the School (as the Silver Jubilee Souvenir notes), who was destined to serve two terms as Principal, totaling 11 years.
The O.B.A. Committee during the Silver Jubilee year produced a compact 37-page ‘Souvenir’, that was both part Annual Report and Statement of Accounts – the Endowment Fund as at 31st August 1944 was Rs. 34,257 and 2 annas! – as well as a historical ‘look back’ on the first 25 years of the Association.
Sprinkled with delightful anecdotes and wonderful recollections of each of the first twenty-five years of the O.B.A, its activities and prominent personalities – including a description of Bill Fernandez as the ‘fidus Achates’ of the Association! a reference to the faithful companion of Aeneas in Virgil’s Aeneid – the following are a small sampling of select extracts from that undoubtedly subdued ‘Souvenir’ published during war time. It makes mention of the ‘supreme sacrifice’ of ex-Josephites and places on record ‘our sincere sympathy’ with every member of their bereaved families. These extracts from history speak so eloquently and ring true, even today!]
Silver Jubilee Souvenir
– St Joseph’s European High School O.B.A., Bangalore ¬–
1919 – 43
Dedication
This O.B.A. brochure is dedicated to the present Students of St. Joseph’s by the ‘Past’. Many of you boys will soon be starting life in earnest, and if you are to make good, in the India of today, you must put forth the best that is in you, the best that your School can give – ‘Faith and Toil’.
India is fast changing, and after the war an independent India will want you to prove yourselves as capable and valuable as the Indian in brains, character and driving power. Stand up against the languor of the East; don’t let your life dissolve into a vista of happy hours at clubs, cinemas, non-stop dances and similar allurements of city life in India. That way lies degeneration and despair. The world has no use for the waster; it respects and rewards the worker who puts brains and character into his work.
If this brochure inspires you with ‘Faith and Toil’ then it has rewarded the labours of its contributors. The Past’ –
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Twenty five years, it would seem, form but a brief span in the life of an Association. In this period, however, St. Joseph’s O.B.A. can point to a proud record of achievements which are set forth in some detail in the accompanying brochure. On reading it every Old Boy, I feel sure, will be inspired to rally around his Alma Mater and to give of his best so that when the Golden Jubilee year comes around, it will be his privilege to have contributed to a still more glorious record.
We cannot rest on our laurels, numerous though they are. And for this reason. The times are full of anxiety and the problems that face European education in this country are of vital concern to the members of the community. St. Joseph’s, along with other schools of standing, has to play a significant part in the development of sound education. It will never swerve from its high ideal. But it needs backing. It requires that the O.B.A. should be to it a true bulwark in the storm and stress ahead. Its pupils of today look to their elder brothers for help and guidance and inspiration – and, I am confident, they will not look in vain.
3rd Sept. ‘44 Rev. Fr. E. J. JACQUES, s.j.
122 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 LOOKING BACK BY J. A. CRONING, I.S.O., M.B.E.
[Ed. Note: The Silver Jubilee Souvenir notes that Mr. Croning, Secretary to the Political Agent, Persian Gulf (an officer of the Imperial civil administration), had only recently been conferred the I.S.O. (the ‘Imperial Service Order’ awarded on retirement for long and meritorious service to the Empire) in the King’s Birthday Honours for 1943 – 44. This article appears as a recollection of his years at “the old school” and in Bangalore, which he had ‘lately visited….after an absence of several years.”
What follows is an extract from the Souvenir of Mr. Croning’s reminiscences – of an age long since disappeared; of scenes almost in cinemascope; of people and places mostly in memories; and of a writing style that’s as scintillating, as it is a thing of the past! Truly the history of our school and its O.B.A. is intricately wound-up with Bangalore’s and its ‘cantonment’ colonial moorings, representing one facet of our home town’s fascinating heritage.]
Curiously, one of the sayings I have been fond of repeating for years is ‘never look back’, but on this occasion I am glad to depart from it, as doing so brings back many happy memories.
I joined St. Joseph’s in 1911, in the VII Standard, labouring under two strong disadvantages: I joined as late in the year as September, and I knew no Latin. I naturally gravitated to the last bench, where I took a somewhat remote interest in my studies, doing merely enough to avoid getting into serious trouble.
Father Bozon’s method of imparting Latin was, if no less effective, a little less kindly. We had to stand in turn about a yard away from the side wall of the classroom and construe while his vigorous arm restlessly swung a supple cane between the wall and one’s calf. At every mistake the cane swung through a wider arc and gave the calf a stinging cut. Well, it certainly had results with me for in less than a year I could hold my own with all but a couple in the class.
I was a day-scholar all through, and my greatest friends were, naturally, day-scholars. ‘Manniken’ Kelly, Willie Foster and
I were a trio that moved up from the VII to the Intermediate, sharing tuck, troubles, triumphs and adventures….....We were, however, so keen on hockey that we sought and obtained permission from the Secretary of the Bowring Institute to use the hockey field in the Institute Ground. It proved to be the cradle of many an outstanding player – Kelly, Foster, Hebert Littlewood, Bully Tremenheere, Gerry Brown, Claude Davenport, Keddy Homer, my brother Jim and a score of others.
We often rode out on Saturday mornings to the Nilasandra quarry tanks for a swim. Our rendezvous was the gate of Ashley Jones’ house on Norris Road. Ashley was the soul of unpunctuality. One morning, when we had gathered noisily at the gate and shouted for him he popped his head, and with his hat on, over the half blind of his window and replied ‘Be out in a minute, Chaps’. This quieted us and we let several minutes pass before we went round to his room, where we found him still in his pyjamas, calmly eating heavily creamed toast. He had merely put his hat on before replying to us. We nearly killed him as we hadn’t the slightest hope of curing him.
Then there was good old Fred Hunt. Fred’s people allowed him unlimited pocket money. He was not strong physically and fellows were inclined to rag him. As he sat between Kelly and I in class, and both of us liked him, we constituted ourselves his protectors. But, anticipating Al Capone, we had our price, thought it weighed lightly on Fred as he in turn
The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 123 liked us, and the tribute we levied scarcely strained his resources. It took two forms. First, I was more interested in soccer, Kelly in hockey. Fred was our goalie at both games. For every goal that he let in at either game he had to give each of us a 6” by 4” slab of Cadbury’s chocolate. This kept us passably well supplied. Next, when games failed, we merely declared Richmond Town out of bounds to him. If he was caught there by either of us he had to pay road-cess in the form of a similar slab of chocolate. As Fred had a strong attraction in Richmond Town, and his habits were well known to us, it was seldom that he was able to evade us. In justification I must say that he enjoyed paying almost as much as we did levying the blackmail. He was for ever pressing us to accept gifts which we used to refuse. The chocolate was a different matter – it was business, and we felt no compunction.
I feel I have rambled along long enough, and must close with a tribute to the kindly preceptors of our days who did so much for us, the Principals, Fathers Froger, Schmitt and Vanpeene, teachers like Fathers Cholet, Dutay and Mathevet, Brothers Aloysius, Francis and Claudian, and Mr. E. Smith. It is with pleasure and gratitude that one always thinks of them.
124 The Old Boys’ Association, St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Bengaluru - Annual Report & OBA Calling 2014 - 2015 TENTATIVE CALENDAR OF EVENTS – 2015-16
October / November SJBHS OBA CONNECT - Coorg 2015
December OBA Christmas Dinner - 2015
January Welcome to OBA - 2016 (programme to welcome into the OBAstudents passing out of Stds. X & XII)
March Celebration of the Feast of St. Joseph - 2016 (inter-alumni association cricket matches for the Saleh Ahmed Trophy)
May SJBHS OBA CONNECT - Kerala 2016
June OBA Buzz - 2016 (inter-house cultural competition for students of the school)
August SJBHS OBA CONNECT - Goa 2016
September OBA Weekend - 2016 (School Sports, Blue & White Bash, OBA Day)
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