De Nobili School, Koradih

Private primary and secondary school in Jharkhand, India

23°47′49″N 86°19′58″E / 23.79694°N 86.33278°E / 23.79694; 86.33278InformationTypePrivate primary and secondary schoolMottoKnowledge Imparts HumilityReligious affiliation(s)CatholicismDenominationJesuitsEstablished1975; 49 years ago (1975)PrincipalMr Chandrasekhar FrancisGradesK-12AffiliationsICSEWebsitewww.dnssijua.com

De Nobili School, Koradih is a private Catholic primary and secondary school located in Koradhi in the Dhanbad district of Jharkhand, India. Founded in Sijua in 1975 by the Jesuits, the school is a branch of the De Nobili Schools Group.

The school is named after a christian missionary and Jesuit, Roberto de Nobili, who was the first foreigner to master Sanskrit, incognito, in sixteenth century Madurai. He apparently conducted himself like an orthodox Brahmin and is even said to have declared himself to be a descendant of Brahma.^[1]

Shield

The De Nobili School shield displays part of a Sanskrit slogan Vidya Dadati Vinayam (Education Bestows Humility) in Devanagari script in the scroll under the school shield.^[2]

Principals

The following individuals have served as principal of De Nobili School, Koradih:

Ordinal	Officeholder	Term start	Term end	Time in office
1	V. J. Abraham	1975	1985	9–10 years
2	Xavier Joseph	1985	1992	6–7 years
3	Joy Matthew	1992	2006	13–14 years
4	G. Thomas Kennedy	2006	2010	3–4 years
5	Tanushree Banerjee	2010	incumbent	13–14 years

School song

Oh De Nobili hats off to thee;
To your colours true we shall ever be;
firm and strong united are we;
Rah, rah, rah. For DNS;
Rah, rah, rah, rah;
Rah, for De Nobili;

Hail, to the victors valiant,
Hail, to the conquering heroes,
Hail, Hail, De Nobili,
the leaders and the best;
Hail to the victors valiant,
Hail to the conquering heroes
Hail, Hail, De Nobili,
the champions and the best.

References

^ "The "Roman Brahmin" by Arun Shourie". Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
^ "Welcome to de nobli School, Koradih".