Scott Christian College Scott Christian College is an autonomous, co-educational, arts and science college in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu. Run by the Diocese of Kanyakumari of the Church of South India, the college is graded "''A''" under National Assessment and Accreditat ...

Nagercoil Nagercoil, also spelt as Nagarkovil ("Temple of the Nāgas", or Nagaraja-Temple), is a city and the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu state, India. Situated close to the tip of the Indian peninsula, it lies on ...

alumni are often referred to as Scotians, a name derived from its Scottish founder's initial

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th ...

name. The list of Scott Christian College pupils, featuring members of the University of Cambridge, are segregated in accordance with their fields of achievement. This list includes individuals who have either studied at the university or worked at the university in an academic capacity. The list has been divided into categories indicating the field of activity in which people have become well known. Many of the university’s alumni have attained a level of distinction in more than one field. These individuals may appear under two categories. In general, however, an attempt has been made to put individuals in the category with which they are most often associated.

Scientists

*Dr. D.J. Bagyaraj - senior scientist,

Indian Institute of Science The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a public, deemed, research university for higher education and research in science, engineering, design, and management. It is located in Bengaluru, in the Indian state of Karnataka. The institute was ...

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

*Dr.

Gunamudian David Boaz Gunamudian David Boaz (31 March 1908 – 8 July 1965) was the first Indian psychologist. He received his PhD from Oxford University, The University of Oxford in 1935, and graduated from Scott Christian College. The department of Psychology ...

- first Indian

psychologist A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual Perception () is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the pre ...

*Dr. J Daniel Chellappa - nuclear scientist; Deputy Director of

Department of Atomic Energy The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) (IAST: ''Paramāṇu Ūrjā Vibhāga'') is a department with headquarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. DAE was established in 1954 by a Presidential Order. DAE has been engaged in the development of nuc ...

*Dr. Raja Chelliah -

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

; former advisor to

World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Inte ...

*Dr.

Selvin Christopher S Christopher is an Indian scientist who served as Chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Formerly he was director of the Centre for Airborne Systems. He is also the author of various research publications. Curre ...

- director of Centre for Airborne Systems,

Defence Research and Development Organisation The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) (IAST: ''Raksā Anūsandhān Evam Vikās Sangaṭhan'') is the premier agency under the Department of Defence Research and Development in Ministry of Defence of the Government of India, ...

; recipient of

Padma Shri Padma Shri ( IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conf ...

*Dr. Ranjan Roy Daniel - former director of

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) is a public deemed research university located in Mumbai, India that is dedicated to basic research in mathematics and the sciences. It is a Deemed University and works under the umbrella of the ...

; recipient of

Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ...

*Dr. C. Livingstone - biological scientist; former Chancellor of

Madras Christian College Madras Christian College (MCC) is a liberal arts and sciences college in Chennai, India. Founded in 1837, MCC is one of Asia's oldest extant colleges. The college is affiliated to the University of Madras but functions as an autonomous insti ...

*Dr. A.E. Muthunayagam - former director of

Indian Space Research Organisation The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO; ) is the national space agency of India, headquartered in Bengaluru. It operates under the Department of Space (DOS) which is directly overseen by the Prime Minister of India, while the Chairman o ...

and

Indian Institute of Technology Madras Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is a public technical university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. As one of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), it is recognized as an Institute of National Importance and has b ...

; recipient of Padma Bhushan *Dr. M.S.S. Pandian - veteran Indian historian and social scientist *Dr. Samuel Paul - founder and former director of

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad) is the world's number 1 business school, located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The school has been accorded the status of an Institute of National Importance by Ministry of Human Resourc ...

*Dr. M. J. Xavier - founder and director of Indian Institute of Management Ranchi

Mathematicians

*Dr.

Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai (5 April 1901 – 31 August 1950) was an Indian mathematician specialising in number theory. His contribution to Waring's problem was described in 1950 by K. S. Chandrasekharan as "almost certainly his best ...

- mathematician; recipient of Padma Bhushan

Indian police service

*Dr. F. V. Arul ( IPS) - former Director of

Central Bureau of Investigation The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is the premier investigating agency of India. It operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. Originally set up to investigate bribery and government ...

; Commissioner of Police (Greater Chennai); first Indian Vice-President of

Interpol The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO; french: link=no, Organisation internationale de police criminelle), commonly known as Interpol ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and cr ...

*Dr.

C. Sylendra Babu C. Sylendra Babu (born 5 June 1962) is an Indian Police Service Officer who served as the Director General of Police and Head of Police Force, Tamil Nadu Police. Early life and education Sylendra Babu was born in the town of Kuzhithurai, Ka ...

- present Director-General of Police , Tamil Nadu *Dr.

Walter Devaram Walter Issac Devaramhttp://indiankanoon.org/doc/1968478/ (born 20 July 1939) is a retired Indian Police Service officer. He served as the Director General of Police for the State of Tamil Nadu. He was a former Army Officer before he sat for th ...

- former Inspector-General of Police; Indian Super Cop and Padma Shri awardee * G. Nanchil Kumaran - former Inspector-General of Police and Police Commissioner,

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

* Christopher Nelson - former Inspector-General of Police; lifetime member of Planning Commission

Indian administrative service

*Thiru Anand T - Project Officer DRDA, Tamil Nadu Government *Thiru P. Ekambaram - Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Water Board *Thiru V.M. Xavier Chrisso Nayagam - Director of Social Welfare to Government of Tamil Nadu *Thiru S. Thangaswami - Commissioner, Minorities Welfare to Government of India *Dr. R. Vijaykumar - Additional Chief Secretary to Government of India

Chief of Naval Staff

* Admiral Oscar Stanley Dawson - 12th Chief of Naval Staff * Admiral Sushil Kumar - 18th Chief of Naval Staff

Cinema

J. C. Daniel Joseph Chellayya Daniel Nadar (28 November 1900 27 April 1975) was an Indian filmmaker who is considered as the ''father of Malayalam cinema''. He was the first film-maker from Kerala. He produced, directed, wrote, photographed, edited and ac ...

- "father of the Malayalam film industry" * Ganesh Janardhanan (VTV Ganesh) - Tamil comedian and actor *

Rani Jeyraj Rani Jeyraj is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Femina Miss India 1996. A native of Kundal village in Tirunelveli District, she was born to a middle class Christian Nadar family in Zambia. Her parents were teachers ...

- Miss India, 1996 * R. Muttusamy - "the father of the

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n film industry" * Sathyaneshan Nadar - Malayalam actor * Jagathy N. K. Achary - Malayalam Script Writer *

Sukumaran Edappal Ponnamkuzhi Veettil Parameswaran Sukumaran Nair (10 June 1948 – 16 June 1997), known mononymously as Sukumaran, was an Indian actor and producer of Malayalam films. Sukumaran became a popular film star in Malayalam cinema during the ...

- Malayalam actor

Educationalists

* Dr. H. S. S. Lawrence - former Director of Education,

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...

;

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Adviser

Businessmen

Politicians

* A.V. Bellarmin - former

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-p ...

member * J. Helen Davidson - current Lok Sabha member *Dr.

N. Dennis N. Dennis (23 January 1929 – 21 June 2013) was a Member of Parliament from Nagercoil constituency. He was elected six times to the Lok Sabha from Nagercoil constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate in 1980, 1984, 1989 and 1991 el ...

, former and seven-time Lok Sabha member * Nanjil K. Manoharan - co-founder of

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...

(DMK) * Kunjan Nadar - former Lok Sabha member *Dr.

Marshal Nesamony A. Nesamony, sometimes known as Marshal Nesamony, was a political leader from Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu, India. He was the second son of Kesavan Appavu Nadar, born on 12 June 1895 at Nesarpuram, Palliyadi in Vilavancode Taluk, Kanya ...

, former Lok Sabha member

Authors and poets

*Dr.

David Davidar David Davidar (born 27 September 1958) is an Indian novelist and publisher. He is the author of three published novels, ''The House of Blue Mangoes'' (2002), ''The Solitude of Emperors'' (2007), and ''Ithaca'' (2011). In parallel to his writing ...

- former CEO of

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;

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of highe ...

faculty *Dr. M. J. Rabi Singh - linguistic scholar

Environmentalists

*Dr.

- ornithologist and naturalist * S. S. Davidson - environmentalist *Dr. A.J.T. Johnsingh - scientist, former director of the

Wildlife Institute of India The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) is an autonomous natural resource service institution established in 1982 under the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate change, Government of India. WII carries out wildlife research in areas of stu ...

Theology

* Gnanasigamony Devakadasham - Bishop of the largest Indian church,

Church of South India The Church of South India (CSI) is a united Protestant Church in India. It is the result of union of a number of mainline Protestant denominations in South India after independence. The Church of South India is the successor of a number of P ...

* John Gladstone - former Bishop of Church of South India

Sports

*W. Antony Dhas - cricketer"From snaring fish to chasing dreams"
/ref> * Thalaivan Sargunam - cricketer and

Sunrisers Hyderabad Sunrisers Hyderabad (stylised as SunRisers Hyderabad, SRH) are a franchise cricket team based in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is owned by Kalanithi Maran of the SUN Group and was ...

batsman

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