The following is a list of notable Martinians, former pupils and masters of the three schools established by Claude Martin.
- La Martiniere Calcutta in Kolkata, India.
- La Martiniere Lucknow in Lucknow, India.
- La Martiniere Lyon in Lyon, France.
La Martinière Lyon was divided into three independent colleges in the 1960s :
- La Martiniere Monplaisir in Lyon, France.
- La Martiniere Duchère in Lyon, France.
- La Martiniere Diderot in Lyon, France.
Notable Martinians - Calcutta
editScience
edit- Dr. Gagandeep Kang, vaccine scientist at CMC Vellore (known as India’s 'vaccine godmother'), first Indian woman to be elected as a Fellow of Royal Society, London.[1]
Business and Finance
edit- C. K. Birla ('73 batch), industrialist.
- Sir Catchick Paul Chater (1863 batch), trader and entrepreneur in Hong Kong.
- Dr. Vijay Mallya ('72 batch, Hastings House Captain), billionaire businessman, chairman of United Breweries and Kingfisher Airlines and a Rajya Sabha MP.
- Harshavardhan Neotia, chairman of Ambuja Neotia Group
- Hemant Kanoria, industrialist, chairman and managing director of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited.
- Pramod Bhasin, founder and first CEO of Genpact, pioneer of BPO industry in India.
- Suhel Seth ('82 batch), advertising and marketing.
- Asma Khan ('87 batch), restaurateur
Sports
edit- Chhanda Gain, first Bengali woman to climb Mount Everest[2]
- Leander Paes ('92 batch), tennis player, India's only medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Captain of the Indian Davis Cup team
- Jaideep Mukherjee ('58 batch), tennis player.
- Khokhan Sen (‘43 batch), India Test cricketer – 14 Test caps
- Anne Lumsden, field hockey player, Arjuna Award winner
- Anush Agarwalla, (2018 batch) equestrian sports
Education
edit- John Mason ('62 batch, winner of the Good Conduct Medal), schoolmaster and educationist.
- Nirmalya Kumar, professor of marketing and management and art collector
Arts, Culture and Entertainment
edit- Merle Oberon ('28 batch), Hollywood actress.
- Nafisa Ali (‘72 batch, House Captain), actress and winner of Miss India contest 1975.
- Pandit Bikram Ghosh ('84 batch), tabla player.
- Kiran Rao, filmmaker, producer.
- Pritish Nandy ('63 batch), poet, journalist and film producer.
- Rajiv Mehrotra ('69 batch), documentary filmmaker, television anchor.
- Nilanjana Roy (‘89 batch), author and critic.
- Anuvab Pal ('95 batch), comedian, author and scriptwriter.
- Adrit Roy, actor
Government
edit- Dr Saiyid Nurul Hasan, historian, Union Minister of Education and former Governor of West Bengal, India.
Journalism
edit- Swapan Dasgupta ('71 batch), journalist, columnist and former managing editor of India Today.
- Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, former editor of The Statesman.
- Jug Suraiya ('62 batch), associate editor of the Times of India, author and columnist.
- Sanjoy Narayan, journalist, editor-in-chief of the Hindustan Times
- Ashok Malik ('88 batch), journalist; official spokesman for the President of India '17 to '19.
- Paranjoy Guha Thakurta ('71 batch), journalist.
- Prannoy Roy, TV presenter and founder of NDTV
- Indrajit Hazra ('90 batch), author and columnist
Politics
edit- Brigadier Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo, politician and former Minister.[citation needed]
- Mausam Noor, MP, North Malda, West Bengal, elected 2009
- Chandan Mitra ('71 batch, Gold Medalist), Member of Parliament and eminent journalist.
Notable Martinians – Lucknow
editThe list of Old Martinians from the Lucknow School includes.
Art & Architecture
edit- Architect Rudraksha Charan, Principal Architect, 42 mm Architecture.
Business
edit- Shahnaz Husain, beautician and entrepreneur.[3]
Defence
edit- Lieutenant General Akhtar Abdur Rahman, director of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan
- FS Hussain, legendary aerobatic pilot of the Pakistan Air Force
Education
edit- Frederick James Rowe, poet, former English teacher at the Lucknow school and composer of the official school song Hail Hail the Name we Own.
Entertainment
edit- Ali Fazal, Indian television and film actor.
- Roshan Abbas, TV and radio host.[4]
- Muzaffar Ali, painter, clothing designer and film director /producer.[5]
- Priyanka Chopra, actress and former Miss World in 2000.[6]
- Maureen Wadia, fashion entrepreneur and editor of Gladrags. Her husband is the noted industrialist Nusli Wadia.[7]
- Pankhuri Gidwani, actress and former Miss Grand International 2016.[8][9]
- Amit Sadh, Indian television and film actor.
- George Baker, Indian television and film actor.
Government
edit- Isha Basant Joshi, I.A.S. the second lady officer in the Indian Administrative Service and the first Indian girl to be admitted to the Girls' College.[10]
- K. Raghunath, former Foreign Secretary of India[11] and Indian Ambassador to Russia.[12]
- Sameer Sharma Indian Administrative Service, secretary to Government, Andhra Pradesh[citation needed]
Journalism
edit- Akash Banerjee, Founder news channel The DeshBhakt on youtube.
- Akshit Harsh, Former business journalist-turned finance professional.
- Vinod Mehta, magazine editor[13]
- Saeed Naqvi, a leading journalist in Delhi brother of Shanney Naqvi.[14]
- Siddharth Varadarajan, founder of The Wire and former editor of The Hindu.
- Varul Mayank, founder of Knocksense.
Musicians
edit- Munni Begum Famous Pakistani Gazal Singer, Now lives in the USA
Literature
edit- Krishna Prakash Bahadur, writer, poet and philosopher.[15]
- Mukul Deva, an auto didact and well-known polymath, he is an ex-army officer, best-selling author, keynote speaker, executive coach, mentor, facilitator, consultant and entrepreneur.[16]
- Attia Hosain, journalist and writer.[17]
- Allan Sealy, author of The Trotter-Nama,[18] short-listed for the Booker Prize.
- Ruchita Misra, author[19]
- Srijan Pal Singh, author[20]
Politics
edit- Nawab Sir Sayyid Hassan Ali Mirza Khan, KCIE, the first Nawab of Murshidabad.
- Arun Nehru, political analyst, ex-minister and columnist.[1]
- Ali Khan Mahmudabad, historian, professor of political science at Ashoka University, member of Samajwadi Party.
- Aditya Yadav, MP from Samajwadi Party.
Science and technology
edit- Praveen Chaudhari, physicist, pioneer in superconductor research, former Vice President of Science at IBM [citation needed], and recipient of National Medal of Technology.
- Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The IPCC, led by Dr. Pachauri, shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore.[21]
Sports
editOthers
edit- Anjali Gopalan founder and executive director of The Naz Foundation (India) Trust, an NGO dedicated to the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic in India. Anjali began working on issues related to HIV/AIDS and marginalised communities in the United States. In 2012, Time placed Gopalan in its list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
- Edward Hilton, author of an eye-witness guide to the siege of Lucknow.
- Charles Palmer, civil engineer and survivor of the siege of Lucknow.[22]
Prof.(Dr.) Apurva K Srivastava, Professor and Head of Department SPPGIDMS, LUCKNOW. Ex Consultant Dental Surgeon, SGPGI, LUCKNOW
Notable Martinians – Lyon
editBusiness
edit- Inabata Katsutarō, industrialist and pioneer of japanese cinema;
- François Gillet, textile and dye industrialist of Lyon;
- Jean-Michel Aulas, businessman, president of Olympique lyonnais.
Entertainment
edit- Lumiere Brothers, two of the first filmmakers;
- Alexandre Promio, pioneer of cinema.
Literature
edit- Frédéric Dard, writer and author of the San-Antonio series;
- Henri Béraud, novelist and journalist, won the Prix Goncourt in 1922.
Art and architecture
edit- Tony Garnier, Garnier is considered the forerunner of 20th century French architects. He learnt painting and drafting at the École Technique de la Martinière in Lyon (1883–86). It is his designed building which house the weaving school at La Martiniere Diderot.
- Étienne Pagny, noted French sculptor who studied Architecture at La Martiniere Lyon and later practiced as a sculptor.
- Gilles Perraudin, noted Architect.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Mohan, Shriya. "'Stick it out and make good friends'". @businessline. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ La Martiniere Boys' College website accessed September 2007
- ^ "La Martianere alumni announce meeting in 2002". The Tribune. India. 7 November 2002. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ^ Roshan Abbas visits the school Lucknow Newsline 6 August 2005 Archived 10 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 2007
- ^ The Old Martians' Association
- ^ Priyanka Chopra at IndianUncle.com accessed June 2007
- ^ Maureen Wadia, heiress and La Martian[dead link] accessed July 2007
- ^ "Miss India pankhuri gidwani back in school giving boards in lucknow".
- ^ "Miss India Grand scores 97.25 per cent".
- ^ 'Uncivil treatment'. The Tribune (online edition), 14 November 2004. accessed July 2007
- ^ Malhotra, Jyoti. 'The world in his briefcase'. "The Indian Express" (online edition) 1 June 1997 Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 2007
- ^ New ambassador to Russia. The Tribune (online edition) 16 May 2001 accessed June 2007
- ^ Diary OutlookIndia.com 17 November 2003 Archived 28 January 2004 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 2007
- ^ East of Eton Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine William Dalrymple TravelIntelligence.net accessed June 2007
- ^ Rad Sa, S. Bahadur, Krishna Prakash. The Poems of Suradosa, Abinhay Publications, p367 accessed June 2007
- ^ "Home". mukuldeva.com.
- ^ The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Literature in English Jenny Ed Stringer 1996 ISBN 0-19-212271-1 p316
- ^ Allan Sealy's entry from the website of the New Delhi Office of the Library of Congress
- ^ "Booked for Bollywood – Hindustan Times". 1 May 2012. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ "About". Srijan Pal Singh. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ M.S Swaminathan, R.K. Pachauri, Ela Bhatt, Father C. Prakash receive French Govt. awards Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 2007
- ^ Obituary: Mr. C. G. Palmer – Medal for Lucknow Defence. The Times, 19 August 1940