Christ Nagar School

Christ Nagar School
156 px Emblem of Christ Nagar School, Thiruvananthapuram
Location
Kowdiar, near Vellayambalam Junction Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India
Coordinates
Information
School type	CMI, Private, Mixed
Patron saint(s)	Kuriakose Elias Chavara
Established	1976
School board	Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), fathers
Administrator	Rev. Fr. Mathew Kayalaparambil
Classes offered	LKG to Standard XII
Medium of language	English
Houses	Expo      Everest      Olympic      Apollo
Sports	Basketball, cricket, football, table tennis
Yearbook	Excelsior
Website	www.christnagarschools.org

Christ Nagar Higher Secondary school was started in 1976 as a private English Medium School in Thiruvananthapuram, India, recognised by the state government of Kerala as a minority educational institution. In 2002, Christ Nagar English High School was upgraded to higher secondary level.

Schools

Christ Nagar Group of Educational Institutions consists of four private schools, a teachers' training college, and a kindergarten:

Institution	Syllabus	Location	Principal	Established
Christ Nagar English Higher Secondary School	Kerala State Board of Education	Kowdiar, Thiruvananthapuram	Rev. Fr. Bino Pattarkalam	1976 (upgraded to higher secondary in 2002)
Christ Nagar Higher Secondary School	ICSE/ISC Board, Delhi	Kowdiar, Thiruvananthapuram	Rev. Fr. Cyriac kanayil	1994 (upgraded to upper-secondary in 1996)
Christ Nagar Senior Secondary School	CBSE, Delhi	Thiruvallam, Thiruvananthapuram	Rev. Fr. Mathews Araikulam	1996
Christ Nagar International School	Cambridge International Examinations curriculum	Kowdiar, Thiruvananthapuram	Rev. Fr. Cyriac Thundiyil CMI	2004
Christ Nagar College of Education	Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram	Thiruvallam, Thiruvananthapuram
Christ Nagar Kindergarten		Kowdiar and Thiruvallam, Thiruvananthapuram

The schools in Kowdiar share a campus near Vellayambalam Junction in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

Achievements

• The State School has secured cent percent pass, more than three State Ranks and the largest number of distinctions for a single school in the state every year at the public examinations for the last fifteen years.
• More than 75% of the SSLC students and more than 91% of the ISC students who passed out from the school have entered professional courses through entrance exams.I
• Won the Computer Literary Award instituted by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India.
• The Christ Nagar international School kawdiar won the British Council's International School Award for the year 2005-06,
• A student of Christ Nagar Higher Secondary School, came second in the 2010 Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Board, scoring 98% in the exams.
• A student of Christ Nagar Higher Secondary School, topped the 2012 Indian School Certificate Board, scoring 99% in the exams.

Management

• The Christ Nagar group of schools is owned and managed by the fathers of religious congregation of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI) at Christ Hall, the CMI Monastery at Kowdiar, Trivandrum.
• All of the schools are co-educational.
• Rev. Fr. Mathew Thayil is the Manager to all the Christ Nagar Schools.
• The Principal of the International School is Fr. Cyriac Thundiyil CMI.

Admission

Though under a Christian management, admission to the schools are open to all students irrespective of caste and creed .

Notable alumni

• C.Rajeev Senan - Young Scientist Award winner, ISRO Scientist and one of the creators of The Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) which has to lead Mangalyaan to Mars’s orbit.
• Vijay Vijayasankar - VP, IBM ( Earlier GM at MongoDB, Global VP SAP)
• Anoop Menon - Malayali actor, script writer, and lyricist
• Vidhu Prathap - playback singer
• Nazriya Nazim – actress
• Shankar Ramakrishnan - Malayalam film director and screenplay writer
• Raiphi Gomez - Indian First Class Cricketer