OC Arjun Atwal – first Indian to win on the PGA Tour

As reported at Sify News Atwal scripts history – first Indian to win on PGA Tour 2010-08-23 13:10:00  Aug 23 (IANS) Four weeks after he lost his card, Arjun Atwal stormed back into the elite PGA Tour circle with a victory that not many would have given him a chance to achieve at the start […]

Bishop Cotton School Shimla is ranked 4th Best in India

Congratulations BCS! Bishop Cotton School, Shimla India was ranked 4th in India’s Most Respected Boarding School for 2010. Here is the letter to the Head Master Mr. Roy Robinson: Dear Sir Congratulations! I’m pleased to inform you that your school ranking has moved up from 10 last year to 4 this year among Boarding/Residential schools […]

Charanjit Matharu – BCS teacher

Many OCs will remember Mr. Matharu who taught craft and clay modelling at BCS. There is an article by Reetica M Singh published on April 17th 2010 titled “Born to Succeed” A small quote from the article: When asked about his life in general, Matharu says he has lived and enjoyed every bit of his […]

Rear-Admiral Derick Lawson

Derick Lawson was born Frederick Charles William Levi on April 20 1917 at Simla, India, where his father was an irrigation specialist working for the Indian government. The family name was changed in 1920, and Derick was educated at Bishop Cotton School, Simla, and Eastbourne College. Rear-Admital lawson passed away January 25 after a long […]

Sujjan Singh – top in Golf

Golfer Sujjan Singh [Lefroy 1993-1998]. Photo as appears at Professional Golf Tour Of India Sujjan’s incredible golf propelled him to pick up the winners cheque of Rs 650,000 and became India’s No. 1 Professional Golf Tour of India player, defeating Mukesh Kumar, SSP Chowrasia, Anura Rohana, R. Murthy, Manav Jaini, Om Prakash Chouhan, Sanjay Kumar […]

Spotlight on OCs: RAKESH CHOPRA

Rakesh Chopra studied at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, and on graduation joined the National Defence Academy for a military career. After serving in the Indian Navy for 38 years he retired in the rank of Rear Admiral in 2006 and took up appointment on the faculty of XLRI Jamshedpur, as Professor of Strategy. He commanded a ship in the 1971 Indo Pak war in the Eastern Theatre and was a member of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in Sri Lanka in 1988 where he was awarded[….]

Spot-light on OCs: Jai Joshi – Rivaz 1954-63

Jai Joshi, MD Was at BCS 1954-63 in Rivaz. An oncologist, hematologist and internist settled in Laredo, TX.  A graduate of Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Dr. Joshi was registrar in internal medicine at the Brown Memorial Hospital, and then specialized at the US National Cancer Institute in Medical Oncology. He was assistant professor of medicine […]

Spot-light on OCs: Robin Aurora – Lefroy 1953-64

Vijay Khurana writes about a class-mate, ROBIN AURORA, who he met at BCS during the recent celebrations. We are struck by Robin’s very down-to-earth and special life-style in Rajgarh : I met Robin Aurora for the first time since 1964, a gap of 45 years, in Oct this year. That meeting in School was brief […]

Spot-light on OCs: Brig Rajendra Shamsher Singh Kohli – Curzon 1927-37

Peter Kohli writes a letter about his father Brig Rajendra Shamsher Singh Kohli [Curzon 1927-37] and has sent in a few photographs reproduced below: Brig Rajendra Shamsher Singh Kohli, just had his 90th birthday on August 26 of this year. After passing out of Bishop Cotton School in the 1930s, he went on to study […]