St. Stephen's College - A History by Ashok Jaitly


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ProductID: 18907 - Hardcover - 141 Pages (Year: 2006)
Roli Books ~ ISBN: 8174364439

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St Stephen’s college, which celebrated its 125 anniversary in 2006, has a special niche amongst educational institutions of excellence, not only in Delhi but also all over India. Apart from its revered internal traditions, the college has also been an integral part of the social and structural changes that have taken place in the nation. And it has been the school for a long and impressive alumni list which includes sportspersons, writers, poets, actors, journalists, entrepreneurs, politicians, bureaucrats, ambassadors, technocrats and corporate executives.

This volume, written by Ashok Jaitly, a former student, traces the history of the College from its original conception by the Cambridge Mission as an institution for higher education in 1881, through the travails of the freedom struggle, Partition, Independence and into the present world of relentless academic pressures, sporting compulsions and ever expanding opportunities. During all these turbulent and exciting years, St Stephen’s college has stood firm for certain fundamental values which celebrate cosmopolitanism pluralism, a degree of iconoclasm along with an immense enjoyment of learning in the widest sense.

Table of Contents

PREFACE

PART-1
The Making of the college-From Mission to Vision

PART-2
Institutions within an institution

PART-3
Beyond the College Walls

About the Author

ASHOK TONY JAITLY was at St Stephen’s College From 1958-61 where he studied Economics (Classmates say, in exception), played football and badminton was active in the Shakespeare Society, indulged in sundry other activities and made many lifelong friends. After completing his economics tripos from Cambridge University in 1964, he was selected for the Indian Administrative Service and served in Jammu & Kashmir and with the Government of India on several interesting and important assignments, including a few which evoked some controversy. He retired as Chief Secretary, J&K after a record tenure of more than five years, from 1996-2002. Currently working as a distinguished Fellow at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in New Delhi on rural development issues, his primary concerns are water, rural energy and decentralized governance.

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