Vision & Mission
Connecting generations of Columbans through fellowship, service, and commitment to our alma mater.
An association founded by Columbans, for Columbans
The Old Columbans Association is a mutual benefit association founded by the ex-students of St. Columba’s School, New Delhi, in association with the Management of the School.
It is eternally guided by the School motto, which the Association continues to enshrine in its spirit and ethos.
Sapere aude sincere et constanter
Dare to be wise, sincere and constant.
Our vision is to build a connected global Columban community.
To praise, promote and protect St. Columba’s School
To praise, promote and protect St. Columba’s School and its students, and to unite, inform and involve alumni and friends in a fraternity of fellowship and support for each other and the school.
OCA connects its members to each other, and to the past, present and future of St. Columba’s School.
The OCA Secretariat at St. Columba’s School, Ashoka Place, New Delhi.
What the Association has set itself to do
Drawn from the ByLaws of the Association, and the work the Secretariat carries out each year.
Fellowship & community
To act as an institutional vehicle and a centre for promoting fellowship, fraternity, friendship and understanding amongst ex-students of the School, and between ex-students and the School.
Supporting the School
To undertake activities for the growth, welfare and prosperity of St. Columba’s School and its staff, students and employees — from the Teachers Benevolent Fund to amenities and infrastructure.
Alumni engagement
To organise social, cultural and professional events that give students, ex-students, staff and employees an institutional forum for the exchange of views.
Knowledge sharing
To organise, facilitate and sponsor talks, lectures, seminars, workshops and get-togethers on subjects of relevance to the School and its community, and to disseminate news of Columban achievement.
Social responsibility
To advise and contribute to academic excellence, moral integrity and independent, inquiring dispositions among students regardless of religion, caste or creed — and to promote sport of all kinds.
A record that is kept
To create and maintain an information database of ex-students, and to provide a forum for free and frank exchange of views on all matters relating to the School and its members.
The objectives are set out in full in the ByLaws of OCA.
The Teachers Benevolent Fund — the Association’s standing commitment to the staff of the School.
Where the mission becomes practical
The Association’s prime objective is assisting the School with funds, amenities and inputs from the alumni. The Teachers Benevolent Fund stands behind the staff who spent their careers at Ashoka Place; memorial cricket tournaments keep Columban sport alive; the Secretariat keeps the record.