St. John's College, Agra

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'''St. John's College''', Agra is a reputed college of [[Agra]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], established in 1850, now part of the [[Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University]], earlier known as [[Agra University]].

==History==
St. John's College, Agra was established in 1850 by the [[Church Missionary Society]] (CMS) of England. along with Agra C.M.S. Association, and its first principal was Rev. [[Thomas Valpy French]] (1825-1891), a fellow of [[University College, Oxford]] <ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9000269/Thomas-Valpy-French Thomas Valpy French] [[Britannica.com]].</ref> <ref>[http://www.stjohnsagra.org/The%20Institute.htm History]</ref>.

During 1862 to 1888, the college was affiliated with [[Calcutta University]] and till 1927, with [[Allahabad University]]. In 1927, when Agra University came into existence, it became affiliated with [[Agra University]] (now known as [[Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University]]).

Since 1893, this college is offering post-graduate courses and it is one of the oldest colleges in India to do so. The current Principal of the college is Professor (Dr) F.M.Prasad, an eminent Scientist and Educationist.

==Academics==
St. John's offers undergraduate and post graduate degrees in:
*English
*History
*Political science
*Economics
*Psychology
*Geography
*Hindi
*Sanskrit
*Urdu
*Business Administration
*Accounts & Law
*Business Economics
*Physics
*Chemistry
*Mathematics
*Statistics
*Zoology
*Botany.

St. John's offers one Ph.D. in Science and Commerce. Additionally, students can take vocational courses in: Foreign Trade, Advertising and Sales Promotion, Insurance, Computer Science, Demography, Yoga Psychology & Mental Health and Communicative English. The college also runs a study centre of [[Indira Gandhi National Open University]].

== Alumni==
* [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]: Former Indian President.
* [[Rangeya Raghav]] (1923-1962):[[Hindi language|Hindi]] writer.
* [[Shilendra Kumar Singh]], [[Governor of Rajasthan]]
* [[Babu Gulabrai]], eminent Hindi writer and philosopher
* Ajay Veer Singh, Advocate in the Supreme Court of India, New Delhi.
*[[Dr.Shri Bhagwan Sharma]], Eminent Hindi Writer and Analysist
* Kinshuk Gupta, Chartered Accountant
* Abhishek Sachan,software engg.
* Saurabh Raisinghani, Software Architect
* [[Gaurav Gupta]], Equity Research Analyst.
* [[Anuj Lavania]], Pricing Analyst.
*[[Dr.Bhaskar Sharma]],Polymer Scientist.
*sonedra Gupta, Mathematician
* V.P.Kulshrestha . Town Planner

==Further reading==
* St. John's College, Agra (1850-1930), J P Haythornthwaite, (revised and completed by T D Sully Highway), 1932.
Famous President of St . John's College, Agra
1. (1980) MR . Cyril Charles
2. (1952) MR . Samuel Charles

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.stjohnsagra.org/ St. John's College, Agra; Official website]
* [http://stjohnscollegeagra.com/ St. John's College, Agra website]

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Archive:Anshu Jain

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'''Anshu Jain'''(* [[1963]] in [[Jaipur]] , [[Rajastan]]) is an [[India]]n financier. He is the head of global markets at [[Deutsche Bank]].

He was ranked second in the '''''eFinancialNews''''' article ''100 Most Influential People''.

Jain studied economics at Sri Ram College of Commerce at Delhi University, earning a bachelor's degree with honors in [[1983]]. He continued with an MBA at the University of Massachusetts Amherst through [[1985]].
After having finished university he started as an analyst at Kidder Peabody & Co. ( now part of [[UBS]]).Three years later he joined [[Merril Lynch]] where he became a managing director. In [[1995]] he left Merrill Lynch together with his mentor [[Edson Mitchell]] to join [[Deutsche Bank]]. Since 31st January [[2001]] he has been in the Deutsche Bank Group Executive Committee (GEC)head of Global Markets. In the five years since joining [[Deutsche Bank]] his company division earned 16 bln Euro net, without all bonus payments (16 000 000 000 €).The German business journal [[Wirtschaftswoche]] estimates that Jain's division earned about 50% of the total profit of [[Deutsche Bank]] in [[2005]].

In his spare time, he captains Deutsche Bank's cricket team and is known as a keen amateur photographer. He lives with his family (wife and two children) in the West of [[London]].

As his name suggests, he is a member of the [[Jain]] sect, who are a traditionally business and finance oriented community. Many members of the Jain community have, over the centuries , gained wealth through their business endeavors.

==External links==
*[http://www.efinancialnews.com/index.cfm?page=fn100&c=02 Profile on efinancialnews.com]

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