Fort Convent School, Mumbai

Jesus and Mary Fort Convent School
Location
15 Nathlal Parekh Marg, Fort, Mumbai 400001 India
Coordinates	18°55′58″N72°50′09″E / 18.932840°N 72.835750°E / 18.932840; 72.835750
Information
Type	Convent School
Founded	1855;171 years ago (1855)
Founder	St. Claudine Thevenet, Convent of Jesus and Mary, Mumbai, CJM
School district	Mumbai
Principal	Sr. Angela Raposo
Grades	K-10
Houses	St. George   St. Andrew   St. Patrick   St. David
Athletics	Athletic events (track and field). Dance, theatre, recitation, oratory and leadership
Athletics conference	Students Assemble
Sports	Cricket, football, hockey, swimming, basketball, tennis, table tennis, volleyball
Nickname	CJM... FCS, Fort Convent School
Affiliation	SSC
Alumni	Juhi Chawla Kitu Gidwani Lymaraina D'Souza
Website	http://fortconvent.org

Convent of Jesus and Mary School, also known as Fort Convent, is an educational institution opened in the Fort area of Mumbai on 6 November 1855 by sisters belonging to the Congregation of Jesus and Mary. It was the first in the long chain of Jesus and Mary Schools to be set up in Western India. The school got the name “Fort Convent” as it was the first Convent in the Fort area. In 1904, the school was shifted to a two storeyed building adjoining the ‘Holy Name Cathedral’ at Wodehouse Road. ^[1] It is a Christian Minority Institute affiliated with the Maharashtra State Board and currently admits students from Kindergarten to Class 10. ^[2]

Notable alumni

• Prerna Deosthalee, Lt Commander Prerna Deosthalee, Indian Navy; the first woman Warship commander.
• Madhabi Puri Buch, the first woman chairperson of the securities regulatory body Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
• Sana Saeed, actress and model
• Juhi Chawla, actress and Femina India Miss Universe 1984
• Lymaraina D'Souza, model and Femina India Miss Universe 1998
• Kitu Gidwani, designer, model, actress
• Barkha Singh, actress and model
• Priya Kishani, Professor Pediatrics, Head of Medical Genetics, Duke University
• Nermeen Varawalla, Chief Medical Officer Scancell, Gynaecologist, Obstetrician, Rhodes Scholar
• Vyjayanthi Chari, mathematics Professor at University of California Riverside, editor in chief of Algebras and Representation Theory.

See also

• List of schools in Mumbai
• List of the oldest schools in the world

References

1. "History | Convent of Jesus and Mary School" . Retrieved 11 February 2026.
2. "Convent of Jesus and Mary School |" . Retrieved 11 February 2026.

External links

• Official website
• New Interact Team takes Over and gets going at Fort Convent
• Bombay teacher's Training College Partnership.