Bishop Cotton Girls' School

Bishop Cotton Girls' School
Bishop Cotton Girls' School
Address
	St. Marks Road; Bangalore, Karnataka, 560 001; India
Information
Type	Private boarding school; Day school
Motto	Nec Dextrorsum Nec Sinistrorsum; (Neither to the right nor to the left)
Religious affiliation(s)	Protestant (Church of South India)
Established	1865
Founders	Rev. S.T. Pettigrew, Rev. J. Gordon and Rev. R. Firth[1]
School board	Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (year 10); Indian School Certificate (year 12)
Chairman and Moderator	Rt. Rev. Dr. Prasannakumar Samuel, Karnataka Southern Diocese
Principal	Mrs. Lavanya Mitran
Staff	150 (approx.)
Gender	Girls
Age	4+
Houses	Barton, Elmes, Foley, Maiden, Millington, Waller
Colour(s)	Green and gold
Publication	The Cottonian
Affiliation	Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations

Bishop Cotton Girls' School, or BCGS, is a private all-girls' school for boarders and day scholars in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Principals

Anuradha Doddaballapur, cardiovascular scientist and captain of the Germany women's national cricket team[6]
Patralekha Paul, Bollywood actress
J Jayalalithaa Puratchi Thalaivi Selvi J Jayalalithaa, actress, politician, General Secretary of AIADMK and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, India[7][8][9]
Gautami, South Indian actor[9][10]

A History of Bishop Cotton Girls' School, Bangalore Retrieved 2010-01-28.
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"Drayton Case Reopened". No. Bangalore. Printers (Mysore) Private Limited. Deccan Herald. 22 October 1954. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
"City's oldest college finds new home". The Hindu. No. Bangalore. 22 April 2002. Archived from the original on 17 August 2002. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
"Bishop Cotton Girls". 26 April 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
"How Bengaluru gully cricketers starred in German national team". The Times of India. TNN. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
"When Jayalalithaa was a wide-eyed little girl". The Hindu. No. Bangalore. The Hindu. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
"Who's that serious-faced little girl?". The Hindu. No. Bangalore. The Hindu. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
Iyengar, Vidya (19 July 2014). "They were once tots too: Famous Bishop Cotton Alumni". Bangalore Mirror. No. Bangalore. Bangalore Mirror Bureau. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
Rangan, Baradwaj (11 July 2015). "Gautami talks about her milestone movies and Kamal". The Hindu. The Hindu. Retrieved 12 July 2015.

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