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Natwar Singh, Ranjan Gogoi, Amitabh Kant remember the days at St Stephen's

In this government, there are at least half a dozen top bureaucrats, if not more, who are from this institution

Ranjan Gogoi, Chief Justice of India, Supreme Court,Dipak Misra
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Judge Ranjan Gogoi Illustration: Ajay Mohanty

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St Stephen’s College, Delhi University, established 1881, celebrated an anniversary recently. In this government, there are at least half a dozen top bureaucrats, if not more, who are from this institution. The list includes current Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Ranjan Gogoi, new Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant to name a few.
 
Many of them are history graduates. So is one of the oldest boys, K Natwar Singh, who wrote fondly about college recently. He recalled when he joined the BA programme, David Raja Ram was the principal. “A Jat converted