Mount St. Patrick Academy, Lohegaon, Pune

With a majestic mountain for background, as the very name indicates, Mount St. Patrick Academy, one of the latest educational endeavours of the Patrician Brothers in India is located in Pune. About 170 kms from Mumbai by road, Pune was the bastion of the Maratha Empire. Pune also boasts of being a major Information Technology hub as well as a much sought-after destination for Automobile manufacturing and component industries. Added to this, the reputation of Pune being the “Oxford of the East” gave the nod for yet another Patrician establishment. The spade work of purchasing a suitable location was initiated by Rev. Bro. Berchmans, the then Provincial of the Congregation, in October of 2002. After careful inspection, the present location was chosen as the designated spot. With a stylish architectural plan that emphasized the concept of space, classrooms in hexagonal shape, a building that zigzagged and bewildered the onlooker, the foundation stone was laid officially on 17th July, 2003, by His Excellency Dr. Valerian D’Souza, the Bishop of Pune. However, the initial excavation brought home a rude shock and gave the feeling that the foundation stone was redundant as the area had a generous stock of stones that would put the foundation stone to shame. Then it was a show of technology. Drilling and blasts were the order of the day. The proposed school campus became a battlefield with noise and fume that would send even the modern warfare going for covers!!