St Stephen’s College appoints Susan Elias as first woman principal in its 145-year history

The college was founded in 1881 by the Cambridge Mission to Delhi, led by dons of various colleges at Cambridge University; one of whom, Canon Samuel Scott Allnutt was the founder and the first principal.

It has produced several illustrious alumnae ranging from Supreme Court judges, actresses, illustrious lawyers to Indian cricket team captain but it has never had female principal leading it. The announcement on Tuesday by the Bishop of Delhi and chairman of the college, Rt Red Dr Paul Swarup, showed that this would change. “The Supreme Council of the college is please to announce that Prof Susan Elias will take charge as the XIV principal of the college and as its first lady principal,” said the announcement.

Elias did her schooling at the Good Shepherd Higher Secondary School in Chennai, following which she pursued a Bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering. She then received a Master’s in multimedia technology and her doctorate in multimedia communications.