Forgotten Artist and Former Drawing Master and Boarding Master at Concordia High School at Nagercoil Sri. V. Isaac and His Son and Former Art Teacher, Scout Master , Librarian at Concordia Higher Secondary School at Vadakkankulam Mr. I. James Robert . Part Final

Mr I. James Robert's Educational Track    :  Mr. I. James Robert began his elementary School education at the Vadasery Lutheran Elementary School and he did his  1st Std, 2 Std and 3 rd Std in this school and then he did his 4th Std at the Lutheran Primary School at Ganesapuram, and pursued his 5 th Std at the kalungadi Lutheran Primary School.. Mr James Robert pursued his Middle School [ 6th,7th and 8th Stds ] at the MELIM Middle School at Vallioor and he then pursued  his High School [ 9th, 10th and 11th Stds ] at the Board High School at Vallioor . At this time his father Sri V. Isaac was transferred to Nagercoil Concordia High School  and so Mr James Robert did his Junior and Senior Intermediate Classes [ F.A ] at the famous S.T Hindu College [1957-1958 ] and  during that period the famous Economist Dr P. Natarajan, M.A, D.Litt,  was serving as  the Principal of ST. Hindu College.Nagercoil  

 

                                       

                                                        Sri. I. James Robert 

Mr. I. James Robert  Passed His Drawing Examination   :  Artistic talent is a common trait in the family of Sri. V. Isaac Drawing Master, and  like his eminent Artist father Sri. V. Isaac his son  Mr. James Robert is also blessed with artistic and creative  talent.  Mr. James Robert failed in his F.A [ Intermediate ]final examination and so  he was disappointed  and looked very sad in this junction Mr. V. Isaac Drawing Master told his son James Robert  to find out right alternatives and also reminded his son's natural artistic skill and talent and advised him to study  Art and Drawing Course at the famous Chitra Drawing School at Nagercoil.  Mr. I. James Robert was inspired by the words of his father and joined Chitra Drawing School at Nagercoil  and studied and  meritoriously passed  his  Government Drawing Examination in the year 1958 .

Mr. James Robert's Professional Career   : After having passed his Government Drawing examination in 1959 Mr James Robert joined Concordia High School at Vadakkan Kulam as  Art and Drawing Master. During that period the  American  MELIM Missionary Mr Edward kraft was working as the Manager of MELIM Lutheran Schools of Nagercoil  Lutheran Synod. Mr James Robert is blessed with natural thirst for knowledge , and he wanted to come up in Teaching Career and so in 1960 he joined Teachers Training School at Pasmalai, Madurai  and passed his Technical Teachers Course [T.T.C ]. He was working as Drawing Master in the Concordia Higher Secondary School at Vadakkankulam  and in  the year  1960 his Drawing Master post was regularised  and since then there was no turning back, and he had the privilege to  work as Scout Master,  Librarian, School Cooperative Stores In Charge, Middle School Teacher, and also 9th std Class teacher  in the Concordia Higher  Secondary School at Vadakkankulam  and he decorated all these responsibilities and posts with great distinction  and devotion, till his retirement 

Mr. I. James Robert's Marriage And  His Wife :   Mr  I. James Robert  married  Ms  Agnus from Trivandrum and their wedding ceremony was conducted at the City Lutheran Church at Palayam, Trivandrum and was  solemnised by Pastor Enos on the 6th November 1967.  Ms Agnus  served as a Sewing Teacher and Drill Teacher at the Concordia Higher Secondary School at Vadakkankulam  for many years very efficaciously and retied in May 1998.

                                          Mr. I. James Robert & Ms . Agnus James Robert

 

Mr I. James Robert's Children and their Families     : Mr I. James Robert and Ms Agnus James Robert couple gave birth to the following Children namely :[1]  Mr. J.R. Ivan Shelley, B.E [ Civil] and he married Ms K. Suseitha , B.E [ Civil] and both of them are highly talented Artists .  Mr Ivan Shelley and Ms. Suseitha Shelley couple is blessed with the following Children namely [a] Ms Anisha , B. Arch, [b]  Mr Judah Benhur , M.Tech [ Geologist ], and [c ] Ms Aarathana, she is doing her 10th standard. ; [2]  Ms . J. R. Cynthia , B.Sc [ Botany] and she is married to Mr P. Dharmaraj, B.E,[ Mech] , M.I.E and formerly Mr Dharma Raj  worked as Senior Manager [Mechanical] at Corn Alkali Chemicals and Fertilisers Limited , ISO  9001 & ISO 14001Company ,in  Tuticorin . Mr P. Dharma Raj and Ms Cynthia Dharma Raj couple is blessed with the  following Children namely :[a]  Mr.Jeffrey Pepito , B..E [  Mech] , SAP  and he is working as Consultant at  Intelligence NTT DATA Business and Solutions. Mr Jeffrey Pepito is married to Ms Nishalini Monicka, B.Tech [ Computer Science]. [b] Mr. D. Tony Abraham , B.Tech, and he is working as Consultant at Amazon . 

Conclusion   : Late Mr. V. Isaac Drawing Master and his worthy son Mr I. James Robert have become guiding Milestones in the Social, Educational, Art and Church History of kanyakuamri District. and South Tamil Nadu..  Artistic talents and creativity run in the veins of late Mr V. Isaac and his descendants . and  even his grandchildren and great grandchildren are shining as gifted and talented Artists .Mr. I. James Robert's son Mr Ivan Shelly is a creative Artist and he excels  in constructing Portraits by using Matchbox sticks and he was appreciated by the Govt of Tamil Nadu and he  received the Shield of Appreciation from the then honourable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu late Ms J. Jeya Lalitha .  Immediately after his marriage Mr James Robert and along his family became members of the Vadakkankulam Lutheran Church and Mr James Robert took an active interest in the affairs of  the Church and he  had the privilege to serve the Vadakkankulam Lutheran Church [IELC] as Deacon and Secretary with distinction . Mr James Robert was an excellent Drawing Master and Art teacher and even today  his old students love and respect Mr James Roberat , It will be appropriate to indicate  some of his old illustrious students and to cite a few  I can say :[1] Mr Appavu, the present  Honourable Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Assembly, [2]Prof Dr. K.S Selvaraj, M.Sc, PhD and he formerly  worked as  Associate Professor of Botany in  Madrasa Christian College, Thambaram  Chennai  and so on . After a long fruitful teaching career  Mr I. James Robert retired from service  in 1996 and lives with his wife and family in Nagercoil City in a beautiful surrounding . Mr I. James Robert  is a great Artist, Administrator, good Christian Believer, Reader and he is a smart and intelligent man   . I will end this Article  with the following sentence '  "Art Never Dies , and we are proud of  Mr V. Isaac and his worthy son I. James Robert  "

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By. P. Babu Manoharan, M.A [ All Rights are reserved . This Article will be enlarged, modified or corrected later if needed ].