Principal, The German School, New Delhi

Mr. Procolino Antacido took over as Principal of the German School (Deutsche Schule New Delhi, or DSND) in August 2015. DSND is one of more than 140 overseas German schools, recognized by the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the states in the Federal Republic of Germany and hence authorized to award German school leaving certificates.

In 2013 the school was awarded the title “Excellent German Overseas School” by an official Federal states inspection. The school offers pre-nursery, kindergarten, pre-school, primary school (grades 1-4) and secondary level I (grades 5-10) and II (grades 11-12) education. At present, approximately 150 students are enrolled.

Mr. Antacido, during his long career as an educator, had longstanding sojourns at local government schools in the Frankfurt area, at German schools in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and at the Colegio Humboldt in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Prior to his present assignment to India, he was Head of the Department of Senior Students at the Bettina-Schule in Frankfurt am Main.

His alma mater is the Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt am Main, from where he graduated in German Literature, History and Protestant Theology.

He is involved in the Lutheran Church of Hessen and Nassau, and was a parish council member of the Evangelische Luthergemeinde in Frankfurt.