Notre Dame Academy (NDA) is a Roman Catholic secondary school for girls in Patna, India, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Patna, serving girls in grades 1–12.
[3] The first Notre Dame School in India was founded in Jamalpur, Bihar in 1950.
[5] The society was founded in 1804 by St. Julie Billiart (1751–1816) as Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in France.
From there the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame was formed in Coesfeld, Germany, in 1850, from where the mission spread, offering educational, social and medical services.
[6] Today, it is a girls' school in the city, with an emphasis on extracurricular activities along with studies.