The Modern School (informally Modern School or Modern) is an independent day-cum-boarding school in New Delhi, India founded in 1920 by Lala Raghubir Singh, a prominent Delhi philanthropist and businessman. The first principal was Mrs. Kamala Bose who moved from Calcutta to head the school. The best known alumnus is former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Note: The sub-headings are given as a general guide and some names might fit under more than one category
Government
editPrime Ministers
edit- Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India
Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India
Members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies
edit- Rahul Gandhi, Member of Parliament and General Secretary, Indian National Congress (completed RSJMS and transferred)[1]
- Priyanka Gandhi, General Secretary, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, All India Congress Committee
- Sandeep Dikshit, Member of Parliament and Member, Indian National Congress (INC)
- Varun Gandhi, Member of Parliament and National Secretary, Bharatiya Janta Party (completed RSJMS and transferred)
- Raghav Chadha, Rajya Sabha member of the Aam Adami Party
Judiciary
edit| Name | Class year | Notability | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
Justice Bhupinder Nath Kirpal |
1954 | Chief Justice of India | [2] |
| Justice Mukul Mudgal | 1966 | Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court | [2][3] |
Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul |
1976 | Judge, Supreme Court of India | [2] |
Justice Sanjiv Khanna |
1977 | Judge, Supreme Court of India & in-line
Chief Justice of India (2024) |
[2][4] |
Justice Madan B. Lokur.jpg) |
1970 | Judge, Supreme Court of India & Supreme Court of Fiji. | [2][5] |
| Mukul Rohatgi | 1972 | Attorney General of India | [2] |
Business
edit| Name | Class year | Notability | |
|---|---|---|---|
Dr. Bharat Ram |
1930 | Chairman and Managing Director, Delhi Cloth & General Mills. Founded Shri Ram Fibres in 1970 renamed SRF Limited in 1990. | [2][6] |
| Rajat Gupta | Managing Director, McKinsey & Company and Founder, Indian School of Business | [7][8] | |
| Atul Punj | 1976 | Chairman, Punj Lloyd Group | [2] |
| Surinder Mehta | 1975 | Founder of Prime Group | [2] |
| Gurcharan Das | 1959 | CEO, Procter & Gamble | [2] |
| Rakesh Kapoor | CEO, Reckitt Benckiser |
Diplomats and Bureaucrats
edit| Name | Class year | Notability | |
|---|---|---|---|
Gopal Krishna Gandhi |
1961 | Governor of West Bengal and Bihar | [2][9][10] |
Arun Shourie |
1958 | Minister of Communications and Information Technology (IT) | [2] |
Amitabh Kant_(cropped).jpg) |
1973 | CEO, NITI Aayog. | [7] |
| Arvind Varma | 1957 | Secretary to Government of India in the Ministries of Coal, Personnel, Mines and Chemicals & Petrochemicals. | [7] |
| Sanjay Mitra (civil servant) | 1975 | Joint Secretary to the Prime Minister of India,Chief Secretary, West Bengal & Chairperson of the Defence Research and Development Organisation | [7] |
| Ajay Bisaria | 1980 | India’s Ambassador to Poland & High Commissioner of India to Pakistan. | [7] |
Medicine
edit| Name | Class year | Notability | |
|---|---|---|---|
Dr. Naresh Trehan |
1962 | Renowned cardiovascular and cardiothoracic surgeon and a stalwart in the field of medicine. He is the chairman and MD of Medanta The Medicity | [2] |
Dr. Arvind Lal |
1966 | Renowned pathologist, and founder of ‘Dr Lal PathLabs. | [7] |
| Noshir Minoo Shroff | 1968 | Leading Ophthalmologist and founder, Shroff Eye Hospital | [2] |
| Arvinder Singh Soin | 1981 | Runs India’s largest and the world’s second largest liver transplant program at Medanta Medicity, Gurgaon. | [2] |
| Pramod Kumar Julka | Oncologist & dean All India Institutes of Medical Sciences | [citation needed] |
Sports
edit| Name | Class year | Notability | |
|---|---|---|---|
Gautam Gambhir |
2000 | International Cricketer & Member of Parliament, Bhartiya Janta Party | [11][12][13][2] |
Ronjan Sodhi |
1997 | Shooter - He became the first Indian shooter to defend his world title when he won the gold medal in double trap event at the 2010 World Cup Final in Turkey. | [2] |
Gaurav Ghei |
1986 | International Pro Golfer. In 1999, he won the Asian Nations Cup held in Malaysia. In 2006, he won the Taiwan Masters and in 2007 the Pine Valley Beijing Open. | [14][2] |
| Daniel Chopra | 1992 | Indian-origin Swedish professional golfer. | [7] |
| Bhaskar Pillai | 1980 | Cricketer | [2] |
| Kirti Azad | 1976 | Cricketer- Member of the Indian team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup | [2] |
| Shweta Sehrawat | 2022 | Vice-captain of the India women's national under-19 cricket team for 2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup | [15][16] |
| Sharad Kumar | Paralympic Bronze medalist | ||
| Ayush Badoni | 2016 | Cricketer | [17] |
| Himmat Singh | 2016 | Cricketer | [17] |
| Vaibhav Suri | Chess player | [18] | |
| Samaresh Jung | Shooter | ||
| Jasjit Singh (tennis)[2] | 1964 | , Davis Cup (1974). | |
| Vishal Uppal | Indian tennis player | ||
| Unmukt Chand, | Indian origin cricketer | ||
| Prithu Gupta | Grandmaster | [19] |
Armed Forces
edit| Name | Class year | Notability | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
Pratap Chandra Lal |
1933 | Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air Force and recipient of the Padma Bhushan & Padma Vibhushan | [2] |
| Surinder Mehra | 1948 | Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air Force | [2] |
| Subhash Bhojwani | 1962 | Air Marshal, Indian Air Force | [2] |
| Sonam Wangchuk | 1981 | Colonel, Indian Army and recipient of the Maha Vir Chakra for his actions in the Kargil War | [2] |
Literature
edit
- Khushwant Singh (1930), Novelist, Columnist, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), and former Editor of The Illustrated Weekly of India, The National Herald, and The Hindustan Times[2]
Arts
edit| Name | Class year | Notability | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shekhar Kapur | 1962 | filmmaker | [2] |
| Amjad Ali Khan | 1963 | sarod maestro | [2] |
| Madhup Mudgal | 1973 | Indian classical vocalist | [2] |
Fine & Performing Arts
edit- Yamini Reddy, Indian classical dancer and Kuchipudi exponent
- Anuradha Kapur, director, National School of Drama
Architecture
edit- Ratish Nanda, architect, conservationist, and project director, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, India
- Aman Nath, founder, INTACH and co-founder and chairman, Neemrana Hotels
- Rajeev Sethi, designer, scenographer and art curator
Films and entertainment
edit- Abhishek Bachchan, actor
Amjad Ali Khan - Gauri Khan, film producer
- Sanjana Sanghi, actress
- Amrita Singh, actress
- Karan Soni, Indian born American actor
Music
edit- Ustad Amjad Ali Khan - Indian classical sarod player, best known for his clear and fast ekhara taans. Awarded with India's second highest civilian honor Padma Vibhushan in 2001.
Education
edit| Name | Class year | Notability | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sriram Ramaswamy | 1973 | Former Director of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences in Hyderabad. | [2] |
| Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | 1959 | Former member of the Planning Commission of India &Padma Shri awardee | [2] |
| Kiran Seth | 1965 | Professor Emeritus at Indian institute of Technology, Delhi, and founder of SPIC MACAY | [2] |
| Ranjay Gulati | 1980 | Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor at Harvard Business School | |
| Sunita Narain | 1980 | Director general, Centre for Science and Environment | [2] |
References
edit- ^ Ramachandran, Aarthi (2012). Decoding Rahul Gandhi. New Delhi, India: Tranqebar Press. ISBN 978-9381626696.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag "Famous Alumni". Modern School. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
- ^ "Former Judges". dhc.nic.in. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Next 8 Chief Justices of India". Supreme Court Observer. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Hon'ble Mr. Justice Madan Bhimarao Lokur". web.archive.org. 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Story | SRF". www.srf.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Famous Alumni". Modern School. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Welcome To Delhi Highcourt". delhihighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ Guha, Ramachandran. "Merchandizing Gandhi". Retrieved October 2, 2015.
- ^ "Modern School Turns 91". The Hindu. November 1, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
- ^ "The School that Shaped Gautam Gambhir". NDTV. NDTV. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ "Interview with Gautam Gambhir". Yahoo. Yahoo. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ "Teachers Over the Moon at Boy's Success". The Hindustan Times. The Hindustan Times. Retrieved 7 September 2015.[dead link]
- ^ "Golf Roll of Honour" (PDF). Modern School. Modern School. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ Basu, Arani (2023-01-29). "Shweta Sehrawat: From playing with boys as a kid to Under-19 World Cup cricket star". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
- ^ "THE MODERN SCHOOL WEEKLY - Issue 350" (PDF).
- ^ a b "THE MODERN SCHOOL WEEKLY - Issue 252" (PDF).
- ^ Rathi, Devanshi (2018-06-08). "Vaibhav Suri: Chess and Education go hand-in-hand for this Grandmaster". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
- ^ "Delhi boy Prithu Gupta earns his 1st Grand Master norm at 13". The Times of India. 2018-03-20. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-05-20.