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
edit| Name | Class year | Notability | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
Indira Gandhi |
Former Prime Minister of India | ||
| 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 of the Indian National Congress | ||
| Varun Gandhi | Member of Parliament and National Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party; completed RSJMS and transferred | ||
| Raghav Chadha | Rajya Sabha member of the Aam Aadmi Party |
Judiciary
edit| Name | Class year | Notability | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
Justice Bhupinder Nath Kirpal |
1954 | Former Chief Justice of India | [2] |
| Justice Mukul Mudgal | 1966 | Former 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 | Chief Justice of India (2024) | [2][4] |
| Justice Manmohan | 1981 | Judge, Supreme Court of India | [5][6] |
Justice Madan B. Lokur.jpg) |
1970 | Judge, Supreme Court of India and Supreme Court of Fiji | [2][7] |
| Mukul Rohatgi | 1972 | Attorney General of India | [2] |
Business
edit| Name | Class year | Notability | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Bharat Ram | 1930 | Chairman and Managing Director, Delhi Cloth & General Mills; founded Shri Ram Fibres in 1970, renamed SRF Limited in 1990 | [2][8] |
| Rajat Gupta | Managing Director, McKinsey & Company and founder of Indian School of Business | [9][10] | |
| 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 | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
Gopal Krishna Gandhi |
1961 | Governor of West Bengal and Bihar | [2][11][12] |
Arun Shourie |
1958 | Minister of Communications and Information Technology | [2] |
Amitabh Kant_(cropped).jpg) |
1973 | CEO, NITI Aayog | [9] |
Medicine
edit| Name | Class year | Notability | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
Dr. Naresh Trehan |
1962 | Cardiovascular and cardiothoracic surgeon; chairman and managing director of Medanta The Medicity | [2] |
Dr. Arvind Lal |
1966 | Pathologist and founder of Dr Lal PathLabs | [9] |
| Noshir Minoo Shroff | 1968 | Ophthalmologist and founder of Shroff Eye Hospital | [2] |
Sports
edit| Name | Class year | Notability | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
Gautam Gambhir |
2000 | International cricketer and Member of Parliament, Bharatiya Janata Party | [13][14][15][2] |
Ronjan Sodhi |
1997 | Shooter; first Indian shooter to defend his world title in the double trap event at the 2010 World Cup Final in Turkey | [2] |
Gaurav Ghei |
1986 | Professional golfer | [16][2] |
| Daniel Chopra | 1992 | Indian-origin Swedish professional golfer | [9] |
| 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 the 2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup | [17][18] |
| Sharad Kumar | Paralympic bronze medallist | ||
| Ayush Badoni | 2016 | Cricketer | [19] |
| Himmat Singh | 2016 | Cricketer | [19] |
| Vaibhav Suri | Chess player | [20] | |
| Samaresh Jung | Shooter | ||
| Jasjit Singh (tennis) | 1964 | Tennis player; Davis Cup player | [2] |
| Vishal Uppal | Indian tennis player | ||
| Unmukt Chand | Indian-origin cricketer | ||
| Prithu Gupta | Chess grandmaster | [21] |
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 and Padma Vibhushan | [2] |
| Surinder Mehra | 1948 | Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air Force | [2] |
Vijay Lall |
1958 | Director General Ordnance Services and Senior Colonel Commandant AOC, Indian Army | [5] |
Literature
edit
| Name | Class year | Notability | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khushwant Singh | 1930 | Novelist, columnist, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), and former editor of The Illustrated Weekly of India, The National Herald, and 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] |
| Yamini Reddy | Classical dancer and Kuchipudi exponent |
Architecture
edit| Name | Notability | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Ratish Nanda | Architect, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, India | |
| Aman Nath | Chairman, Neemrana Hotels | |
| Rajeev Sethi | Designer, scenographer and art curator |
Films and entertainment
edit| Name | Notability | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
Abhishek Bachchan |
Actor | |
| Gauri Khan | Film producer | |
| Amrita Singh | Actress | |
| Karan Soni | Indian-born American actor |
Music
edit| Name | Notability | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Ustad Amjad Ali Khan | Indian classical sarod player, best known for his clear and fast ekhara taans; awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2001 |
References
edit- ↑ Ramachandran, Aarthi (2012). Decoding Rahul Gandhi. New Delhi, India: Tranqebar Press. ISBN 978-9381626696.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 "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.
- 1 2 "Famous Alumni". Modern School. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ↑ Tewari, Anadi (2024-12-03). "Centre clears appointment of Delhi High Court Chief Justice Manmohan as Supreme Court judge". Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ↑ "Hon'ble Mr. Justice Madan Bhimarao Lokur". 2013-01-17. Archived from the original on 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ↑ "Story | SRF". www.srf.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- 1 2 3 4 "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. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ↑ "Interview with Gautam Gambhir". Yahoo. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ↑ "Teachers Over the Moon at Boy's Success". The Hindustan Times. Retrieved 7 September 2015.[dead link]
- ↑ "Golf Roll of Honour" (PDF). Modern School. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2013. 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).
- 1 2 "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.