List of Modern School alumni

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

Prime Ministers

Members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies

Diplomats and Bureaucrats

Arun Shourie 1958 Minister of Communications and Information Technology (IT) [2]
Gopal Krishna Gandhi 1961 Governor of West Bengal and Bihar [2][3][4]
Ajay Bisaria 1980 [2]

Judiciary

Name Class year Notability Ref
Bhupinder Nath Kirpal 1954 Chief Justice of India [2]
Sanjay Kishan Kaul 1976 Judge, Supreme Court of India [2]
Sanjiv Khanna 1977 Judge, Supreme Court of India [2]
Madan B. Lokur 1970 Judge, Supreme Court of India [2]
Mukul Rohatgi 1972 Attorney General of India [2]

Armed Forces

Name Class year Notability Ref
Sonam Wangchuk 1981 Colonel, Indian Army and recipient of the Maha Vir Chakra for his actions in the Kargil War [2]
Pratap Chandra Lal 1933 Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air Force [2]
Subhash Bhojwani 1962 Air Marshal, Indian Air Force [2]
Vijay Lall 1958 Lt General, Indian Army [2]
Surinder Mehra 1948 Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air Force [5][2]

Business

Surinder Mehta 1975 Founder of Prime Group [2]
Ajay Bijli 1985 Managing Director and Chairman, PVR Cinemas [2]
Gurcharan Das 1959 CEO, Procter & Gamble [2]
Atul Punj 1976 Chairman, Punj Lloyd Group [2]
Bharat Ram 1930 Chairman and Managing Director, Delhi Cloth & General Mills [2]

Journalism

Literature

Non-Fiction

Fiction, Poetry and Drama

Arts

Name Class year Notability Ref
Pablo Bartholomew 1973 photographer [2]
Shekhar Kapur 1962 filmmaker [2]
Amjad Ali Khan 1963 sarod maestro [2]
Madhup Mudgal 1973 Indian classical vocalist [2]

Fine & Performing Arts

Architecture & Design

Films and entertainment

Music

Wildlife Conservation

Education

Name Class year Notability Ref
Syeda Saiyidain Hameed 1959 former member of the Planning Commission of India, former Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Padma Shri awardee [2]
Kiran Seth 1965 Professor Emeritus at Indian institute of Technology, Delhi, and founder of SPIC MACAY [2]
Radha Kumar 1968 Indian feminist and founder, Delhi Policy Group [2]
Sriram Ramaswamy 1973 former Director of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences in Hyderabad. [2]
Sunita Narain 1980 director general, Centre for Science and Environment [2]

Medicine

Noshir Minoo Shroff 1968 ophthalmologist and founder, Shroff Eye Hospital [2]
Naresh Trehan 1962 surgeon and chairman, Medicity [2]
Arvinder Singh Soin 1981 liver-transplant surgeon [2]
Pramod Kumar Julka 1966 oncologist [2]

Sports

Cricket

Notability
Bhaskar Pillai 1980 cricketer [2]
Kirti Azad 1976 cricketer [2]
Gautam Gambhir 2000 Indian international cricketer & Member of Parliament, Bhartiya Janta Party [7][8][9][2]
Gaurav Ghei 1986 golfer [10][2]
Ronjan Sodhi 1997 shooter [2]
Shweta Sehrawat 2022 cricketer [11][12]
Ayush Badoni 2016 cricketer [13]
Himmat Singh 2016 cricketer [13]
Madhav Kaushik 2016 cricketer [13]
Vaibhav Suri chess player [14]

Golf

Shooting

Tennis

Athletics

Chess

References

  1. Ramachandran, Aarthi (2012). Decoding Rahul Gandhi. New Delhi, India: Tranqebar Press. ISBN 978-9381626696.
  2. "Famous Alumni". Modern School. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  3. Guha, Ramachandran. "Merchandizing Gandhi". Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  4. "Modern School Turns 91". The Hindu. November 1, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  5. Surinder Kumar Mehra. "Bharat Rakshak". Bharat Rakshak. Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  6. Amitava Kumar
  7. "The School that Shaped Gautam Gambhir". NDTV. NDTV. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  8. "Interview with Gautam Gambhir". Yahoo. Yahoo. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  9. "Teachers Over the Moon at Boy's Success". The Hindustan Times. The Hindustan Times. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  10. "Golf Roll of Honour" (PDF). Modern School. Modern School. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  11. 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.
  12. "THE MODERN SCHOOL WEEKLY - Issue 350" (PDF).
  13. "THE MODERN SCHOOL WEEKLY - Issue 252" (PDF).
  14. Rathi, Devanshi (2018-06-08). "Vaibhav Suri: Chess and Education go hand-in-hand for this Grandmaster". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  15. "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.
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