List of Modern School alumni

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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.

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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


Judiciary

NameClass yearNotabilityRef
Justice Bhupinder Nath Kirpal
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Justice B.N. Kirpal
1954Former Chief Justice of India [2]
Justice Mukul Mudgal 1966Chairman, FIFA Governance, Audit and Compliance Committee

Former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court

[2] [3]
Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul
Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul.jpg
1976Judge, Supreme Court of India [2]
Justice Sanjiv Khanna
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1977

Chief Justice of India (2024)

[2] [4]
Justice Manmohan 1981Judge, Supreme Court of India [5] [6]
Justice Madan B. Lokur
The Judge, Supreme Court of India, Justice Madan B. Lokur delivering the valedictory address, at the 35th National Symposium of Heads of Police Training Institutions, in New Delhi on March 24, 2017 (cropped).jpg
1970Judge, Supreme Court of India & Supreme Court of Fiji. [2] [7]
Mukul Rohatgi 1972 Attorney General of India [2]

Business

NameClass yearNotability
Dr. Bharat Ram 1930Chairman 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, Indian School of Business [9] [10]
Atul Punj 1976Chairman, Punj Lloyd Group [2]
Surinder Mehta 1975Founder of Prime Group [2]
Gurcharan Das 1959CEO, Procter & Gamble [2]
Rakesh Kapoor CEO, Reckitt Benckiser

Diplomats and Bureaucrats

NameClass yearNotability
Gopal Krishna Gandhi
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1961Governor of West Bengal and Bihar [2] [11] [12]
Arun Shourie
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1958 Minister of Communications and Information Technology (IT) [2]
Amitabh Kant
Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog (33897600400) (cropped).jpg
1973CEO, NITI Aayog. [9]

Medicine

NameClass yearNotability
Dr. Naresh Trehan
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1962Renowned 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
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1966Renowned pathologist, and founder of ‘Dr Lal PathLabs. [9]
Noshir Minoo Shroff 1968Leading Ophthalmologist and founder, Shroff Eye Hospital [2]

Sports

NameClass yearNotability
Gautam Gambhir
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2000International Cricketer & Member of Parliament, Bhartiya Janta Party [13] [14] [15] [2]
Ronjan Sodhi
The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award to Shri Ronjon Sodhi for Shooting, at the National Sports & Adventure award ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi on August 31, 2013.jpg
1997Shooter - 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
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1986International 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. [16] [2]
Daniel Chopra 1992Indian-origin Swedish professional golfer. [9]
Bhaskar Pillai 1980Cricketer [2]
Kirti Azad 1976Cricketer- Member of the Indian team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup [2]
Shweta Sehrawat 2022Vice-captain of the India women's national under-19 cricket team for 2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup [17] [18]
Sharad Kumar Paralympic Bronze medalist
Ayush Badoni 2016Cricketer [19]
Himmat Singh 2016Cricketer [19]
Vaibhav Suri Chess player [20]
Samaresh Jung Shooter
Jasjit Singh (tennis) [2] 1964, Davis Cup (1974).
Vishal Uppal Indian tennis player
Unmukt Chand,Indian origin cricketer
Prithu Gupta Grandmaster [21]

Armed Forces

NameClass yearNotabilityRef
Pratap Chandra Lal
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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]
Vijay Lall
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1958Director General Ordnance Services & Senior Colonel Commandant AOC, Indian Army [5]

Literature

Khushwant Singh The President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presenting Padma Vibhushan to Shri Khushwant Singh, at an Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on March 23, 2007.jpg
Khushwant Singh

Arts

NameClass yearNotabilityRef
Shekhar Kapur 1962filmmaker [2]
Amjad Ali Khan 1963 sarod maestro [2]
Madhup Mudgal 1973 Indian classical vocalist [2]
Yamini Reddy classical dancer and Kuchipudi exponent

Architecture

Films and entertainment

Music

References

  1. Ramachandran, Aarthi (2012). Decoding Rahul Gandhi. New Delhi, India: Tranqebar Press. ISBN   978-9381626696.
  2. 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.
  3. "Former Judges". dhc.nic.in. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  4. "Next 8 Chief Justices of India". Supreme Court Observer. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  5. 1 2 "Famous Alumni". Modern School. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  6. 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.
  7. "Hon'ble Mr. Justice Madan Bhimarao Lokur". 2013-01-17. Archived from the original on 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  8. "Story | SRF". www.srf.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Famous Alumni". Modern School. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  10. "Welcome To Delhi Highcourt". delhihighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  11. Guha, Ramachandran. "Merchandizing Gandhi" . Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  12. "Modern School Turns 91". The Hindu. November 1, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  13. "The School that Shaped Gautam Gambhir". NDTV. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  14. "Interview with Gautam Gambhir". Yahoo. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  15. "Teachers Over the Moon at Boy's Success". The Hindustan Times. Retrieved 7 September 2015.[ dead link ]
  16. "Golf Roll of Honour" (PDF). Modern School. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  17. 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.
  18. "THE MODERN SCHOOL WEEKLY - Issue 350" (PDF).
  19. 1 2 "THE MODERN SCHOOL WEEKLY - Issue 252" (PDF).
  20. Rathi, Devanshi (2018-06-08). "Vaibhav Suri: Chess and Education go hand-in-hand for this Grandmaster". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  21. "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.