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[]
Cabinet Ministers[]
- Arun Shourie, Minister of Communications and Information Technology (IT)
Chief Ministers & Governors[]
- Gopal Krishna Gandhi, Governor of West Bengal and Bihar[1][2]
Members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies[]
- Rahul Gandhi, Member of Parliament and General Secretary, India National Congress (completed RSJMS and transferred)[3]
- Priyanka Gandhi, General Secretary, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, All India Congress Committee
- Sandeep Dikshit, Member of Parliament and Member, India National Congress (INC)
- Varun Gandhi, Member of Parliament and National Secretary, Bharatiya Janta Party (completed RSJMS and transferred)
- Raghav Chadha, National Treasurer and National Spokesperson of the Aam Adami Party
Diplomats and Bureaucrats[]
- Kamlesh Sharma, Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
Judiciary[]
- Bhupinder Nath Kirpal, Chief Justice of India
- Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Judge, Supreme Court of India
- Sanjiv Khanna, Judge, Supreme Court of India
- Madan B. Lokur, Judge, Supreme Court of India
- Mukul Rohatgi, Attorney General of India
Armed Forces[]
Indian Air Force[]
- Subhash Bhojwani, Air Marshal, Indian Air Force
- Pratap Chandra Lal, Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air Force
- Surinder Mehra, Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air Force[4]
Indian Army[]
- Sonam Wangchuk, Colonel, Indian Army and recipient of the Maha Vir Chakra for his actions in the Kargil War
- Vijay Lall, Lt General, Indian Army
Business[]
- Ajay Bijli, Managing Director and Chairman, PVR Cinemas
- Gurcharan Das, CEO, Procter & Gamble
- Rajat Gupta, Managing Director, McKinsey & Company and Founder, Indian School of Business
- Rakesh Kapoor, CEO, Reckitt Benckiser
- Surinder Mehta, Founder of Prime Group
- Atul Punj, Chairman, Punj Lloyd Group
- Bharat Ram, Chairman and Managing Director, Delhi Cloth & General Mills
- Ashwajit Singh, Founder and Managing Director, IPE Global Limited
Journalism[]
- Barkha Dutt, Television Reporter & Journalist, Tiranga TV
- Pallavi Aiyar, China Bureau Chief, The Hindu
Literature[]
Non-Fiction[]
- Valmik Thapar, Naturalist, Conservationist, and Writer
Fiction, Poetry and Drama[]
- Khushwant Singh, Novelist, Columnist, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), and former Editor of The Illustrated Weekly of India, The National Herald, and The Hindustan Times
- Amitava Kumar, Novelist, Journalist, and Helen D. Lockwood Chair of English at Vassar College[5]
Arts[]
Fine & Performing Arts[]
- Anuradha Kapur, Director, National School of Drama
- Geeta Kapur, Art Critic and Art Historian
- Yamini Reddy, Indian Classical Dancer and Kuchipudi exponent
Architecture & Design[]
- Ratish Nanda, Architect, Conservationist, and Project Director, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, India
- Aman Nath, Founder, INTACH and Co-Founder and Chairman, Neemrana Hotels
Films & Entertainment[]
- Abhishek Bachchan, Actor
- Mallika Dua, Actress and comedian
- Shekhar Kapur, Filmmaker
- Gauri Khan, Film Producer & Interior Designer
- Kabir Khan, Filmmaker
- Sanjana Sanghi, Actress
- Amrita Singh, Actress
- Arjit Taneja, Actor
- Priyamvada Kant, Actress
- Karan Soni, Indian born American actor
Music[]
- Amjad Ali Khan, Sarod Maestro
- Ayaan Ali Khan & Amaan Ali Khan, Sarod players
- Madhup Mudgal, Indian Classical vocalist
Education[]
- Radha Kumar, Indian feminist and Founder, Delhi Policy Group
- Kiran Seth, Professor Emeritus at Indian institute of Technology, Delhi, and founder of SPIC MACAY
- Sriram Ramaswamy, former Director of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences in Hyderabad.
- Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment
- Syeda Saiyidain Hameed, Former Member of the Planning Commission of India, Former Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Padma Shri awardee
Life Science and Medicine[]
- Naresh Trehan, Surgeon and Chairman, Medicity
- Noshir Minoo Shroff, Ophthalmologist and Founder,
- Arvinder Singh Soin, Liver-transplant Surgeon
- Aditi Shankardass, Neuroscientist
Sports[]
Cricket[]
- Kirti Azad, Indian international cricketer
- Unmukt Chand, Indian cricketer
- Gautam Gambhir, Indian international cricketer & Member of Parliament, Bhartiya Janta Party[6][7][8]
- Surendra Nath, Indian Test Cricketer
- Himmat Singh, Royal Challengers Bangalore
Golf[]
Shooting[]
- Samaresh Jung, Indian sport shooter
- Ronjan Sodhi, Indian double trap shooter
Tennis[]
- Vishal Uppal, Indian tennis player
Athletics[]
- Sharad Kumar, Paralympic Olympics Bronze Medalist
References[]
- ^ "Modern School Turns 91". The Hindu. November 1, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
- ^ Guha, Ramachandran. "Merchandizing Gandhi". Retrieved October 2, 2015.
- ^ Ramachandran, Aarthi (2012). Decoding Rahul Gandhi. New Delhi, India: Tranqebar Press. ISBN 978-9381626696.
- ^ Surinder Kumar Mehra. "Bharat Rakshak". Bharat Rakshak. Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ Amitava Kumar
- ^ "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.
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