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
Name Class year Notability Ref. Indira Gandhi Former Prime Minister of India Rahul Gandhi Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Member of Parliament and General Secretary, Indian National Congress; completed RSJMS and transferred 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
Name Class year Notability Ref. Justice Bhupinder Nath Kirpal 1954 Former Chief Justice of India Justice Mukul Mudgal 1966 Former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul 1976 Judge, Supreme Court of India Justice Sanjiv Khanna 1977 Chief Justice of India (2024) Justice Manmohan 1981 Judge, Supreme Court of India Justice Madan B. Lokur 1970 Judge, Supreme Court of India and Supreme Court of Fiji Mukul Rohatgi 1972 Attorney General of India
Business
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 Rajat Gupta Managing Director, McKinsey & Company and founder of Indian School of Business Surinder Mehta 1975 Founder of Prime Group Gurcharan Das 1959 CEO, Procter & Gamble Rakesh Kapoor CEO, Reckitt Benckiser
Diplomats and Bureaucrats
Name Class year Notability Ref. Gopal Krishna Gandhi 1961 Governor of West Bengal and Bihar Arun Shourie 1958 Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amitabh Kant 1973 CEO, NITI Aayog
Medicine
Name Class year Notability Ref. Dr. Naresh Trehan 1962 Cardiovascular and cardiothoracic surgeon; chairman and managing director of Medanta The Medicity Dr. Arvind Lal 1966 Pathologist and founder of Dr Lal PathLabs Noshir Minoo Shroff 1968 Ophthalmologist and founder of Shroff Eye Hospital
Sports
Name Class year Notability Ref. Gautam Gambhir 2000 International cricketer and Member of Parliament, Bharatiya Janata Party 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 Gaurav Ghei 1986 Professional golfer Daniel Chopra 1992 Indian-origin Swedish professional golfer Bhaskar Pillai 1980 Cricketer Kirti Azad 1976 Cricketer; member of the Indian team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup 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 Sharad Kumar Paralympic bronze medallist Ayush Badoni 2016 Cricketer Himmat Singh 2016 Cricketer Vaibhav Suri Chess player Samaresh Jung Shooter Jasjit Singh (tennis) 1964 Tennis player; Davis Cup player Vishal Uppal Indian tennis player Unmukt Chand Indian-origin cricketer Prithu Gupta Chess grandmaster
Armed Forces
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 Surinder Mehra 1948 Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air Force Vijay Lall 1958 Director General Ordnance Services and Senior Colonel Commandant AOC, Indian Army
Literature
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
Arts
Name Class year Notability Ref. Shekhar Kapur 1962 Filmmaker Amjad Ali Khan 1963 Sarod maestro Madhup Mudgal 1973 Indian classical vocalist Yamini Reddy Classical dancer and Kuchipudi exponent
Architecture
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
Name Notability Ref. Abhishek Bachchan Actor Gauri Khan Film producer Amrita Singh Actress Karan Soni Indian-born American actor
Music
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
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