The Modern School ECNCR

The Modern School ECNCR is a co-educational independent day and boarding school in Barakhamba Road, New Delhi, India, it was founded in 1920 by Lala Raghubir Singh, a Delhi-based philanthropist.

The School has two campus, that holds a variety of educational institutions and academic deals. It has several sister schools, including Modern School New Delhi, and most recently, Modern School, Kundli.

Origin
Lala Raghubir Singh founded Modern School in 1920 in a Haveli located in Daryaganj, Delhi which belonged to his father, Sultan Singh. Lalaji's vision was to establish a school which would combine the traditions of Indian education with modern educational techniques and foster an all-round growth of a child.

It was the first co-educational school in the city with as many women teachers as men. The first Principal was a Bengali Christian, Kamla Bose. It started off with about 30 students, three of whom were girls. Besides the normal curricula, Modern School also introduced painting (with the Bengali artist Sarda Ukil), music, carpentry, scouting and military drill under an English sergeant.

History
The Modern School came into existence on 20 October 1920, with six children on the rolls (the numbers swelled up to twelve by the end of the year) at 24. Then a day boarding school, with 125 scholars on the rolls, it moved to a new and its present location at Barakhamba Road on 4 January 1933.

Growing in strength, year after year, a need arose for expansion and thus the junior wing was moved to Humayun Road and the same formally inaugurated by Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru in October 1961. The school at the new location came to be known as Raghubir Singh Junior Modern School and gained autonomy in its functioning as a primary school. As the numbers further grew, Savitri Pratap Singh Block was added to the existing building in 1993.

Every year, the School hosts two annual days, where students and teacher show the local community their achievements and showcase their talents.

Current Principal
The current Principal of The Modern School ECNCR is Mr Rajiv K Shrivastava.

Rajiv is an academician with rich and qualitative experience of nearly three decades in the field of education. With excellent people management skills, and an ability to manage change with ease, Rajiv has a vast foresight into international educational practices and cultures. He has visited more than 50 countries. Apart from vast experience in both residential and day schools, for nearly three decades, Rajiv has led initiatives for climate action. He founded Act Now (www.actnow.org.in), a global network for environmental awareness, climate action, sustainable development, and peace. He has been honored with many international titles and awards, the including Green Difference Award 2022 and Climate Youth Leadership Award 2024.

He is one of the originating members and country coordinator for Environment Online (ENO-www.enoprogramme.org) since 2000. Based in Finland, ENO is a global virtual school and network for sustainable development, and has presence in over 120 countries.

Rajiv is Honorary Director, Social Projects, Glamanand, which is currently one of world’s largest beauty pageant organization of Indian origin that has sent national winners to Miss Universe, Miss International, Miss Earth, Miss Teen International, Miss Grand International, Miss Teen Diva, Miss Teen Universe, Miss Teen Earth and Miss Multinational, among others. He can be found on all major social media #Rajiv K Shrivastava

Kundli Campus
Kundli Campus is one of two campus that are part of the Modern School infrastructure; It is currently still on development but it already contains the School main buildings.

The campus also contains many other institutions, including Ashoka University, Asian Education Society, Birla Institute of Management Technology, among others.

Deepali Campus
The Deepali Campus hosts Modern School Early Childhood Education, that works under a program that promotes students participation and creativity through several activities, it is run under the principle of "learning by doing".