History

His son, Lala Raghubir Singh, founded the school to provide quality education, and to foster an all-round growth of a child. Lala Raghubir Singh was the spirit and the soul of the school. The primary Founder of the school, he relentlessly worked for the improvement of the school.

He teamed up with Sardar Sobha Singh to build a legacy that continues till today.
His philosophy (The First Years) in starting Modern School was simple; to provide a school that would fulfil the needs of children.

Mrs. Kamala Bose was the Principal for 27 years, ever since the school's inception in 1920, to the dawn of Independence of India in 1947.

She established the the foundations of Modern School with her tireless endeavour. She and her staff laid down a tradition of excellence. When she retired in 1947, a search for her successor took place.

After obtaining post graduate degrees in English and Sociology, he embarked on his career as a teacher of English in Modern School. In the year 1970-71, he was awarded the Fulbright Scholarship to teach English in a High School in a small town called Fort Wayne USA. He served as the Staff Advisor to the school magazine ‘Sandesh’ and ‘Adarsh’. He left Modern School in 1977 to take over as Principal of the Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan. In 1982 he was entrusted the responsibility of nurturing the values of secularism, humanity, catholicity of temper and ability to face crisis as Principal of Modern School. Modern School stood for excellence and he attempted to fulfil the Founder's vision of a modern education. The first Blood Donation Camp was held in his tenure, which is still held every year. The construction of the Squash Courts were also added to the inventory of the school. Modern School added another jewel to its own crown in the form of the Platinum Jubilee Block which is equipped with modern Laboratories, Lecture Demonstration rooms and a mini multi-purpose hall for audio-visual facility. He retired in the year 1996 after successfully ensuring an all-round development and refinement of the students’ personality which forms a distinguishing feature of Modern School.

Mrs.Lata Vaidyanathan (M.Sc. M.Ed.) is a veteran educationist who stands dedicated and committed to the promotion of child-centred education. During her illustrious career well over a couple of decades, she was the Principal of Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan’s school at Chandigarh and the Founder Principal of Eicher School at Parwanoo. She has spearheaded the movement for ensuring burden-free education & joyful learning for children. She firmly believes that each child is unique and that the educational system should facilitate and address the uniqueness and individuality of each child. According to her, art, music, dance, sports and other cultural activities form an integral part of education. As a practitioner of Multiple Intelligence approach to the learning process, she seeks to ensure that the class room transaction is oriented towards meeting the individual’s needs and in ensuring Total Quality Management in education. On invitation and with Boeing’s sponsorship, she has visited twenty one schools and six universities including Harvard in the U.S.A. She has authored many books for pre-primary and primary school children. She was privileged to have been selected to attend the classroom teaching course titled “The Project Zero Classroom 2004’ at the Harvard Graduate School of Education at Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA under Programmes in Professional Education during the summer vacation of 2004 for understanding the concept of ‘Understanding’ at classroom level. She has been honoured with the ‘National Award to Teachers’ for the year 2003 which was given to her by the President of India on 5th September 2004.