MHS was the runner-up at Empresarios, organised by Don Bosco Park Circus.
Empresarios
Dalal Street 2017
MHS were awarded the Best Sales Pitcher in Dalal Street 2017.
Manthan
MHS overall champions handed over the trophy to DPS Megacity, the first runner-up.
Symphony
MHS secured 3rd place for Symphony at Melisma hosted by Calcutta Girls High School.
IIT Kharagpur – Young Innovators Project
In a tough competition among over 250 teams from all over India, Modern High School was among the 24 teams that qualified for the IIT Kharagpur Young Innovators’ Program 2017 semi-finals.
Achievements of Aishani Sarkar in Swimming
Aishani Sarkar of Class V D represented the Calcutta Club in the TICCT meet, an interclub swimming competition involving the Calcutta Club, The Tollygunge Club, the Calcutta Swimming Club, and the Saturday Club. She was awarded four trophies:
(i) The Best Swimmer (Girls D Division)
(ii) Winner of the individual medley (Girls D Division)
(iii) Captain T Mukherjee Memorial Trophy: Highest number of points accrued by a swimmer in the meets.
(iv) Captain P T Basu Memorial Trophy (Swimmer having the highest average points multiplied by the participation factor (number of events in which the swimmer participated / number of events ))
She was also a bronze medalist in the 4 x 50-meter individual medley at the State Swimming Championship held this year.
Achievements of Tanaya Parakh in Squash
Girls Under 13 Years Age Category :-
Runners up in TGES Open Gujrat 2013, Rajkot
6th Position in Sunil Verma Memorial Squash Championship 2013, Vashind
12th Position in Sub Junior National Championship 2013, Indore
7th Position in Bengal Junior Open 2014
Girls Under 15 Age Category :-
14th Position in Sub Junior National Championship 2015, Kolkata
Girls Under 17 Years Age Category :-
14th Position in Daly College Junior National Championship 2016, Indore
Runners Up in Bengal Junior Open 2016, Kolkata
6th Position in HCL Junior Squash Championship 2016, Greater Noida
4th Position in All India Chattisgarh Open Squash Championship 2017, Raipur
4th Position in Hamdard Delton Junior Open 2017, Delhi
7th Position in Bombay Gymkhana Asian Ranking Tournament Sept, 2017
5th Position in ISA Circuit II Junior & Senior Open 2017, Chennai
In under 13 age category her highest All India ranking has been number 8.
In under 15 age category her highest all India ranking has been number 14.
In under 17 age category she is presently ranked number 6 in India and has 21 months to reach the top.
She has received three merit certificates out of a possible four in the nationals she has participated.
Tanaya is short listed for the Asian juniors to be held at Jordan 15th Aug 2017. The top 8 players are called at the Chennai academy and top 4 represents the country.
At present Tanaya is the highest ranked player amongst both boys and girls across all the five age categories from Eastern India.
Achievements of Tagyaa Parakh in Squash
Girls Under 11 Years age Category :-
3rd Position in Bengal Junior Open 2014
7th Position in Jaipur Junior Open 2014
14th Position in Sub Junior National Squash Championship 2014, Chennai
6th Position in Hamdard Delton Junior Championship 2015, New Delhi
7th Position in ISA Junior Open 2015, Chennai
16th Position in Penang (Malaysian) Junior Open, 2015
5th Position Bengal Junior Open , 2015
9th Position in Sub Junior National Squash Championship 2015 Kolkata
Girls Under 13 Years age Category :-
13th Position in Sub Junior National Squash Championship 2016, Indore
6th Position in Bengal Junior Open 2016
3rd Position in Delhi Junior Championship 2016
5th Position in All India Chattisgarh Open Squash Championship 2017, Raipur
6th Position in Juhu Gymkhana Junior Squash Championship 2017, Mumbai
7th Position in Hamdard Delton Junior Open 2017, New Delhi
6th Position in NSCI Asian Ranking Tournament Sept, 2017
7th Position in ISA Circuit II Junior & Senior Open 2017, Chennai
In under 11 age category her highest all India ranking has been number 7 and number 13 in Asia.
In under 13 age category her highest All India Ranking has been number 12 and still has 8 months time to make it to the top.
She has received Merit Certificates in all the three possible nationals she has participated.
2nd Inter-state Challenge Sprint National Rowing Championship of India
At the 2nd Inter-State Challenge Sprint National Rowing Championship of India held at CRC Mohona Saha of Class X B won a Gold in the Challengers Women’s Fours category.
Anita Bhatia
We take great pride in announcing the appointment of Modern High School Alumna Anita Bhatia (Class of 1979) as Assistant Secretary-General by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Anita has a Bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Calcutta, a Master’s in political science from Yale University and a law degree from Georgetown University.
She comes to the UN after a long career at the World Bank and its private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), where she worked in strategic partnerships, resource mobilization, and management.
At the UN, she will be responsible for resource management, sustainability and partnerships and simultaneously serve as the Deputy Executive Director of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, which is known as UN Women.
Congratulations Anita – from all of us at MHS