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Modern High School for Girls

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Type
  
Private school

Founder
  
B.M. Birla

Principal
  
Damayanti Mukherjee

Motto
  
Satyam Shivam Sundaram

Teaching staff
  
119

Established
  
3 January 1952

Director
  
Devi Kar

Phone
  
033 2287 5326

Founded
  
3 January 1952

Grades
  
Primary and junior section: Nursery to V Senior section: VI to XII

Address
  
78, Syed Amir Ali Ave, Beck Bagan, Ballygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal 700019

Similar
  
South Point School, Mahadevi Birla World Academy, La Martiniere For Boys, Garden High School, La Martiniere for Girls

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Modern High School for Girls is a private school (nursery, junior and senior school) in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The director is Devi Kar. MHS won the British Council - International School Award for the period 2011 to 2014 as also the CINI and Save the Children Best School Award for "Each One Teach One" campaign.

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Headmistresses

  • Mrs. Violet Clarke.
  • Mrs Rebeiro during the early 1960s.
  • Mrs. Pastakia from 1963-1965.
  • Mrs I.L. Wilson de Roze was Headmistress for the longest period, from 1965-2000.
  • Mrs. D. Kar, joined in April 2000 as Principal and now the Director,
  • Mrs. Kaveri Dutt - April 2012 to December 2014.
  • Mrs. Damayanti Mukherjee - January 2015 to now.

    • Notable alumni

  • Sarmila Bose, historian
  • Alka Yagnik, singer
  • Koel Mallick, actress
  • Aparna Sen, actress/director
  • Chiki Sarkar, publisher

    • References

    Modern High School for Girls Wikipedia
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