Motilal Nehru School Of Sports, Rai
Institutional Framework
The administration of the School is vested in a Special Board for the Haryana. The expenditure on academics and sports is heavily subsidised by the state Government. School is a prestigious boarding school. Students participate and compete with various public schools some of the counterparts are Sainik school, Rastriya Indian Military College, Mayo College, The Doon School, Welham Boys' School and Scindia School. Students have given an outstanding performance in sports at various national level tournaments. School also aims to prepare students for entry into the National Defence Academy (NDA). More than 400 students from the school have qualified in Indian Armed Forces so far .
Staff
The academic and administrative head of the school is the Principal and Director. He is assisted by the Vice- Principal and Bursar (Administrative Officer). Sports coaches are drawn from three sources: The school, The Sports Authority of India and The Sports Department, Haryana. The teaching staff consists of fully qualified and trained teachers with the necessary attributes and aptitude to work in a residential school.
Sections
House | House colour |
---|---|
Soma | |
Surya | |
Varuna | |
Indra |
The school is divided into four houses. Each student is assigned a house at the start of his time in the school and will remain in that house for the whole of their school career.
Memberships
The School is a member of Indian Public Schools' Conference (IPSC).
Notable alumni
- Randeep Hooda
- Meghna Malik
- Medha Shri Dahiya
- Dr Harsh Bhanwala
- Sudhanshu Vats
- Navdeep Singh Virk IPS
- Sanjay Kundu IPS
- Capt Ravinder Chikkara KC (P)
- Jitender Rana IPS
- Vijay Dhull IPS
- Anurag Arya IPS
- Krupali Patel
- Vikas Sheoran
- Sameer Gehlot
- Maj Gen Sanjeev Grover
- Mahender Jakhar
- Jitender Yadav IAS
- Dr Amrita Duhan IPS
- Dr Preeti Gehlaut Nara
- Capt Manoj Khatri HCS
- Chitra Sarvara
- Pramod Sehwag
- Ashish Chaudhary, HPS
- Dr Kulbir Ahlawat
- Anirudh Chautala
- Monika Rana IRS
- Padamjit Sehrawat
Sports University of Haryana
On 14 February 2019, the cabinet of Haryana approved a state-funded sports university named Sports University of Haryana in the school's existing campus. The bill to set up university was passed by assembly in August 2019. Sports Minister of Haryana, Anil Vij, informed on 14 September 2019 that Kapil Dev, the world cup winning former captain of cricket teams of India, will be the first Chancellor of the university.
References
- ^ India village directory: Rai.
- ^ census of Rai, Census of India.
- ^ Sports School, Haryana Tourism.
- ^ "एमरल्ड हाइट्स आैर एमएनएसएस राई ने जीता ऑल इंडिया आईपीएससी वालीबॉल खिताब". Dainik Bhaskar. 9 August 2019.
- ^ Service, Tribune News. "Sainik School, Daly College in final". Tribuneindia News Service.
- ^ "All India tennis tourney begins at Hyderabad Public School". www.thehansindia.com. 27 May 2019.
- ^ "When Randeep went back to school". Ahmedabad Mirror.
- ^ Haryana cabinet approves setting up of sports university, Times of India, 14 February 2019.
- ^ "Haryana Assy passes Sports University bill".
- ^ kapil Dev to be first chancellor of Haryana Sports University, Times of India, Sept 2019.