CLIENT: MODERN SCHOOL, BARAKHAMBA ROAD
July 2017 – February 2018
Established in 1920, The Modern School, Barakhamba Road is synonymous with quality education coupled with an Indian ethos. It is a pioneer in encouraging all-round development and growth in its wards.
The founder Lala Raghubir Singh envisioned a school rooted in both traditional and modern educational techniques. The school has, since, evolved into a world class educational institution producing famous national and international personalities from the arts, environment, design and politics. Modern School is part of Delhi’s proud heritage.
Eka was invited to Modern School to maintain the existing materials of archival value, creating it into a formal archive and establishing a system to manage and develop it. This included collection assessment, suggestions for their likely use, recommending a management system, conservation and safe housekeeping of the collections, and training their staff towards the archives upkeep.