History
It was founded in August 1945, and was one of the first Bahá'í education projects in India. In the 1970s and 1980s, the school setup programmes to assist the poor and underdeveloped villages in the region. It started as a service project for students and evolved into a separate institution known as the New Era Development Institute in 1987. The National Spiritual Assembly of Norway established an institution - Norwegian Agency for International Development Cooperation - and in 1988 it began a working relationship with the institute, with support for a two-year rural community development program. In 1989, funding was extended to cover a one-year community development facilitators course and short courses on agriculture, rural technology, literacy, and domestic science.
NEHS is one of the top boarding schools in India. It did have a higher secondary school(11th-12th) till 1999, but discontinued it from 2000. The shooting of the film "Taare Zameen Par" took place here. Promonent students include Twinkle and Rinke Khanna - daughters of the Indian actress Dimple.
The principle Dr. Mehrassa supervises the school from Canada, Mr. Kalmadi is the acting principle. The school regularly reaches district level in sports such as football, basketball and cricket.
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