The state of Haryana has just 2 per cent of India’s population and has one of the worst skewed sex ratios. But on the flip side, almost a quarter of the sports people at the 2020 Olympics were from Haryana, the sports power of India. From Yogeshwar Dutt, Bajrang Punia, Kumari Rani Rampal and Sumit Antil – winners of medals in the Olympics, Asian and Commonwealth Games — to global icons like Olympics gold medalist Neeraj Chopra or international cricket star Kapil Dev, all are from Haryana. Mamta Kharab, former captain of the Indian women’s hockey team, is from Haryana too.

MCS Gurugram, the baby in the Mount Carmel family, yearns to produce many more Phogat Sisters who have brought laurels to India both in Commonwealth Games and other global competitions. The Gurugram school, with its sprawling five-acre campus, is just 200 meters away from the Delhi border into Haryana, right off the newly built Dwarka Expressway. With its large playgrounds and extensive sports facilities, the vision is to make this a hub of sports activities. The idea is to produce the best environment for Haryana’s young girls and boys to feel safe in a protected and encouraging environment, to excel in the fields of sports, music, and theatre with state-of-the-art boarding facilities. Future Olympics gold medalists will, God willing, come from this School.