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About

Educational Travel Company for Schools in India

Headquartered in Bangalore, The Modern Classroom works with schools across India to create experiential learning programs for schools designed around contextual learning and genuine student participation.

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Origin stories

The Story BehindThe Modern Classroom (TMC)

TMC began from a simple observation: school trips across India were largely tourist exercises. Groups of students visited monuments, took photographs, and returned with memories but little structured learning.

The founders saw a persistent gap between what educational travel for schools could do and what it was actually doing. Trips were planned around logistics, not learning outcomes. Itineraries were filled with sightseeing rather than structured participation. The educational opportunity was consistently missed.

Traditional school trips felt insufficient because they were disconnected from curriculum, from any intentional learning framework, and from the students themselves. They experienced a destination but rarely learned from it.Experiential learning became central to TMC's founding philosophy because participation, when it is contextual and immersive, creates deeper retention, stronger curiosity, and more meaningful outcomes than instruction alone can achieve.

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TMC students on an educational travel program outside a historic landmark

Educational Insight

Why The Modern ClassroomWas Built

Making the shift from tourism-focused trips to structured learning participation required a different kind of company, one that treats educational travel not as a logistical exercise but as a genuine pedagogical medium.

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Tourism Without Learning

Traditional school trip companies in India prioritised sightseeing over structured participation. Students returned with photographs, not understanding. The educational opportunity remained largely untouched.

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Curriculum Disconnection

Travel disconnected from the curriculum reinforces nothing. The experience and the education lived in separate silos, one in the classroom and one on the road, rarely speaking to each other.

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The Power of Contextual Learning

Seeing history in its place, science in its environment, and culture in its context creates the kind of retention that no classroom instruction alone can replicate. This is the foundation of curriculum-aligned educational travel.

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Immersion as Pedagogy

Immersive learning environments, when structured for educational participation, generate engagement that deepens understanding, builds curiosity, and strengthens interdisciplinary thinking.

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Our Direction

Our Vision& Mission

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Vision

To create meaningful educational travel environments that strengthen experiential learning and student participation beyond the classroom.

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Mission

To help schools design curriculum-aligned educational immersion experiences through structured planning, contextual participation, and genuine educational engagement.

Philosophy

What We Believe AboutEducational Travel

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Learning should be experienced, not only instructed

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Participation creates deeper understanding than observation alone

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Contextual exposure strengthens curiosity

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Educational travel should be intentional, not incidental

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Immersive learning environments improve engagement and retention

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Interdisciplinary participation strengthens educational outcomes

People

The Team BehindThe Modern Classroom

The Modern Classroom is built by educators, planners, and experiential learning specialists who believe travel becomes a genuine tool for learning when it is designed with educational intention.

Yasin Sharieff

Yasin Sharieff

Co-Founder and Director, The Modern Classroom

Yasin's journey began in the travel and tourism industry, where working across every vertical gave him both the groundwork and the perspective to innovate within it. He believes that exposure is one of the most powerful enablers for young minds, and that traditional learning methods are stronger when complemented by experiences that go beyond the classroom.

The Modern Classroom was built on that conviction, with necessity, creativity, and genuine passion at its core. Yasin and his team curate experiential learning environments for students, with travel as the connecting thread across everything they do. The programs are designed to deliver real learning outcomes and an element of fun, because for Yasin, the two have always belonged together.

He believes the best learning happens when students encounter varied people, cultures, histories, societies, languages, and environments firsthand. His ongoing work is to build collaborations that blend travel and education into experiences that are innovative, meaningful, and accessible.

Mahaboobulla Khan

Mahaboobulla Khan

Co-Founder and Director, The Modern Classroom

With over 29 years in the travel and tourism industry, Mahaboobulla Khan, known to most as KK, has worked across geographies and gained insight from diverse cultures, teams, and ways of working. His journey has taken him through every major vertical, from reservations and sales to marketing, administration, and management, shaping a wide-angled and deeply rooted understanding of how the industry truly moves.

Over the years, KK has built strong relationships across the sector, and continues to believe that the most meaningful experiences, whether for students or collaborators, begin with genuine connection. Those who have worked with him speak of his approachable nature, his clarity in communication, and the calm assurance he brings into every interaction.

What sets KK apart is the spirit he brings to his work. There is a quiet enthusiasm in the way he engages with each journey, grounded in his belief that educational travel is not just about where you go, but how it changes the way you see and grow.

Anjith Abraham

Anjith Abraham

Operations Manager, The Modern Classroom

Anjith Abraham brings nearly 15 years of experience in educational tourism and currently leads operations at The Modern Classroom. He began his professional journey in marketing before moving into operations, where he found his stride in managing programmes with care, clarity, and consistency.

Anjith is known for his quiet reliability and thoughtful approach. He takes the time to understand what each school and educator needs, and works steadily to ensure every programme runs smoothly, from the first conversation to the final day of the trip. Whether it is meeting timelines, coordinating with teams on the ground, or responding to last-minute changes, he approaches each challenge with calm and focus.

His work may happen behind the scenes, but it plays a crucial role in shaping the experience and success of every programme. His ability to listen closely and plan thoroughly supports The Modern Classroom's promise of meaningful learning through travel, ensuring each journey stays on course from start to finish.

Aishwarya Kannan

Aishwarya Kannan

Marketing and Narrative Strategist

Aishwarya brings over 18 years of experience across content, communication, and education, with the past few years devoted to helping purpose-led brands grow through value-driven marketing. Her approach combines strategic clarity with narrative depth, rooted in the belief that authentic connection begins with intention and language that genuinely respects its audience.

Her work in Social and Emotional Learning, English language teaching, and mental health-focused communication has shaped how she thinks about messaging, with attention to emotional nuance, contextual relevance, and the person behind the message.

Aishwarya believes that experiential learning opens up more meaningful pathways in education. At The Modern Classroom, she works with the team to shape its brand voice and communication strategy, with the shared aim of encouraging more schools and children to access opportunities that often prove to be quiet gamechangers.

Abdul Nadeem Kashmiri

Abdul Nadeem Kashmiri

Sales and Tour Director

Abdul Nadeem Kashmiri brings experience spanning 26 plus countries and more than 100 domestic and international groups to The Modern Classroom. Working in travel since 2013, he has built his career across tour management and MICE, covering meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions.

For Nadeem, the people he meets are central to what makes travel meaningful. He enjoys starting conversations, understanding different perspectives, and building relationships that outlast a single journey. His curiosity about new places and cultures keeps him engaged, with each trip offering something to learn and someone worth knowing.

At The Modern Classroom, his role combines school outreach and relationship building with directing tours on the ground. He draws on his group travel experience to support the planning, coordination, and personal attention that goes into taking learning beyond the classroom. He brings the same outlook to every school, every colleague, and every journey: keep growing, and contribute something useful to the people around you.

Jihad M Ali

Jihad M Ali

Chief Technology Officer

Jihad leads the technology and digital ecosystem at The Modern Classroom, overseeing the systems that power TMC's website, search visibility, analytics, and digital growth. He works at the intersection of technology, digital strategy, and education, building the infrastructure that helps TMC communicate its approach, reach the right schools, and create a stronger digital experience for its institutional partners.

His work spans website architecture, SEO, analytics, digital marketing technology, AI, and automation. Beyond the technical build, Jihad focuses on making sure TMC's digital presence accurately reflects the depth and intent of what the organisation does, so that the right schools find it, understand it, and feel confident enough to start a conversation.

He brings a continuous improvement mindset to his work, regularly evolving TMC's platforms and capabilities to keep pace with how schools and educators engage with educational travel today.

Why Schools
Partner With TMC

4.9

Average google Rating

200+

Schools & Institutions Served

Across India

25,000 +

Students Transformed

Through real-world learning

78%

Repeat Partnerships

Institutions that come back

10+

Years of Student Governance

Across every program

Structured Educational Planning

Curriculum Alignment

Supervision Systems

Institution-Focused Coordination

Experiential Learning Maturity

Operational Governance

Educational Immersion Systems

Milestones

OurJourney

  1. 2018

    Early Beginnings

    The Modern Classroom was founded with a focused intent: to design curriculum-aligned educational travel for Indian schools. The founding team identified the persistent gap between school tourism and structured educational participation.

  2. 2019

    Program Expansion

    TMC launched its first international educational travel programs for schools, taking students to curated destinations with structured academic frameworks, contextual learning itineraries, and institutional coordination.

  3. 2020

    Institutional Partnerships

    Formal partnerships were established with leading private schools across India. The Modern Classroom developed its institution-first approach to educational program design and operational governance.

  4. 2021 to 2022

    Experiential Learning Milestones

    Structured immersive learning environments were developed, mapping educational travel directly to curriculum outcomes. Programs were redesigned from logistics-first to learning-first.

  5. 2023 to 2024

    Educational Ecosystem Growth

    Full curriculum alignment systems were established. The Modern Classroom expanded its educational design team, deepened institutional relationships, and grew its portfolio of experiential learning programs for schools across regions.