List of the Doon School alumni included Abhinav Bindra of the 2000 class who was a Beijing Olympics 2008 Gold Medalist and Nandu Jayal of the 1942 class who was a famous mountaineer bearing the nickname "Marco Polo of Indian Mountaineering".
Abhinav Bindra 2000 Beijing Olympics 2008 Gold Medalist (Air Rifle) Nandu Jayal 1942 Mountaineer He encouraged the youth of India to take up mountaineering, and has been called the "Marco Polo of Indian Mountaineering". 
