Hindustan Motors Limited (HML), India’s first automobile manufacturing company was established before independence in the year 1942 by late Mr. B. M. Birla, the doyen of Indian Industry and coming from the renowned industrialist Birla family. The company started operations in a small assembly plant at Port Okhla in Gujarat and later on the manufacturing facilities were shifted to Uttarpara, West Bengal in 1948, where it began the production of the iconic “Ambassador” car.

Birlas are always known and highly regarded all over the country for their philanthropic activities. Under the visionary leadership of late Mr. B. M. Birla, the Management of Hindustan Motors Ltd. famously known as “HM” felt the need for imparting the best education to employees’ children and children staying in and around Uttarpara as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility. HM management also felt the need of a well-equipped school which would cater to the needs of the children in the vicinity and surrounding areas, facilitating educational and co-curricular activities which would groom the students into individuals with all round potentialities, to be able to carve out a niche for themselves in future and bring laurels to themselves as well as their alma mater; was the motto in grooming the institution with all modern amenities and infrastructural facilities. To fulfill the said requirement, HM management set up two schools within its factory premises in the name of Hindustan Motors High School and Hindustan Motors Education centre, presently known as Hindmotor High School (HMHS) and H. M. Education Centre (HMEC) and collectively known as HM Schools.

On 13th October 2001, the management of HM formed a trust in the name of “HM Education Trust” and transferred the day to day management of these schools under the umbrella of the said trust for the purpose of financial transparency, better monitoring and focused growth.