Welham Girls' School
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Welham Girls' School is a private boarding school for girls located in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.[1][2][3][4]
History
The school was founded by Hersilia Susie Oliphant, who had previously set up Welham Boys' School.[5] She named the schools after her home village of Welham, Nottinghamshire in the United Kingdom.[5]
She acquired a palatial estate called Nasreen adjacent to the boys' school to start a small boarding school for girls.[5] There were no funds, staff, or school buildings. There were originally ten pupils.[5] Oliphant recruited another English woman, Grace Mary Linnel, to run the boarding school for girls.[5] Linnel became the founder principal of Welham Girls School, which started in 1957.[6]
The school has been described in The Economic Times as one of a group of "old, rich and popular schools — the Eton equivalents in India ... These boarding schools are a state of mind in themselves, an attitude which can’t be duplicated".[7]
Extracurricular activities
The school hosts competitive events such as sports, craft, dramatics, music, dance and photography.[8] Sports include basketball, hockey, swimming, badminton, lawn tennis, athletics, table tennis, karate, shooting and aerobics.[9] The basketball team has won numerous tournaments and represented Uttrakhand at the national level. Several students have been chosen for the India camp as well.[10]
Notable alumnae
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Priyanka Gandhi, Politician
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Kareena Kapoor, Actor
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Meira Kumar, former Speaker of the Lok Sabha
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Tavleen Singh, Journalist
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Deepa Mehta, Film director
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Art
- Madhu Jain, textile designer[11]
- Smriti Morarka, hand-weaving revivalist[12]
- Mrinalini Mukherjee, artist[13]
- Laila Tyabji, co-founder of Dastkar[14]
Business
- Devika Bulchandani, Global CEO, Ogilvy[15]
- Devyani Rana, vice-president of Coca-Cola India[16]
Film
- Kareena Kapoor, actress[17]
- Nitya Mehra, director and screenwriter[18]
- Deepa Mehta, film director[19]
- Shivani Rawat, producer[20]
- Sukhmani Sadana, actor and screenwriter[21]
- Priya Seth, cinematographer[22]
- Alankrita Shrivastava, screenwriter and film director[23]
Indian Administrative Service
- Neera Yadav, IAS officer [24]
Journalism
- Radhika Roy, co-founder and co-owner of NDTV[25]
- Tavleen Singh, non-fiction writer, journalist and columnist, Indian Express[19]
- Madhu Trehan, journalist and co-founder of Newslaundry[19]
Law
- Malavika Rajkotia, lawyer and activist[26]
Literature
- Advaita Kala, novelist and screenwriter[27]
- Deepti Kapoor, novelist[28]
Politics and activism
- Subhashini Ali, activist, president of the All India Democratic Women's Association[29]
- Renuka Chowdhury, MP Rajya Sabha[30]
- Priyanka Gandhi, politician[7]
- Brinda Karat, Member of Parliament, Communist Party of India (Marxist)[31]
- Meira Kumar, ex-presidential candidate and First Lady speaker of the Lok Sabha[32]
- Mala Sen, writer and activist[33]
- Ambika Soni, politician[34]
Sports
- Jyoti Ann Burrett, footballer[35]
References
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External links
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