Welham Girls' School Explained
Welham Girls' School |
Motto: | Sanskrit Artha shanti phala vidya (The aim of education is to bring peace)
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Founded: | 1957 |
Gender: | Girls |
Lower Age: | 10 |
Upper Age: | 18 |
Houses: | 5 |
Colours: | Blue and White |
Mascot: | Kingfisher |
Head Name: | Current Principal |
Head: | Vibha Kapoor |
Head Name2: | Founder Principal |
Campus: | 12 acres |
Free Label: | Former pupils |
Free Text: | Welhamites |
Students: | 550 |
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
Art
Business
Film
Indian Administrative Service
Journalism
Law
Literature
Politics and activism
Sports
External links
Notes and References
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- Web site: Award India: Gold completion in Welham Girls' School the largest in India: a peek into their Residential Project with HESCO . Gahs.in . 26 September 2011 . 28 March 2012.
- Web site: Educationworldonline.net . 23 January 2012 . 7 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160507011451/http://educationworldonline.net/index.php/page-article-choice-more-id-2369 . dead .
- Top ranked ISC and ICSE Schools: http://www.thelearningpoint.net/home/examination-results-2013/top-icse-and-isc-schools-based-on-academic-performance
- News: Chopra . Jaskiran . Dehradun's journey to town of schools, with Miss Oliphant . 5 April 2023 . The Tribune . 22 September 2019.
- Web site: History.
- News: Ghosh . Aniruddha . Naithani . Ambika . At school, forever . 5 April 2023 . The Economic Times . 5 November 2006.
- Web site: The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Dehradun Plus . Tribuneindia.com . 28 March 2012.
- Web site: The Tribune, India . Tribuneindia.com . 7 May 2020 . 23 October 2020.
- Web site: YPS, Mohali cagers shine . https://archive.today/20120707064436/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-06/others/29515926_1_mohali-boys-cagers . dead . 7 July 2012 . 6 May 2011 . . 28 March 2012.
- News: Bhardwaj . Karan . Roots of revival . 5 April 2023 . The Pioneer . 3 August 2013.
- Web site: Weaving a success story. 2005-09-04. The Financial Express. en-US. 2020-05-22.
- Web site: Secular Deities, Enchanted Plants: Mrinalini Mukherjee at the NGMA. Gupta. Trisha. 23 May 2015. The Wire. 5 April 2023.
- News: Business Standard . Business Standard India . Business Standard . 21 March 2014 . 3 December 2014. Krishna . Geetanjali .
- News: Gopalan . Krishna . Ogilvy’s new Global CEO is Amritsar-born Devika Bulchandani . 5 April 2023 . Business Today . 8 September 2022.
- News: Pesta . Jesse . A Look at Two Players in Massacre Could Help Explain Nepalese Crisis . 5 April 2023 . Wall Street Journal . 6 June 2001.
- Web site: I do not intend doing the David Dhawan kind of films . 5 April 2023 . Verma, Sukanya . 18 May 2000 . Rediff.com . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20061103191530/http://rediff.com/entertai/2000/may/18kar.htm . 3 November 2006.
- News: Upadhyay . Karishma . Inside an all-women writers’ room: in conversation with director Sudhanshu Saria . 5 April 2023 . The Hindu . 30 April 2021.
- Web site: Old school skirt . 24 June 2006 . Indian Express. 5 April 2023 .
- News: Walters . David . The Sundance Kid’s Hot Streak . 5 April 2023 . Bloomberg UK . 11 January 2017.
- News: Sukhmani Sadana shares her Doon days . 5 April 2023 . Entertainment Times . 17 September 2017.
- Web site: Nandini Ramnath . Women cinematographers on how the mainstream ignores them: 'On the periphery' . 2019-12-09 . 5 April 2023.
- Web site: Female Idol Blog Series – Filmmaker Alankrita Shrivastava On ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ And More. WMF India. 5 April 2023. 1 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170601202257/http://www.wmfindia.com/blogs/female-idol-blog-series-filmmaker-alankrita-shrivastava-on-lipstick-under-my-burkha-and-more/. dead.
- Web site: About Welham . Welham School . 5 April 2023.
- Web site: Kathuria. Charvi. 28 November 2020. Who is Radhika Roy, the woman who built India's NDTV from behind-the-scenes?. 2021-06-24. SheThePeople.TV. en-US.
- Sambasivam . Padmini . Innovation and Thought Leadership . Mentor Magazine . January 2017 . 10 . 8 . 12 . 5 April 2023.
- News: Chitkara . Vanita . Singh . Ayesha . Off the beaten track . 5 April 2023 . India Today . 1 March 2010.
- Web site: 2023-01-15 . Why everyone’s talking about Deepti Kapoor’s Age of Vice . 5 April 2023 . The Indian Express . en.
- Web site: Fernandes . Vivek . The Subhashini Ali 5 Questions . rediff.com . 2001-07-21 . 5 April 2023.
- News: Sharanya . Congress Leader Renuka Chowdhury Booked by Police: What Went Down? . 5 April 2023 . She the People . 17 June 2022.
- Web site: Exclusive Interview/Brinda Karat . 5 April 2023 . Rediff . en.
- News: Oppn prez nominee Meira Kumar an acclaimed rifle shooter . 5 April 2023 . Times of India . 23 June 2017.
- News: Mala Sen. The Telegraph. 30 May 2011. 5 April 2023 .
- News: Dua . Rohan . Ambika Soni, retired babu husband worth Rs 94 crore . 5 April 2023 . The Times of India . 8 April 2014.
- News: Footballer Jyoti yearns for space to play in Delhi. Rediff. 5 April 2023.