An emotional evening it was at Welham Boys’ School when a fond farewell was given to Gunmeet Bindra after her long tenure as the principal of this famous boys’ boarding school. The farewell on the weekend was attended by the chairman of Welham Boys’ School, Darshan Singh, other members of the board of governors, all faculty members and students.
Having held the reins of Welham for the last eight years, she was the first woman to head an all-boys boarding school in the country. On the occasion of bidding her farewell, members of the board, the staff and the students of Welham - both past and present - congratulated her for performing all her tasks and responsibilities with perfection, breaking the glass ceiling time and again in her quest to step into an area where no woman had gone before. With her dynamic personality, enthusiastic and progressive outlook, Bindra realised the vision, values and ethos that the school and the board stands for.
“As I come to the close of what to me has been, a very productive, meaningful, gratifying, challenging, exhilarating and above all a happy tenure, I, today walk out of the gates of one of the finest institutions that, a country can boast of. I leave behind a happy school.
I am grateful to the chairman and board of governors for believing in me and allowing me to be able to take the school from strength to strength,” said Bindra on the occasion.Always one to take up a challenge, she has launched her own school in Rajpura, Punjab. For eight years, Bindra was a familiar face on the campus. She would stop to have a chat with freshers every now and then. The life for a boarder at Welham Boys School is a mix of academics, sports and extracurricular activities and Bindra said she was quite happy with the performance of boys on field. “Our boys have been excelling in different sports.
I must, however add here that our thrust area has been scholastic achievement followed by sports and other activities.” A keen hockey player and a swimmer, Bindra could be found dribbling her hockey stick in her spare time. She was selected for hockey India camp while studying at Indraprastha College (New Delhi) and is also a good swimmer.She had great interest in literature, especially Urdu poetry. Bindra participated in various academic and literary events in the Doon valley.She is going to be missed at Welham Boys’.