We, the undersigned alumni of Welham Girls' School, are writing to express our collective concern and disappointment regarding the decision to bar Mr. Vachani from the school premises. Mr. Vachani, our beloved basketball coach, has been an integral part of our school experience and has left a lasting impact on countless students over the years.

Mr. Vachani was not only a dedicated coach but also a mentor and role model to many of us. His passion for sports, commitment to excellence, and his ability to motivate and guide students made him one of the most respected and admired figures in our school. For many of us, our love for basketball and the values we learned through the sport—teamwork, discipline, resilience—were directly influenced by him.

It is with great sadness that we learned of his exclusion from school grounds, particularly as we approach the Founders Day celebration, a time when we all look forward to reconnecting with the teachers who shaped our lives. We feel that barring Mr. Vachani from the event is not only unfair to him, but also to the many students who hold him in the highest regard.

We respectfully request that the decision be reconsidered, and that Mr. Vachani be allowed back on school premises to participate in this important event and in the life of the school moving forward. We believe his presence is essential, not only as a symbol of the deep bond between students and teachers but also as a recognition of the positive influence he has had on so many of us.

We hope this petition will be taken into serious consideration and that a dialogue can be opened to discuss the reasons behind the decision, as well as possible solutions. Our hope is that the school will recognize the importance of Mr. Vachani’s contributions and allow him to continue being a part of the Welham community.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

Batch of 2004

Tanvee Malhotra, Shivani Khanna, Ninika Dhawan, Kungawa Yangchen, Sugandhika Singh, Soumya Parmar, Shivani Rawat, Pooja Arora, Sunita Kaur, Deepika Singh, Akshi Khandelwal, Vasundhra Sangwan, Sannah Ali, Disha Rampal, Nandini Singh, Niharika Ahluwalia, Radhika Agarwal, Rashi Kaushik, Pallavi Sharma, Saatvika Nagalia, Ketaki Sharma, Imadri Das, Devika Dwarkadas, Hitani Kaur, Neha Seth, Kamakshi NandaI, Isha Varshney, Manvi Mahajan, Shubhi Mehrotra, Huma Hazarika, Anshu Singh, Ananya Bannerji, Shreya Roy Chowdhury, Chandni Poddar, Purvi Yadav, Taruna Issar, Rhythm Aggarwal, Roli Agarwal, Ridhima Agarwal, Aradhna Agarwal, Nivedita Samanta, Gurmeen Kohli, Dilman Sodhi, Sharon Dhanotia, Shreyasvi Havelia, Ritika Agrawal, Sreyasi Roy, Manvi Gupta, Pallavi Baruah, Supriya Bhogal, Simran Bawa, Simrata Bhalla, Raisha Lalchandani, Simran Kapur, Geetika Upadhyay, Aliya Jabbar, Aishwarya Singh, Priya Nagta, Rebecca Talwar, Rachita Agarwal, Nikita Bhardwaj, Vasudha Singh, Apoorva Vasudev, Sakshi Garg, Pankhuri Nagalia, Pratibha Priya, Radhika Raturi, Humra Afroz, Mahima Shrestha, Prerna Terway, Konsam Nalini Devi, Bhuwan Priya Singh, Mithila Kapur, Aditi Laxman, Tanya Dhirasaria, Manisha Sharma, Sonam Sahu, Anu Kohli, Anjuri Agarwal, Garima Kumar, Ritika Agrawal, Mehak Dinesh, Tanvi Khanna, Mahima Luthra, Neha More, Garima Singh, Zehra Khan, Sonali (Ashok) Gupta, Manisha Priyadarshini, Ritika Singh, Devna Thapliyal, Chandni Nain, Tuhina Goel, Neha Khosa, Vrinda, Urvi Narain

Pallavi Khanna, 1999 batch