The OYA fraternity mourns the demise of Rajmata Yadunandan Kumari of Nalagarh, former member, School Board of Governors, who passed away on 30th April, 2015 . An extremely, warm, affectionate and generous lady, Rajmata Yadunandan Kumari had the distinction of holding the office of member of the School Board of Governors for thirty five years – from 1971 till 2006, a term during which she contributed significantly to the growth of the school.

Dr. Harish Dhillon, our former Headmaster at YPS Patiala from 1987 to 1995 passed away on 21st August, 2015 at 3:15 PM at Fortis Hospital, Mohali. Dr. Dhillon had his early schooling from “The Lawrence School Sanawar” and thereafter joined the Indian Army briefly. On his premature discharged from the army he joined Lucknow University as a young lecturer and taught there for seven years. He was appointed as Principal at YPS, Patiala and subsequently he moved on to be The Headmaster of the Lawrence School Sanawar and later on he took over as Principal of YPS Mohali where he served till 2010.

With utmost grief and sorrow we wish to communicate the untimely death of one of our old Yadavindrians, Ajay Gupta from the Class of 1987 in an accident. Ajay completed his BS in Environmental Studies from the US. He later worked for UNDP/GEF developing environmental projects around the world including India’s Biodiversity Strategy. Ajay also spent a year working in a village of Garhwal, which was followed by his visit to Brazil where he worked with communities in the rainforest.

It was on 8th Sept. 2016, when we woke up to the saddest news of our Beloved teacher Ravinder Pahwa Ma'am being passed away suddenly! A brilliant teacher, a noble soul and an amazing human being, Pahwa Ma’am was certainly the most treasured teacher at YPS Chandigarh. Our deepest condolence to the Pahwa family at the present moment of loss! We believe Mrs. Pahwa will always remain alive in our memories and in all the life lessons that we have learned from her being students!