Stephen Rodger "Steve" Waugh, AO is a former Australian cricketer and fraternal twin of cricketer Mark Waugh. It was a matter of pride for the students of GIIS Ahmedabad to welcome this world-famous cricketer to their school.

Steve Waugh was escorted by the students and Mr. Caesar Dsilva, Principal - GIIS Ahmedabad to the school building in July 2014, where he received a traditional welcome with tika and garland. He addressed the gathering of students and teachers and shared his cricketing experience with the much enthusiastic audience. He was pleasantly surprised by the originality of the questions asked by the children and was overwhelmed with the kind of interaction that took place. The teachers and students had prepared a story board for Steve Waugh highlighting his achievements and he was impressed by the creative display. He took a tour of the school and found the learning environment incredible; especially the spacious classrooms with the creative displays in each class. He marked that the environment and the uniform of the children were lively and vibrant. He also visited the pre-primary section and interacted with the tiny tots. The students were overjoyed to interact with Steve Waugh.

The GIIS team presented Steve with his portrait and a half bust of Gandhi, the leader of universal peace, as a token of appreciation. He autographed a cricket ball and bat which is now the prize possession of GIIS Ahmedabad.

This school has just begun and seeing the energy of the children, I can feel that the school has a tremendous future potential - Steve Waugh