CLUB PROCEEDINGS, 1984

The Fifty-fifth Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday, 6 March 1985 at Scindia House, Ballard Estate, Bombay. Following names were proposed and elected:

OFFICERS

President	Col B. S. Sandhu
Vice-Presidents	Dr M. L. Biswas K. N. Naoroji Lt Gen M. Thomas
Honorary Treasurer	P. A. Shah
Honorary Secretary	J. C. Nanavati

Members of Committee

Z. S. Boga	A. D. Moddie
K. K. Guha	G. Ramchandani
Harish Kapadia	S. R. Shah
Sanjeev Saith	M. S. Soin
S. P. Mahadevia	Joydeep Sircar

Honorary Local Secretaries

India : Almora	N. B. Parekh
Bombay	S. P. Mahadevia
Calcutta	P. K. Ganguli
Chandigarh	P. M. Das
Darjeeling	E. D. Avari
Delhi	Sudhir Sahi
Manali	John Banon
Srinagar	Sat Paul Sahni
Bhutan	C. P. Vohra
Nepal	Mike Cheney
Pakistan	Nazir Sabir
Australia & New Zealand	Maj W. W. Deacock
Czechoslovakia	V. Smida
France	Jean Coudray
Great Britain	R. G. Pettigrew
Japan	Y. Mita
Italy	Prof Ardito Desio
Spain	Jose Paytubi
Switzerland	E. A. Bolinder
U.S.A. : East	A. J. Kauffman
West	Nicholas Clinch
Mid	A. D. Black

Additional Members of Balloting Committee

R. E. Hotz
Prof. C. K. Mitra
Dr H. V. R. Iengar

Other Appointments:

Honorary Editor	Harish Kapadia
Honorary Librarian	Janet Rizvi
Hon. Asstt. Librarian - Bombay	Vincent James, Bombay A. Guha Thakurta, Calcutta
Honorary Equipment Officer	Arun P. Samant
Hon Asstt Equipment Officers	Prabhat Ganguli, Calcutta R. D. Bhattacharji, Delhi

CLUB NEWS:

1984 continued to be an active year for the Himalayan Club, with the normal sectional meetings and seminars organised at Bombay, Calcutta and Delhi. The Hon. Local Secretary, Bhutan organised a programme at Samchi. Annual Reunion Dinner was held at London as also a Club Dinner at Bombay. The Club granted six scholarships for mountaineering training in India, under its scheme of Grindlays Bank Mountain Scholarship.

The Club gave sponsorship to three Himalayan expeditions by members. Nilgiri Parbat expedition led by Rahul Vora, Uja Tirche -expedition led by A. C. Shelat and to Gangotri glacier region led by Joydeep Sircar.

During the year Himalayan Journal Vol. 40 was issued. The Club still has stock of H.J. 31 to 40. Himalayan Club Newsletter No. 38 was also published. R. E. Hawkins retired as Hon. Asst. Editor after serving in that position for Volumes 35 to 40. Mr. Hawkins had earlier served the Club as Hon. Local Secretary, Bombay, for a number of years and as a member of the Committee (1960-63) and as Vice-President (1976-80).

The Himalayan Club Library received the vigorous attention of the Hon. Librarian Bill Aitken who not only saw to the essential repairs and arrangement of the books at Delhi, but brought good deal of exposure to the priceless contents of Library through periodic reports and articles. The Club continued to acquire new books which are normally circulated at Bombay and Calcutta Section before depositing at the main library at Delhi. During the year it was also decided to start a video library on selected mountaineering films and documentaries of like interests.

The Club membership crossed the 900 mark, spread over all parts of the globe. The membership is open to all those who are committed to varied aspects of Himalayan interests.

(Full details of the Club activities are available in Newsletter 38)

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