CLUB PROCEEDINGS, 1996

THE HIMALAYAN CLUB COMMITTEE, 1996

(Founded on 17th February, 1928)

OFFICERS
President	J.C. Nanavati
Vice-Presidents	K.K. Guha S. P. Mahadevia N.D. Jayal
Honorary Secretary	A. P. Samant
Honorary Treasurer	Divyesh Muni
Members of Committee
K.N. Naoroji	Vinay Hegde
R. D. Bhattacharji	Dhiren Pania
M.H. Contractor	Sudhir Sahi
Harish Kapadia	Joydeep Sircar
Tanil Kilachand	M.S. Soin
Honorary Local Secretaries
India:
Almora	N. B. Parekh
Bangalore	Krishnan Kutty
Bombay	Dhiren M. Pania
Calcutta	Prabhat Ganguli
Darjeeling	Dorjee Lhatoo
Delhi	M. S. Soin
Jammu	Sat Paul Sahni
Manali	Mahavir Thakur
Munsiary	Emmanuel Theophilus
Shimla	Deepak Sanan
Leh	Motup Chewang
Nepal	Elizabeth Hawley
Pakistan	Nazir Sabir
Canada	M. H. Contractor
Australia	W. M. Deacock
Czechoslovakia	V. Smida
France	Bernard Odier
New Zealand	John Nankervis
Great Britain	R. G. Pettigrew
Japan	H. Ohtsuka
Italy	Prof. Ardito Desio
Spain	Jose Paytubi
South Africa	Dr. S.A. Craven
South Korea	Sae Bae
Switzerland	Eric Bernhardt
Sweden	Ake Nilsson
U.S.A.	Nicholas Clinch

Honorary Editor	Harish Kapadia
Honorary Assistant Editor	Monesh Devjani Rajesh Gadgil
Honorary Librarian	Janet Rizvi
Hon. Asstt. Librarian
Bombay	S. Samant
Calcutta	Susree Dutta
Hon. Equipment Officer	Anil Chavan
Hon. Asstt. Equipment Officer
Bombay	M. Chaudhary
Calcutta	Prabhat Ganguli
Delhi	Seema Mishra

CLUB NEWS

An active year for the Himalayan Club, as usual, with many Sectional Meetings at Bombay, Calcutta and London. The Himalayan Journal Vol. 52 was published in April while The Himalayan Club Newsletter 49 was published on 17 February.

The Grindlays Bank Mountain Scholarships were awarded to various trainees. Many new books and items of mountaineering equipment were added to the store.

The Club membership continues to grow beyond 900 members spread over various parts of the world and consisting of many leading mountaineers. The membership is open to all who are interested in various aspects of the Himalaya and are qualified to be members. Full details and forms are available from Hon. Secretary, The Himalayan Club, Post Box No. 1905, Bombay 400001, India. (Full details of the club activities in 1996 are available in the Himalayan Club Newsletter 50).

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THE HIMALAYAN JOURNAL

Volume 53
(1997)
(incorporating the years 1995-1996)

Honorary Editor
HARISH KAPADIA

Honorary Assistant Editor
MONESH DEVJANI
RAJESH GADGIL

Assistance

S. P. Mahadevia (Business)Kaivan Mistry (Index)

Rashmi Palkhivala (Editing)Subodh Joslii (Sketch-maps)

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