JCN Garud Gold Medal

There will be one award per year, given to any person who has excelled over the years in serving / working for expeditions, performed an exemplary act of help, support or rescue to a party in the mountains. Any support including Sherpas, porters, cooks, muleteers, guides, villagers etc who has served any team (Indian, foreign or joint teams) are eligible for this Medal.

The medal is called ‘Garud Medal’ after the powerful bird in mythology and is also a well-known international symbol referred in many texts and in many countries.

The medal is awarded personally to the winner, at the Annual seminar and will be hosted by THC.

An expedition leader, either Indian or foreign, can recommend a support staff for the award with detailed reasons for doing so. A full bio-data of the person and past expeditions must be attached. The winner will be selected by the Managing Committee after studying the applications received.

The period of consideration for any given year will be November of the previous year to October of the current year. The final date of submission will be 15th December of the current year. The Managing Committee will decide the recipient before the Annual Seminar in February of the following year and he / she will be informed accordingly.

To apply for the Garud Medal the submissions should be made as under. It is not the climbing achievements of a person that are under consideration but how supportive he/she has been to the expedition to achieve its goals.

1. Name of person nominated with full address, age and any other personal details.
2. The region the person hails from.
3. Number of years the person is associated with various mountain ventures and in what capacity.
4. How long the proposer has known the person.
5. Reasons for nomination like exemplary services, and outstanding help or support.

Kindly forward all papers to Hon. Secretary, The Himalayan Club at the office address.