(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. 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 | Vijay Jung Thapa |
Jammu | Sat Paul Sahni |
Munsiary | Emmanuel Theophilus |
Shimla | Col B.S. Sandhu |
Nepal | Elizabeth Hawley |
Pakistan | Nazir Sabir |
Australia | Will Steffen |
Czechoslovakia | V. Smida |
France | Bonneau Yves |
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. West | Nicholas Clinch |
Honorary Editor | Harish Kapadia |
Honorary Assistant Editor | M. H. Contractor Monesh Devjani |
Honorary Librarian | W. M. Aitken |
Hon. Asstt. Librarian | |
Bombay | Vineeta Muni |
Calcutta | Susree Dutta |
Hon. Equipment Officer | Ashok Shenvi |
Hon. Asstt. Equipment Officer | |
Bombay | Anil Chavan |
Calcutta | Prabhat Ganguli |
Delhi | Seema Mishra |
CLUB NEWS
An active year for the Himalayan Club, as usual, with many Sectional Meetings at Bombay (6), Calcutta (4), Delhi and London. The Himalayan Journal Vol. 51 was published in April while The Himalayan Club Newsletter 48 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 1995 are available in the Himalavan Club Newsletter 49)
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Volume 52
(1996)
(incorporating the years 1994-1995)
Honorary Editor
HARISH KAPADIA
Honorary Assistant Editor
M. H. CONTRACTOR
MONESH DEVJANI
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S. P. Mahadevia (Business)Kaivan Mistry (Index)
Rashmi Palkhivala (Editing)Rajesh Gadgil (Proof-reading)
Ravi Mariwala (Proof-reading)
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