(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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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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