CLUB PROCEEDINGS, 1997

THE HIMALAYAN CLUB COMMITTEE, 1997

(Founded on 17th February, 1928)

OFFICERS
President	J.C. Nanavati
Vice-Presidents	K.K. Guha S. P. Mahadevia N.D. Jayal
Honorary Secretary	Divyesh Muni
Honorary Treasurer	Vinit Rau
Members of Committee
K.N. Naoroji	Bimal Ghosal
R. Bhattacharji	Dhiren Pania
S.K. Damania	A. P. Samant
Harish Kapadia	Alok Surin
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	Will Steffen
Czechoslovakia	V. Smida
France	Bernard Odier
New Zealand	John Nankervis
Great Britain	R. G. Pettigrew
Japan	Y. Matsuda
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.	Don Goodman
U.S.A. (West)	Nicholas Clinch
U.S.A. (Mid East)	Paddy Iyer
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	Ashok Shenvi
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, Delhi and London. The Himalayan Journal Vol. 53 was published in April while The Himalayan Club Newsletter 50 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 800 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 400 001, India. (Full details of the club activities in 1997 are available in the Himalayan Club Newsletter 51).

Printed in India by S. V. Limaye, India Printing Works, India Printing House, 42 G. D. Ambekar Marg, Wadala, Bombay 400 031 and published by Divyesh Muni, Hon. Secretary for the Himalayan Club, Post Box 1905, Bombay 400 001 (India).

THE HIMALAYAN JOURNAL

Volume 54
(1998)

(incorporating the years 1996-1997)

Honorary Editor
HARISH KAPADIA

Honorary Assistant Editor
MONESH DEVJANI

Assistance

Editing	Business
Ms. Sheela Jaywant	S. P. Mahadevia
Raju Vasantraj	Index
Raj Joshi	Kaivan Mistry

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