CLUB PROCEEDINGS

THE HIMALAYAN CLUB COMMITTEE, 2007

(Founded on 17th February, 1928)

OFFICERS
President	Suman Dubey
Vice-Presidents	Tanil Kilachand Col. Ashok Abbey AVM A. K. Battacharyya (Retd)
Honorary Secretary	Divyesh Muni
Honorary Treasurer	Rajendra Wani
Members of Committee
Vijay Crishna	Motup Chewang
Harish Kapadia	Cdr. K. B. Singh
M. S. Soin	Rishad Naoroji
Dr. Ravi Mariwala	S. P. Mahadevia
Ravi Singh
Additional Members of Balloting Committee
Monesh Devjani	Maninder Singh Kohli
Wing Cdr V. K. Sashindran	Ravindra Apte
President Emeritus
J. C. Nanavati
Honorary Local Secretaries
India:
Almora	Himanshu Pandey
Bangalore	Deepak Arya
Darjeeling	Dorjee Lhatoo
Delhi	Maninder Kohli
Dehra Dun	Sandeep Dutt
Jammu & Kashmir	Sat Paul Sahni
Manali	Mahavir Thakur
Mumbai	Ms. Jasmine Hegde
Kolkata	Priyadarshi Gupta
Shimla	Deepak Sanan
Leh	Motup Chewang
Pune	Dr. Raghunath Godbole
Ranikhet	Krishnan Kutty
Nepal	Ms. Elizabeth Hawley
Pakistan	Nazir Sabir
Australia	Jim Dorington
France	Claude Gardien
New Zealand	John Nankervis
Great Britain	R. G. Pettigrew
Japan	Y. Matsuda
Spain	Jose Paytubi
South Africa	Dr. S. A Craven
Korea	Bae Seung Youl
Switzerland	Eric Bernhardt
Sweden	Ake Nilsson
U.S.A.	Donald Goodman Nicholas Clinch Paddy Iyer
Hon. Editor	Harish Kapadia
Hon. Assistant Editor	Ms. Nandini Purandare Rajesh Gadgil
Honorary Librarian	Sudhir Sahi
Hon. Asstt. Librarian
Bombay	Shyam Samant
Kolkata	Chandra Shekhar Ghosh
Hon. Equipment Officer	Rajendra Wani
Hon. Asstt. Equipment Officer
Mumbai	Mangesh Chaudhary
Kolkata	Debraj Dutta
Web Master	Rajan Rikame
E-Letter Compilers	Ms. Jasmine Hegde Maninder Kohli
E-Group Moderator	Cdr. K. B. Singh
Hon. Archivist	Dr Ravi Mariwala
Patrons of The Himalayan Club
(Chief of Army Staff) Ambani, Anil Godrej, Adi Mallya, Vijay Trivedi, Kunj Bajaj, Niraj Mahendra, Anand
Honorary Members of the Himalayan Club
Aitken, Bill	Matsuda, Yuichi
Ali, Aamir	Moddie, A.D.
Band, G.C.	Nakamura, Tamotsu
Bernhardt, Eric	Nangle, Col. F.E.
Bonington, Sir Christian, C.B.E.	Nyka, J.
Braham, T. H.	Ogata, Yoshio
Diemberger, Kurt	Otsuka, Hiroyoshi
Gombu, Nawang	Pettigrew, Robert
Guha, K. K.	Ramchandani, Gulab
Herzog, Maurice	Scott, Doug
Hillary, Sir Edmund, K.B.E.	Singh, Gurdial
Houston, Dr. C.S.	Streather, Lt. Col. H.R.A., O.B.E.
Inada, Sadshige	Venables, Stephen
Kohli, Capt., M.S.	Westmacott, M.H.
Lawford, R.	Wylie, Lt. Col. C.G.
Lhatoo, Dorjee	Yoshida, Ko

CLUB NEWS

As usual it was an active year, with many Sectional Meetings
at Mumbai, Kolkatta, Delhi and London. The Himalayan Journal Vol. 62 was published in November 2006 while The Himalayan Club Newsletter Number 60 was published in March 2006.

The Grindlays Bank Mountain Scholarships were awarded to various trainees. Many new books were added to the library.

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 any aspects of the Himalaya and are qualified to be members.

Full details and forms are available from Hon. Secretary,
THE HIMALAYAN CLUB CENTRE,
314, Turf Estate, Shakti Mills Lane offE. Moses Road, Mahalaxmi,
Mumbai 400011, India. Phone: 91-2224912829,
Email: info@himalayanclub.org, Website: www.himlayanclub.org

(Full details of the club activities in 2006 and the activities
organised by the Himalayan Club and at its sections are available in
the Himalayan Club Newsletter 60).

For Purchase of the Himalayan Journal and Trade Inquiries contact

Oxford University Press
67, C.S.T. Road, Vidyanagari PO,
Kalina, Santacruz (E), Mumbai 400 098
Phone: 91-22-2697 3891192, 2652 1034/35,
Fax: 91-22-2652 1133
www.oupm.com

Printed in India by Printpoint, 134, Pragati Industrial Estate, 316, N. M. Joshi Marg, Lower Parel (E), Mumbai - 400 011, Designed by Reflections and published by Divyesh Muni, Hon. Secretary for the Himalayan Club, 314, Turf Estate, Shakti Mills Lane off E. Moses Road, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai 400 011, India.

THE HIMALAYAN JOURNAL

Volume 63
(2006)

(incorporating the years 2006-2007)

Honorary Editor
HARISH KAPADIA

Honorary Assistant Editor
Nandini Purandare
Rajesh Gadgil

Assistance
Business

Rishad Naoroji
S. P. Mahadevia

Designer
Business

Aparna Joshi

THE HIMALAYAN CLUB ACTIVITIES

Publications

The Himalayan Journal

Published since 1929, it is the most authentic and authoritative reference on the activities in the Himalaya. It covers climbing, explorations, scientific observations and almost all aspects related to the Himalaya. The contributors include some of the best writers and climbers active in the range. In 2006 Volume 62 is published.

The Himalayan Club Newsletter

Published since 1951 the Newsletter covers the climbs in the Indian Himalaya exhaustively. The other major events in the Himalaya, news and views and details of the Himalayan Club activities are covered. Number 59 was published in February
2006.

E Letter

Keeping with the modem trend the E Letter is started since 2005. It is sent electronically through E mails of members and to anyone requesting for it. Edited by young editors, it is sent periodically covering the Club news and current events in the world of mountains.

The Himalayan Club Website : www.himalayanclub.com

The exhaustive Web site covers various aspects related to the Club, like activities, articles, application forms, subscription rates and all the news from The Himalayan Club Newsletter and E Letters. The Himalayan Club Yahoo Group is gathering of like minded persons on the Web. Open to all to register and communicate.

Libraries

Himalayan Club Libraries at New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata

The Himalayan Club houses a large library of books at the India International Center, Max Muller Road, Lodi Estate, New Delhi. Sub-libraries operate at Mumbai and Kolkata Soli Mehta Library is located at Mumbai.

Events

Annual Seminars are held at Mumbai and Kolkata. Himalayan Club Re-Union of members is held annually at London, Annual Dinner is held in Mumbai, Workshops and Lectures on various Himalayan subjects are held.

Annual Seminars are held at Mumbai and Kolkata, London Re-unions are held annually, Annual Dinner held in Mumbai, Workshops and Lectures on various Himalayan subjects are held often.

Kekoo Naoroji Book Award

The award was started by the Naoroji family in memory of Kekoo Naoroji, Past President and a great supporter of the club. Each year the award is given to an outstanding book on the Himalayan subject, from the entries received.

Sponsorships

Expedition Sponsorship is granted for a worthwhile project by HC members Standard Chartered Bank Mountain Scholarship, Kesarbai Kilachand Scholarship and J. B. Waller Equipment Fund are given to needy students for training.

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