Introduction | Expeditions | Lectures & Presentations

Lectures & Presentations Delivered

• Himalayan Challenge in Singapore to the National Youth Council & Singapore Adventure Club.

• Responsible Tourism in Balikpapan, Indonesia at the PATA Adventure & Eco tourism conference.

• Future Trends of Eco Tourism and Adventure Travel in Nassau, Bahamas, at the World Congress on Adventure Travel & Eco-tourism.

• A High Altitude Perspective in Cochin to McKinsey India Annual Conference.

• Outward Bound Management Development in Hyderabad at the National Human Resource Development Network conference.

• Considerations in Packaging High Risk Products in Kathmandu, Nepal at the PATA Adventure & Eco-tourism conference.

• Winter trekking in the Himalaya in North Wales at the Annual symposium of the Alpine Club, UK.

• Eco tourism Vs Adventure Travel in Kuala Lumpur at the Malaysian International Adventure Festival.

• Ice Walk at the Himalayan Club in India International Centre, Delhi on the environmental expedition to the Arctic.

• Environmental and Sustainable Tourism panelist presentation in Nagoya, Japan at the PATA Annual Conference.

• Good environmental practices of an award winning tourism company – Ibex Expeditions in London at the World Travel Market.

• A retrospective of 25 years on adventures, explorations and travels in India and overseas at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

• Panel Chair for Sustainable & Eco Tourism ~ Good practices at the Annual Convention of the Indian Association of Tour Operators held at Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

• Adventure & Eco tourism in India at the Johannesburg Country Club, South Africa.

• Issues on Environment and Sustainable practices for different segments of the tourism industry, presented at the PATA India Chapter, New Delhi.

• Adventure and Character building for the Youth at the annual Mayo Heritage Society day in New Delhi.

• Travel and adventure possibilities in India in a seven city tour of the US coordinated by Ministry of Tourism, Government of India.

• Presented a paper on Responsible Tourism at the Sustainable Resources conference at Colorado University, Colorado.

• Three decade retrospective at the Middlebury College in Vermont, USA

• Explore with Soin slide presentation at the Bengal Club, Kolkata

• Tales of an Explorer slide lecture at the Harvard University, USA

• An India kaleidoscope presenting travel opportunities at the Taj Pierre in New York and for the PATA Boston chapter in Boston, USA

• Edited four editions of the Environment & Eco tourism handbook – a practical guide for the tourism industry published by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India.

Appointments & Memberships

• Founder/President, The Ecotourism Society of India.

• Senior Vice President, Adventure Tour Operators Association of India.

• Chairman, Committee on Environment & Ecotourism, PATA India chapter.

• Chairman, Ecotorism & Overseas chapters committee, Himalayan Environment Trust.

• Member, National Committee, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

• Member, International committee of PATA for Sustainable tourism.

• Member, Access & Conservation Committee of the Union Internationale des Associations D’Alpinisme (UIAA).

• Member, Judging panel, Tourism for Tomorrow Awards of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).

• Member, Judging panel, National Tourism Awards & Awards of Excellence, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India.

• Member, Madhya Pradesh Ecotourism Development Board.

• Member, Ecotourism Society of Himachal Pradesh.

• Member, Executive Committee, The Himalayan Club, India

• Member, Governing Council, Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi.

• Member, Indian Mountaineering Foundation, (IMF)

• Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI), Darjeeling, Bombay Natural History Society of India (BNHS), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), India & Indian National Trust for Art& Culture Heritage (INTACH).

• Member, The Explorers Club & the American Alpine Club, USA; the Alpine Club & the Scientific Exploring Society, UK.

• Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, UK.

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