Profession: School Improvement Coach
Date of Birth: 10th November 1961
Years of Experience: Working since 1983
Nationality: Indian
Academic background
The Doon School - ISC 12 (Class of 1979)
BA (Honours) Economics (Delhi University)
BA (Honours) Economics (Delhi University)
The Bachelor of Laws (LLB) - The Garhwal University
MDP– Retail Management - Indian Institute of Management at Ahmedabad
Author: Guide to Good Schools of India and Guide to Schools of Doon.
Awards: Gold Award of The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Programme; recipient of the "Bal Sahyog Award" for recognition of service to the youth of India; Keep Himalaya Clean Prize from Nehru Institute of Mountaineering; Booksellers Federation Award for Distinguished Service; International Education Award; and many more honours.
Outward bound: Road running, tennis, squash, golf and lots of walking. Qualified mountaineer with Advanced Course certification from Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM), Uttarkashi, India. Awarded the Keep Himalayas Clean Prize at NIM. Done over 30 treks and scaled many heights in the Garhwal Himalayas. Adventure Advisor at Welham Girls School, Dehra Dun, for 15 years.
Member: Doon School Old Boys' Society; The Himalayan Club, Mumbai; Indian National Trust for Art and Culture (INTACH), New Delhi; Dehra Dun Club Limited, Dehradun; Sri Aurobindo Society, Puducherry; India Habitat Centre, New Delhi; Alumnus Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad; Siri Fort Sports Complex, New Delhi; Indian Public Schools Society (IPSS), Dehradun; and Learning Forward.
Author: Guide to Good Schools of India and Guide to Schools of Doon.
Awards: Gold Award of The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Programme; recipient of the "Bal Sahyog Award" for recognition of service to the youth of India; Keep Himalaya Clean Prize from Nehru Institute of Mountaineering; Booksellers Federation Award for Distinguished Service; International Education Award; and many more honours.
Outward bound: Road running, tennis, squash, golf and lots of walking. Qualified mountaineer with Advanced Course certification from Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM), Uttarkashi, India. Awarded the Keep Himalayas Clean Prize at NIM. Done over 30 treks and scaled many heights in the Garhwal Himalayas. Adventure Advisor at Welham Girls School, Dehra Dun, for 15 years.
Member: Doon School Old Boys' Society; The Himalayan Club, Mumbai; Indian National Trust for Art and Culture (INTACH), New Delhi; Dehra Dun Club Limited, Dehradun; Sri Aurobindo Society, Puducherry; India Habitat Centre, New Delhi; Alumnus Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad; Siri Fort Sports Complex, New Delhi; Indian Public Schools Society (IPSS), Dehradun; and Learning Forward.