Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation
 
 
About HRCF
   Over the years well-known scholars, environmentalists, noted literateurs, area specialists, artists, cultural personalities,development experts, population and settlement analysts, tourism, adventure and communication professionals and social activists have associated themselves with the activities of the Foundation. They include T.N. Kaul (diplomat and author), T.N.Chaturvedi, K.Natwar Singh and Ven.Kushok Bakula (eminent parliamentarians), Prof. K.Warikoo (expert on Central Asia, Silk Routes and Western Himalayas), Lt.Genl.(Retd.) Hridaya Kaul (expert on strategic studies),Prof.B.B. Dutta (noted historian from the North East), Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan and Prof. P.N. Pushp (Indologists), Prof. Y.K. Alagh (Former Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University and member, Planning Commission), Prof. M.M.Puri (former Vice Chancellor, Punjab University, Chandigarh), Dr. T.N. Khushoo (environmentalist, UNEP Sasakawa Award winner), Major(Retd.) H.P.S. Ahluwalia (eminent mountaineer), Dr. Subhashini Aryan (art historian), Prof. Devendra Kaushik (Chairperson, Maulana Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata), Prof. B.R. Grover (historian), Ghulam Rasool Santosh, P.N. Kachroo and Suman Gupta (artists), John S.Lall (author and former Director, India International Centre), Ali Mohd. Lone (author, Sahitya Akademi Award winner), Dr. R.P. Khatana (specialist on Gujjars), Dr. Sharad K. Soni (eminent Mongolist), P.N. Haksar (diplomat), Dr. L.M. Singhvi (author and former High Commissioner to UK), Prof.G.Ram Reddy (author and former Chairman, University Grants Commission), Dr. M.C. Joshi and Dr. B.K. Thapar (archeologists), D.N.Dhar (author), Dr.S.Dutta (former Member of Parliament and specialist from North East), Ravinder Kaul (literary critic and film maker), Dr.Gauri Bazaz Malik (Chairperson, Indian Rennaissance Institute), Dr.Aparna Bhattacharya (author and specilist on Sikkim), Mushtak Kak (eminent theatre Director), Dr. T.B. Subba (author and anthropologist), Dr. Ali Mohd. Rather (sociololgist), Dr. Tamo Mibang (author from North East), Prof. N.N. Raina (eminent physicist), Dr. U. Zutshi (author), Masood Chaudhry (Chairman, Gurjjar Desh Charitable Trust).#eef9fb#f5f5f5
    Eminent specialists from outside India who are Members of the Foundation include Mr. Alexander Veigl, Secretary General, International Organisation of Folk Art, Vienna; Academician A. Aidaraliev, President, International University of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek; Prof. Goga Khidayatov and Prof. Ilyas Hashimov, both historians from Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Dr. Valentina Garyacheva (archeologist from Central Asia); Prof. Mohammad El Syed Selim from University of Cairo, Egypt; Prof. Subhash Kak (cryptologist and author), Mr. Braham Norwick (Tibetologist), Dr. Autar K.Mattoo (agronomist), Dr. Nirmal K. Mattoo (medical specialist) and Dr. Sanjyot Mehendale(Deptt. of Near Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley), all from USA; Dr. T. N.Shreshta, Mr. G.B. Pradhan, Dr. R.P. Singh and Mr. R.N. Chaudhary, all from Nepal; Dr. Elena Boikova from Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow; Prof. D. Dashpurev from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; Dr. O.T. Kasenov and Ms. Gulbahar from Almaty, Kazakhstan; Mr. Percival (poet) and Ms. Nina Falkenberg (anthropologist) from Stockholm, Sweden; Peter Marczell (Indologist) from Switzerland.
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