Shekhar Pathak

Shekhar Pathak

Dr. Shekhar Pathak is a historian from Uttarakhand, who was awarded the Padma Shri in 2007 [ [http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php Official list of Padma Shri Awardees] ] and is Professor of History at Kumaun University in Nainital for the past two decades [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2004/08/15/stories/2004081500520300.htm "A man to match his mountains"] The Hindu, August 15 2004, retrieved May 10 2008] Once every decade, in 1974, 1984, 1994 and 2004, he has undertaken a "padayatra", a trek. from Askot-Arakot [ [http://www.uttaranchal.ws/paharimeet.htm Askot-Arakot presentation] ] .

In 2007, he took upon a three-year project to study the Himalayan people along with Magsaysay Award winner, Chandi Prasad Bhatt, traversing the Himalayas, from Leh to Arunachal Pradesh [ [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070312/asp/siliguri/story_7504669.asp Padma Shri teams up with Magsaysay winner for hill recce] The Telegraph, March 12, 2007.] .

He has remained, the editor of the Annual published by People's Association for Himalaya Area Research (PAHAR), from Nainital, for many years now. At the first Asia level meeting of the WMPA (World Mountain People Association), held at Yuksom, Sikkim, from 9-11 April 2002, he was chosen as the National Coordinator of the Indian chapter of WMPA [ [http://www.mountainpeople.org/en/rencontres/documents/MINUTESTRIPURADEVI.doc World Mountain Peoples Association, India chapter] www.mountainpeople.org.] Presently he is a research scholar at Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, after he received the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship.

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