sunhimalay

Ankit
I am a lecturer of Ecotourism in the Govt. Degree College at Kullu teaching tourism to undergraduates.I became a naturalist and guide after receiving a Bachelors Degree in Commerce and a Masters Degree in Tourism from Himachal University. i also holds a Certificate in Environmental Tourism from IGNOU and will soon begin working towards my PhD in eco-tourism. i have worked as an interpretive naturalist for the Great Himalayan National Park and has been involved in community and environmental activism in the Western Himalayas from 1996 to the present. My community based work include using my computer programming expertise to help create the website for the Western Himalayan Mountaineering Institute www.himalayanadventure.org and working with SAHARA (NGO) in creating a staff-training manual for tourism guides as well as increasing the marketing of traditional crafts and tourism products to help improve the livelihoods of the local Kullu Valley people. For the last 8 years, i have guided and operated SHA to be at the forefront of Eco-friendly tours to the Western Himalayas. www.sunshineadventure.com