I received a surprise call and note from Mr. Dang in December 2004 and spoke to him again, thereafter (first contact since school); here's what our old Rector had to say:MESSAGE: 4th December, 2004
Dear Viraj :
This is just to check if your E-mail is correct. The new Government; the idealistic, secular, liberal, government, and my Old Students in the Government and the Planning Commission are supportive of the Book-length-feature of the Quarterly International Journal of Sustainable Development, on "India's Infrastructural Challenge : Issues of Equity and Sustainability", and I think you, with your expertise and your globally relevant books and your Ph. D., MS in urban planning and so on, and having spent 2001-2002 in Nepal-India, working as a Development Consultant, set up an institution, and having taught International Relations and having published your 2 books on globalization and global change and received good reviews from Irani's "The Statesman", Calcutta, should be the Editor !
I was extremely saddened to hear of your father’s passing away – a true Paulite, a thorough and rare gentleman, an asset to St. Paul’s – I might add ; there aren’t too many OPs of his caliber and upbringing left in India!
I was extremely saddened to hear of your father’s passing away – a true Paulite, a thorough and rare gentleman, an asset to St. Paul’s – I might add ; there aren’t too many OPs of his caliber and upbringing left in India!
Affectionate regards to your lovely wife Tracy, and boys Nik and Shawn.
HARI DANG.
[Awarded Padma Shree] (Ex-Rector, St. Paul’s Darjeeling 1977- 84) Mountaineer/Naturalist: Member -Everest Expedition of 1962.
Chief Editor, Quarterly International Journal of SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; President-Chairman, The (Third) World Education Centre Society (TWECS); The India International School; Author of “HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT-Issues and Concerns of Conservation and Development”; “India’s New Education Policy”; “The Snow Leopard of the Himalayan and Its Prey; “Blueprint for School Education”; "Timebound Total Literacy”; “Borderless Education:The Role of ITES”; “Gender Sensitivity in Education”; “The Vandalisation of India’s Wilderness since Independence”; and “India’s Heartland : Central Asia” (under preparation); President, Society for Technology and Action for Sustainable Development (TASD); Chairman, Centre for Development and Environment (CENDEVEN), Renuka Dang Memorial Drought Proofing & Desertification Research ; Woman and Child Development, Total Literacy ; and Sariska Tiger Conservation and Wilderness Centre, (at) Village (s) Jagannathpura/Narayani Mata and Roopu-ka-Bas, Tehsil Thana Ghazi, District Alwar, Rajasthan; The International Journal for Sustainable Development ®
* Chairman, International Himalayan Environment Programme and Action Projects Conference; United Nations International Year of Mountains, 2002; UN Year of Water 2003; Member, Governing Body, Automobile Association of Upper India; Founder-Member, Society for Urban Regeneration of Gurgaon and the National Capital Region, and the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH); Former Member, Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), National Integration Council, National Commission on Teachers, National Children’s Board, Indian Board for Wildlife; Society for the National Institutes of Sports, Government of India (SNIPES); All India Council of Sports; Expert Committee on Infrastructure Development, Chairman/Convenor, sub-groups/committees on the Gulf of Kachchh in Gujarat, India; Honorary Chief Patron, The (Indian Education) Technology Mission; National Campaign for India (NCFI).
Chief Editor, Quarterly International Journal of SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; President-Chairman, The (Third) World Education Centre Society (TWECS); The India International School; Author of “HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT-Issues and Concerns of Conservation and Development”; “India’s New Education Policy”; “The Snow Leopard of the Himalayan and Its Prey; “Blueprint for School Education”; "Timebound Total Literacy”; “Borderless Education:The Role of ITES”; “Gender Sensitivity in Education”; “The Vandalisation of India’s Wilderness since Independence”; and “India’s Heartland : Central Asia” (under preparation); President, Society for Technology and Action for Sustainable Development (TASD); Chairman, Centre for Development and Environment (CENDEVEN), Renuka Dang Memorial Drought Proofing & Desertification Research ; Woman and Child Development, Total Literacy ; and Sariska Tiger Conservation and Wilderness Centre, (at) Village (s) Jagannathpura/Narayani Mata and Roopu-ka-Bas, Tehsil Thana Ghazi, District Alwar, Rajasthan; The International Journal for Sustainable Development ®
* Chairman, International Himalayan Environment Programme and Action Projects Conference; United Nations International Year of Mountains, 2002; UN Year of Water 2003; Member, Governing Body, Automobile Association of Upper India; Founder-Member, Society for Urban Regeneration of Gurgaon and the National Capital Region, and the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH); Former Member, Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), National Integration Council, National Commission on Teachers, National Children’s Board, Indian Board for Wildlife; Society for the National Institutes of Sports, Government of India (SNIPES); All India Council of Sports; Expert Committee on Infrastructure Development, Chairman/Convenor, sub-groups/committees on the Gulf of Kachchh in Gujarat, India; Honorary Chief Patron, The (Indian Education) Technology Mission; National Campaign for India (NCFI).
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