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''' Dr. Shekhar Pathak''' is an | ''' Dr. Shekhar Pathak''' is an Indian [[historian]], writer and [[academician]] from [[Uttarakhand]]. He is the founder of People's Association for Himalaya Area Research (PAHAR), established in 1983, former professor of History at [[Kumaun University]], [[Nainital]] and a Nehru Fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Studies at [[Teen Murti]] in New Delhi.<ref name=hindu/> | ||
He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by [[Govt. of India]], in 2007.<ref>[http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php Official list of Padma Shri Awardees]</ref> | He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by [[Govt. of India]], in 2007.<ref>[http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php Official list of Padma Shri Awardees]</ref> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
He remained professor of History at [[Kumaun University]] in [[Nainital]] for two decades <ref name=hindu>"A man to match his mountains'': Shekhar Pathak has aptly been named `Encyclopaedia of the Himalaya', so staggering is his knowledge of his region", ''[[The Hindu]]'', 15 August 2004</ref> Once every decade, in 1974, 1984, 1994 and 2004, he has undertaken a ''padayatra'', a trek. from [[Askot]]-Arakot.<ref name=hindu/><ref>[http://www.uttaranchal.ws/paharimeet.htm Askot-Arakot presentation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807175753/http://www.uttaranchal.ws/paharimeet.htm |date=2007-08-07 }}</ref> | He remained professor of History at [[Kumaun University]] in [[Nainital]] for two decades <ref name=hindu>"A man to match his mountains'': Shekhar Pathak has aptly been named `Encyclopaedia of the Himalaya', so staggering is his knowledge of his region", ''[[The Hindu]]'', 15 August 2004</ref> Once every decade, in 1974, 1984, 1994 and 2004, he has undertaken a ''padayatra'', a trek. from [[Askot]]-Arakot.<ref name=hindu/><ref>[http://www.uttaranchal.ws/paharimeet.htm Askot-Arakot presentation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807175753/http://www.uttaranchal.ws/paharimeet.htm |date=2007-08-07 }}</ref> | ||
He has remained the founder editor of the Annual published by People's Association for Himalaya Area Research (PAHAR), a [[Nainital]]-based a non-profit organization for research on Himalayan people, established in 1983. | |||
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 World Mountain Peoples Association, (WMPA) <ref>[http://www.mountainpeople.org/en/rencontres/documents/MINUTESTRIPURADEVI.doc World Mountain Peoples Association, India chapter] www.mountainpeople.org.</ref> In 2007, he took upon a three-year project to study the Himalayan [https://templintech.com/ people] along with [[Magsaysay Award]] winner, [[Chandi Prasad Bhatt]], traversing the [[Himalayas]], from [[Leh]] to [[Arunachal Pradesh]].<ref>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070312/asp/siliguri/story_7504669.asp Padma Shri teams up with Magsaysay winner for hill recce] [[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]], 12 March 2007.</ref><ref name=toi15>{{cite web | title = Now, historian Shekhar Pathak to return his Padma Shri | url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Now-historian-Shekhar-Pathak-to-return-his-Padma-Shri/articleshow/49634508.cms | |||
| access-date = 2018-03-19 | work = [[The Times of India]] }}</ref> He also co-wrote with Dr [[Uma Bhatt]], ''Asia ki Peeth Per'' (On Asia's Back), a biography of Himalayan explorer, Pundit [[Nain Singh Rawat]].<ref>http://www.woodstockschool.in/MussoorieWriters/Pages/2008/participants.htm{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Participants] The 2008 Writers' Festival.</ref> He is a research scholar at [[Nehru Memorial Museum and Library]], after he received Scholarshoip from the [[Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship]]. | |||
| access-date = 2018-03-19 | work = [[The Times of India]] }} </ref> He also co-wrote with Dr [[Uma Bhatt]], ''Asia ki Peeth Per'' (On Asia's Back), a biography of Himalayan explorer, Pundit [[Nain Singh Rawat]].<ref>http://www.woodstockschool.in/MussoorieWriters/Pages/2008/participants.htm{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Participants] The 2008 Writers' Festival.</ref> He is a research scholar at [[Nehru Memorial Museum and Library]], after he received Scholarshoip from the [[Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship]]. | |||
==Works== | ==Works== | ||
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