July 13, 2021
My name is Diwan Singh Mahara and I am 42 years old. I was born and brought up in a village called Udiyari, some 5 km […]
April 28, 2021
While the rest of India is struggling hard to control and contain the pandemic’s second wave, the Himalayan hills too have seen a rise in Covid […]
April 11, 2021
Himalayan Inter College (HIC), located in the tea garden village of Chaukori, is a school that the Himalayan Education Foundation works closely with to bring quality […]
February 8, 2021
Making Art in the Pandemic by Raj Kumar Aipan is an ancient painting style of Kumaon Himalaya. These paintings, done in red and white pigments, are […]
January 21, 2021
How adventurer Tarun Mahara made his true home in the Himalaya by Raj Kumar The Himalayan mountains have fascinated people for millennia. They are home to […]
HIC Alumni
November 20, 2022
Himalayan mountains and valleys have been a home for millions of people who depend on agriculture and rearing livestock as sources of subsistence. With the steady […]
November 20, 2022
Esha Mehta is an alumnus of Himalayan Inter College Chaukori (HIC) and a native of Berinag, a small nearby town. Daughter of an ex-Army veteran, she […]
July 21, 2022
Kamal was born and brought up in Dudila, a small village near Chaukori. As a recipient of a scholarship from the Himalayan Education Foundation, he completed […]
July 21, 2022
Himalayan Education Foundation (HEF) encourages girls in the rural Himalayan communities to aspire to higher professional goals. HEF has been providing scholarships for promising girl students […]
May 2, 2022
Sony Thakuni is a native of Munsiari, a remote frontier town near the Indo-Tibetan border in Kumaon. Overlooking Panchachuli snow peaks in the greater Himalaya and […]
March 19, 2022
Deepak Karki is a man with many hats. Writing for online media, playing music, crafting poems, making videos about village life in the Himalayas are some […]