Alumni Profiles

November 20, 2022

Bikesh Kumar : With a vision for rural banking

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 : Life is a beautiful equation

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 Mehra : To serve the nation with honour

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

Palak Bankoti : To make affordable medicines for a healthier world

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: Programming for a better future

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 : Writing and dreaming in Delhi

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 […]