by Shantanu | Aug 14, 2023 | Consultancy Services, Experiential Education, Hiking In The Himalayas, Hiking in the Indian Western Ghats, Outdoor Leadership, Outdoor Skills, Risk Management
“Control what you can, to face what you can’t” – Shantanu Pandit This article briefly states a few basic level considerations that can guide an organisation’s systematic management of risks in its various programmes. Risk management in adventure...
by Shantanu | Mar 22, 2022 | Experiential Education, Outdoor Leadership, Risk Management
‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world.” – Margaret Mead It was in 1986 that I joined a group of hikers, rock climbers and mountaineers in Mumbai, as a young and naïve enthusiast in his mid-twenties. And sure enough, I...
by Shantanu | Sep 28, 2021 | Experiential Education
* The dream-child moving through a land * – Poem in preface to ‘Alice in Wonderland’ by Lewis Carroll The OutdoorPersons (OP) series brings you a post written by Shari Khanolkar. I have known Shari since she was a little girl, since she came in as the youngest...
by Shantanu | Sep 15, 2021 | Experiential Education
* Beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love – Rabindranath Tagore * “It takes an effort to not take such views for granted!” That remark was made quietly, in a voice suitably laced with almost religious awe, by Dr. Dominic Blunt as we stood in silence on one...
by Shantanu | Sep 2, 2021 | Experiential Education, Outdoor Leadership
‘The exact contents of Batman’s utility belt are unknown, and he seems to change them frequently… In fact, his uncanny ability to have exactly what he needs is legendary’! – comicvine.gamespot.com “Shantanu, I really liked the fact that you brought in those few...
by Shantanu | Jun 23, 2021 | Experiential Education, Outdoor Skills
* Your feet are but followers of your imagination * The OutdoorPersons (OP) series continues with some thoughts expressed by my son Meghan. I started taking him out in the hills right since when he could hardly stand. Then came a time when I left it to him to ‘take...
