Manjunatha M R

Managing Director

A medalist in windsurfing and kayaking in State Aqua-sports competitions 1996. Has undergone basic and advance water sports courses through Directorate of Mountaineering and Allied Sports, Government of Himachal Pradesh.

Is a certified as White Water Rescue Technician from Rescue3 International, CaliforniaIs certified as Wilderness First-Responder by Wilderness Medicine Institute, National Outdoor Leadership School, USA and an international outdoor school which is recognized and reputed all over the world.

Is certified in Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation from NOLS, USA

For General Thimayya National Academy of Adventure(GETHNAA) as a Guest-Instructor, Coordinator and Team Manager from1993 till date, teaching advanced skills in windsurfing, kayaking, water-surfing, canoeing, coracle, camping, basic water-safety and rescue skills, white water rafting and kayaking skills, and also

Worked as an instructor in Trainer’s Training Camp for GETHNAA.

For Regional Water Sports Center, Directorate of Mountaineering and Allied Sports, PongDam, Himachal Pradesh as a Guest-Instructor teaching advanced skills in kayaking, water surfing, canoeing, sailing, water-skiing, basic water safety & rescue skills.

Was a speaker in water sports with the speech theme of International Safety Standards and Practice, and Potentials of Water sports in Eco-tourism of Karnataka in “The Great Outdoors of Karnataka” seminar on 7^th January 2007, held by Karnataka Tourism & Essen Communications

Was a speaker in water sports with the speech theme of International Safety Standards and Practice, and Water sports destinations of nation for Eco-tourism in “The Outward Bound” symposium on 26^th August 2007, held by Karnataka Tourism & Essen Communications.

For organizations called Himalayan River journeys and Action Adventure & Rescue Group as a River Instructor as well as marketing coordinator on River Teesta in north-eastern India(one of the toughest rivers of India.

For District Youth Services and Sports Departments of Hassan, Chitradurga, Kolar, Karwar, Tumkur, Davanagere, Hubli-Dharwad and many more as an instructor in aquasports teaching all watersports skills.

Has played the responsible role of establishing and efficiently operating, co-coordinating and marketing at White water rafting project on Cauvery river, Jungle Lodges & Resorts, Bheemeshwari for OZONE Adventures, Bangalore.

As a River Leader in River Rafting Training Program for Defense Adventure Cell on behalf of Kalypso Adventures, Kerala.

Has extensively worked in most of the rivers and lakes and in institutions through out the country from 1993.

Has extensively worked on white water rafting and white water kayaking operations on South Indian rivers(SITA & VARAHI) for more than 4 years with excellent safety track record in partnership with JUNGLE LODGES & RESORTS LTD, (A Government of Karnataka Enterprise.) and has created a platform and many opportunities for the livelihood of the local people in Western Ghats by outsourcing the services related to Adventure & Eco-Tourism.

Around 8944 + hours of White water experience (Rafting & Kayaking up to 3+on commercial operations and 4+ professional).

Around 4860 + hours of Still water experience (Sailing, Wind-surfing, Water skiing, kayaking, canoeing & others).

Around 4830+ hours of Sea experience (Windsurfing, Sailing, Kayaking & others).

Presently is working as an Outdoor Facilitator & Consultant in Adventure & Eco-Tourism Industry in setting up and operating Tourism ventures across the country.

Sowmya H S

Executive Director

She is the First Indian Woman to be certified as White water rescue technician.

Is a certified White Water Rescue Technician from Rescue3 International, California.

Is certified as Wilderness First-Responder by Wilderness Medicine Institute, National Outdoor Leadership School, USA and an international outdoor school which is recognized and reputed all over the world.

Is certified in Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation from NOLS, USA

She has been extensively working on water sports and terrestrial activities for more than three years full time.

Dr.Eric Brymer

Consultant Director-Training & Development.

A sensitive and committed coach and learning facilitator specialising in performance enhancement and the development of contextually appropriate practices and processes.

OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Current Occupations – India

Consultancies

Consulting on people skill issues such as communication, leadership, teamwork, learning transfer, NLP and business performance, NLP and sports performance, Sports Psychology, sales, attrition and negotiations for individuals and organisations such as BASIX, SRA, Ozone, Toshiba, Mindmatters, sports council, texas Instruments. Providing training and certification in Australian department of education applied business skills and adventure tourism qualifications.

Recent occupations - Australia

Consultancies and project management:

Business and individual performance coach specialising in service, service organisations and delivery - Consulting with, coaching and providing learning experiences for individuals and organisations on leadership, teamwork and performance issues such as emotional intelligence, communication, customer service and stress management. Development and implementation of business accreditation for tourism, recreation and education sectors, and the effective implement -ation of change, policies, processes and practices including negotiations with national and state government departments such as Education, Sport, Tourism, national and state bodies such as land managers, insurers and federal bodies such as Standards Australia. Consulting for organisations and education establishments on adult learning, wellbeing, risk management processes, best business practices, human resource issues, service quality and outdoor experiential education. Developing and writing needs based courses for organisations such as Australian Canoeing and TAFE NSW, ACPE on various issues for example time-management, environmental awareness, goal setting, performance psycho logy, customer needs, customer care, business practices, meetings, motivation, learning styles, negotiations, feedback, leadership, team effectiveness, sales, NLP, marketing, project management, behaviour change and so on. Working on international organisational development projects such as SRA, India and Teamworks, Malaysia.

Lecturing/ higher education: Designing, writing, convening and delivering courses and managing tutorials for tertiary, undergraduate and post graduate courses and modules in experiential learning, business administration, applied sport and leisure psychology, health and fitness, skill acquisition, education, management, recreation, tourism and outdoor recreation including sport performance techniques, performance leadership/ team work, business communication, service quality, facilitation, emotional intelligence, wellbeing, research methodology, risk management and other courses in environmental awareness. Institutions include University of Wollongong, University Technology Sydney.University of Technology, Sydney, business school, Industry Advisory Committee.

Leadership roles: Executive officer for the Outdoor Recreation Industry Council, a peak body for outdoor education. Duties included: advocacy, communication and direction for the industry. Developing relationships and working arrangements with Federal and State political parties, National and State bodies such as National Parks, Waterways, Australian Tourism, Sports and Recreation Training Australia and other state representative bodies such as Queensland Outdoor Recreation Federation. Developing the accreditation program for quality business processes and practices including risk management and human resource processes. Strategic and operational management, including fund raising and policy development. Building relationships with other organisations such as universities for research and the raising of funds. Publishing and editing ‘The Link’ a journal for outdoor practitioners and researchers. Conference organising.

Other Occupations (UK, USA and Europe)

Consulting

Initiating and developing individuals, facilities and projects for profit and not-for-profit organisations (e.g. Cyswllt deaf children’s society, Wales) and learning development, coaching the coaches programs (e.g University of Bangor, centre for learning development, Wales). Analysing, designing and delivering needs based programmes for organisations (e.g. leadership/ team development, communication, business coaching, life long learning, emotional intelligence) and individuals (e.g. executive coaching, performance coaching, life-skills and counselling). Developing courses and facilitating learning for various commercial, voluntary and quasi-governmental organisations(e.g. Sports Council for Wales). Organising and developing normative, strategic and operational planning for businesses and individuals. Delivering and designing information technology training courses. Working with other learning organisations in developing effective learning habits and styles.

Performance coach for national sporting competitors and teams (e.g. Psychology coach to the National White Water Freestyle team - related book published). Sport psychology trainer for Welsh National Coaching Federation.

Lecturing/Teaching

Designing, writing, convening, lecturing and tutoring in outdoor education, psychology and performance, skill acquisition, stress management, health and fitness studies, behavioural studies and performance science, leadership/teamwork, business skills and applied training. Training and developing students in various sports at all levels. Lecturing and training in holistic coaching courses to advanced level (UK. NVQ 5 equivalent). Organisations include further education colleges, private colleges and national governing bodies (e.g. Bournemouth and Poole College of Further Education; National Mountain Centre; Welsh Canoeing Association; Bangor University; National Coaching Federation; Joint Forces).

Leadership roles

Leading departments and divisions, with regular weekly turnover of £160,000 plus and geographically dispersed teams of 100 plus. Designing and delivering training; establishing, launching and developing organisations, departments, teams, programmes and systems in UK and Europe (e.g. Center Parcs, UK; St Neots Recreation Centre, UK; Acorn Venture, France; TIV, USA). Development of specialist management and financial information systems.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Managing centres, directing programmes, coaching various sports to level. Clients include National Centres, Governing Bodies, Private Organisations and Individuals. Testing and evaluating equipment for various commercial and voluntary organisations.

Health and wellbeing coach for athletes and general public.

Set up various health and fitness facilities in the UK and USA.

Finance

Advising and resolving objectives in corporate and personal finance. Planning and projecting budgets and fundraising potentials.

Design

Structural, process and interior design gained through work with private clients and national organisations.

EDUCATION / TRAINING / TERTIARY EDUCATION

PhD (Special commendation) - (Australia) – 2005 – A phenomenological study on extreme athletes - Specialising in the area of performance, the psychological experience of extreme athletes and the role and place of adventure in understanding and developing human potential, the place of nature and the importance of ecocentricity.

MSc (Distinction) – (UK) – 2000 - Focusing on the application of psychological models in the development of individual, leadership and team performance and wellbeing. Research specialisation on the intricacies of nature based expeditions and the role of leadership and teamwork and the transference of learning to the business environment.

Graduate Diploma in Business Administration – (Australia) – 2005 -Specialising in people and services, especially issues around communication, customer relations, leadership and teamwork.

Post Graduate Certificate in Education (Distinction) – (UK) – 2003 - A particular focus on adult, organisational and higher education and the use of multi-modal learning techniques.

BSc [Hons] - Sports Science (Behavioural major) – (UK) – 1991 -

Specialising in performance psychology and behavioural studies in conjunction with studies in health, wellbeing, fitness, leisure management, information technology, physical sciences and life sciences as well as mathematical modelling and statistics. The honours research project involved the development of unique methodology involved in the study of ergonomics and a resulting publication.

Accreditations:

Internationally accredited Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming.

Australian Nationally accredited Cert IV Workplace Trainer and Assessor.

Australian Nationally accredited Diploma in Outdoor Recreation.

Australian Nationally accredited Diploma in Business (service specialisation).

US accredited Certificate in Eriksonian Hypnosis.

UK accredited Practitioner of Motivational Interviewing.

UK National accredited Financial Planning Certification.

Short courses

Skills Plus ‘Dimensional Training’ in people skills for the service industry. Zenger Miller advanced skills for managing and leading people.

Bangor University certificate in ‘Training the Trainers.’

Educational and Health Kinesiology.

Brain Based Learning.

NSW Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation ‘Its Your Business.’

Other courses/ awards

Coaching awards in canoeing, kayaking, mountaineering, swimming, gymnastics, orienteering, skiing and an International diploma in fitness and nutrition.

Remote first aid.

International swift water rescue awards.

CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS

Member of the Society for Constructivism in the Human Sciences.

Member of SLaM, the society for Spirituality in Leadership and Management.

Member of the SELF research centre.

Invited lectures and presentations

Brymer, E. (2007) NLP and the outdoor leader, Invited Lecture. The Outdoor Recreation Industry Council of NSW, 2007 Conference. Sydney, August.

Brymer, E. (2006) Advanced research. Invited Lecture. University of Technology: School of Sport, Leisure and Tourism.

Brymer, E. (2006) Marketing: Your key to success. Invited Lecture. The Outdoor Recreation Industry Council of NSW, 2006 Conference. Sydney, October.

Brymer, E. (2006) Extreme Dude! Staring back from the abyss. Invited Lecture. The Outdoor Recreation Industry Council of NSW, 2006 Conference. Sydney, October.

Brymer,  E. & Gray, T. (2004) Extreme Sports: A challenge to phenomenology.  Connections and Disconnections:  Examining the reality and rhetoric - International perspectives on outdoor education theory and practice.  LaTrobe University, Bendigo July 6-9.

Brymer, E., Oades, L & Gray, T. (2003). Transcendence of material self through extreme sports: A phenomenological perspective. 8^th International Congress on Constructivism and Psychotherapy: Constructivism, Phenomenology and Brain Imaging, Bari, Italy.

Brymer, E., Gray, T. & Oades, L (2003). Enhancing personal ‘well-being’ through extreme sports: views from the edge. 3^rd International Adventure Therapy Conference, Ethical and Quality Practice in Adventure Therapy: Defining Commonality while Honouring Diversity, Victoria, Canada.

Brymer, E., Gray, T. & Oades, L (2003). Life ownership through extreme sports: views from the edge. 13^th National Outdoor education Conference, Relevance: Making it Happen. Adelaide, Australia.

Brymer, E. (2002). Teamwork and spiritual values. 5^th Annual Spirituality, Leadership and Management Conference, Creating and Honouring Connection. Gold Coast, Australia.

Brymer, E., Gray, T. & Oades, L (2002). The extreme sport experience: a challenge to phenomenology. The Outdoor Recreation Industry Council: Research Symposium. Sydney, Australia.

Brymer, E., Oades, L & Gray, T. (2002). Developing personal well-being through extreme sports? Tenth Australasian Conference on Personal Construct Psychology: Personal Construct Psychology in Wellness and Unwellness. Sydney, Australia.

Various presentations to the outdoor industry on risk management, sports law and business applications.

Other materials

Brymer G.E. (In Press) Assessment and feedback issues in delivering outdoor recreation modules in Higher Education, Dwyn Tan.

Brymer, E. (In Review). Effective teamwork: a function of ultimate concerns. The Journal of Spirituality, Leadership and Management.

(2002) Minimal and Environmental Impact Resource Material and Coursebook. Australian Canoeing.

(2002) Interview on southern Cross 4BC.

Short articles on psychology and travel in expedition manuals and special interest journals.

Venkatesh Babu

Director-Sport Climbing

Venkatesh babu is certified as Wilderness First Responder by WMI, NOLS, USA.

Was Indian team Coach in the Asian Championships-2006

Rock climbing Courses—

Basic Rock climbing course – 1993 with ‘A’ Grade – Gethnaa, Bangalore

Advance Rock Climbing Course – 1994 ‘A’ Grade – Gethnaa Bangalore

Mountaineering Course ---

Basic Mountaineering Course – 1997 with ‘A’ Grade, @ N.I.M. Uttarakashi

Advance mountaineering Course – 2000 with ‘A’ Grade, @ N.I.M. Uttarakashi.

M.O.I. Course – 2001 with ‘A’ Grade @ Manali (Instructor’s Course)

Liaison officers course – 2002, @ IMF New Delhi

Participation and Medals in Climbing Competitions---

Open National Sport climbing competition 1994 @ New Delhi and Bangalore

State Level climbing competitions, 1995, 1996, 1997 – III Place, 1999- II Place, 2000 - III place organized by Gethnaa, Bangalore

National level Sport climbing competitions, 1996- semi Final, 1997 – Semi Finals, 1998- Semi Finals, 1999- IX Place, organized by I.M.F New Delhi.

Zonal Level 1996, 5^th, 1997-6^th place, 1998- 3^rd place, 1999 7^th place, 2000 – 6^th place.

Open sport climbing competition @ New Delhi out door school

All India sport climbing competition @ Calcutta – 1996 –18^th place.

Work Experience---

Certified as Route setter for National Level Competitions in the International camp organized by IMF to select the officiating personnel.

Currently working as a Route setter for National Level, Zonal Level, state level, climbing competitions since 1999

Worked as instructor for all India Rock climbing courses for N.C.C. from 1997 to 1998.

Deev Jyoti Datta

Outdoor Facilitator

Is certified as Wilderness First-Responder by Wilderness Medicine Institute, National Outdoor Leadership School, USA and an international outdoor school which is recognized and reputed all over the world.

Is certified in Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation from NOLS, USA

TERRESTRIAL:

Mountaineering & Skiing

Basic Mountaineering from N.I.M. (Uttarkashi) grade 'A', year   - 1998.

Advance Mountaineering from J.I.M. (J & K) with grade 'A', year- 2002.

Method of  Instruction of  D.M.A.S (Manali) H.P, grade 'AX' year- 2002.

Liaison Officer from  N.I.M supported by  I.M.F in the year 2002-2003.

Search & Rescue from N.I.M with grade 'A', year 2003.

Basic Skiing from Narkanda, H.P. with grade 'A', year - 2000.

Expeditions:

Liaison Officer (L.O.) in British Nanda Ghunti Expedition height reached 5200m year – 2005.

L.O. in Marmot German Expedition, solo eight reached 5000m in KhatlingGlacier, year- 2004.

Mt. Sudarshan (6507m) in Uttaranchal climbed in the year - 2004.

Mt. Hanuman Tibba -I (5928) in Solang region H.P. climbed, year - 2003.

Mt. Rudugaria ( 5818m ) Gangotri region climbed, year  – 2002.

Mt. Machoi (a peak situated in Kashmir region) attempted, year - 2002.

Mt. Priyodarshini summitted  peak situated in H.P year - 2002.

Mt. Draupadi Ka Danda height gained 4754m, year -1998.

Rock climbing :

In Tons, Coorg, Purulia range, Sitlakhet .

Climbed Gajaburu (667m).

Climbed Mathaburu

Rope courses : Rope courses instructor & modular.

Trekking & Exploration:

Trekking experience in Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir,

Jharkhand, Karnataka, Orissa, Uttaranchal & W. Bengal.

AQUA

Basic & Intermediate Seamanship and Navigation from S.E.I.grade'A'Year-1999.

Sea, White water & Still water Kayaking from S.E.I, grade 'A', year - 2000.

Basic Water Sports from D.M.A.S. with Grade 'A' year - 2001.

Rafting, Kayaking, Canoeing from D.M.A.S. grade 'A' year - 2001.

Sailing (I.E & Cadet Class) from D.M.A.S, grade 'A', year-2002.

Wind Surfing from NIWS, Goa, year - 2004.

Expeditions & Experience:

Sea Kayaking expedition from Mumbai to Mangalore(1180+ nautical miles 28 days)

2 nos.(12 days & 20days) Sea Kayaking Expedition in the river Hoogly year - 2001.

Kayaking experience in the river Barahi, Beas, Tons river, Ganga.

Life Saving Training from Indian Life Saving Society.

Sea kayaking in Mangalore sea with inflatable kayak.

AERO

Basic Paragliding course from Bir, H.P year -2003.

Practice paragliding at Giridih, Jharkhand .

Advance Paragliding Course from Temple Pilots, Pune-2005.

Paragliding Instructor for Temple Pilots, Pune-since 2006.

Adventure Festival participated :

Participated in Adventure festival Giridih.

Participated in National Adventure Festival, Chandigarh in  2001.

First Aid Course from St. John Ambulance Association.