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the team
that built sonapani is as diverse as it can get.
three people from three different industries. but
one common dream!
ashish arora
an original resident of haldwani, ashish has been involved with tourism marketing and promotion activities for over 10 years with special focus on
uttaranchal. it all started with sterling resorts and culminated in
himalayan
village. all these years he has been actively exposing tourists
to the unique
himalayan experiences through treks, camps, safaris, educational trips, corporate getaways and
hrd training camps.
at himalayan village sonapani, ashish takes care of
operations and marketing. he also actively involves himself with local ngo's working in the areas of sustainable development
girish mekhani
an original resident of bhimtal, girish has
served a leading psu in the area marketing. he has
also involved himself with soft stone industry and
land development. a keen explorer of the 'self',
girish has followed many a footsteps to find his
true calling - be it staying at baba amte's village
for two months or methodically following the way of
life proposed by spiritual & social leaders like
swami vivekananda and osho.
socially very active, girish knows more
people than one can count. this aspect of him also
ensures that he manages public relations at local
level and liaisons with the government.
navin pangti
an original resident of pithoragarh, navin is a mechanical engineering
graduate and a post graduate in visual design from
industrial design centre, iit, mumbai. after his last
job as creative director with pitara kids network,
he has been working on his own, providing services in the area of software usability
& information architecture, gui design, new
media design,
print design and corporate identity. for more
details on his design services please check www.pangti.com.
at sonapani, navin involves himself with all the aspects of
design - architecture, landscaping, furniture,
lighting, corporate communications...
team@sonapani
our staff at
sonapani is a wonderful group of young and highly
motivated people. be it debaal who manages the place in ashish's absence or vinod and anand who dish out mount-watering recipes of all kind. our guests often ask us, "why is everyone so happy?". well, the answer is simple - making a living sans migration is always a wonderful feeling!
acknowledgements
there are many well wishers
and friends who have helped us in many ways. we
sincerely thank them for being so supportive.
firstly, we would like to thank harsh kakkar, an
almora based engineer and contractor, who provided
the structural design inputs for the cottages. he also
actively advised us on various aspects of
construction, at no cost.
then there are friends who
lent themselves to be guinea pigs in the starting
days, to help us iron out the teething troubles. we
also thanks capt sood and jhaji of banjara camps for
their constructive advices and assisting us in training our
staff members.
we would also like to thanks amit, joy banerjee,
sanjay nainwal, satish warrior and many of our guests for the pictures
they had clicked at sonapani and in uttarakhand and
allowed us to use them in our communications.
we also thank our families who
are with us in this dream. |
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friends
at sonapani who were kind enough to offer their presence
at sonapani as guinea pigs to iron out our teething
troubles. |
| do you know us? |
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if you see a reflection of your 'vacation' needs in
our offer, don't be surprised. we are one of you. and we
share a common dream!
having been a part of the corporate world, having worked 14 to 24 hours a day, we know what a 'day out' means. and the value it carries for you and your family.
it is precisely this concern that set us out to do something new with our lives. we are first generation entrepreneurs and have spent lot of effort and energies into this venture - our dream - yours as well as mine!
as we were born and brought up in this part of the world, we felt comfortable being and working here. and we look forward to sharing this place with you and your family. |
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