Hi all HAMs of the world.

Here is a brief biography of myself. To begin with I am a very enthusiastic HAM. My speciality in HAMming is to go up mountains in the western GHATS a very rich tropical mountain system in the west coast of INDIA and operate either HF or VHF. IOTA is the thrilling part of Hamming.I have operated in 3 IOTA expeditions-

1.) IOTA AS-096 --St.Mary's Island                                                                             2.) IOTA AS-161 -Sacrifice Rock   and                                                                      3.) IOTA AS-011- VU7LD The Lakshadweep Islands (India)

I am a post graduate degree holder in Business Administration.                                I am an advanced amateur WILDLIFE AND NATURE photographer. I love to trek and camp in the wilderness. Wildlife and conservation of nature is my passion . Amateur astronomy has been my hobby for a long long time. My xyl Sukanya is also a HAM --VU2RDJ and equally active. Love to DX . Occupation : Retailer of electronic and home appliances.Interested to travel round the world and meet a lot of HAMs.

Experiences in the wild : Involved in the large mammal census in various National parks and Tiger Reserves of India. This program is under the leadership of Dr. Ullas Karanth who is a Senior research Scientist in the WCS ( Wildlife Conservation Society ),Bronx, New York, USA. I have participated in this program for the last 15 years.