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COL. NARINDER 'BULL' KUMARFounder, Outward Bound India-Himalaya“The mountains and the outdoors taught me leadership, perseverance, compassion and collaboration and this is exactly what I would like our youngsters today to imbibe. - Col. Narinder "Bull" Kumar PVSM, KC, AVSM, MacGregor Medal, IMF Gold Medal, Padma Shri, Arjuna Award, FRGS |
Outward Bound India - Himalaya is a not-for-profit organization headquartered in New Delhi. Its Founder and Managing Director, Bull Kumar is actively involved as mentor and guide and the organization is ably managed by a young team of professionals.
In India, Outward Bound was established in 2005 by Col. Narinder 'Bull' Kumar - India's most celebrated solider-mountaineer who first planted the India flag on the Siachen Glacier in 1981.
When Outward Bound International approached Bull Kumar to help bring the idea of experiential learning to India, the Colonel didn't hesitate for a second. With almost 39% of India's youth between the ages of 10 and 30 years, he understood the dire need for such a program - one that would teach collaboration and competition, diversity and inclusion, service and compassion and above all the ability to handle success and failure - all through wilderness and adventure experiences.
In India, Outward Bound was established in 2005 by Col. Narinder 'Bull' Kumar - India's most celebrated solider-mountaineer who first planted the India flag on the Siachen Glacier in 1981.
When Outward Bound International approached Bull Kumar to help bring the idea of experiential learning to India, the Colonel didn't hesitate for a second. With almost 39% of India's youth between the ages of 10 and 30 years, he understood the dire need for such a program - one that would teach collaboration and competition, diversity and inclusion, service and compassion and above all the ability to handle success and failure - all through wilderness and adventure experiences.
“I was the Deputy Leader of the first successful Indian Everest expedition in 1965, the first Indian to scale Nanda Devi, and the first climber to successfully climb Kangchenjunga from the toughest north-east spur. Of the 13 highest peaks above 24,000 ft. climbed by Indians, nine have been climbed under my leadership.
I planted the India flag on the Siachen Glacier in 1981 – and am perhaps the only living solider after whom a post has been named – Kumar Post at the Siachen Glacier.
None of this would ever have been possible if I had been tied to my desk.
- Col. Narinder "Bull" Kumar
I planted the India flag on the Siachen Glacier in 1981 – and am perhaps the only living solider after whom a post has been named – Kumar Post at the Siachen Glacier.
None of this would ever have been possible if I had been tied to my desk.
- Col. Narinder "Bull" Kumar
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DR. KURT HAHNFounder, Outward Bound International“We are all better than we know. If only we can be brought to realise this, we may never again be prepared to settle for anything less. - Dr. Kurt Hahn, Oxford University alumni and the founder of Outward Bound, the first United World College and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award |
Eccentric, charismatic, educator...there are several words used to describe Dr. Hahn, born into a cultured Jewish industrialist family in Germany in 1886. He believed that education was about developing character and real, hands-on, practical challenges was one of the best ways to achieve that.
"There is more in you than you think” was an inscription found on the wall of a family home in Belgium before World War II. It became central to his philosophy: that each of us has more courage, more resilience, more strength and more compassion than we would ever have fathomed.
Kurt Hahn’s calling in life was to help people around the world realize this truth about themselves. We hope you find similar inspiration here.
"There is more in you than you think” was an inscription found on the wall of a family home in Belgium before World War II. It became central to his philosophy: that each of us has more courage, more resilience, more strength and more compassion than we would ever have fathomed.
Kurt Hahn’s calling in life was to help people around the world realize this truth about themselves. We hope you find similar inspiration here.
