Our Vision
A movement to explore, foster and protect the spiritual, socio-cultural, economic and ecological heritage of the Himalayas through traditional wisdom, science, policy and action.
Our Mission
To facilitate, nurture and create empowered local leadership in pursuit of augmenting and disseminating knowledge, practices and competencies. Resultantly, develop leaders and teams rooted in research, field interventions and advocacy across HUM’s thematic areas in the spirit of global consciousness towards holistic wellbeing, along with sustainable development.
Gurudev’s Message
The crown of Bharat Mata, Himalayas, are a pride of the world and a lifeline of over 1.9 billion inhabitants of this world. Given its importance, it is imperative to create a unified voice when it comes to preserving its sacredness. There is a need for regional cooperation to promote more consistent, holistic and integrated solutions to preserve its sacredness and to facilitate more sharing of innovative best practices and to create more global attention to the Himalayas.
The Himalayan Youth Festival 2022
The Himalayan Youth Festival 2022 is being organized at Art of Living Retreat Centre, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh from 24th Dec to 1st Jan.
Himalayan Heros
Ridalin Lyngdoh Lyngkho
Ridalin Lyngdoh Lyngkho was born in Meghalaya in the north-east region of India. Her mother died when she was two months old and her father died when she was six. After loss of both parents, her relatives adopted Ridalin and her brother and sister. She grew up in an environment where selling children for labour…….
Rajesh Kumar
Rajesh Kumar from Himachal Pradesh took to drugs and alcohol at a very young age. At a time when he should have been focusing on his studies and building his career, Rajesh was often found in a drunken stupor, engaging in meaningless brawls with his friends, neighbors, and family members.
Story from Kashmir Valley
Coming from the small town of Badgam near Srinagar, these 25 youth were engaged in labour, farming or were on the lookout for employment opportunities but in vain. Most of them had dropped out of education due to financial reasons. These youth were given technical and soft-skills training…..
