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International Day of Friendship was proclaimed in
2011 by the UN General Assembly with the idea that friendship between
peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts
and build bridges between communities! Friendship
Day is a day in several countries for celebrating friendship. It was
first proposed in 1958 in Paraguay as the "International Friendship
Day".
In India,
Bangladesh, Malaysia and UAE, Friendship Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of August every year!
I am Dr.
Parmjit Singh Sehra with
name in history and all details on the internet, e.g., click on the following links:
(Ph.D.
Thesis Statement, Indian Express clipping, etc)
While working as Director/Principal at the DAV College of Engineering & Technology (DAVCET),
Kanina in District Mahendragarh, Haryana,
India in 2011, I once signed a Cheque worth Rs. two crores in favour of
DAV College Management Committee (DAVCMC), New Delhi, for
transfer of students' admission fee collection to its Governing Body,
and I had then felt like Big B Amitabh Bachan running the most popular
TV Show KBC in India!
I very well remember that one day the College
Accounts Officer asked me a very simple question in my office there to
which I could not answer. His question was, 'Sir, do you know who is the
the most dangerous person in the world?' When
I was still thinking about its possible answer by taking a little longer
time, he said, 'Sir, you won't be able to answer this question, should I
answer it myself?'
I
told him, 'Okay, I don't know the answer to your question, you please
answer it yourself.' He smiled and answered his own question himself by
saying, 'Sir, the most dangerous
person in the world is an honest person like you who will neither do any
corruption himself nor let others do it'!
This
reminded me about the removal of another Accounts Officer in DAV
Institute of Engineering & Technology (DAVIET), Daltonganj,
Jharkhand, where also I had worked as Director/Principal
in 2010. I thought that he was probably referring to that, but he
immediately gave me the required accounts papers for checking the same! At
that we both laughed,
and then I signed the above mentioned Rs. two crore cheque for
transferring this amount to the College Governing Body, viz., DAVCMC,
New Delhi!
I
had earlier also written the following anecdote on DAVCET, Kanina,
Haryana, which is perhaps temporarily closed now, but this link stays
and is worth reading & sharing
for the sake of friendship & peace everywhere:
Furthermore,
my following two inspiring articles were first published in the Indian
Mountaineering Federation (IMF)'s 'Indian Mountaineer' Journal/Magazine
as per the details
given below:
1. First Indian at the South Pole - P. S. Sehra in Indian Mountaineer, Vol. 2, 1978, and
2. Exploration of Antarctica - P. S. Sehra in Indian Mountaineer, Vol. 3, 1979.
These inspiring articles were invited from me
by Shri H. C. Sarin, IAS, Former IMF President, which were designated as
very important articles of permanent value and were to be published in
an IMF Book in 1977-78, but later appeared
in the IMF's Indian Mountaineer Journal/Magazine in 1978 & 1979 as mentioned above.
These articles were later also selected by the NCERT and published in
its School Science Journals with due permission from the Indian
Mountaineering Federation (IMF), New Delhi for inspiration of students
under the following links:
Also
please see the following link giving some details about
my Ph.D. work carried out at the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL),
Ahmedabad, in the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO):
So,
Wishing Everyone Happy International Friendship Day with Strong Will
Power and Never-Say-Die attitude which can really do great wonders in
life and also stop
suicides being so common these days amongst youth and even affluent
people! Life is very precious, Befriend others, Live and Let Live, Seek
Peace and Everyone's Welfare!
With Ever Best Wishes & Heartiest Greetings To Everyone:
(Former PAU Prof, ISRO, NASA/USA & UN Expert, and 1st Indian Antarctic & South Pole Explorer also to do
Ph.D. on it and Founder of the Indian Antarctic Programme, Polar
Heroes | Polarjournal, having
visited and worked in all the seven continents of the world from Deep
Freeze, the coldest place Vostok in Antarctica at -89.3 deg C to
Furnace, the hottest place El-Zizia in Libya, Sahara
Deserts at 58 deg C, with name in history and details on the internet).
Present Residential & Mailing Address:
Dr. Parmjit Singh Sehra, Ph.D. (Sci.)
C/o Dr. (Mrs.) Bhupinder Sehra, MBBS, MD, Senior Consultant, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Apt.
A-4, Bilga General Hospital (A Unit of CMC, Ludhiana), Village & P.O. Bilga-144036, Nurmahal Road, Tehsil Phillaur, District
Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
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Celebrate peace and science in the Antarctic.
On
this day, December 1st, 1959, the Antarctic Treaty was signed by 12
nations so that the continent would be a place
only to be used for peace and science. These diverse nations established
the agreement to protect Antarctica as summarized below:
Antarctica Day was inaugurated in 2010 to celebrate the 1st December
1959 signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which was adopted “with the
interests of science and the progress of all mankind.” Antarctica Day
was initiated by the Foundation for the Good Governance of International
Spaces (www.ourspaces.org.uk)
as an annual event to build global awareness of this landmark
institution, celebrating this milestone of peace in our civilization
with hope and inspiration for future generations.
Map of Antarctica with the flags of the
Antarctic Treaty nations. Accurate for Feb 2012 (49 nations). Inner ring
are the original 12 signatory nations, central ring are the remaining
consultative nations and outer ring are the
non-consultative nations.
The Antarctic Treaty has been signed by 48
nations to date and covers the area south of 60 deg latitude. The Treaty
has ensured that Antarctica remains a natural reserve, devoted to peace
and science.
With a vision for young people to be aware
of how countries can build on their common interests – Antarctica Day is
an opportunity to demonstrate how diverse nations can work together
peacefully, continuously using science as a
global language of cooperation for decision making beyond national
boundaries.
Learn from International Experts:
I am Dr.
Parmjit Singh Sehra, bit.ly/parmjit, an
Indian Pioneering Antarctic Explorer with some details given in the following links:
My
following two articles were first published in the Indian
Mountaineering Federation (IMF)'s 'Indian Mountaineer' Journal/Magazine
as per the details given below:
1. First Indian at the South Pole - P. S. Sehra in Indian Mountaineer, Vol. 2, 1978, and
2. Exploration of Antarctica - P. S. Sehra in Indian Mountaineer, Vol. 3, 1979.
These articles were invited from me by Shri H. C. Sarin, IAS, Former Indian Mountaineering Federation (IMF)
President, which were designated
as very important articles of permanent value and were to be published
in an IMF Book in 1977-78, but later appeared in the IMF's Indian
Mountaineer Journal/Magazine
in 1978 & 1979 as mentioned above.
These articles were later also selected by the NCERT and published in
its School Science Journals with due permission from the IMF under the
following links:
Being the first Indian to explore, winter over, circumnavigate and do
Ph.D. on Antarctic & South Pole Atmospheric Studies and Global
Environment, I had to even challenge the NASA/USA scientists for not
including my references in their related Antarctic paper
as mentioned in the following links:
A
brief true story as
to how India reached Antarctica and opened Indian research bases there
and also a new Institute 'National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean
Research (NCAOR), now called National Centre for Polar & Ocean
Research (NCPOR)' in Goa started with the following Antarctic
Proposal made to the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India directly from
Antarctica by myself during 1971-1973:
ANTARCTIC PROPOSAL TO
PM AND SOME CORRESPONDENCE
I
sent a congratulatory message to the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India,
the late Shrimati Indira
Gandhi, on the auspicious occasion of the Silver Jubilee celebrations of
the Indian Independence Day on 15th August, 1972 from Antarctica while I
was wintering over at the South Pole there, with a proposal to launch
Indian Antarctic Expeditions and open some
Indian Research Bases in Antarctica, which is reproduced here.
My
most cherished Antarctic
dream ultimately came out to be true when my pioneer Antarctic
explorations and proposals sparked lot of interest in India for its
further explorations with the launching of regular Indian Antarctic
Expeditions from the southern summer of 1981-1982 and the
opening of some permanent Indian Research Bases in Antarctica since 1982
such as ‘Dakshin Gangotri’ and subsequently ‘Maitri’.
I have thus opened a
Gateway of India to Antarctica which is a matter of great personal satisfaction and reward for me!
.
Congratulatory Message to the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India from Antarctica: Official
Radiogram Transmitted on 10th August 1972:
Urgent Message
To
The Indian Embassy
Moscow
Kindly transmit the following
Radio Message to the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India with separate copies
to:
1. The Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister of India, Research, Ahmedabad, India.
2. The Broadcasting Director, All India Radio, New Delhi, India.
3. The Editor, ‘The Times of India,
New Delhi, India,
and other newspapers so as to reach them before 15th August 1972.
Et Sequentia (its copy)
is for you as well. Please signal its acknowledgement and transmission accordingly.
The Message Begins:
“Heartiest congratulations to
all the patriotic citizens of India on the auspicious occasion of the
magnificent Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Indian Independence Day and
its Silver Jubilee celebrations on 15th August 1972. Heartfelt homages
to all the braves and veracious patriots whose
great sacrifices earned us sovereign freedom . Those heroes shall remain
immortal”.
“In memoriam and honoris causa everyone would appreciate if India lands on the South Polar Ice Cap
in Antarctica in the near future and founds some Research Bases in Antarctica glorifying this historical day”.
“Ad hoc ad initium (for this purpose, in the beginning), among other member nations, India should
also join the Antarctic Treaty”.
“I hope that this auspicious day will plant the following new programmes and departments :
1. ARPI - The Antarctic
Research Programme of India
2. INSCAR - Indian National Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
3. ICE - Indian Interstate Council of Circumpolar Explorations and Expeditions which all combined
with logistic support by the Indian Defence Services shall fruit productive scientific research.”
“That day is awaited when India landfalls on Antarctica, the seventh continent of the world, realizing
the above wish of every Indian citizen”.
“May India evermore progress and prosper. May the 15th of August always bring lots of progress and
prosperity for everyone in our country.”
“India
has forever voiced for peace, rapprochement (harmonious relations) and
entente (friendly
understanding between various countries). May her demarche (foreign
policy and diplomatic relations) ever succeed in upholding the world
peace ad infinitum (forever).”
“Long live our peaceable Tiranga!”
“Long live our Bharat Mata”!
“Jai Hind”!
(-sd-)
Parmjit Singh Sehra
Imprimis (First) Indian wintering in Antarctica &
Project Scientist, 17th Soviet Antarctic Expedition
(1971-1973), Molodezhnaya
station, Antarctica.
The Message Ends
.
"Message from the Indian Embassy, Moscow to my father Shri Mohinder Singh Sehra agreeing to send
our Antarctic Messages:
+µ+U¦ +ñµ +Uµ-+O¦µ¯µG¦ +µ±S+ñµ=
Dr. D.C. Biswas EMBASSY OF INDIA
Education Attache MOSCOW
No. Mos (Edn)/327/3/69-70
1st August 1972
Dear Shri Mohinder Singh Sehra,
Kindly
refer to your recent letter addressed to the Ambassador for sending
messages to your son
Parmjit Singh Sehra in Antarctica. We have talked to the organizers of
this Soviet Antarctic Expedition and they have taken the message from us
for sending it to your son.
We
have also requested
the organizers to give us any message which your son might have sent
from Antarctica for transmission to you and others in India.
With best wishes and
kind regards
Yours sincerely,
Sd/-
(D.C. Biswas)
To:
Shri Mohinder Singh Sehra,
Postmaster, Head Post Office
Phillaur, District
Jalandhar, Punjab, India".
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This
is how was initiated and founded the Indian Antarctic Programme by my
humble self through the Indian
Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Hydrometeorological Service
(HMS) of the USSR joint agreement under which I had gone to Antarctica
& South Pole and worked there from 1971-1973 and ever thereafter
also as explained in the links and text given below:
(Ph.D. Thesis Statement, Indian Express clipping, etc)
Some
of my following online links are very authentic historical documents in this connection:
The United Nations (UN) is an Intergovernmental Organization that aims to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among
nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. It
is the largest, most familiar, most internationally represented and
most powerful intergovernmental organization in the world. The
UN is headquartered on international territory in New York City, with its other main offices in Geneva, Nairobi, and The Hague.
The UN was established after World War-II with
the aim of preventing future wars, succeeding the ineffective League of Nations. On 25 April 1945, 50 governments met in San Francisco for a conference and
started drafting the UN Charter, which was adopted on 25 June 1945 and
took effect on 24 October 1945, when the UN was formally borne and began
its operations.
Pursuant
to the Charter, the organization's objectives include maintaining
international peace and security, protecting human rights, delivering
humanitarian aid, promoting sustainable
development, and upholding international law. At its founding, the UN
had 51 member states, with more additions subsequently, membership is
now 193, representing almost all of the world's sovereign states.
The UN's chief administrative officer is the Secretary-General,
currently Portuguese politician and diplomat Antonio Guterres, who began
his five year-term on 1st January 2017. The organization is financed by
assessed and voluntary contributions from its member
states. The
UN, its officers, and its agencies have won many Nobel Peace Prizes,
and the organization is believed to be an important force for peace and
human development.
The
year 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of
the United Nations and its founding Charter. This anniversary comes in a
time of great disruption for the world, compounded by an unprecedented
global health crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with severe economic
and social impacts. But it is also a reminder
that times of struggle can become an opportunity for positive change and
transformation through reinvigorated
multilateralism!
The
United Nations (UN) earlier used to issue Laissez Passer (Identity Card) only to its employees, but when I joined it as a World
Meteorological Organization, United
Nations, WMO/UN Expert, in 1991 at the Department of Meteorological
Services in Harare, Zimbabwe (formerly known as Rhodesia), which had
just attained its independence, on deputation from its Headquarters, I
was very fortunate to be issued the first UN Passport
in Geneva, Switzerland at that time with full diplomatic status and
immunity as long as I worked there!
Let us always live happily and
let live happily even during this difficult time of Corona Virus Disease
(COVID-19) pandemic by staying safe & healthy at home, and using
mask, keeping social distancing, and maintaining
proper hygrine by using sanitizers and washing hands frequently when
outside and at work, as per the WHO/UN norms.
Its (COVID-19) vaccine is
expected to become available in early 2021 on which dedicated scientists
are already working so hard all over the world. This difficult phase
will pass by early next year and normalcy will return
soon! The World Health Organization (WHO) of the United Nations (UN) is
doing great work in this connection also.
(Pl click on the above links for details)
Dr. Parmjit Singh Sehra
(Former
PAU Prof, ISRO, NASA/USA & WMO/UN Expert, and 1st Indian Antarctic
& South
Pole Explorer also to do Ph.D. on it and the Founder of the Indian
Antarctic Programme, having visited and worked in all the seven
continents of the world from Deep Freeze, the coldest place Vostok in
Antarctica at -89.3 deg C to Furnace, the hottest place
El-Zizia in Libya, Sahara Deserts at 58 deg C, with name in history and
details on the internet)
Present Residential & Mailing Address:
Dr. Parmjit Singh Sehra, Ph.D.,
C/o Dr. (Mrs.) Bhupinder Sehra, MBBS, MD, Senior Consultant, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology,
Apt. A-4, Bilga General Hospital (A Unit of CMC, Ludhiana), Village
& P.O. Bilga-144036, Nurmahal Road, Tehsil Phillaur, District Jalandhar, Punjab, India. ---------------
(Pl click on this new link)
Dr. Parmjit Singh Sehra
TO ENLARGE - Please click on top Right Side Arrow in a Square
Dr. Parmjit Singh Sehra, First Indian Explorer of Antarctica & South Pole, and also first to do Ph.D. on it.
Dr.
Parmjit Singh Sehra (Left) with the First mate/Chief officer of the
Ship Navarin Comrade Vitaly Evanovich Pashnechney at the Soviet
Antarctic
station Mirny during circumnavigation of the Antarctic continent in the
17th Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1971-1973.
Family
Photograph (From Left to Right): 1. Dr. Parmjit Singh Sehra, Ph.D., 2.
Er. Gaurav Singh Sehra, B.Tech., MEng (USA), 3. Dr. (Mrs.) Bhupinder
Sehra, MBBS, MD, 4. Dr. Pamela Sehra, BDS, MPH & DDS (USA)
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Happy Teacher's Day from the First Indian to do Ph.D.
on Antarctic and Global Environment & Atmospheric Studies by Exploring Antarctica and South Pole!
Everyone's
first teachers are
one's own parents, same for me - my mother Mrs. Satwinder Kaur (Sarpanch
of VPO Bhana near Dasuya in Hoshiarpur District of Punjab in India for
20 years), father Mr. Mohinder Singh Sehra (Postmaster), and grandfather
Mr. Bir Singh Sehra (Small scale farmer)
whom I dedicate my whole life and work.
In India, the Teacher's Day is celebrated on 5th September, the
birthday of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (5 September 1888-17 April 1975), the great philosopher and statesman who was the first Vice President
of India (1952–1962) and the second President of India from 1962 to 1967, and
this tradition started from 1962. He
was a man of many good qualities and a favorite teacher among students.
It was his request that his birthday should be celebrated as
an honorable day for all the teachers in the country, in case someone is
wishing to celebrate his birthday at all. So, in a nutshell, we
celebrate Teacher's Day because teachers have been the architect of the
society and without them no society can walk in
the path of progression.
I joined the Physical Research
Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad on 7th July 1969 for doing my Ph.D. in Atmospheric Physics under
the kind guidance of Prof.
P. R.
Pisharoty and became a pioneer in Antarctic Research
& Explorations as the first ever Indian to do so under
a joint Indo-Soviet Agreement between the Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) and the Hydrometeorological Service (HMS) of
the USSR as described in the following links:
The
first World Environment Day was celebrated in 1974 in the city of
Spokane in USA, but I did it differently by becoming the 'First Indian
to do Ph.D. on Antarctic
and Global Environment & Atmospheric Studies by Exploring Antarctica
and South Pole' as summarized in the following links:
My
best teacher will be always Prof. P. R. Pisharoty from Palghat,
Kerala under whose guidance I did my Ph.D. in Atmospheric Physics from
the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) affiliated with the Gujarat
University, Ahmedabad in 1976, from which was born the Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO) with the efforts of many
reputed scientists led by Prof. Vikram A. Sarabhai.
My
Ph.D. Thesis is entitled 'Atmospheric Structure: Exploration over
Antarctica and Inter-hemispheric Comparison' which I completed under the
kind guidance of
Prof. P. R. Pisharoty, my ever-best teacher, and its details are
available online in the links given below:
I went abroad and joined the
Al-Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya in 1982 for establishing a new
Department of Meteorology & Atmospheric Science in the Faculty of
Science there, a task which was earlier assigned to
the University of Reading, UK.
They reassigned this work to
the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Geneva, Switzerland, a
specialized Agency of the United Nations (UN) where it got delayed due
to which the Al-Fateh University then directly
contacted me to accomplish this task! I worked there till 1990 after
which I joined the Department of Meteorological Services in Harare,
Zimbabwe as a WMO/UN Expert on deputation from the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) in the United Nations (UN) in
1991.
It
is very rare for an individual to work in one's State Government
Service, Central Government
Service, and also International Government Service, but I did it after
completing my Ph.D. Degree in 1976-77 from the Physical Research
Research Laboratory (PRL) affiliated to the Gujarat University,
Ahmedabad under the kind guidance of Prof. P. R. Pisharoty,
my best-ever teacher!
I
worked in Punjab State Government Service as Professor at the Punjab
Agricultural University
(PAU), Ludhiana till my retirement from there in March 2007, in Central
Government Service at the Space Applications Centre, Indian Space
Research Organisation, SAC/ISRO, Ahmedabad from 1974 to 1982, and
International Government Service as WMO/UN Expert in
the United Nations (UN) with full diplomatic status & immunity for a
long period.
I
also worked in National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA),
USA as a Consultant
and several other places all over the world such as Academy of Athens,
Greece, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste,
Italy under UNESCO, and Al-Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya, including
the world's hottest place, El-Zizia in Sahara
deserts in Libya at 58 deg C and the world's coldest place Vostok in
Antarctica at -89.3 deg C covering all the seven continents!
After
my retirement from the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana
in 2007, I worked
as Director/Principal in many Engineering Colleges such as Indo-Global
College of Engineering in Chandigarh, DAV Institute of Engineering
& Technology in Daltonganj/Medininagar, Jharkhand, DAV College of
Engineering & Technology in Kanina, Haryana, and Ghubaya
College of Engineering & Technology in Jalalabad (W), Fazilka,
Punjab. I also worked in some Private Universities such as the Lovely
Professional University in Phagwara, Punjab and Eternal University, Baru
Sahib, Himachal Pradesh as
Professor & Head, Department of Physics there till recently.
My
True Antarctic story freely available on the internet is definitely so
inspiring for everybody in this difficult time of isolation and social
distancing
due to deadly Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic, which
was just a routine for us in Antarctica coupled with extremely harsh
conditions of freezing temperatures, strong snowstorms with utter
darkness of six months night in winter and glaring brightness of
six-month daylight in summer with food scarcity and emergency
there being cut off from the outside world for a long time in the
following links:
But all this without
any national reward or monetary benefit other than losing my job and
impounding of passport in 1986. It was done all due to a wrong action of
Prof. P. D. Bhavsar, the then Director of
SAC/ISRO, Ahmedabad, who also got my passport impounded on totally false
grounds of secrecy, security, integrity, and national interest, etc.,
in 1986 causing me huge financial loss and extreme mental torture, but
God always bless him too!
My
passport was later released after a thorough probe and clearance by the
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 1986-87
after which I again went abroad to earn our livelihood! My Ph.D. Guide
Prof. P. R. Pisharoty, and Prof. Yash Pal, former Director of SAC/ISRO,
Ahmedabad, condemned Prof. P. D. Bhavsar's wrong and biased action
against me, and helped me a lot in this connection!
The things would have been very different if Prof Vikram Sarabhai were alive after my return from the
South Pole, Antarctica on successful completion of our 17th Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1971-1973,
whose dream of opening a Gateway of India to Antarctica I had made true
by risking my own life as described in the following links:
(Indian Subscriber at Base in Enderby Land, Antarctic, Vol.6, No.8, page 292, Dec 1972)
In
my life, I was often hit very hard, but still I stood up
and moved on, which tells secrets of my success, viz., - It is not how
hard one hits the target to achieve success, but how hard one gets hit
and still able to stand up
and move on, which makes one successful in life! And after making a
round of the whole globe and visiting & working in all the seven
continents of the world, what I discovered was that 'East or West, Home
is the Best'!
Happy Teacher's Day to Everyone!
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