Dr. Ranjan Garge

(B.Sc., M. Sc., Ph. D., B.J., DBM, MBA )

Dr. Ranjan is a Microbiologist, Journalist, Mountaineer, Environmentalist, Educationist, Social worker as well as Outdoor Management Expert. He was Director at Pre IAS training institute, Aurangabad [2004-06], and retired as a Principal of Government College of Arts and Science, Aurangabad [2011]. He is presently the Director of COSMOS Outward Bound Pioneers, Aurangabad. He is also a Social trainer and OBT trainer. He is in the field of Management consultancy since last 15 years. His core training areas are Outdoor Management Development [OMD], Science of Change, Environment Mgt. system and Faculty Improvement Programme – “THINK CRAFT”. He is also socially active giving motivational talks on numerous topics and is a member of many social organizations. He has been awarded a silver medal in Mountaineering at the hands of the then President of India Dr V V Giri in 1973 and Best Trekker of Maharashtra at the hands of CM of Maharashtra Mr. Vasant Patil in 1983. A prolific writer, he has written twenty books on popular science and five reference volumes, curriculum books in Science methodology for B.Ed. and M.Ed., Management and Adventure. His book on Mountaineering received the Best literature Award instituted by Government of Maharashtra in 1993. His recent books are “Management through the woods and over the rivers” published by Notionpress.com, Chennai, 2016. His books on Journalism are “Communicating science –Wi-Fi to Sci-Fi” which had been published by Authorpress, New Delhi in 2017; “Sustainable development” in 2017 and “ThinkIn.com” in 2019.