Ranjan Pal is an adventurer in both his professional and personal life. Professionally he has had a rich and diverse record of accomplishments at the leadership level in a variety of fields ranging from investment banking to education. Personally, he now pursues his twin passions for the outdoors and for travel writing. Combining all these passions, he has been on various adventures and cultural journeys over the last several years, and his travel pieces appear frequently in a number of top global travel media including Condè Nast Traveller, Travel + Leisure, CNN Travel and National Geographic Traveller. More details about his profile and his writings can be found on www.ranjanpal.com

When it comes to travel writing, he is a great believer that in exploring other countries and cultures one gets to know oneself better, an idea best expressed by the iconic American writer Henry Miller who wrote: “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.”