Rajiv Rawat’s Portfolio

Ever since the introduction of the first popular web browsers in 1993 and the spread of internet access beyond the confines of university computer labs, I have been experimenting with web design. If you include accessing and managing BBS systems with 300 to 2400 baud modems, this experience stretches further back to the mid-1980s.

The following is a portfolio of my web sites where you will find links that date back more than eight years. If you look carefully enough, you will see a steady evolution of web and graphic design with each site annotated with their creation dates. Recently, I have moved completely into the realm of content management systems, adapting popular platforms such as Wordpress and Drupal to manage both dynamic and largely static web sites.

The sites are grouped into four categories – recent projects, institutional web projects that I have either designed in their entirety or contributed significantly during the dates noted, past web projects that showcase various trends in web design, and weblogs.

Recent Web Projects

• ICHR
  Institute for Circumpolar Health Research
• NWTPAS
  Northwest Territories Protected Areas Strategy
• ICCH 2009
  14th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
• NGPRC 2009
  Northern Governance Policy Research Conference
• Oral Health and the Aboriginal Child
  Post-Workshop Knowledge Transfer Site
• IUCH
  International Union for Circumpolar Health
• CSCH
  Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health

Institutional Web Projects

• IRIS
  Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability at York University (since 6.2007)
• GAPS Initiative
  Gas, Arctic Peoples, & Sustainability, a project of the International Polar Year (since 6.2007)
• AIDS Prevention Initiative Nigeria
  collaboration between the Harvard School of Public Health, the Nigerian government, Nigerian research institutions, and local NGOs(since 6.2002)
• Harvard AIDS Institute
  Harvard-based research and capacity-building institute working on the global AIDS pandemic (from 1998-2000, now the AIDS Initiative of the Harvard School of Public Health)

• Beej Bachao Andolan (Saves the Seeds Movement)
  an unofficial project to highlight the fantastic work of these Himalayan farmers (since 10.2007)
• CUPE Local 3903
  php & sql driven content management system for union local (since 6.2005)
• Mountain Shepherds Initiative
  an initiative of the Nanda Devi Campaign to implement its community-based ecotourism plans (est. 3.2006)
• Nanda Devi Campaign
  comprehensive look at the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, its history, and the struggle of its human communities (est. 9.2003)
• Gangotri-Gaumukh Conservation
  web site created for Dr. Harshvanti Bisht’s efforts to clean up and restore the forests of Gangotri-Gaumukh region (est. 10.2006)
• Uttarakhand Solidarity Network Site
  information clearinghouse for the social and environmental movements of Uttarakhand, India (est. 1999, re-est. 10.2004)

Past Web Projects

• Boston Global Action Network
  network of global justice activist and advocacy organizations (est. 10.2000, archived 7.2006)
• Cethirien Archives
  a thematic attempt to organize various materials accumulating on my hard drive (est. 6.1999)
• Graduate Association of Geography Students
  representing over 50 graduate students in the Geography Department at York University (est. 9.2004)
• Graduate Environmental Studies Student Association
  representing over 300 graduate students in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University. The site has been recently changed into a weblog (est. 7.2003)
• Maloca Community Garden
  a woodcut rich site for the York University Community Garden (est. 8.2003)
• Nanda Devi Art Exhibition 2004
  an exhibit of artwork produced at an artists’ camp on behalf of the Nanda Devi Campaign (est. 7.2004)
• South Asian Peace and Non-Violence Association
  dedicated to the dream of a peaceful, democratic, and united South Asia, superseded by the efforts of the South Asia Center (est. 5.1998)
• Uttarakhand Board Game
  one of my many pet projects, made available on the internet for download and feedback (est. 1/2007)
• Uttarakhand Home Page
  expansive archive site chronicling the various social and environmental movements of Uttarakhand, India (est. 10.1997)
• Uttarakhand Photo Album
  a slide show of my ancestral patrilineal village in the Garhwal Himalayas (est. 1.2000)
• YouTube Uttarakhand Andolan Channel
  a growing collection of video clips & links about social & environmental struggles in Uttarakhand and beyond (est. 8.2007)
• Wedding Web Site
  our wedding blog site! (est. 3.2006)

Personal Web Blogs

• Trans-Himalayan Research Project
  an attempt to organize my doctoral research into a weblog (est. 10.2004, merged into the Prayaga Blog 7.2006)
• V for Venezuela Solidarity Site
  information clearinghouse in support of the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela (est. 8.2005)