The first attempts to summit Mount Everest by Indians were in 1960. The first Indians to reach the summit were a group led by Captain M.S. Kohli in 1965. 422 Indians made a total of 465 attempts between 1965 and 2018. These include 43 repeat attempts by 29 summiteers. There have been 81 attempts by 74 women and 7 repeat attempts by 4 female summiteers from India. Kasturi Savekar from Kolhapur, India climbed Mount Everest on 14 May 2022.

Major achievements

By decade

A decade-by-decade breakup of Indian summiteers of Mount Everest.

1960 to 1999

1960

The first Indian expedition to scale the Everest was in 1960 by

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led by Brigadier Gyan Singh and this was unsuccessful. Climbers Colonel Narendra Kumar, Sonam Gyatso, and Sherpa Nawang Gombu reached up to 28,300 feet (8,625 meters) but due to extremely bad weather they had to turn back.

1962

The second Indian expedition to scale the Everest was in 1962 by

led by Major John Dias and this was also unsuccessful. Climbers Captain M S Kohli, Sonam Gyatso, and Hari Dang reached up to 28,600 feet (8,720 meters) but due to extremely bad weather they also had to turn back.

1965

In 1965, the third Indian expedition by the Indian Army, which was led by Captain M S Kohli, included 21 core members of the expedition and 50 climbing sherpas. The initial attempt was during late-April and due to bad weather, they came back to base camp and waited 2 weeks for better weather. By the end of May, they succeeded by scaling the mountain in four successive attempts. Colonel Narendra "Bull" Kumar was the deputy leader of the team. India became the fourth country to scale Mount Everest. *It was on 20 May 1965 that Lt Col Avatar. S. Cheema, Gurdial Singh, and Nawang Gombu Sherpa climbed the peak and became the first Indian to achieve this feat. This was the second time that Nawang Gombu Sherpa climbed Mount Everest. The first was with American Expedition in 1963.

Tenzing Norgay Tenzing Norgay (; ''tendzin norgyé''; perhaps 29 May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer. He was one of the first two people known to reach the su ...

, the first man to climb Mount Everest, was his uncle. *Two days later on 22 May, Sonam Gyatso and Sonam Wangyal reached the summit and became the first siblings to have climbed Mount Everest together. *On 24 May, C. P. Vohra and

Ang Kami Ang Kami Sherpa was the member of the third Indian Everest expedition, led by Captain M S Kohliin 1965 which was first Indian successful Everest Expedition climbed Mount Everest, consisted of 21 major expedition members and 50 Sherpas. T ...

Sherpa reached the top of Mount Everest. *On 29 May, the fourth and last summit was with Major

H. P. S. Ahluwalia Major Hari Pal Singh Ahluwalia (6 November 1936 – 14 January 2022) was an Indian mountaineer, author, social worker and Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) officer. During his career he made contributions in the fields of adventure, spor ...

, H. C. S. Rawat, and

Phu Dorjee Sherpa Phu Dorjee Sherpa was the first Nepali man and twenty-third person in the world to climb Mount Everest. He was a member of the third Indian Everest Expedition 1965, led by Captain M S Kohli, which was the first successful Indian Everest Ex ...

. This was the first time three climbers stood on the summit together. Records of the expedition * First Indian team to successfully climb the Everest. * First Indian leader to successfully lead the Everest expedition by Captain M S Kohli. * First time three climbers stood on the summit together. * First time nine climbers reached the summit, setting a world record, which India held for 17 years * First man in the world to climb Everest twice - Nawang Gombu * First time that siblings climbed Everest together. * First Nepalese to climb Everest –

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side summiteers # Avtar Singh Cheema # Nawang Gombu Sherpa # Sonam Gyatso # Sonam Wangyal # C. P. Vohra #

Sherpa #

# H. C. S. Rawat #

# Gurdial Singh

1966 to 1983

There were no ascents for 17 years, between 1966 and 1983.

1984

In 1984, the fourth Indian expedition was led by Darshan Kumar Khullar and recorded a total of 5 ascents, including that of Bachendri Pal, the first woman summiteer from

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- all from the South side (Nepal). Lieutenant Colonel Prem Chand was the deputy leader. On 23 May 1984, Bachendri Pal achieves history as the first Indian woman to conquer Everest. South Col side summiteers #

Phu Dorjee Phu Dorjee (also spelled Phu Dorji) was a Sherpa and the first Indian to summit Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. He did so on May 5, 1984 on a solo ascent from the South East Ridge. Dorjee died in 1987 on the Kanchanjunga Expedition of ...

Sherpa - first Indian to summit without oxygen # Bachendri Pal # Dorjee Lhatoo Sherpa # Sonam Palzor Sherpa # Ang Dorje Sherpa

1985 to 1991

There were no ascents for 6 years, between 1985 and 1991.

1992

The 1992 Indo-Tibetan Border Police Expedition to Mount Everest by

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was led by additional deputy superintendent Major Hukam Singh and recorded a total of 8 ascents by Indians including that of

Santosh Yadav Santosh Yadav (born 10 October 1967) is an Indian mountaineer. She is the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice and the first woman to successfully climb Mount Everest from Kangshung Face. She climbed the peak first in May 199 ...

. Senior medical officer Chittaranjan R. Pattanayak was the deputy leader. South Col side summiteers # Sunil Dutta Sharma # Prem Singh # Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal # Mohan Singh Gunjyal #

# Lobsang (Deepak) Sherpa Tsering # Sange Muktuk Sherpa # Wangchuk Sherpa

1993

The 1993 Indo-Nepalese Everest expedition was the first all-woman expedition launched by Indian Mountaineering Foundation and funded by the

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. The 21-member team was led by Bachendri Pal. The historic expedition set up several world records at the time which included the largest number of persons (18) of a single expedition to climb Mount Everest, largest number of women (7) from a single country to climb Mount Everest.

became the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice while Dicky Dolma became the youngest women (19 years old) in the world to climb the highest peak in the world.

and Rita Gombu Marwah were the deputy leaders. A total of 18 ascents happened - 11 of them were Indians and 7 were women. South Col side summiteers #

# Dicky Dolma # Kunga Bhutia # Dal Dev (Baldev) Kunwar # Nima Norbu Dolma # Suman Kutiyal # Savita Martolia # Deepu Sharma # Rajiv Sharma # Radha Devi Thakur # Kusang Dorje Sherpa # Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa # Dorje Sherpa # Ngatemba Sherpa # Ngatemba Sherpa # Nima Dorje I Sherpa # Ongada Chiring Sherpa # Tenzing Sherpa Lobsang Tshering Bhotia, the nephew of

, participated as a member of the 1993 Australian Macedonian Everest Expedition led by Tashi Wangchuk Tenzing. He reached on the top but died by fall at the time of descending.

1994 to 1995

No ascents were made by Indians in the years 1994 and 1995.

1996

The second 1996 Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition to Mount Everest by the

was led by Mohinder Singh to reach the summit on the backdrop of the

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, and resulted in three summiteers of the expedition dying. The expedition is credited as being the first Indian ascent of Everest from the North Side and a total 8 persons reaching the summit.

personnel, Parash Mani Das and Harbhajan Singh were the deputy leaders.

North Col __NOTOC__ The North Col (; ) refers to the sharp-edged pass carved by glaciers in the ridge connecting Mount Everest and Changtse in Tibet. It forms the head of the East Rongbuk Glacier. When climbers attempt to climb Everest via the North ridge ...

side summiteers # Tsewang Paljor # Dorje Morup #

Tsewang Samanla The May 1996 expedition by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police to reach the summit of Mount Everest happened in the background of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, and resulted in three members of the expedition dying. The expedition was led by Comm ...

# Tashi Ram Negi # Hira Ram Singh # Kusang Dorjee Sherpa # Nadre Sherpa # Sange Muktuk Sherpa

1997

No ascents were made by Indians in 1997.

1998

In 1998, an expedition to Mount Everest was led by Hrishikesh Yadav as part of the Indian Independence Golden Jubilee celebration. During this expedition, a total of 8 persons reached the summit - 2 of them was Indians and 6 sherpas. This was the first successful Indian civilian expedition over any 8000m peak. North Col side summiteers # Surendra Chavan #

Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu is an Indian mountaineer who has climbed Mount Everest seven times. He was awarded the Padma Shri by Government of India in 2014. Early life and background Dharmshaktu is from Bona village, Pithoragarh district, Utta ...

# Dawa Tashi Sherpa # Dawa Norbu II Sherpa # Tamtin Sherpa # Nawang Tenzing Sherpa I # Phinzo Norbu Sherpa # Niam Gyalzen Sherpa Another Indian, Kusang Dorjee Sherpa, reached the top as a hired member of the Himalayan Kingdom expedition led by David Walsh.

1999

The 1999 Indian Everest Millennium Expedition was led by

. During this expedition, a total of 4 ascents were by Indians. South Col side summiteers # Amar Prakash Dogra # Kusang Dorjee Sherpa # Sange Muktuk Sherpa # Dinesh Kumar

2000 - 2009

No ascents were made by Indians in 2000.

2001

The 2001

Mount Everest Expedition was led by Colonel Krishan Kumar. During this expedition, 15 people reached the summit - 7 of them were Indians and 8 were sherpas. Satish Chander Sharma was the deputy leader. South Col side summiteers # Chanchal Singh Dhasila # Neel Chand Dogra # Mohinder Singh Negi # Palden Giachho Negi # Amar Prakash Dogra #

Saurabh Singh Shekhawat Brigadier Saurabh Singh Shekhawat, KC, SC, SM, VSM is an Indian Army officer of the 21 Para (SF) and an avid mountaineer. He is one of Indian Army's most decorated officers, with one war-time gallantry award and two peace-time gallantry awa ...

# Chhering Norbu Bodh # Til Bikram Budhathoki # Dendi Sherpa # Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa # Mingma Tshering Sherpa # Nga Temba Sherpa # Pasang Gelu Sherpa # Pasang Rinji Sherpa # Pasang Tendi Sherpa

2002

No ascents were made by Indians in 2002.

2003

The 2003 Indo-Nepal Army on Everest and Lhotse Expedition, led by Colonel Ashok Abbey, recorded a total of 16 persons reaching the summit - 9 of them were Indians and 7 were sherpas. Major Chandra Shekhar Manda was the deputy leader. South Col side summiteers # Angchuk Chhering # Tashi Gyapo # Rajendra Singh Jalal # Jagat Singh Negi # Lalit Kumar Negi # Kunwar Singh Rawat #

# Abhijeet Singh # Lal Singh Thapa # Damai Chhiri Sherpa # Dendi Sherpa # Pasang Sherpa # Pasang Rinji Sherpa # Pasang Rita Sherpa # Pemba Rinzi/Rinji Sherpa # Pemba Tshering (Pemba Chhiri) Sherpa Also, the 2003 Himalayan Mountaineering Institute Everest Expedition led by the principal of

Himalayan Mountaineering Institute The Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI Darjeeling) was established in Darjeeling, India on 4 November 1954 to encourage mountaineering as an organized sport in India. The first ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund ...

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, Vijay Singh Thakur, recorded a total of 2 ascents by Indians. Kulwant Singh Dhami was the deputy leader. North Col side summiteers # Kusang Dorjee Sherpa # Nadre Sherpa

2004

The first 2004 Indian Navy Mount Everest North Face Expedition by

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led by Satyabrata Dam recorded a total of 12 persons reaching the summit - 5 of them were Indians and 7 sherpas. Lieutenant Amit Pande was the deputy leader. North Col side summiteers # Satyabrata Dam # Dr Viking Bhanoo # Abhishek Kankan # Rakesh Kumar Lagwal # Vikas Kumar Mehra

2005

The 2005 Indian Army Women Everest Expedition, led by Major

, recorded a total of 15 persons to reach the summit - 9 of them were Indians and 6 were sherpas. The deputy leader was lieutenant colonel Anand Swaroop. North Col side summiteers #

# Topgay Bhutia # Tsering Ladol # Dachen Lhamo # Sipra Majumdar # Jagat Singh Negi # Ashwini Ajitshing Sadekar Pawar # Kaman Singh # Surjeet Singh The 2005 Indian Air Force Everest Expedition by Indian Air Force led by Air Force wing commander Amit Chowdhury recorded a total of 7 persons reach the summit - 3 of them were Indians and 4 were sherpas. North Col side summiteers # Sirigereshiva Shankarappa Chaitanya # Niku Ram Chowdhary # Ramesh Chandra Tripathi

2006

The First

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(BSF) Everest Expedition 2006, led by Major Sharab Chandub Negi, recorded a total of 16 persons reaching the summit - 7 of them were Indians and 9 were sherpas,. South Col side summiteers # Sharab Chandub Negi # Loveraj Singh Dharmshaktu # Kamlash Kumar Bounthiyal # Manoj Dahal # Kedar Singh Koranga # Parveen Singh Lohia # Bhagat Singh Rawat #Mastan Babu Malli (expedition led by Arnold Coster) The third 2006

expedition to Mount Everest, led by Harbhajan Singh, recorded a total of 14 persons reaching the summit -12 of them were Indians and 2 were sherpas. Prem Singh was the deputy leader. North Col side summiteers # Prem Singh # Nawang Dorjey # Mohammad Ali Khan # Sri Kishan # Pradeep Kumar # Vishal Mani Maithani # Hira Ram Singh # Pasang Tenzing Sherpa # Wangchuk Sherpa # Jot (Jyoti) Singh Bhandari # Ongda Gyalzen Sherpa # Sangay Furi Sherpa

2007

The 2007 Indian Army Everest Expedition led by Lt. Colonel Ishwar Singh Thapa recorded a total of 24 persons reaching the summit - 12 of them was Indians and 12 were sherpas. North Col side summiteers # Tsering Angchok # Amar Dev Bhatt # Maruti Khandagle # Sachin Raosaheb Patil # Dharmjot Singh # Balwant Singh Negi # Khem Chand Thakur # Narendra Singh Chandel # Dayanand Dhali # Nandkumar Jagtap # Ram Bahadur Mall # Tejpal Singh Negi 13. Shekhar Babu Bachinepally reached the summit in a separate two men expedition. South Col side summiteers Ongda Gyalzen Sherpa reached the summit as a Sherpa in the Caudweel Xtreem Everest led by Michael Patrick William (Mike) Grocott.

2008

The 2008 Indian Army Snow Lion Everest Expedition, led by Army officer Ashok Abbey, recorded a total of 18 persons reaching the summit - 9 of them were Indians and 9 were sherpas. South Col side summiteers # Sonam Gurmey # Pasang Tenzin Lektso # Dechen Lhamo # Thupten Lobsang # Jigmey Namgyal # Tashi Phuntsok # Tenzin Rigden # Kumchok Tenpa # Champa Younten The 2008 Gyamtsho Tshering Bhutia Everest Expedition recorded a total of 22 persons reaching the summit - 10 of them were Indians and 12 were Sherpa. South Col side summiteers # Dawa Dhendup Bhutia # Kunzang Gyatso Bhutia # Atul Karwal # Yaduram Sharma # Nima Wangchuk Sherpa # Yangdi Sherpa # Ashish Kumar Singh # N. Suraj Singh # Ram Singh # Phul Maya Tamang With he help of 3 sherpas, Kalpana Dash, an Indian lawyer and mountaineer, reached the top. She had attempted to climb Mount Everest twice before, once in 2004 and once in 2006, but failed due to bad weather and health conditions.

2009

The 2009 Nehru Institute of Mountaineering Everest Expedition, led by Brig. Mangal Murti Masur, VSM, recorded a total of 17 persons reaching the summit - 10 of them were Indians and 7 were sherpas. South Col side summiteers # Pratap Singh Bisht # Kavita Burathoki # Loveraj Singh Dharmshaktu # Vinod Gusain # Satal Singh Panwar # Khushal Singh Rana # Dashrath Singh Rawat # Dinesh Singh Rawat # Vishveshvar Semwal # Surendra Singh Bodh On 21 May 2009,

Krushnaa Patil Krushnaa Patil is an Indian mountaineer. In 2009, at the age of 19, she became the youngest Indian woman to successfully ascent Mount Everest, earth's highest mountain. Her record of the youngest Indian to climb Everest has subsequently been s ...

climbs the summit and became the youngest women (16 years and 7 months years old) in the world to climb the highest peak in the world. Gaurav Sharma and Tapi Mra also reached the summit as part of two separate expeditions.

2010 - 2019

2010

2010 recorded a total of 4 ascents by Indians through separate excursions - all from the South side (Nepal). On 22 May 2010,

Arjun Vajpai Arjun Vajpai (born 9 June 1993) is an Indian mountaineer, who climbed Mount Everest in 2010 at the age of 16 years, 11 months and 18 days, becoming the youngest Indian to climb Everest at that time. He is a good climber. He broke a record set ...

became the youngest Indian to reach the summit at the age of 16 years, 11 months and 18 days. South Col side summiteers # Basanta Kumar Singha Roy # Debasish Biswas #

Mamta Sodha Mamta Sodha is an Indian sportsperson, known for her successful 2010 attempt to scale Mount Everest. She was honoured by the Government of India, in 2014, by bestowing on her the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for her services to ...

2011

2011 recorded a total of 20 ascents by 19 Indians (double ascent

Anshu Jamsenpa Anshu Jamsenpa is an Indian mountaineer and the first woman in the world to scale the summit of Mount Everest twice in a season, and the fastest double summiter to do so within 5 days. It is also the fastest double ascent of the tallest crest b ...

) from the South side (Nepal). Premlata Agarwal became the oldest Indian woman to have scaled Mount Everest at the age of 48.

summited twice on 12 May and 21 May. South Col side summiteers #

Tine Mena Tine Mena ( hi, तिने मिन, ; born 17 September 1986) is an Indian mountaineer, who on 9 May 2011 became the first woman from Northeast India & Arunachalee woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Early life Tine was born in a ...

(first woman from

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) # Jogabyasa Bhoi # Ganesh Chandra Jena # Dipankar Ghosh # Rajib Bhattacharya # Sunita Singh Choken # Premlata Agarwal (became the oldest Indian woman to have scaled Mount Everest) # Sushma Kaushik # Vikas Kaushik # Narinder Singh # Pawan Grewal 2011 Indian Air Force Women Everest Expedition The 2011 Indian Air Force Women Everest Expedition led by Lt. Colonel Narender Kumar Dahiya recorded a total of 19 persons reaching the summit, 7 of them were Indians and 12 sherpas. South Col side summiteers # Nivedita Chaudhary # Devidutta Panda #

Nirupama Pandey Wing Commander Nirupama Pandey is an Indian mountaineer. She is the first person from Bihar to have scaled Mount Everest on 25 May 2011 at 1015 hrs (IST). Nirupama was part of the first-ever all-woman IAF team comprising flight lieutenant Nive ...

# Ganesh Singh Pokhariya # Rajika Sharma # Raju Sindhu # Jasbir Singh

2012

2012 recorded a total of 52 ascents by Indians, 10 of them was women - 7 from the North side (China/ Tibet) and 45 from South side (Nepal).

2012 Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition to Mount Everest

The fourth 2012 Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition to Mount Everest led by Prem Singh recorded a total of 8 persons reach on the summit, 7 of them was Indians Indians and 1 sherpa,.

North Col side summiteers

# Krishna Prasad Gurung # Pradeep Kumar Negi # Pasang Tenzing Sherpa (2nd time of 2) # Devendra Singh # Virender Singh # Ratan Singh Sonal # Mingma Dorchi Sherpa

2012 Indian Army Women Everest Expedition

The 2012 Indian Army Women Everest Expedition led by Lt. Colonel Ajay Kothiyal recorded a total of 28 persons reach on the summit, 15 of them was Indians and 13 sherpas,

South Col side summiteers

# Neha Bhatnagar # Prabhu Dayal Bisht # Prachi Ramesh Gole # Rajendra Singh Jalal (2nd time of 3) # Ranveer Singh Jamwal(1st time of 3) # Gary Jarman Lamare # Smitha Laxman (first woman from

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) # Neikhrietuonuo Linyu # Sherab Palden # Deepika Rathore (first time of 2) # Namrata Rathore # Poonam Sangwan # Sudhir Singh (first time of 2) # Tejpal Singh Negi (2nd time of 2) # Praveen Thapa

2012 Indian Army Snow lion Everest Expedition

The 2012 Indian Army Snow lion Everest Expedition led by Lt. Colonel Bhupesh Hada recorded a total of 11 persons reach on the summit, 7 of them was Indians Indians and 4 sherpas.

South Col side summiteers

# Bhupesh Hada # Chokyi # Chomphel # Thupten Lobsang (2nd time of 2) (first Indian army to scale mounteverest summit without supplementary oxygen on 5 May 2012) # Tenpa Tashi # Thakpa Tenzing # Tamding Tsewang

2012 Himalayan Mountaineering Institute Everest Expedition

The 2012 Himalayan Mountaineering Institute Everest Expedition by

on 2012 led by Lt. Colonel Neeraj Rana recorded a total of 10 persons reach on the summit, 6 of them was Indians and 4 sherpas.

South Col side summiteers

# Ngodup Bhutia # Kamal Nayan # Yamuna Prasad Paneru # Pawel Sharma # Phuchung Sherpa # Mahavir Singh

Other summiteers of 2012

# Kazi Sherpa (first time of 2) # Shrihari Ashok Tapkir # Sagar Sanjay Palkar # Anand Ashok Bansode # Toolika Rani # Ashish Sharad Mane # Prasad Narendra Joshi # Krishna Sukhadev Dhokale # Chetan Shirish Ketkar # Rupesh Bharat Khopade # Surendra Ravindra Jalihal # Rahul Balu Yelange # Kapil Ruhil Singh # Loveraj Singh Dharmshaktu (4th time of 7) # Rajendra Singh Pal # Meghlal Mahato # Binita Soren

2013

2013 recorded a total of 67 ascents by Indians. 11 of them were women - all from the South side (Nepal).

Ravindra Kumar, the only IAS officer to have climbed the Everest, a native of begusarai

On 19 May 2013, Ravindra Kumar became the first Indian Administrative Officer to climb the Mt. Everest. On 23 May 2019, Kumar became the first Indian Administrative Officer to climb the Mt. Everest twice. # Ravindra Kumar

Arunima Sinha - first female amputee

On 21 May 2013, Arunima Sinha became the first female amputee to scale Mount Everest. # Arunima Sinha

Tashi and Nungshi Malik - first siblings and first twins

Nungshi Malik and Tashi Malik, the first twins to climb Mount Everest together, summited. # Nungshi Malik # Tashi Malik

2013 Indo Nepal Joint Army Everest Expedition

The 2013 Indo Nepal Joint Army Everest Expedition led by

Ranveer Singh Jamwal recorded a total of 43 persons reach on the summit, 11 of them was Indians and 32 sherpas.

South Col side summiteers

# Ranveer Singh Jamwal (2nd time of 3) # Unnikannan A. P. Veetil (first time of 2), first man from

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# Mingmar Gurung # Rajendra Singh Jalal (3rd time of 3) # Manoj Joshi # Hajari Lal (first time of 2) # Chatter Singh # Shivraj Singh # Sudhir Singh (2nd time of 2) # Sukhvir Singh # Sonam Thinlas

2013 National Cadet Corp (NCC) Everest Expedition

The 2013

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NCC Everest Expedition led by Satish Chander Sharma recorded a total of 25 persons reach on the summit, 11 of them was Indians and 14 sherpas.

South Col side summiteers

# Rajat Boktapa # Raghuveer Chand # Shankar Singh Chirom # Ashwani Kumar # Rafiq Ahmed Malik # Jagat Singh Negi (3rd time of 3) # Bidyachand Singh Phairembam # Sandeep Rai # Khimi Ram Thakur # Arvind Raturi # Karma Dawa Thakur

2013 Special Service Bureau (SSB) Everest Expedition

The 2013 Special Service Bureau (SSB) Everest Expedition by

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led by Somit Joshi recorded a total of 11 persons reach on the summit, 5 of them was Indians and 6 sherpas,.

South Col side summiteers

# Somit Joshi # Tame (Man) Bagang # Subodh Kumar Chandola # Vinod Singh Negi # Rahul Kumar Tyagi

2013 North East India Everest Expedition

The 2013 North East India Everest Expedition led by Surjit Singh Leishangthem recorded a total of 21 persons reach on the summit, 11 of them was Indians and 10 sherpas.

South Col side summiteers

# Manish Kumar Deka # Anand Gurung #

(3rd time of 5) # Nima Lama # Chinekheinganba Nameirakpam # Bidyapati Devi Ningthoutam # Mohon Puyamcha # Tarun Saikia # Kazi Sherpa (2nd time of 2) # Myrthong Wansuk (first woman from

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) # David Zohmangaiha

2013 The Lawrence School, Sanawar Everest Expedition

The Lawrence School, Sanawar Everest Expedition led by Neeraj Rana recorded a total of 13 persons reach on the summit, 7 of them was Indians and 6 sherpas,

South Col side summiteers

# Fateh Singh Brar # Prithvi Singh Chahal # Raghav Joneja # Shubham Kaushik # Guribadat Singh Somal # Ajay Sohal

Other summiteers of 2013

South Col side summiteers

# Bhushan Uday Harshe # Anand Shivling Mali # Ganesh Krishna More # Ravindra Kumar Singh # Prem Kumar Singh # Tusi Das #

Chhanda Gayen Chhanda Gayen (9 July 1979 – 20 May 2014) was an Indian mountaineer, martial artist, explorer, and teacher of self-defense. She is best known for being the first, and fastest, Indian to climb two eight-thousanders, Mount Everest and Mount ...

# Ujjal Ray # Debdas Nandy # Anita Devi (first time of 2) # Sushen Mahato # Kanta Manu Devi # Loveraj Singh Dharmshaktu (5th time of 7) # Hemant Sachdev # Ramlal Sharma # Sanjay Kodain Sanzu # Satyabrata Dam (2nd time of 2) # Murad Lala

2014

2014 recorded a total of 5 ascents by Indians and one of them woman - all from the North side (China/ Tibet).

Malavath Poorna - youngest girl to conquer Mount Everest

The 2014 Transcend Adventures Everest Expedition led by Shekhar Babu Bachinepally created a new history, Malavath Poorna On 25 May 2014, at the age of 13 years and 11 months, became the youngest girl in the world to have reached the summit.

North Col side summiteers

# Malavath Poorna (Youngest girl in the world to climb Mount Everest ) # Sadhanapalli Anand Kumar # Kishor Dattatraya Dhankude (first time of 2) # Biplab Baidya # Debabrata Mukherjee

2015

No ascents were made by Indians in 2015.

2016

2016 recorded a total of 50 ascents by Indians, 15 of them women. One died. Six were from the north side (China/ Tibet) and 44 from south side (Nepal).

2016 Transcend Adventures Everest Expedition

The 2016 Transcend Adventures Everest Expedition led by Shekhar Babu Bachinepally recorded a total of 13 persons reach on the summit, 5 of them was Indians and 8 sherpas,.

North Col side summiteers

# Suhail Sharma # Dhubi Bhadraiah # S. Prabakaran # Balan Shivaraman # Gollapalli Ramamurthy Radhika #

Aparna Kumar Aparna Kumar is a 2002 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. She was attracted to mountaineering a few years earlier when she was posted at Moradabad, and commanding The 9th Battalion of PAC (Provincial Armed Constabulary which guarded th ...

2016 Indian Army Everest Massif Expedition

The 2016

Everest Massif Expedition led by Colonel Ranveer Singh Jamwal recorded a total of 27 persons reach on the summit, 10 of them was Indians and 17 sherpas,.

South Col side summiteers

# Ranveer Singh Jamwal (3rd time of 3) # K. Siva Kumar (first person from

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) # Hajari Lal (2nd Time of 2) # Ankur Rawat # Unnikannan A. P. Veetil (2nd time of 2), first Keralite to climb Everest twice # Mirza Zahid Baig # Umesh Rai # Pratap Singh # Rinzin Dorje Bodh # Dorjey Gyalson

2016 National Cadet Corp (NCC) Girls Everest Expedition

The 2016

(NCC) Girls Everest Expedition led by Guarav Karki recorded a total of 28 persons reach on the summit, 14 of them was Indians and 14 sherpas,

South Col side summiteers

# Guarav Karki # Rigzen Dolker # Lalrintluangi # Tashi Laskit # Pooja Mehra # Deepika Rathore (2nd time of 2) # Balkar Singh # Sulaxchana Tamang # Tsering Angmo # Trishala Gurung # Stanzin Laskit # Vishal Ahlawat # Dolyne Kharbhih # Kumari Nutan

2016 Satori Adventurous International Everest Expedition

2016 Satori Adventurous International Everest Expedition led by Jitesh Popatial Mody recorded a total of 16 persons reach on the summit, 6 of them was Indians and 10 sherpas.

South Col side summiteers

# Debraj Dutta # Kuntal Ajit Joisher # Bhagwan Singh Kushwah # Chetna Sahoo # Pradeep Chandra Sahoo # Rafik Taher Shaikh

2016 Seven Summit Trecks Everest Expedition

The 2016 Seven Summit Trecks Everest Expedition led by

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Azim Gheychisaz recorded a total of 25 persons reaching the summit, 7 of them Indians.

South Col side summiteers

# Naba Kumar Phukon # Rudra Prasad Halder # Malay Mukherjee # Ramesh Chandra Roy #

Satyarup Siddhanta Satyarup Siddhanta (born 29 April 1983) is a Bangalore-based Indian mountaineer. Satyarup became the youngest mountaineer in the world and the first from India to climb both the Seven Summits as well as Volcanic Seven Summits on 15 January 201 ...

(first from

)

Another summiteers in 2016

South Col side summiteers

# Nanda Dulal Das # Henry David Teran # Khorsing Terang # Ankur Bahl #

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(died from exhaustion) # Ratnesh Pandey # Harshad Kamalaksha Rao

2017

2017 recorded a total of 49 ascents by 48 Indians (double ascent

), 7 accents by 6 women- One die - 18 from the North side (China/ Tibet) and 31 from South side (Nepal).

Anshu Jamsenpa - fastest double summit, most times (5) by Indian woman

created a new history. The first woman in the world to scale the summit of Mount Everest twice in a season (and the first to do so within 5 days). It is also the fastest double ascents of the tallest crest by a woman. This was her fifth summit and thus she became the most time climbed Indian woman .

South Col side summiteers

on 16 May 2017, 4th time of 5 #

on 21 May 2017, 5th time of 5

2017 Transcend Adventures Everest Expedition

The 2017 Transcend Adventures Everest Expedition led by Shekhar Babu Bachinepally recorded a total of 37 persons reach on the summit, 16 of them was Indians and 21 sherpas.

North Col side summiteers

# Bharath Thammineni # Suresh Babu Gullamarusu # Nagaraju Sundarana # Satya Rao Kare # Krishna Rao Vooyaka # Durga Rao Kunja # Sagar Bodla # Chenna Rao Gajavelli # Dharma Teja Mothukuri # Eswaraiah Seelam # Hari Prasad Ganugapenta # Sunda Raju Repalle # Rani Boddu # Asha Singh # Sandhya Bai Vadithe # Aparna Arvind Prabhudesai

North Col side summtiters

# Anita Devi (2nd time of 2) Become the first Indian woman to climb the peak from the both side, She climb the peak from South side in 2013.

2017 Indian Navy Everest-Lhotse Expedition

The 2017 Indian Navy Everest-Lhotse Expedition by

led by

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Sanjay K. Kulkarni recorded a total of 20 persons reach on the summit, 9 of them was Indians and 11 sherpas.

Vinit Doshi was the deputy leader.

South Col side summiteers

# Shashank Tewari # Chandraveer Singh Yadav # Anant Kukreti # Bikas Maharana # Avinash Kalyan Bawane, NM # Hari Om # Nagarajan Hari Prasath # Ashish Gupta # Sandeep Singh

2017 Indian Army Snow Lion Everest Expedition

The 2017 Indian Army Snow Lion Everest Expedition led by Vishal Dubey recorded a total of 13 persons reach on the summit, 7 of them was Indians and 6 sherpas.

South Col side summiteers

# Karma Zopa # Kalden Panjur # Sonam Phuntsok # Urgen Topgye # Kunchok Tenpa (2nd time of 2) # Ngawang Gelek # Kelsang Dorjee Bhutia

2017 Asian Trekking ONGC Eco Everest Expedition

The 2017 Asian Trekking ONGC Eco Everest Expedition by

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led by Satendra K. Sangwan recorded a total of 16 persons reach on the summit, 7 of them was Indians and 9 sherpas.

South Col side summiteers

(6th time of 7) # Yogendar Garbiyal # Ngayaising Jagoi # Rahul Jarngal # Prabhat Gaurav # Nirmal Kumar # Santosh Kumar Singh Another South Col side summiteers in 2017

South Col side summiteers

# Kishor Dattatraya Dhankude (2nd time of 2) # Brij Mohan Sharma # Ravi Kumar (Died) # Hemant Gupta # Kuntal Kanrar # Mohammed Sahabuddin

2018

2018 recorded a total of 69 ascents by Indians - 8 of them women - 18 from the North Col and 51 from South Col. Ajeet Bajaj and Dia Susanna Bajaj, a father-daughter duo from

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, made history by conquering Mount Everest on 16 May.

Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl Sangeeta S Bahl (born 9th Feb. 1965 in Jammu) is an Indian woman hailing from the States and union territories of India, Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir who scaled the world's tallest mountain pea ...

became the oldest Indian woman to have scaled the world's tallest peak at the age of 53 years. The second

(BSF) Everest Expedition 2018, led by

, recorded a total of 30 persons to reach the summit. South Col side summiteers #

# Pritam Chand # Anwar Hussain # Aasif Jaan # Praveen Kumar # Parveen Singh # Vikash Singh Rawat # Suresh Chhetri # Manoj Dahal # Ravi Kant Negi # Kamlesh Kumar # Suneel Kumar # Avinash Negi # Kedar Singh # Darshan Tamang The 2018 Uttarakhand State Police Everest Expedition led by Sanjay Kumar Gunjyal recorded a total of 16 persons reaching the summit - 8 of them was Indians and 8 sherpas. South Col side summiteers # Manoj Kumar Joshi # Vijendra Kuriyal # Praveen Singh # Yogesh Singh # Suryakant Uniyal # Ravi Chauhan # Virendra Prasad # Sanjay Kumar Upreti

2018 NIMAS India Everest Expedition

The 2018 NIMAS India Everest Expedition by

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led by Colonel Sarfraz Singh recorded a total of 13 persons reach on the summit, 8 of them was Indians and 5 sherpas.

South Col side summiteers

# Sarfraz Singh Kular # Dorjee Khandu # Gajur Man Rai # Hem Singh # Pravendra Kumar # Sanjay Kumar # Tongchen Nimsonga # Ram Singh Rawat The 2018 Force Motors Everest Expedition led by Sauraj Jhingan recorded a total of 4 persons reaching the summit - 2 of them were Indians and 2 were sherpas. South Col side summiteers # Sauraj Jhingan # Samir Nicholas Patham 18 other people reached the summit as part of different expeditions. They were: # Bhagwan Bhikoba Chawale # Prajit Rasiklal Pardeshi #

# Tamut Taka # Kishon Tekseng # Amit Kumar # Sandeep Mansukhani # Sandeep Toliya # Navdeep Bittu # Swarnalata Dalai # Manisha Jaykrishna Waghmare # Poonam # Rahul Gupta # Muri Linggi # Rohtash Khileri # Shivangi Pathak # Vikas Shambhu Prasad Dimri (Vikas Dimri) The 2018 Transcend Adventurous Everest Expedition led by Shekhar Babu Bachinepally recorded a total of 40 persons reaching the summit - 18 of them were Indians and 22 were sherpas. North Col side summiteers # Himamsa Shaik # Raja Kojja # Kavidas Pandurang Katmode # Umakant Suresh Madavi # Pramesh Sitaram Ale # Manisha Dharma Dhurve # Mehul Pravinchandra Joshi # Venkata Surya Prakash Korikala # Ajeet Bajaj # Deeya Suzannah Bajaj # Asha Kiran Rani Koyyi # Praveen Kumar Jujjavarapu # Raju Gosala # Borage Prasanna Kumar # Bhanu Surya Prakash Podudolu # Vikas Mahadeo Soyam # Vikram Chandra Naik # Venkatesh Maheshwari

2019

2019 recorded a total of 77 ascents by Indians - 18 of them women - from both South Col and North Col side. South Col side summiteers #Megha Parmar #Aditya Gupta # Romil Barthwal # Bhawna Dehariya #Abdul Nassar # Aditi Vaidya # Anuja Vaidya # Vivek Thakur North Col side summiteers # Kuntal Joisher # Parth Upadhyay

2020

There were no summit attempts in 2020 as Nepal and Tibet, both sides were closed during the

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2021

#Manish Kashniyal

2022

#Piyali Basak

References

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