Shipra Mazumdar

Shipra Mazumdar
NationalityIndia IndianIndian
OccupationMajor in the Indian Army
Known forReaching the summit of Mount Everest

Shipra Mazumdar is a Major in the Indian Army, and a member of the Indian Army women mountaineering team. She is a Bengali.[1] She pursued Engineering at Army Institute of Technology, Pune. She did her Basic and Advance Mountaineering Courses from Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi.

Mountaineering expedition

At 9:30 a.m. on 2 June 2005,[2] she reached the summit of Mount Everest with three other members of the team. They climbed from Tibet, using the North Col route.[3]

Another mountaineering team from the Indian Air Force had reached the summit on 30 May.[2] One member of that team, Squadron Leader S.S. Chaithanya, disappeared in a blizzard during the descent.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "On top of the world, in 10 hours". The Times of India. Mumbai. 18 May 2010. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Army women create history atop Everest". The Tribune. Chandigarh. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Indian Army women scale Mt Everest". The Times of India. Mumbai. 3 June 2005. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Army women on top of the world". The Telegraph. Calcutta. 3 June 2005. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.


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