Deeya Suzannah Bajaj Explained

Deeya Suzannah Bajaj
Birth Date:	1994 3, df=yes
Nationality:	Indian
Alma Mater:	Cornell University Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Occupation:	Mountaineer, explorer, motivational speaker, adventure tourism
Parents:	Shirly Bajaj and Ajeet Bajaj
Relatives:	Meghna Ann Bajaj (sister)

Deeya Suzannah Bajaj (born 9 March 1994) is an Indian adventure sports athlete.^[1] She completed climbing the Seven Summits on 5 June 2022.

Biography

Bajaj is the daughter of Shirly Thomas Bajaj and Ajeet Bajaj (Indian adventurer and Padma Shri awardee).^[2] She is a PADI certified rescue diver^[3] and has completed an advance course in mountaineering from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering.^[4]

Adventure

At the age of 17, Bajaj participated in a 550 km long cross country skiing expedition,^[5] where she skied across the Greenland Icecap to raise funds for a children's home.^[6] She was the youngest in the world at the time to have completed the expedition.^[7]

On 16 May 2018 Bajaj and her father became the first Indian father-daughter duo to climb Mount Everest.^{[8] [9] [10] [11]} They are also the first parent-child team to have climbed Everest from the North Side (Tibet). The climb was undertaken to support the cause of the girl child in India.^[12] The father-daughter team has climbed all of the Seven Summits including Mount Everest, Denali, Aconcagua, Vinson, Elbrus, Kilimanjaro, Mont Blanc, Puncak Jaya and Mount Kosciuszko.^{[13] [14]}

Awards

• Meri Dilli Award in the category "Adventure Sports" 2012^[15]
• TiE (The IndUS Entrepreneurs) Aspire Young Achievers Award ‘In appreciation of unrivalled contributions as a role model for the Youth of India’ 2012^[16]
• Adventure Tour Operators Association Of India "Adventurer Of the Year" 2013^[17]

External links

• TEDx 'The Spirit Of Adventure'
• TEDx 'Beyond Everest'
• Website

Notes and References

1. News: Kumar . Ashok . Bajajs become first father-daughter duo to scale the Mount Everest . . 16 May 2018 . en-IN.
2. Web site: Would Your Relationship With Your Father Survive Climbing Everest?. Manekar. Sameer. 2018-05-30. Vice. en. 2019-10-07.
3. News: The formidable challenge of scaling the Everest. Kullar. Gagan Dhillon. 2018-06-04. The Hindu. 2019-10-07. en-IN. 0971-751X.
4. News: "Even Everest is not the limit if you put your mind to it" – Mountaineer Deeya Bajaj . 24 November 2021 . cnbctv18.com . 11 April 2019 . en.
5. Web site: Ajeet and Deeya Bajaj: India's First Father-daughter duo to conquer Mt Everest - Parentcircle. Bhanukumar. Shashwathi. 2018-06-11. www.parentcircle.com. en-gb. 2019-10-07.
6. Web site: Skiing for a dream. Rediff. en. 2019-10-07.
7. Web site: Like father, like daughter. PressReader. 2019-10-07.
8. Web site: "Even Everest is not the limit if you put your mind to it" – Mountaineer Deeya Bajaj. cnbctv18.com. 11 April 2019 . en-US. 2019-10-07.
9. News: "Adventure Is A Way Of Life": India's First Father-Daughter Duo Who Climbed Mount Everest. NDTV.com. 2022-10-08. Nidhi. Sethi. 24 May 2018.
10. Web site: Mount Everest: Gurugram duo scale Mt Everest, first Indian father-daughter team to do so Gurgaon News - Times of India. 17 May 2018. The Times of India. en. 2019-10-07.
11. Web site: PM Modi congratulates Indian Mount Everest conquerors. www.aninews.in. en. 2019-10-07.
12. Web site: Everest climb a message for female equality. Cornell Chronicle. en. 2019-10-07.
13. Web site: Ajeet Bajaj and Deeya Bajaj Blog. Economic Times Blog. en-US. 2019-10-07.
14. Web site: Dalmia Cement empowers Ajeet and Deeya Bajaj, the first Indian father - daughter duo aiming to scale Mt. Vinson, Antarctica. 2018-12-13. Odisha Diary. en-US. 2019-10-07.
15. Web site: Deeya Suzannah Bajaj – TOSB. en. 2019-10-07.
16. Web site: Flipkart presents TiE-Aspire Young Achiever awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20181122172124/http://www.sify.com/finance/flipkart-presents-tie-aspire-young-achiever-awards-news-national-mj3wWffaeajsi.html. dead. 2018-11-22. Sify. en. 2019-10-07.
17. Web site: Award2013. www.atoai.org. 2019-10-07. 5 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200105101402/http://www.atoai.org/index.php/award2013.html. dead.