List of Indian summiters of Mount Everest explained

The first successful 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.

Notable ascents

!Date/year!Name!Notation!Details!Ref.

20 May 1965	Lt Col Avatar. S. Cheema	The first Indian to climb Mount Everest.	Lt Col Avatar. S. Cheema and Nawang Gombu Sherpa climbed Mount Everest, Lt Col Avatar. S. Cheema the first Indian ever to achieve this feat.	^[1]
23 May 1984	Bachendri Pal	The first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest.		^[2]
10 May 1993		The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice.	She climbed to the summit for the second time and became the first woman in the world to ever climb Mount Everest twice. Her first summit was in 1992 as part of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Expedition to Mount Everest	^[3]
12 May to 21 May 2017	Anshu Jamsenpa	First Double Access	She climbed the summit twice within 5 days (12–21 May 2017).	^[4]
19 May 2013	Tashi and Nungshi Malik	The first twins to scale Mount Everest.		^[5]
21 May 2013	Arunima Sinha	The first female amputee to scale Mount Everest.		^[6]
25 May 2014	Malavath Purna	The youngest girl to summit Mount Everest.	She climbed the summit at the age of 13 years and 11 months.	^[7] ^[8]
16 - 21 May 2017		Scaled twice in one season.	She became the first woman in the world to scale the summit of Mount Everest twice in one season.	^[9] ^[10] ^[11] ^[12]
16 May 2018	Ajeet Bajaj and Dia Susanna Bajaj	The first father and daughter to conquer Everest together.		^[13] ^[14]
18 May 2018	Vikas Shambhu Prasad Dimri (Vikas Dimri)	The first Full time Banker from India to climb the Everest	After an aborted summit attempt in 2017 - turned back from South Col because of bad weather, he returned successful the very next year. Subsequently, completed an Ironman Triathlon in Nov 2018 to become the first Indian to Summit Everest and complete an Ironman triathlon	^[15] ^[16]
20 May 2018	Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu	The first Indian to climb the Everest seven times.		^[17]
2018	Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl	The oldest woman to climb the Everest.	She climbed the summit at the age of 53 years.	^[18] ^[19]
23 May 2019	Ravindra Kumar	The first Indian Administrative Service officer to climb the Everest	UP cadre IAS officer, Ravindra Kumar, scales the Everest twice.	^[20] ^[21]
17 May 2023	Yaashi Jain	A passionate Mountaineer & Computer Science Engineer	A Chhattisgarh-based mountaineer, who summited Mount Everest on 17 May 2023 and Mount Lhotse on 18th May 2023 within 26 hrs. of time becoming the youngest woman mountaineer to summit both. She has also climbed 4/7 continents' highest peaks.	^[22] ^[23]
17 May 2023	Suvidha Kadlag	Mountaineer	The first woman mountaineer from Maharashtra who has taken the traditional (Nauwari Saree) to Everest's feet.	^[24] ^[25] ^[26]
23 May 2023	Ashish Singh	An Engineer, Entrepreneur & Mountaineer	A journey from small village of Madhya Pradesh to world Highest Peak.	^[27] ^[28] ^[29]
23 May 2023	Muthamilselvi Narayanan	A passionate Mountaineer, Sports woman, Japanese Language Trainer & Entrepreneur	The "First Tamil Woman" from Tamil Nadu state to climb the Everest. She has also climbed 5/7 continents highest peaks (Asia-Everest, Europe -Mt Elbrus, Africa-Mt. Kilimanjaro, South America-Aconcagua, Australia- Mt Kosciuszco). She became the "First Tamil Woman who climbed 5 continents in this earth planet.	^[30] ^[31] ^[32] ^[33] ^[34] ^[35]

List by decade

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

1960 to 1999

1960

The first Indian expedition to scale Everest was in 1960 by Indian Army led by Brigadier Gyan Singh and this was unsuccessful. Climbers Colonel Narendra Kumar, Sonam Gyatso, and Sherpa Nawang Gombu reached up to 28300abbr=offNaNabbr=off but due to extremely bad weather they had to turn back.^{[36] [37]}

1962

The second Indian expedition to scale Everest was in 1962 by Indian Army led by Major John Dias and this was also unsuccessful. Climbers Captain M S Kohli, Sonam Gyatso, and Hari Dang reached up to 28600abbr=offNaNabbr=off but due to extremely bad weather they also had to turn back.^{[38] [37]}

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, 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, 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 Sherpa reached the top of Mount Everest.
• On 29 May, the fourth and last summit was with Major H. P. S. Ahluwalia, H. C. S. Rawat, and Phu Dorjee Sherpa. This was the first time three climbers stood on the summit together.^{[39] [40] [41]}

Records of the expedition

• First Indian team to successfully climb 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 – Phu Dorjee Sherpa

South Col side summiteers

1. 1. Avtar Singh Cheema Nawang Gombu Sherpa
2. Sonam Gyatso
3. Sonam Wangyal
4. C. P. Vohra
5. Ang Kami Sherpa
6. H. P. S. Ahluwalia
7. H. C. S. Rawat
8. Phu Dorjee Sherpa

1966 to 1983

There were no ascents for 17 years, between 1966 and 1983.^[42]

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 India - all from the South side (Nepal). Lieutenant Colonel Prem Chand was the deputy leader.^{[43] [44]}

On 23 May 1984, Bachendri Pal achieves history as the first Indian woman to conquer Everest.

South Col side summiteers

1. Phu Dorjee Sherpa - first Indian to summit without oxygen^[45]
2. Bachendri Pal
3. Dorjee Lhatoo Sherpa
4. Sonam Palzor Sherpa
5. Ang Dorje Sherpa

1985 to 1991

There were no ascents for 6 years, between 1985 and 1991.^{[46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52]}

1992

The 1992 Indo-Tibetan Border Police Expedition to Mount Everest by Indo-Tibetan Border Police was led by additional deputy superintendent Major Hukam Singh and recorded a total of 8 ascents by Indians including that of Santosh Yadav.^[53] Senior medical officer Chittaranjan R. Pattanayak was the deputy leader.^{[54] [55]}

South Col side summiteers

1. Sunil Dutta Sharma
2. Prem Singh
3. Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal
4. Mohan Singh Gunjyal
5. Santosh Yadav
6. Lobsang (Deepak) Sherpa Tsering
7. Sange Muktuk Sherpa
8. Wangchuk Sherpa

1993

The 1993 Indo-Nepalese Everest expedition was the first all-woman expedition launched by Indian Mountaineering Foundation and funded by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. 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.

Santosh Yadav became the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice while Dicky Dolma became the youngest woman (19 years old) in the world to climb the highest peak in the world. Santosh Yadav and Rita Gombu Marwah were the deputy leaders.^{[56] [57] [58]} A total of 18 ascents happened - 11 of them were Indians and 7 were women.

South Col side summiteers

1. 1. Santosh Yadav Dicky Dolma
2. Kunga Bhutia
3. Dal Dev (Baldev) Kunwar
4. Nima Norbu Dolma
5. Suman Kutiyal
6. Savita Martolia
7. Deepu Sharma
8. Rajiv Sharma
9. Radha Devi Thakur
10. Kusang Dorje Sherpa
11. Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa
12. Dorje Sherpa
13. Ngatemba Sherpa
14. Ngatemba Sherpa
15. Nima Dorje I Sherpa
16. Ongada Chiring Sherpa
17. Tenzing Sherpa

Lobsang Tshering Bhotia, the nephew of Tenzing Norgay, participated as a member of the 1993 Australian Macedonian Everest Expedition led by Tashi Wangchuk Tenzing. He reached the top but died by falling at the time of descending.^[59]

1994 to 1995

No ascents were made by Indians in the years 1994 and 1995.^{[60] [61]}

1996

The second 1996 Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition to Mount Everest by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police was led by Mohinder Singh to reach the summit on the backdrop of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, 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 of 8 persons reaching the summit.^{[62] [63]} Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel, Parash Mani Das and Harbhajan Singh were the deputy leaders.

North Col side summiteers

1. Tsewang Paljor
2. Dorje Morup
3. Tsewang Samanla
4. Tashi Ram Negi
5. Hira Ram Singh
6. Kusang Dorjee Sherpa
7. Nadre Sherpa
8. 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 were Indians and 6 sherpas. This was the first successful Indian civilian expedition over any 8000m peak. Amongst them, was the youngest Rock climber in their team, Abhijit Burman who climbed when he was 30.^{[64] [65]}

North Col side summiteers

1. Surendra Chavan
2. Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu
3. Dawa Tashi Sherpa
4. Dawa Norbu II Sherpa
5. Tamtin Sherpa
6. Nawang Tenzing Sherpa I
7. Phinzo Norbu Sherpa
8. 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 Santosh Yadav. During this expedition, a total of 4 ascents were by Indians.

South Col side summiteers

1. Amar Prakash Dogra
2. Kusang Dorjee Sherpa
3. Sange Muktuk Sherpa
4. Dinesh Kumar

2000

No ascents were made by Indians in 2000.^[66]

2001

The 2001 Indian Army 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.^{[67] [68] [69] [70]}

South Col side summiteers

1. Chanchal Singh Dhasila
2. Neel Chand Dogra
3. Mohinder Singh Negi
4. Palden Giachho Negi
5. Amar Prakash Dogra
6. Saurabh Singh Shekhawat
7. Chhering Norbu Bodh
8. Til Bikram Budhathoki
9. Dendi Sherpa
10. Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa
11. Mingma Tshering Sherpa
12. Nga Temba Sherpa
13. Pasang Gelu Sherpa
14. Pasang Rinji Sherpa
15. Pasang Tendi Sherpa

2002

No ascents were made by Indians in 2002.^[71]

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.^{[72] [73] [74]}

South Col side summiteers

1. Angchuk Chhering
2. Tashi Gyapo
3. Rajendra Singh Jalal
4. Jagat Singh Negi
5. Lalit Kumar Negi
6. Kunwar Singh Rawat
   1. Saurabh Singh Shekhawat Abhijeet Singh
7. Lal Singh Thapa
8. Damai Chhiri Sherpa
9. Dendi Sherpa
10. Pasang Sherpa
11. Pasang Rinji Sherpa
12. Pasang Rita Sherpa
13. Pemba Rinzi/Rinji Sherpa
14. Pemba Tshering (Pemba Chhiri) Sherpa

Also, the 2003 Himalayan Mountaineering Institute Everest Expedition led by the principal of Himalayan Mountaineering Institute Colonel, Vijay Singh Thakur, recorded a total of 2 ascents by Indians. Kulwant Singh Dhami was the deputy leader.

North Col side summiteers

1. Kusang Dorjee Sherpa
2. Nadre Sherpa

2004

The first 2004 Indian Navy Mount Everest North Face Expedition by Indian Navy 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.^{[75] [76] [77]}

North Col side summiteers

1. Satyabrata Dam
2. Dr Viking Bhanoo
3. Abhishek Kankan
4. Rakesh Kumar Lagwal
5. Vikas Kumar Mehra

2005

The 2005 Indian Army Women Everest Expedition, led by Major Saurabh Singh Shekhawat, 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.^{[78] [79] [80]}

North Col side summiteers

1. 1. Saurabh Singh Shekhawat Topgay Bhutia
2. Tsering Ladol
3. Dachen Lhamo
4. Sipra Majumdar
5. Jagat Singh Negi
6. Ashwini Ajitshing Sadekar Pawar
7. Kaman Singh
8. 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.^{[81] [82]}

North Col side summiteers

1. Sirigereshiva Shankarappa Chaitanya^[83]
2. Niku Ram Chowdhary
3. Ramesh Chandra Tripathi

2006

The First Border Security Force (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,.^{[84] [85] [86] [87]}

South Col side summiteers

1. Sharab Chandub Negi
   1. Loveraj Singh Dharmshaktu Kamlash Kumar Bounthiyal
2. Manoj Dahal
3. Kedar Singh Koranga
4. Parveen Singh Lohia
5. Bhagat Singh Rawat
6. Mastan Babu Malli (expedition led by Arnold Coster)

The third 2006 Indo-Tibetan Border Police 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.^{[88] [89]}

North Col side summiteers

1. Prem Singh
2. Nawang Dorjey
3. Mohammad Ali Khan
4. Sri Kishan
5. Pradeep Kumar
6. Vishal Mani Maithani
7. Hira Ram Singh
8. Pasang Tenzing Sherpa
9. Wangchuk Sherpa
10. Jot (Jyoti) Singh Bhandari
11. Ongda Gyalzen Sherpa
12. 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.^{[90] [91] [92]}

North Col side summiteers

1. Tsering Angchok
2. Amar Dev Bhatt
3. Maruti Khandagle
4. Sachin Raosaheb Patil
5. Dharmjot Singh
6. Balwant Singh Negi
7. Khem Chand Thakur
8. Narendra Singh Chandel
9. Dayanand Dhali
10. Nandkumar Jagtap
11. Ram Bahadur Mall
12. 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.^{[93] [94]}

South Col side summiteers

1. Sonam Gurmey
2. Pasang Tenzin Lektso
3. Dechen Lhamo
4. Thupten Lobsang
5. Jigmey Namgyal
6. Tashi Phuntsok
7. Tenzin Rigden
8. Kumchok Tenpa
9. 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.^[94]

South Col side summiteers

1. Dawa Dhendup Bhutia
2. Kunzang Gyatso Bhutia
3. Atul Karwal
4. Yaduram Sharma
5. Nima Wangchuk Sherpa
6. Yangdi Sherpa
7. Ashish Kumar Singh
8. N. Suraj Singh
9. Ram Singh
10. 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.^[95]

South Col side summiteers

1. Pratap Singh Bisht
2. Kavita Burathoki
   1. Loveraj Singh Dharmshaktu Vinod Gusain
3. Satal Singh Panwar
4. Khushal Singh Rana
5. Dashrath Singh Rawat
6. Dinesh Singh Rawat
7. Vishveshvar Semwal
8. Surendra Singh Bodh

On 21 May 2009, Krushnaa Patil climbs the summit and became the youngest woman (16 years and 7 months years old) in the world to climb the highest peak in the world.^[96] 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).^[97]

On 22 May 2010, Arjun Vajpai became the youngest Indian to reach the summit at the age of 16 years, 11 months, and 18 days.

South Col side summiteers

1. Basanta Kumar Singha Roy
2. Debasish Biswas
   1. Arjun Vajpai Mamta Sodha

2011

2011 recorded a total of 20 ascents by 19 Indians (double ascent Anshu Jamsenpa) from the South side (Nepal).^[98]

Premlata Agarwal became the oldest Indian woman to have scaled Mount Everest at the age of 48. Anshu Jamsenpa summited twice on 12 May and 21 May.

South Col side summiteers

1. Tine Mena (first woman from Arunachal Pradesh)
2. Jogabyasa Bhoi
3. Ganesh Chandra Jena
4. Dipankar Ghosh
5. Rajib Bhattacharya
6. Sunita Singh Choken
7. Premlata Agarwal (became the oldest Indian woman to have scaled Mount Everest)
8. Sushma Kaushik
9. Vikas Kaushik
10. Narinder Singh
11. 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.^{[99] [100] [101]}

South Col side summiteers

1. Nivedita Chaudhary
2. Devidutta Panda
   1. Nirupama Pandey Ganesh Singh Pokhariya
3. Rajika Sharma
4. Raju Sindhu
5. Jasbir Singh

In 2013 Wansuk Myrthong the first Women from the state of Meghalaya-India climbed the Mt. Everest Summit on 18 May 2013.

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).^[102]

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 eight persons reach on the summit, seven of them were Indian and one was a sherpa.^{[103] [104]}

North Col side summiteers

1. Krishna Prasad Gurung
2. Pradeep Kumar Negi
3. Pasang Tenzing Sherpa (2nd time of 2)
4. Devendra Singh
5. Virender Singh
6. Ratan Singh Sonal
7. 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,^{[105] [106]}

South Col side summiteers

1. Neha Bhatnagar
2. Prabhu Dayal Bisht
3. Prachi Ramesh Gole
4. Rajendra Singh Jalal (2nd time of 3)^[107]
5. Ranveer Singh Jamwal(1st time of 3)
6. Gary Jarman Lamare
7. Smitha Laxman (first woman from Karnataka)^[108]
8. Neikhrietuonuo Linyu
9. Sherab Palden
10. Deepika Rathore (first time of 2)
11. Namrata Rathore
12. Poonam Sangwan
13. Sudhir Singh (first time of 2)
14. Tejpal Singh Negi (2nd time of 2)
15. 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, seven of them were Indian and four were sherpas.

South Col side summiteers

1. Bhupesh Hada
2. Chokyi
3. Chomphel
4. Thupten Lobsang (2nd time of 2)

(first Indian army to scale mounteverest summit without supplementary oxygen on 5 May 2012)

1. Tenpa Tashi
2. Thakpa Tenzing
3. Tamding Tsewang

2012 Himalayan Mountaineering Institute Everest Expedition

The 2012 Himalayan Mountaineering Institute Everest Expedition by Himalayan Mountaineering Institute 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

1. Ngodup Bhutia
2. Kamal Nayan
3. Yamuna Prasad Paneru
4. Pawel Sharma
5. Phuchung Sherpa
6. Mahavir Singh

Other summiteers of 2012

1. Kazi Sherpa (first time of 2)
2. Shrihari Ashok Tapkir
3. Sagar Sanjay Palkar
4. Anand Ashok Bansode
5. Toolika Rani
6. Ashish Sharad Mane
7. Prasad Narendra Joshi
8. Krishna Sukhadev Dhokale
9. Chetan Shirish Ketkar
10. Rupesh Bharat Khopade
11. Surendra Ravindra Jalihal
12. Rahul Balu Yelange
13. Kapil Ruhil Singh
14. Loveraj Singh Dharmshaktu (4th time of 7)
15. Rajendra Singh Pal
16. Meghlal Mahato
17. Binita Soren

^[109]

2013

2013 recorded a total of 67 ascents by Indians. 11 of them were women - all from the South side (Nepal).^[110]

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.^[111] On 23 May 2019, Kumar became the first Indian Administrative Officer to climb the Mt. Everest twice.^[112]

1. Ravindra Kumar

Arunima Sinha - first female amputee

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

1. 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.

1. Nungshi Malik
2. Tashi Malik

2013 Indo Nepal Joint Army Everest Expedition

The 2013 Indo Nepal Joint Army Everest Expedition led by Colonel Ranveer Singh Jamwal recorded a total of 43 persons reach on the summit, 11 of them was Indians and 32 sherpas.^[113]

South Col side summiteers

1. Ranveer Singh Jamwal (2nd time of 3)
2. Unnikannan A. P. Veetil (first time of 2), first man from Kerala
3. Mingmar Gurung
4. Rajendra Singh Jalal (3rd time of 3)
5. Manoj Joshi
6. Hajari Lal (first time of 2)
7. Chatter Singh
8. Shivraj Singh
9. Sudhir Singh (2nd time of 2)
10. Sukhvir Singh
11. Sonam Thinlas

2013 National Cadet Corp (NCC) Everest Expedition

The 2013 National Cadet Corps 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.^[114]

South Col side summiteers

1. Rajat Boktapa
2. Raghuveer Chand
3. Shankar Singh Chirom
4. Ashwani Kumar
5. Rafiq Ahmed Malik
6. Jagat Singh Negi (3rd time of 3)
7. Bidyachand Singh Phairembam
8. Sandeep Rai
9. Khimi Ram Thakur
10. Arvind Raturi
11. Karma Dawa Thakur

2013 Special Service Bureau (SSB) Everest Expedition

The 2013 Special Service Bureau (SSB) Everest Expedition by Sashastra Seema Bal led by Somit Joshi recorded a total of 11 persons reach on the summit, 5 of them was Indians and 6 sherpas,.^{[115] [116]}

South Col side summiteers

1. Somit Joshi
2. Tame (Man) Bagang
3. Subodh Kumar Chandola
4. Vinod Singh Negi
5. 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.^{[117] [118] [119]}

South Col side summiteers

1. Manish Kumar Deka
2. Anand Gurung
3. Anshu Jamsenpa (3rd time of 5)
4. Nima Lama
5. Chinekheinganba Nameirakpam
6. Bidyapati Devi Ningthoutam
7. Mohon Puyamcha
8. Tarun Saikia
9. Kazi Sherpa (2nd time of 2)
10. Myrthong Wansuk (first woman from Meghalaya)
11. 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,^{[120] [121]}

South Col side summiteers

1. Fateh Singh Brar
2. Prithvi Singh Chahal
3. Raghav Joneja
4. Shubham Kaushik
5. Guribadat Singh Somal
6. Ajay Sohal

Other summiteers of 2013

South Col side summiteers

1. Bhushan Uday Harshe
2. Anand Shivling Mali
3. Ganesh Krishna More
4. Ravindra Kumar
5. Prem Kumar Singh
6. Tusi Das
7. Chhanda Gayen
8. Ujjal Ray
9. Debdas Nandy
10. Anita Devi (first time of 2)
11. Sushen Mahato
12. Kanta Manu Devi
13. Loveraj Singh Dharmshaktu (5th time of 7)
14. Hemant Sachdev
15. Ramlal Sharma
16. Sanjay Kodain Sanzu
17. Satyabrata Dam (2nd time of 2)
18. Murad Lala

2014

2014 recorded a total of 5 ascents by Indians and one of them woman - all from the North side (China/ Tibet).^[122]

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.^{[123] [124] [125]}

North Col side summiteers

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

2015

No ascents were made by Indians in 2015.^[126]

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).^[127]

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,.^{[128] [129]}

North Col side summiteers

1. Suhail Sharma
2. Dhubi Bhadraiah
3. S. Prabakaran
4. Balan Shivaraman
5. Gollapalli Ramamurthy Radhika
6. Aparna Kumar

2016 Indian Army Everest Massif Expedition

The 2016 Indian Army 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,.^{[130] [131]}

South Col side summiteers

1. Ranveer Singh Jamwal (3rd time of 3)
2. K. Siva Kumar (first person from Tamil Nadu)^[132]
3. Hajari Lal (2nd Time of 2)
4. Ankur Rawat
5. Unnikannan A. P. Veetil (2nd time of 2), first Keralite to climb Everest twice
6. Mirza Zahid Baig
7. Umesh Rai
8. Pratap Singh
9. Rinzin Dorje Bodh
10. Dorjey Gyalson

2016 National Cadet Corp (NCC) Girls Everest Expedition

The 2016 National Cadet Corps (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,^{[133] [134]}

South Col side summiteers

1. Guarav Karki
2. Rigzen Dolker
3. Lalrintluangi
4. Tashi Laskit
5. Pooja Mehra
6. Deepika Rathore (2nd time of 2)
7. Balkar Singh
8. Sulaxchana Tamang
9. Tsering Angmo
10. Trishala Gurung
11. Stanzin Laskit
12. Vishal Ahlawat
13. Dolyne Kharbhih
14. 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

1. Debraj Dutta
2. Kuntal Ajit Joisher
3. Bhagwan Singh Kushwah
4. Chetna Sahoo
5. Pradeep Chandra Sahoo
6. Rafik Taher Shaikh

2016 Seven Summit Trecks Everest Expedition

The 2016 Seven Summit Trecks Everest Expedition led by Iranian Azim Gheychisaz recorded a total of 25 persons reaching the summit, 7 of them Indians.

South Col side summiteers

1. Naba Kumar Phukon
2. Narender yadav
3. Seema Rani
4. Rudra Prasad Halder
5. Malay Mukherjee
6. Ramesh Chandra Roy
7. Satyarup Siddhanta (first from Karnataka)

Another summiteers in 2016

South Col side summiteers

1. Nanda Dulal Das
2. Henry David Teran
3. Khorsing Terang
4. Ankur Bahl
5. Subhash Pal (died from exhaustion)
6. Ratnesh Pandey
7. Harshad Kamalaksha Rao

2017

2017 recorded a total of 49 ascents by 48 Indians (double ascent Anshu Jamsenpa), 7 accents by 6 women- One die - 18 from the North side (China/ Tibet) and 31 from South side (Nepal).^[135]

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

Anshu Jamsenpa 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

1. Anshu Jamsenpa on 16 May 2017, 4th time of 5
2. Anshu Jamsenpa 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.^[136]

North Col side summiteers

1. Bharath Thammineni
2. Suresh Babu Gullamarusu
3. Nagaraju Sundarana
4. Satya Rao Kare
5. Krishna Rao Vooyaka
6. Durga Rao Kunja
7. Sagar Bodla
8. Chenna Rao Gajavelli
9. Dharma Teja Mothukuri
10. Eswaraiah Seelam
11. Hari Prasad Ganugapenta
12. Sunda Raju Repalle
13. Rani Boddu
14. Asha Singh
15. Sandhya Bai Vadithe
16. Aparna Arvind Prabhudesai

North Col side summtiters

1. 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.^[137]

2017 Indian Navy Everest-Lhotse Expedition

The 2017 Indian Navy Everest-Lhotse Expedition by Indian Navy led by Lieutenant Commander Sanjay K. Kulkarni recorded a total of 20 persons reach on the summit, 9 of them was Indians and 11 sherpas. Lieutenant Commander Vinit Doshi was the deputy leader.^{[138] [139]}

South Col side summiteers

1. Shashank Tewari
2. Chandraveer Singh Yadav
3. Anant Kukreti
4. Bikas Maharana
5. Avinash Kalyan Bawane, NM
6. Hari Om
7. Nagarajan Hari Prasath
8. Ashish Gupta
9. 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.^{[140] [141]}

South Col side summiteers

1. Karma Zopa
2. Kalden Panjur
3. Sonam Phuntsok
4. Urgen Topgye
5. Kunchok Tenpa (2nd time of 2)
6. Ngawang Gelek
7. Kelsang Dorjee Bhutia

2017 Asian Trekking ONGC Eco Everest Expedition

The 2017 Asian Trekking ONGC Eco Everest Expedition by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation led by Satendra K. Sangwan recorded a total of 16 persons reach on the summit, 7 of them was Indians and 9 sherpas.^[142]

South Col side summiteers

1. Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu (6th time of 7)
2. Yogendar Garbiyal
3. Ngayaising Jagoi
4. Rahul Jarngal
5. Prabhat Gaurav
6. Nirmal Kumar
7. Santosh Kumar Singh

Another South Col side summiteers in 2017

South Col side summiteers

1. Kishor Dattatraya Dhankude (2nd time of 2)
2. Brij Mohan Sharma
3. Ravi Kumar (Died)
4. Hemant Gupta
5. Kuntal Kanrar
6. 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.^[143] Ajeet Bajaj and Dia Susanna Bajaj, a father-daughter duo from Delhi, made history by conquering Mount Everest on 16 May. Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl became the oldest Indian woman to have scaled the world's tallest peak at the age of 53 years.

The second Border Security Force (BSF) Everest Expedition 2018, led by Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu, recorded a total of 30 persons to reach the summit.^{[144] [145] [146] [147]}

South Col side summiteers

1. Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu^[148]
2. Pritam Chand
3. Anwar Hussain
4. Aasif Jaan
5. Praveen Kumar
6. Parveen Singh
7. Vikash Singh Rawat
8. Suresh Chhetri
9. Manoj Dahal
10. Ravi Kant Negi
11. Kamlesh Kumar
12. Suneel Kumar
13. Avinash Negi
14. Kedar Singh
15. 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.^{[149] [150]}

South Col side summiteers

1. Manoj Kumar Joshi
2. Vijendra Kuriyal
3. Praveen Singh
4. Yogesh Singh
5. Suryakant Uniyal
6. Ravi Chauhan
7. Virendra Prasad
8. Sanjay Kumar Upreti

2018 NIMAS India Everest Expedition

The 2018 NIMAS India Everest Expedition by National Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports led by Colonel Sarfraz Singh recorded a total of 13 persons reach on the summit, 8 of them was Indians and 5 sherpas.^{[151] [152] [153]}

South Col side summiteers

1. Sarfraz Singh Kular
2. Dorjee Khandu
3. Gajur Man Rai
4. Hem Singh
5. Pravendra Kumar
6. Sanjay Kumar
7. Tongchen Nimsonga
8. 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.^{[154] [155]}

South Col side summiteers

1. Sauraj Jhingan
2. Samir Nicholas Patham

18 other people reached the summit as part of different expeditions. They were:

1. Bhagwan Bhikoba Chawale
2. Prajit Rasiklal Pardeshi
3. Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl^{[156] [157]}
4. Tamut Taka
5. Kishon Tekseng
6. Amit Kumar
7. Sandeep Mansukhani
8. Sandeep Toliya
9. Navdeep Bittu
10. Swarnalata Dalai
11. Manisha Jaykrishna Waghmare
12. Poonam
13. Rahul Gupta
14. Muri Linggi
15. Rohtash Khileri
16. Shivangi Pathak
17. 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.^[158]

North Col side summiteers

1. Himamsa Shaik
2. Raja Kojja
3. Kavidas Pandurang Katmode
4. Umakant Suresh Madavi
5. Pramesh Sitaram Ale
6. Manisha Dharma Dhurve
7. Mehul Pravinchandra Joshi^[159]
8. Venkata Surya Prakash Korikala
9. Ajeet Bajaj^[160]
10. Deeya Suzannah Bajaj^[161]
11. Asha Kiran Rani Koyyi
12. Praveen Kumar Jujjavarapu
13. Raju Gosala
14. Borage Prasanna Kumar
15. Bhanu Surya Prakash Podudolu
16. Vikas Mahadeo Soyam
17. Vikram Chandra Naik
18. 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

1. Megha Parmar
2. Aditya Gupta
3. Romil Barthwal
4. Bhawna Dehariya
5. Abdul Nassar P
6. Aditi Vaidya
7. Anuja Vaidya^[162]
8. Vivek Thakur

North Col side summiteers

1. # Ravindra Kumar became the first Indian Administrative Officer to climb the Mt. Everest twice on 23 May 2019.^[163]

2. # Kuntal Joisher^[164]

3. # Parth Upadhyay

2020

There were no summit attempts in 2020 as Nepal and Tibet, both sides were closed during the mountaineerCOVID-19 pandemic.

2021

1. Harshvardhan Joshi
2. Col. Amit Bisht
3. Manish Kashniyal^{[165] [166] [167]}

2022

1. Piyali Basak^[168]
2. Shaikh Hassan Khan Ali Shahida^{[169] [170]}
3. Sidharth Routray from Odisha Indian on 15 May 2022
4. Praveen Rana from Uttarkashi Uttarakhand summited on 21 May 2022

2023

1. Yaashi Jain^[171] She has completed the Basic Mountaineering Course and Advanced Mountaineering Course. She is a Chhattisgarh-based mountaineer, who summited Mount Everest on 17 May 2023 and Mount Lhotse on 18th May within 26 hrs. of time span becoming the youngest woman mountaineer to summit both. She has also climbed 4/7 continents' highest peaks.

2. Santosh Dagade^[172] https://sahasoutdoors.com/ Mr. Santosh Dagade is a renowned mountaineer known for his passion and expertise in trekking. With 28 years of professional experience in mountaineering, he has established himself as a leading figure in the field. On 17th may 2023, he achieved a significant milestone by successfully summiting Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak. This remarkable feat not only solidified his position as a distinguished mountaineer but also made him the first mountaineer from Raigad district to conquer Mount Everest.^[173]

3. Ashish Singh^[174]

Ashish Singh is a certified mountaineer from Madhya Pradesh, India. He successfully summited Mount Everest on his first attempt on May 23, 2023. He completed both the Basic and Advanced Mountaineering Courses at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports (ABVIMAS) in Manali.

In addition to his achievements in mountaineering, Ashish Singh holds a BTech in Mechanical Engineering and has eight years of experience in the field. He has delivered over 150 lectures at various educational institutions. Furthermore, he has completed certificate courses in the designing and manufacturing of vehicles and solar technology.

4. Suvidha Kadlag

A Pune-based Marathon runner and mountaineer, who summited Mount Everest on 17 May 2023. She is the only women mountaineer from Maharashtra who has taken the traditional (Nauwari Saree) to this feet.

5. Muthamilselvi Narayanan

A Tamil Nadu based,34 years old, a mother of two daughters is the First Tamil Woman to scale the world’s highest peak Mount Everest (2023) and as a First Tamil Woman to scale Five Summits, the Five highest continental peaks of the world within short duration within 267 days (May 2023~March 2024). She has received the prestigious "Kalpana Chawla - 2023" Tamil Nadu government state award for successfully done the Mt. Everest summit. Also, she has received the popular media Aval Vikatan's award "Singappen 2023".

See also

• List of Mount Everest records of India
• List of Mount Everest records
  • List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit Sports in India – Overview of 'sports in India'.
• Height of Mount Everest

Nisha Kumari @vadodara gujarat Climb mount everest on 17 may 2023

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