| Nehru Institute of Mountaineering | |
| Motto: | Success Lies in Courage |
| City: | Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand |
| Country: | India |
| Founded: | 14 November 1965 |
| Principal: | Colonel Amit Bisht[1] |
| Sports: | Mountaineering |
The Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM India) in Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand is an institute that was established on November 14, 1965.[2] The institute was formed to honor the great desire of Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India.
Nehru Institute of Mountaineering was first proposed by the Ministry of Defence, the Government of India, and the Government of Uttar Pradesh in 1964.The institute is built in Uttarkashi because it is close to the Gangotri region in Western Garhwali, which has good climbing and training potential in India.[1] [3]
In August 2022, the institute hosted the national sports climbing championship.[4]
On the morning of 4 October 2022, a team of 41 climbers from Nehru Institute of Mountaineering attempting Draupadi Ka Danda II were hit by an avalanche a few hundred meters below the summit. It was a team of 34 advance mountaineering course trainees and 7 instructors. The dead bodies of twenty-seven were recovered during rescue operations, and two mountaineers could not be found.[5] [6] [7] [8]