Shipra Mazumdar

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.

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

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. "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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