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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
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 28,300 feet (8,600 meters) but due to extremely bad weather they had to turn back.
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 28,600 feet (8,700 meters) but due to extremely bad weather they also had to turn back.
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.
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
Avtar Singh Cheema
Nawang Gombu Sherpa
Sonam Gyatso
Sonam Wangyal
C. P. Vohra
Ang Kami Sherpa
H. P. S. Ahluwalia
H. C. S. Rawat
Phu Dorjee Sherpa
1966 to 1983
There were no ascents for 17 years, between 1966 and 1983.
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.
On 23 May 1984, Bachendri Pal achieves history as the first Indian woman to conquer Everest.
South Col side summiteers
Phu Dorjee Sherpa - first Indian to summit without oxygen
Bachendri Pal
Dorjee Lhatoo Sherpa
Sonam Palzor Sherpa
Ang Dorje Sherpa
1985 to 1991
There were no ascents for 6 years, between 1985 and 1991.
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. Senior medical officer Chittaranjan R. Pattanayak was the deputy leader.
South Col side summiteers
Sunil Dutta Sharma
Prem Singh
Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal
Mohan Singh Gunjyal
Santosh Yadav
Lobsang (Deepak) Sherpa Tsering
Sange Muktuk Sherpa
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. A total of 18 ascents happened - 11 of them were Indians and 7 were women.
South Col side summiteers
Santosh Yadav
Dicky Dolma
Kunga Bhutia
Dal Dev (Baldev) Kunwar
Nima Norbu Dolma
Suman Kutiyal
Savita Martolia
Deepu Sharma
Rajiv Sharma
Radha Devi Thakur
Kusang Dorje Sherpa
Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa
Dorje Sherpa
Ngatemba Sherpa
Ngatemba Sherpa
Nima Dorje I Sherpa
Ongada Chiring Sherpa
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.
1994 to 1995
No ascents were made by Indians in the years 1994 and 1995.
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. Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel, Parash Mani Das and Harbhajan Singh were the deputy leaders.
North Col side summiteers
Tsewang Paljor
Dorje Morup
Tsewang Samanla
Tashi Ram Negi
Hira Ram Singh
Kusang Dorjee Sherpa
Nadre Sherpa
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.
North Col side summiteers
Surendra Chavan
Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu
Dawa Tashi Sherpa
Dawa Norbu II Sherpa
Tamtin Sherpa
Nawang Tenzing Sherpa I
Phinzo Norbu Sherpa
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
Amar Prakash Dogra
Kusang Dorjee Sherpa
Sange Muktuk Sherpa
Dinesh Kumar
= 2000
=No ascents were made by Indians in 2000.
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.
South Col side summiteers
Chanchal Singh Dhasila
Neel Chand Dogra
Mohinder Singh Negi
Palden Giachho Negi
Amar Prakash Dogra
Saurabh Singh Shekhawat
Chhering Norbu Bodh
Til Bikram Budhathoki
Dendi Sherpa
Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa
Mingma Tshering Sherpa
Nga Temba Sherpa
Pasang Gelu Sherpa
Pasang Rinji Sherpa
Pasang Tendi Sherpa
2002
No ascents were made by Indians in 2002.
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.
South Col side summiteers
Angchuk Chhering
Tashi Gyapo
Rajendra Singh Jalal
Jagat Singh Negi
Lalit Kumar Negi
Kunwar Singh Rawat
Saurabh Singh Shekhawat
Abhijeet Singh
Lal Singh Thapa
Damai Chhiri Sherpa
Dendi Sherpa
Pasang Sherpa
Pasang Rinji Sherpa
Pasang Rita Sherpa
Pemba Rinzi/Rinji Sherpa
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
Kusang Dorjee Sherpa
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.
North Col side summiteers
Satyabrata Dam
Dr Viking Bhanoo
Abhishek Kankan
Rakesh Kumar Lagwal
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.
North Col side summiteers
Saurabh Singh Shekhawat
Topgay Bhutia
Tsering Ladol
Dachen Lhamo
Sipra Majumdar
Jagat Singh Negi
Ashwini Ajitshing Sadekar Pawar
Kaman Singh
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.
North Col side summiteers
Sirigereshiva Shankarappa Chaitanya
Niku Ram Chowdhary
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,.
South Col side summiteers
Sharab Chandub Negi
Loveraj Singh Dharmshaktu
Kamlash Kumar Bounthiyal
Manoj Dahal
Kedar Singh Koranga
Parveen Singh Lohia
Bhagat Singh Rawat
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.
North Col side summiteers
Prem Singh
Nawang Dorjey
Mohammad Ali Khan
Sri Kishan
Pradeep Kumar
Vishal Mani Maithani
Hira Ram Singh
Pasang Tenzing Sherpa
Wangchuk Sherpa
Jot (Jyoti) Singh Bhandari
Ongda Gyalzen Sherpa
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.
North Col side summiteers
Tsering Angchok
Amar Dev Bhatt
Maruti Khandagle
Sachin Raosaheb Patil
Dharmjot Singh
Balwant Singh Negi
Khem Chand Thakur
Narendra Singh Chandel
Dayanand Dhali
Nandkumar Jagtap
Ram Bahadur Mall
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.
South Col side summiteers
Sonam Gurmey
Pasang Tenzin Lektso
Dechen Lhamo
Thupten Lobsang
Jigmey Namgyal
Tashi Phuntsok
Tenzin Rigden
Kumchok Tenpa
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.
South Col side summiteers
Dawa Dhendup Bhutia
Kunzang Gyatso Bhutia
Atul Karwal
Yaduram Sharma
Nima Wangchuk Sherpa
Yangdi Sherpa
Ashish Kumar Singh
N. Suraj Singh
Ram Singh
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.
South Col side summiteers
Pratap Singh Bisht
Kavita Burathoki
Loveraj Singh Dharmshaktu
Vinod Gusain
Satal Singh Panwar
Khushal Singh Rana
Dashrath Singh Rawat
Dinesh Singh Rawat
Vishveshvar Semwal
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. 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).
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
Basanta Kumar Singha Roy
Debasish Biswas
Arjun Vajpai
Mamta Sodha
2011
2011 recorded a total of 20 ascents by 19 Indians (double ascent Anshu Jamsenpa) from the South side (Nepal).
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
Tine Mena (first woman from Arunachal Pradesh)
Jogabyasa Bhoi
Ganesh Chandra Jena
Dipankar Ghosh
Rajib Bhattacharya
Sunita Singh Choken
Premlata Agarwal (became the oldest Indian woman to have scaled Mount Everest)
Sushma Kaushik
Vikas Kaushik
Narinder Singh
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.
South Col side summiteers
Nivedita Chaudhary
Devidutta Panda
Nirupama Pandey
Ganesh Singh Pokhariya
Rajika Sharma
Raju Sindhu
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).
= 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.
North Col side summiteers
Krishna Prasad Gurung
Pradeep Kumar Negi
Pasang Tenzing Sherpa (2nd time of 2)
Devendra Singh
Virender Singh
Ratan Singh Sonal
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,
South Col side summiteers
Neha Bhatnagar
Prabhu Dayal Bisht
Prachi Ramesh Gole
Rajendra Singh Jalal (2nd time of 3)
Ranveer Singh Jamwal(1st time of 3)
Gary Jarman Lamare
Smitha Laxman (first woman from Karnataka)
Neikhrietuonuo Linyu (1st Naga to Summit Mt Everest)
Sherab Palden
Deepika Rathore (first time of 2)
Namrata Rathore
Poonam Sangwan
Sudhir Singh (first time of 2)
Tejpal Singh Negi (2nd time of 2)
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
Bhupesh Hada
Chokyi
Chomphel
Thupten Lobsang (2nd time of 2)
(first Indian army to scale mounteverest summit without supplementary oxygen on 5 May 2012)
Tenpa Tashi
Thakpa Tenzing
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
Ngodup Bhutia
Kamal Nayan
Yamuna Prasad Paneru
Pawel Sharma
Phuchung Sherpa
Mahavir Singh
= Other summiteers of 2012
=Kazi Sherpa (first time of 2)
Shrihari Ashok Tapkir
Sagar Sanjay Palkar
Anand Ashok Bansode
Toolika Rani
Ashish Sharad Mane
Prasad Narendra Joshi
Krishna Sukhadev Dhokale
Chetan Shirish Ketkar
Rupesh Bharat Khopade
Surendra Ravindra Jalihal
Rahul Balu Yelange
Kapil Ruhil Singh
Loveraj Singh Dharmshaktu (4th time of 7)
Rajendra Singh Pal
Meghlal Mahato
Binita Soren
2013
2013 recorded a total of 67 ascents by Indians. 11 of them were women - all from the South side (Nepal).
= 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.
On 23 May 2019, Kumar became the first Indian Administrative Officer to climb the Mt. Everest twice.
Ravindra Kumar
= Arunima Sinha - first female amputee
=On 21 May 2013, Arunima Sinha became the first female amputee to scale Mount Everest.
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.
Nungshi Malik
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.
South Col side summiteers
Ranveer Singh Jamwal (2nd time of 3)
Unnikannan A. P. Veetil (first time of 2), first man from Kerala
Mingmar Gurung
Rajendra Singh Jalal (3rd time of 3)
Manoj Joshi
Hajari Lal (first time of 2)
Chatter Singh
Shivraj Singh
Sudhir Singh (2nd time of 2)
Sukhvir Singh
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.
South Col side summiteers
Rajat Boktapa
Raghuveer Chand
Shankar Singh Chirom
Ashwani Kumar
Rafiq Ahmed Malik
Jagat Singh Negi (3rd time of 3)
Bidyachand Singh Phairembam
Sandeep Rai
Khimi Ram Thakur
Arvind Raturi
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,.
South Col side summiteers
Somit Joshi
Tame (Man) Bagang
Subodh Kumar Chandola
Vinod Singh Negi
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.
South Col side summiteers
Manish Kumar Deka
Anand Gurung
Anshu Jamsenpa (3rd time of 5)
Nima Lama
Chinekheinganba Nameirakpam
Bidyapati Devi Ningthoutam
Mohon Puyamcha
Tarun Saikia
Kazi Sherpa (2nd time of 2)
Myrthong Wansuk (first woman from Meghalaya)
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,
South Col side summiteers
Fateh Singh Brar
Prithvi Singh Chahal
Raghav Joneja
Shubham Kaushik
Guribadat Singh Somal
Ajay Sohal
= Other summiteers of 2013
=South Col side summiteers
Bhushan Uday Harshe
Anand Shivling Mali
Ganesh Krishna More
Ravindra Kumar
Prem Kumar Singh
Tusi Das
Chhanda Gayen
Ujjal Ray
Debdas Nandy
Anita Devi (first time of 2)
Sushen Mahato
Kanta Manu Devi
Loveraj Singh Dharmshaktu (5th time of 7)
Hemant Sachdev
Ramlal Sharma
Sanjay Kodain Sanzu
Satyabrata Dam (2nd time of 2)
Murad Lala
2014
2014 recorded a total of 5 ascents by Indians and one of them woman - all from the North side (China/ Tibet).
= 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.
= North Col side summiteers
=Malavath Poorna (Youngest girl in the world to climb Mount Everest )
Sadhanapalli Anand Kumar
Kishor Dattatraya Dhankude (first time of 2)
Biplab Baidya
Debabrata Mukherjee
2015
No ascents were made by Indians in 2015.
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).
= 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,.
North Col side summiteers
Suhail Sharma
Dhubi Bhadraiah
S. Prabakaran
Balan Shivaraman
Gollapalli Ramamurthy Radhika
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,.
South Col side summiteers
Ranveer Singh Jamwal (3rd time of 3)
K. Siva Kumar (first person from Tamil Nadu)
Hajari Lal (2nd Time of 2)
Ankur Rawat
Unnikannan A. P. Veetil (2nd time of 2), first Keralite to climb Everest twice
Mirza Zahid Baig
Umesh Rai
Pratap Singh
Rinzin Dorje Bodh
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,
South Col side summiteers
Guarav Karki
Rigzen Dolker
Lalrintluangi
Tashi Laskit
Pooja Mehra
Deepika Rathore (2nd time of 2)
Balkar Singh
Sulaxchana Tamang
Tsering Angmo
Trishala Gurung
Stanzin Laskit
Vishal Ahlawat
Dolyne Kharbhih
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
Debraj Dutta
Kuntal Ajit Joisher
Bhagwan Singh Kushwah
Chetna Sahoo
Pradeep Chandra Sahoo
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
Naba Kumar Phukon
Narender yadav
Seema Rani
Rudra Prasad Halder
Malay Mukherjee
Ramesh Chandra Roy
Satyarup Siddhanta (first from Karnataka)
= Another summiteers in 2016
=South Col side summiteers
Nanda Dulal Das
Henry David Teran
Khorsing Terang
Ankur Bahl
Subhash Pal (died from exhaustion)
Ratnesh Pandey
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).
= 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
Anshu Jamsenpa on 16 May 2017, 4th time of 5
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.
North Col side summiteers
Bharath Thammineni
Suresh Babu Gullamarusu
Nagaraju Sundarana
Satya Rao Kare
Krishna Rao Vooyaka
Durga Rao Kunja
Sagar Bodla
Chenna Rao Gajavelli
Dharma Teja Mothukuri
Eswaraiah Seelam
Hari Prasad Ganugapenta
Sunda Raju Repalle
Rani Boddu
Asha Singh
Sandhya Bai Vadithe
Aparna Arvind Prabhudesai
North Col side summtiters
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.
= 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.
South Col side summiteers
Shashank Tewari
Chandraveer Singh Yadav
Anant Kukreti
Bikas Maharana
Avinash Kalyan Bawane, NM
Hari Om
Nagarajan Hari Prasath
Ashish Gupta
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.
South Col side summiteers
Karma Zopa
Kalden Panjur
Sonam Phuntsok
Urgen Topgye
Kunchok Tenpa (2nd time of 2)
Ngawang Gelek
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.
South Col side summiteers
Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu (6th time of 7)
Yogendar Garbiyal
Ngayaising Jagoi
Rahul Jarngal
Prabhat Gaurav
Nirmal Kumar
Santosh Kumar Singh
Another South Col side summiteers in 2017
South Col side summiteers
Kishor Dattatraya Dhankude (2nd time of 2)
Brij Mohan Sharma
Ravi Kumar (Died)
Hemant Gupta
Kuntal Kanrar
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. 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.
South Col side summiteers
Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu
Pritam Chand
Anwar Hussain
Aasif Jaan
Praveen Kumar
Parveen Singh
Vikash Singh Rawat
Suresh Chhetri
Manoj Dahal
Ravi Kant Negi
Kamlesh Kumar
Suneel Kumar
Avinash Negi
Kedar Singh
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.
South Col side summiteers
Manoj Kumar Joshi
Vijendra Kuriyal
Praveen Singh
Yogesh Singh
Suryakant Uniyal
Ravi Chauhan
Virendra Prasad
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.
South Col side summiteers
Sarfraz Singh Kular
Dorjee Khandu
Gajur Man Rai
Hem Singh
Pravendra Kumar
Sanjay Kumar
Tongchen Nimsonga
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.
South Col side summiteers
Sauraj Jhingan
Samir Nicholas Patham
18 other people reached the summit as part of different expeditions. They were:
Bhagwan Bhikoba Chawale
Prajit Rasiklal Pardeshi
Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl
Tamut Taka
Kishon Tekseng
Amit Kumar
Sandeep Mansukhani
Sandeep Toliya
Navdeep Bittu
Swarnalata Dalai
Manisha Jaykrishna Waghmare
Poonam
Rahul Gupta
Muri Linggi
Rohtash Khileri
Shivangi Pathak
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.
North Col side summiteers
Himamsa Shaik
Raja Kojja
Kavidas Pandurang Katmode
Umakant Suresh Madavi
Pramesh Sitaram Ale
Manisha Dharma Dhurve
Mehul Pravinchandra Joshi
Venkata Surya Prakash Korikala
Ajeet Bajaj
Deeya Suzannah Bajaj
Asha Kiran Rani Koyyi
Praveen Kumar Jujjavarapu
Raju Gosala
Borage Prasanna Kumar
Bhanu Surya Prakash Podudolu
Vikas Mahadeo Soyam
Vikram Chandra Naik
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
Megha Parmar
Aditya Gupta
Romil Barthwal
Bhawna Dehariya
Abdul Nassar P
Aditi Vaidya
Anuja Vaidya
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.
2. # Kuntal Joisher
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 manita pradhan from sikkim
Harshvardhan Joshi
Col. Amit Bisht
Manish Kashniyal
Neeraj Choudhary
2022
Piyali Basak
Savita Kanswal summited on 12th May 2022.
Shaikh Hassan Khan Ali Shahida
Sidharth Routray from Odisha Indian on 15 May 2022
Praveen Rana from Uttarkashi Uttarakhand summited on 21 May 2022, also climbed Mt Kilimanjaro, Mt Elbrus, Mt Kosciusko and became first person of the world who climbed four continents highest peaks on a specified day. This record has been recorded in India Book of Records. He climbed Mt. Aconcagua twice in 2025(On 22nd Feb and 25th Feb 2025 base camp to base camp 28 hrs).
Prakriti Varshney summited in May 2022
2023
1. Yaashi Jain
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[1] On 17th may 2023, made him the first mountaineer from Raigad district to conquer Mount Everest.
3. Ashish Singh
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
References
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179. Trekkers queuing up on Mt Everest goes viral sparking concerns, fears- The Week
180. Rajan Dwivedi summits Mt. Everest on May 19, 2024
181. Mount Everest Claims Another Life as Search Goes on for Missing ‘Death Zone’ Climbers
182. American, Chinese, Polish climbers scale Everest - The Himalayan Times