Shipra Mazumdar | |
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Nationality | IndianIndian |
Occupation | Major in the Indian Army |
Known for | Reaching the summit of Mount Everest |
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.
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]