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Brigadier Saurabh Singh Shekhawat, KC, SC, SM, VSM is a former Indian Army officer of the 21 Para (SF) and an avid mountaineer. He is one of Indian Army's most decorated officers, with one war-time gallantry award and two peace-time gallantry awards to his name.
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. Saurabh Singh Shekhawat; Topgay Bhutia; Tsering Ladol; Dachen Lhamo ...
Capt. Abhijeet Singh from 7 Para (SF) also summited the peak in 2003 while Brig. Saurabh Singh Shekhawat of 21 Para (SF) scaled the peak thrice in 2001, 2003 and 2005, and has also scaled peaks in the French Alps and in Africa. Lt. Col.
Saurabh Singh Shekhawat: Para SF [12] Also recipient of Shaurya Chakra, Sena Medal and Vishisht Seva Medal: 2008 Constable: Roop Singh ITBP: Posthumous Constable: Ajay Singh Pathania ITBP: Posthumous Shri: V. Venkateswara Rao Indian Foreign Service: Posthumous Captain: Sunil Kumar Choudhary: 11 Gorkha Rifles: Posthumous, also recipient of Sena ...
The Chennai school was inaugurated on 15 January 1963, for nation by and with Brigadier Ram Singh as its first Commandant. [5] The Pune school had a short run and was closed in 1964. However, the school in Chennai continued to operate and on 2 February 1965, it obtained the sanction to shift focus to train officers for the Short Service Regular ...
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.
Mamta Sodha is an Indian sportsperson, known for her successful 2010 attempt to scale Mount Everest. [1] She was honoured by the Government of India, in 2014, by bestowing on her the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for her services to the field of mountaineering sport.
2009, Brig.(then Lt. Colonel) Saurabh Singh Shekhawat of 21 Para(Special Forces) for a classified operation in Manipur in 2008. [ 99 ] [ 100 ] 2010,(Posthumous) Capt. Davinder Singh Jass , of 1 Para (Special Forces) for counter-insurgency operations in Sopore area of Jammu and Kashmir in 2010 [ 101 ]