Deeya Suzannah Bajaj
Deeya Suzannah Bajaj (born 9 March 1994) is an Indian adventure sports athlete.[1]
Deeya Suzannah Bajaj | |
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Born | March 9, 1994 |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
Occupation | Mountaineer, Explorer, Motivational Speaker, Adventure Tourism |
Parent(s) | Shirly Bajaj and Ajeet Bajaj |
Relatives | Meghna Ann Bajaj (sister) |
Biography
Bajaj is the daughter of Shirly Thomas Bajaj and Ajeet Bajaj (Indian adventurer and Padma Shri awardee).[2] She is a PADI certified rescue diver[3] and has completed an advance course in mountaineering from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi.[4] Bajaj is closely associated with the cause of female empowerment in India.[5]
Adventure
At the age of 17, Bajaj participated in a 550 km long cross country skiing expedition,[6] where she skied across the Greenland Icecap to raise funds for a children's home.[7] She was the youngest in the world at the time to have completed the expedition.[8]
On May 16, 2018 Bajaj and her father became the first Indian father-daughter duo to climb Mount Everest.[9][10][11][12] They are also the first parent-child team to have climbed Everest from the North Side (Tibet). The climb was undertaken to support the cause of the girl child in India.[13] In 2018 Bournvita released a short video about their climb which gained over 8 million views. The father-daughter team has climbed six of the Seven Summits including Mount Everest, Aconcagua, Vinson, Elbrus, Kilimanjaro and Mount Kosciuszko.[14][15]
Awards
External links
- TedX 'The Spirit Of Adventure'
- Ted X 'Beyond Everest'
- Website
References
- Kumar, Ashok (16 May 2018). "Bajajs become first father-daughter duo to scale the Mount Everest". The Hindu.
- Manekar, Sameer (2018-05-30). "Would Your Relationship With Your Father Survive Climbing Everest?". Vice. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- Kullar, Gagan Dhillon (2018-06-04). "The formidable challenge of scaling the Everest". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- "Deeya Suzannah Bajaj – TOSB". Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- "NEW GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY | Motherland Magazine". Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- Bhanukumar, Shashwathi (2018-06-11). "Ajeet and Deeya Bajaj: India's First Father-daughter duo to conquer Mt Everest - Parentcircle". www.parentcircle.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- "Skiing for a dream". Rediff. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ""Even Everest is not the limit if you put your mind to it" – Mountaineer Deeya Bajaj". cnbctv18.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ""Adventure Is A Way Of Life": India's First Father-Daughter Duo Who Climbed Mount Everest". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- May 17, PTI | Updated; 2018; Ist, 10:17. "Mount Everest: Gurugram duo scale Mt Everest, first Indian father-daughter team to do so | Gurgaon News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-10-07.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- "PM Modi congratulates Indian Mount Everest conquerors". www.aninews.in. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- "Everest climb a message for female equality". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- "Ajeet Bajaj and Deeya Bajaj Blog". Economic Times Blog. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- bureau, Odisha Diary (2018-12-13). "Dalmia Cement empowers Ajeet and Deeya Bajaj, the first Indian father - daughter duo aiming to scale Mt. Vinson, Antarctica". OdishaDiary. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- "Flipkart presents TiE-Aspire Young Achiever awards". Sify. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- "Award2013". www.atoai.org. Retrieved 2019-10-07.