Satyarup Siddhanta
Satyarup Siddhanta (born April 29, 1983) is a Bangalore-based Indian mountaineer. Satyarup became the youngest mountaineer in the world and the first from India to climb both the Seven Summits as well as Volcanic Seven Summits on 15 January 2019 at 10:10 pm Chile time. Guinness World record approved this claim. On December 15, 2017 he summited Vinson Massif, becoming only the fifth Indian civilian to complete the seven summits (Messner's List and Bass List). He is the first civilian to accomplish this feat from Karnataka (Residence State) and West Bengal (Home State). Satyarup, a certified  mountaineer from Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling has skied the last degree to South Pole, a distance of 111 km. Satyarup became: Biography. Early life. Satyarup Siddhanta was born in Kolkata and brought up in a small town, Berhampore, West Bengal (now Baharampur). He did his schooling at Mary Immaculate School, Berhampore and passed Higher Secondary from Gurudas Tarasundari Institution, Berhampore. He obtained a B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Sikkim. He started working as a software engineer in Bangalore in 2005 and has been an active member of Bangalore Mountaineering Club since 2008. As  a child, Satyarup was severely asthmatic and couldn't even run 100 meters without the aid of an inhaler. He was determined to overcome this ailment and live a healthy lifestyle. To this effect, he conditioned and trained himself for a period of 7 years and was finally able to go for his first trek in 2008 without an inhaler. Since then, he has been a role model for the youth to overcome their fears and live their dreams. Works and achievements. Satyarup has been awarded the highest state award in the field of mountaineering Radhanath Sikdar Tenzing Norgay Adventure  Award 2016 by the State Youth Services Department, Govt of West Bengal. Satyarup has been awarded the Excellence in Mountaineering award, 2018 by State Youth Services Department, Govt of West Bengal Satyarup has been awarded with the special award in mountaineering 2019 by the Chief Minister of West Bengal at Khelasree 2019 held at Netaji Indoor Stadium Kolkata. Satyarup was presented with the Youth Award in the Bangalore Youth Festival at the Kanteerva Stadium. Satyarup has been invited by IIT Kanpur in their prestigious Scholars in Residence Program 2019-20. He was felicitated by the West Bengal Commission for Protection  of Child Rights (WBCPCR) in Kolkata on the occasion of State Child Protection Day on 9 June 2018. He dedicated his Kilimanjaro, 2018 climb to the cause of Child Protection and held aloft the WBCPCR poster at the summit. He played the Indian National Anthem on flute amidst extreme climatic conditions in Antarctica. Satyarup presented his poster at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development. ASEAN entrusted Satyarup and his team the mission to take the ASEAN flag, the Indonesia Flag and the India flag to the summit of Mt Carstensz Pyramid as a commemorative climb to mark the 50th  Anniversary of ASEAN and 25th anniversary of Dialogue with India. Satyarup gave a talk at the ASEAN headquarters, Jakarta. As a mark of respect, the pictures of the flag giving ceremony is showcased on the walls of Indian High Commission, Indonesia. He was felicitated by the Governor of West Bengal after he successfully climbed Mount Everest on May 21, 2016. He has been delivering motivational talks at several renowned institutions and forums, like ASEAN, SAHA Institute of Nuclear Physics, IISc, Bangalore, IIT Kanpur, IISWBM, IEI, TEDX and corporates like Cognizant, Sasken, HSBC, Bandhan Bank, IET, Altimetrik, Pinnacle, IMRB, Trivium, Element14 , Aditya Birla Capital, Students of Indian Museum etc. Controversy. In 2016, Satyarup was initially denied the certification of having climbed Everest due to the alleged forgery of Rathod couple from Maharashtra. Satyarup lodged a complaint against the police couple who morphed his pictures from the summit. After a thorough investigation, a case was lodged against the duo under Section 66(d) of Information Technology Act, 2008. A ten-year ban from mountaineering was imposed on the couple by Nepal Tourism.