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'''Archana Sardana''' is India's first female [[BASE jumper]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=http://beijing20.unwomen.org/en/news-and-events/stories/2015/1/woa-india-archana-sardana|title=WOA India Archana Sardana|newspaper=UN Women: The Beijing Platform for Action Turns 20|access-date=2016-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/27704/woman-adventurer-archana-sardana/|title=Meet India’s First Woman Civilian BASE Jumper as well as First Woman Master Scuba Diver Trainer|date=20 July 2015|work=The Better India|access-date=8 December 2016}}</ref> She is a certified [[skydive]]r and was the first person to skydive with the [[Flag of India|Indian flag]] in the United States of America.<ref name="This person is no longer a PADI member">{{cite web|url=https://apps.padi.com/scuba-diving/pro-chek|title=PADI Pro Chek|website=PADI.com|access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Pushing-the-Limits-Archana-Sard|title=Watch "Pushing the Limits {{!}} Archana Sardana {{!}} TEDxIIMKozhikode" Video at TEDxTalks|website=TEDxTalks|access-date=2016-12-08}}</ref> Sardana has done 335 skydives and 45 BASE jumps across the globe. She is also the first Indian to BASE Jump off of the [[KL Tower]], Malaysia with the Indian Flag.<ref name="auto1" /><br />
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Sardana was born in [[Jammu]] and did her schooling in [[Srinagar]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/people/Archana-Sardana-the-adrenaline-junkie/articleshow/12652393.cms|title=Archana Sardana, the adrenaline junkie|date=14 April 2012|work=The Times of India|access-date=2016-12-08}}</ref> She graduated with a diploma in interior design. Her interest in adventure sport came when she married Commander Rajiv Sardana (an electrical officer of the [[Indian Navy]]).<ref name=":0" /> After discovering her love for adventure sports, Sardana completed 'Adventure and Advanced Mountaineering' courses from the [[Himalayan Mountaineering Institute]], Darjeeling and Nehru Institute of Mountaineering.<ref name="auto1" /> She has a ‘C’ licence in skydiving from the United States Parachute Association having completed 335 skydives.<ref name="auto1" /> She is founder of the ‘Archana Sardana Scuba Diving Academy’.<ref name="auto1" /><ref name="This person is no longer a PADI member" /><br />
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Padma Shri awardees [[Rachel Thomas (skydiver)|Rachel Thomas]], [[Shital Mahajan]], the country's first female base jumper Archana Sardana,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Archana Sardana is a sky diver and BASE jumper|url=https://www.redbull.com/in-en/archana-sardana-adventure-sport|access-date=2022-01-31|website=Red Bull|language=en}}</ref> Gujarat's First woman skydiver Shweta Parmar<ref>{{Cite web|title=28-year-old Shweta Parmar is now India's fourth licensed civilian woman skydiver|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/28-year-old-shweta-parmar-is-now-indias-fourth-licensed-civilian-woman-skydiver/gujarats-first/slideshow/84823428.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-31|website=The Economic Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729030628/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/28-year-old-shweta-parmar-is-now-indias-fourth-licensed-civilian-woman-skydiver/gujarats-first/slideshow/84823428.cms |archive-date=29 July 2021 }}</ref> are the only four licensed woman [[:Category:Indian skydivers|skydivers in the country]].<br />
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