Deeya Suzannah Bajaj

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Deeya Suzannah Bajaj
Deeya Suzannah Bajaj
Deeya Suzannah Bajaj in July 2018
Born
1994-3-9 (age 32)


Occupation
Mountaineer, explorer, motivational speaker, adventure tourism



Deeya Suzannah Bajaj (born 9 March 1994) is an Indian adventure sports athlete.[1] She completed the Seven Summits on 5 June 2022.

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.[4]

Adventure

At the age of 17, Bajaj participated in a 550 km long cross country skiing expedition,[5] where she skied across the Greenland Icecap to raise funds for a children's home.[6] She was the youngest in the world at the time to have completed the expedition.[7]

On 16 May 2018 Bajaj and her father became the first Indian father-daughter duo to climb Mount Everest.[8][9][10][11] 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.[12] The father-daughter team has climbed all of the Seven Summits including Mount Everest, Denali, Aconcagua, Vinson, Elbrus, Kilimanjaro, Mont Blanc, Puncak Jaya and Mount Kosciuszko.[13][14]

Awards

  • Meri Dilli Award in the category "Adventure Sports" 2012[15]
  • TiE (The IndUS Entrepreneurs) Aspire Young Achievers Award ‘In appreciation of unrivalled contributions as a role model for the Youth of India’ 2012[16][6]
  • Adventure Tour Operators Association Of India "Adventurer Of the Year" 2013[17]

References

  1. ↑ Bajajs become first father-daughter duo to scale the Mount Everest. The Hindu(16 May 2018).
  2. ↑ Would Your Relationship With Your Father Survive Climbing Everest?, Manekar, Sameer. Vice(2018-05-30). Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  3. ↑ The formidable challenge of scaling the Everest. The Hindu(2018-06-04). Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  4. ↑ "Even Everest is not the limit if you put your mind to it" – Mountaineer Deeya Bajaj. cnbctv18.com(11 April 2019). Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  5. ↑ Ajeet and Deeya Bajaj: India's First Father-daughter duo to conquer Mt Everest - Parentcircle, Bhanukumar, Shashwathi. www.parentcircle.com(2018-06-11). Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Skiing for a dream. Rediff. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  7. ↑ Like father, like daughter. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  8. ↑ "Even Everest is not the limit if you put your mind to it" – Mountaineer Deeya Bajaj. cnbctv18.com(11 April 2019). Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  9. ↑ "Adventure Is A Way Of Life": India's First Father-Daughter Duo Who Climbed Mount Everest. NDTV.com(24 May 2018). Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  10. ↑ Mount Everest: Gurugram duo scale Mt Everest, first Indian father-daughter team to do so | Gurgaon News - Times of India. The Times of India(17 May 2018). Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  11. ↑ PM Modi congratulates Indian Mount Everest conquerors. www.aninews.in. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  12. ↑ Everest climb a message for female equality. Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  13. ↑ Ajeet Bajaj and Deeya Bajaj Blog. Economic Times Blog. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  14. ↑ Dalmia Cement empowers Ajeet and Deeya Bajaj, the first Indian father - daughter duo aiming to scale Mt. Vinson, Antarctica. Odisha Diary(2018-12-13). Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  15. ↑ Deeya Suzannah Bajaj – TOSB. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  16. ↑ Flipkart presents TiE-Aspire Young Achiever awards. Sify. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  17. ↑ Award2013. www.atoai.org. Retrieved 2019-10-07.

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