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Col Amit Bisht


Col Amit Bisht, Sena Medal an alumni of the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun was commissioned into First Battalion the Mahar Regiment in June 1998. An avid mountaineer, he has been an instructor at the High Altitude Warfare School, Gulmarg and the Siachen Battle School. He is an experienced aviator with more than 3500 hours of flying Army Aviation Helicopters over mountainous terrain ranging from the Siachen Glacier to Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. Prior to his appointment as the Principal of Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Col Amit Bisht had been supervising the efforts of the Indian Army sportspersons as the Director of its Mission Olympics project for the past two years.

Having gathered vast experience in the field of mountaineering, he has successfully scaled and summitted several peaks including Mt Kamet, Mt Trishul, Mt Trimukhi, Mt Momba and Mt Blanc (France). He has explored & trekked over uncharted terrain in The Great Himalayas extensively. He led the first ever expedition to the virgin peak Mt Trimukhi (6422m) which has been endorsed in the Limca Book of Records in 2012. He also organized and led his team to scale Mt Harsil Horn in 2019 in Gangotri valley with UTDB. In the year 2020 he led and summitted three unscaled peaks Naga, Ku and an Unnamed peak in Nelang Valley. The same year together with ITBP he led Joint Watershed Patrol cum Expedition to six unscaled peaks above 6000m along China border. In 2021 he led a small team of six NIM and JIM&WS instructors to summit Mount Everest in adverse conditions of inclement weather and Covid pandemic. Till date he carried out First ascent to 16 unclimbed and unchartered peaks in India.

For his unrelenting efforts and dedication to duty Col Bisht has been twice awarded with Chief of Army Staff Commendation Card and with GOC-in-C Commendation Card four times. Recently he has been awarded with Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award(TNNA) equivalent to Arjuna Award on 13 Nov 2021.

Education & Qualifications

 * B.Sc in Computer Science from Kurukshetra University
 * Master of Business Economics from GJ University Hissar
 * Defence Financial Management Course, Lucknow
 * Diploma in Senior Level Defence Course, Devi Ahilaya University, Indore
 * Management Development Programme, The Indian Institute of Management, Indore
 * MDP on Strategic Management (Net Assessment), College of Defence Management
 * PG Diploma in Personnel and Security Management, School of Armoured Warfare, AC Centre & School, Ahmednagar
 * Basic Flying Course
 * Helicopter Pilot Training
 * Human Factors Capsule Course
 * Combat Aviation Course, Combat Army Aviation Training School, Nasik Road Camp
 * Young Officer Course (Personal Weapons, MMG & AGL and Tactic), The Infantry School, Mhow
 * Junior Command Course, Army War College, Mhow
 * Combat Team Commander Course, Centre of Armored Corps, Ahmednagar
 * Senior Command Course, Army War College, Mhow

Treks & Expeditions
Col Amit Bisht, SM has more than 20 years of experience in the field of mountaineering and adventure sports. He has led several expeditions with the aim to explore the unexplored area in the Himalayas and instill the sense of adventurism in youth. In this endeavor he has extensively explored the unchartered, unnamed & unscaled peaks and updated the Indian Mountaineering Foundation data bank to recognize the unknown and unscaled peak.

Mountaineering/ Exploration/ Aligned Adventure Travel/ Sports

 * 1) Summitted Four Unscaled and Unnamed peaks with Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board & NIM. Record registered with Limca Book of Records as well as India Book of Records. Pt 6566, Pt 6557, Pt 6126, Pt 6086
 * 2) Explored Raktvan Glacier after 1981 (Indo-French Expedition) & mapped the uncharted area and provided a detailed report to IMF.
 * 3) Member of Selection Committee & Deputy leader for IMF Everest Massif Selection Committee.
 * 4) Summitted Mt Blanc in France (Europe) with a record single day ascent of 1800m & descent of 2650m
 * 5) Summitted Mt Momba (5236m), unscaled virgin peak with a team of 05 young climbers in the Nelang Valley.
 * 6) Listed in records in Limca Book of Records & India Book of Records for summitting four unscaled peaks of 6000m in a record time of 08 days in 2018.
 * 7) Organized ‘Harshil Horn’ (5576m) expedition with UTDB to promote winter expeditions in Garhwal Himalayas.
 * 8) Connected all four pilgrimage (Yamunotri to Gangotri, Gangotri to Kedarnath, Kedarnath to Badrinath) in Uttarakhand through old ‘Pujari Trek’ and promoted the adventure in religious pilgrim for all ages in Uttarakhand.
 * 9) Organized Medical Expedition cum Training on Winter Conditioning and Disaster Management sponsored by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
 * 10) Become member of Prestigious IMF in Nov 2019 and Chairman North Zone Sport Climbing Committee in Feb 2020
 * 11) Successfully led the first ascent to the Unscaled and Unnamed peak of Harsil Horn (4880 M) which is an achievement by any Indian/ Foreign team. More over this success was achieved by a small team (5 members) of mountaineers in a mere span of 7 days.
 * 12) Led a team of 3 members from NIM to summit Mt Ku (5871m), Mt Naga (4790m) and an Unnamed Peak (5616m) successfully on 31 Aug and 01 Sept 2020 in a very short span.
 * 13) Scaled six unclimbed mountain peaks on the watershed including Mt Sarup Choti (6100 M) and unnamed peaks of Pt 6007 M, Pt 6129 M, Pt 6075 M, Pt 6025 M and Pt 6030 M. The expedition was different and unique in terms of small team of six climbing members with limited recourses scaled the six virgin peaks. The expedition was planned to climb six peaks in Alpine style and in shortest span to time of 06 days.
 * 14) Presently, serving as Principal Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) since August 2018.
 * 15) Awarded Tenzing Norgay National Adventure (TNNA) Award by Hon’ble President of India in 2021
 * 16) Recently, awarded Mention in Dispatch (MID) gallantry on 26 Jan 2022.