Deeya Suzannah Bajaj
Born (1994-03-09) 9 March 1994
NationalityIndian
Alma materCornell University, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Occupation(s)Mountaineer, Explorer, Motivational Speaker, Adventure Tourism
Parent(s)Shirly Bajaj and Ajeet Bajaj
RelativesMeghna Ann Bajaj (sister)

Deeya Suzannah Bajaj (born 9 March 1994) is an Indian adventure sports athlete.[1] She completed climbing 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 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. ↑ Kumar, Ashok (16 May 2018). "Bajajs become first father-daughter duo to scale the Mount Everest". The Hindu.
  2. ↑ Manekar, Sameer (30 May 2018). "Would Your Relationship With Your Father Survive Climbing Everest?". Vice. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  3. ↑ Kullar, Gagan Dhillon (4 June 2018). "The formidable challenge of scaling the Everest". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  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. ↑ Bhanukumar, Shashwathi (11 June 2018). "Ajeet and Deeya Bajaj: India's First Father-daughter duo to conquer Mt Everest - Parentcircle". www.parentcircle.com. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Skiing for a dream". Rediff. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "Like father, like daughter". Retrieved 7 October 2019 – via PressReader.
  8. ↑ ""Even Everest is not the limit if you put your mind to it" – Mountaineer Deeya Bajaj". cnbctv18.com. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  9. ↑ Sethi, Nidhi, ed. (24 May 2018). ""Adventure Is A Way Of Life": India's First Father-Daughter Duo Who Climbed Mount Everest". NDTV.com. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  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 7 October 2019.
  11. ↑ "PM Modi congratulates Indian Mount Everest conquerors". www.aninews.in. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  12. ↑ "Everest climb a message for female equality". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  13. ↑ "Ajeet Bajaj and Deeya Bajaj Blog". Economic Times Blog. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  14. ↑ "Dalmia Cement empowers Ajeet and Deeya Bajaj, the first Indian father - daughter duo aiming to scale Mt. Vinson, Antarctica". Odisha Diary. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  15. ↑ "Deeya Suzannah Bajaj – TOSB". Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  16. ↑ "Flipkart presents TiE-Aspire Young Achiever awards". Sify. Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  17. ↑ "Award2013". www.atoai.org. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
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