Premlata Agrawal

Premlata Agrawal (born 1963) is an Indian mountaineer who became the first Indian woman to scale the Seven Summits, the highest peak of each continent. She took up mountaineering at the age of 36 after a hill climbing competition in Jamshedpur, and was trained and mentored by Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest. Her earlier expeditions included Island Peak in Nepal in 2004 and Mount Saltoro Kangri in 2006. In May 2011, aged 48, she climbed Everest from the Nepal side with a 22-member eco-Everest expedition, becoming the oldest Indian woman to have done so at that time. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2013 and the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award in 2017.