85-year-old youth, international-level mountaineer S.P. Chamoli gets mountaineering’s highest honour “Tenzing Norgay” Award Cash prize of Rs 15 lakh along with citation to be given

CONGRATULATIONS

Special suit being stitched in Delhi, measurements of Chamoli ji taken…

Will be honoured by the President at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi on 13th November…

85-year-old youth, international-level mountaineer S.P. Chamoli gets mountaineering’s highest honour “Tenzing Norgay” Award

Cash prize of Rs 15 lakh along with citation to be given

Chamoli ji is a native of Upradi (Barkot) village of Yamuna Valley…

Dehradun/Mussoorie: In a moment of great pride for Uttarakhand, 85-year-old international mountaineer Shri Shiv Prasad Chamoli, resident of Upradi village, Barkot, Yamuna Valley and Director of Himalayan Adventure Institute, Kempty, has been selected for the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2024 in Lifetime Achievement Category.

This is India’s highest honour for adventure sports, equivalent to the Arjuna Award. The award is named after Sherpa Tenzing Norgay who along with Sir Edmund Hillary first scaled Mount Everest on 29 May 1953.

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has sent an official invitation letter to Mr. Chamoli through the Joint Secretary.

Contents of the letter from Joint Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India:

Subject: Conferment of Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards (TNNAA) 2024

Dear Shri Shiv Prasad Chamoli,

I am pleased to inform you that you have been selected for the *Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award for the year 2024 in the Lifetime Achievement category*, in recognition of your outstanding and remarkable contributions in the field of mountaineering and adventure tourism.

The Government of India has approved your name on the recommendations of the National Selection Committee after due scrutiny.

The Award will be conferred by the *Hon’ble President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi on 13th November 2026*, along with the National Sports Awards 2025.

You will be presented with a bronze statuette of Tenzing Norgay, a certificate, a blazer with silken tie/saree, and cash award of Rs. 15 lakh.

You are requested to confirm your presence and you have been asked to provide your measurement for the ceremonial blazer/suit to be stitched specially for the award function at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Your boarding/lodging and TA/DA will be borne by the Ministry as per rules.

Please report at New Delhi as per instructions to be communicated separately.

With congratulations,

Joint Secretary
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

Mr. Chamoli, a former DIG of ITBP and former head of Uttarakhand’s Winter Games Association, has been called to Delhi for the measurement of the special suit to be worn at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

He will be honoured on 13 November at the hands of the President.