Indian Mountaineering Foundation

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Indian Mountaineering Foundation
IndianmountaineeringfoundationLogo.jpg
Official Logo of the IMF
Sport Mountaineering
Jurisdiction India
AbbreviationIMF
Founded3 November 1961;63 years ago (1961-11-03)
Headquarters Delhi, India
PresidentCol. Vijay Singh (VSM)
Vice president(s)Sukhinder S Sandhu, IDAS (Retd)
M R Vijayaraghavan
SecretaryKeerthi Pais
Other key staff
  • Maj K S Dhami (Treasurer)
  • Board of directors
    • Prem Singh
    • Gp Capt R C Tripathi
    • Bhaskar Das
    • Harish Joshi
    • Ranveer Singh Negi
    • Harbhajan Singh
    • K Saraswati
    • Sorab Darius Gandhi
    • Wallambok Lyngdoh
    • Ex-Officio Members
      • Joint Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Govt of India
      • Joint Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt of India
Official website
www.indmount.org/IMF/welcome
Flag of India.svg

Indian Mountaineering Foundation is an apex national body which organize and support, mountaineering and rock climbing expeditions at high altitudes in the Himalayas. The organization also promotes and encourages schemes for related adventure activities and environment-protection work in the Indian Himalayas. [1] [2] [3] [4] IMF has organized many expeditions to the high peaks in the Himalayas including Mount Everest. [5]

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History of IMF

The first ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay generated interest in mountaineering in India which led to the establishment of Indian mountaineering Foundation. [6] IMF was formed in 1957 as the Sponsoring Committee of the Cho Oyu Expedition. The foundation was registered on 3 November 1961 and the new building was inaugurated by Indira Gandhi in 1980, then Prime Minister of India. [7]

Alternative names

In 1959, the organization changed its name to the Sponsoring Committee of Everest Expedition and in the following year it was changed to Sponsoring Committee for Mountaineering Expeditions. On 15 January 1961 it was established as the Indian Mountaineering Foundation with its headquarters in Mumbai, India. [7]

IMF Mountain Film Festival

The IMF Mountain Film Festival is a mountain film festival organized by Indian Mountaineering Foundation, India. This competitive event showcases adventure films shot in the Himalayas. [8] The film festival takes place at the campus of Indian Mountaineering Foundation in New Delhi, India.

The festival is directed by Maninder Kohli, son of the legendary Himalayan mountaineer, Capt. Mohan Singh Kohli who was a member of India's first expedition to the summit of Everest in 1965. Capt. Mohan Kohli was the President of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation from 1989 to 1993. [9]

List of National Sports award recipients in Mountaineering, showing the year, award, and gender

YearRecipientAwardGender
1965 H. P. S. Ahluwalia Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 Harsh Vardhan Bahuguna Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 C. Balakrishanan Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965G. S. BhanguArjuna Award (Group)Male
1965A. K. ChakravartyArjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 Avtar Singh Cheema Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 Nawang Gombu Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 Sonam Gyatso Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965J. C. JoshiArjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 Ang Kami Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 Mohan Singh Kohli Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 Narendra Kumar Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965Mulkh RajArjuna Award (Group)Male
1965B. N. RanaArjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 Harish Chandra Singh Rawat Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965B. P. SinghArjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 Gurdial Singh Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965D. V. TelangArjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 Chandra Prakash Vohra Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1965 Sonam Wangyal Arjuna Award (Group)Male
1981 Chandraprabha Aitwal Arjuna AwardFemale
1981Harshwanti BishtArjuna AwardFemale
1981B. S. SandhuArjuna AwardMale
1981Rekha SharmaArjuna AwardFemale
1984 D. K. Khullar Arjuna AwardMale
1984 Bachendri Pal Arjuna AwardFemale
1985 Phu Dorjee Arjuna AwardMale

References

  1. ↑ "At 11, Vaassangyaan Chaudhary is the world's youngest to climb Stok Kangri peak". The Indian Express . 13 June 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "All women mountaineering team scales two peaks". Arunachal Times. Itanagar. 27 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "2 from Kolkata turn mountain leaders after Alpine course". Times of India . Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  4. ↑ Tony Ryan (7 May 2016). "What's new in the Indian Himalaya: May 2016". Apex, the newsletter of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation. The British Mountaineering Council . Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Jhinuk Mazumdar; Anwesha Ambaly (11 June 2016). "Odds even out on Everest". The Telegraph . Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Golden Jubilee of First Indian Ascent of Mt Everest 1965". The Himalayan Club. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Origin and Objective". IMF. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "IMF Mountain Movie Festival 2017" (PDF). Indian Mountaineering Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  9. ↑ Laleria, Tushar Kumar (13 February 2017). "Mountain Film Festival: IMF screens 33 short adventure sports movies". The Pioneer . New Delhi. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
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