Flagging in ceremony to mark the closing of a successful NCC Girls Mount Everest expedition was held at Vigyan Bhawan on June 9 2016 after return of the team from Nepal. General Dalbir Singh, COAS felicitated the team for successfully summiting Mount Everest. The team was also welcomed by lt Gen Aniruddha Chakravarty, DG NCC.
The expedition was led by Col Gaurav Karki, a renowned mountaineer and comprised of ten NCC Girl Cadets namely Rigzen Dolker, Tashi Kaskit, Trishala Gurung, Staniz laskit, Pooja Mehra, Baljeet Kaur, lalrintluangi, Tsering Angmo, Sulaxchana Tamang and Kumari Nutan.
This was the first NCC girl cadets expedition to have successfully scaled Mount Everest. The expedition did it over two consecutive days. First team comprising of team leader Col Gaurav Karki, Major Deepika Rathore and five NCC girl cadets scaled the peak at 11:00 am (IST) on May 21 and the second batch led by the deputy expedition leader lt Col Vishal Ahlawat, GCI Dolyne and four NCC girl cadets scaled it at 07:40 AM (IST) on May 22, 16.
Speaking on the occasion, General Dalbir Singh said that he was proud of the achievement of the girl cadets and these NCC cadets would act as an inspiration for all young women in the country. He further added, “This will go a long way in grooming future leaders for the country” and congratulated NCC directorate for having achieved this feat.