Deeya Suzannah Bajaj

Deeya Suzannah Bajaj (born 9 March 1994) is an Indian adventure sports athlete.[1]

Deeya Suzannah Bajaj
Born (1994-03-09) March 9, 1994
NationalityIndian
Alma materCornell University, Ithaca, NY
OccupationMountaineer, Explorer, Motivational Speaker, Adventure Tourism
Parent(s)Shirly Bajaj and Ajeet Bajaj
RelativesMeghna Ann Bajaj (sister)

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, Uttarkashi.[4] Bajaj is closely associated with the cause of female empowerment in India.[5]

Adventure

At the age of 17, Bajaj participated in a 550 km long cross country skiing expedition,[6] where she skied across the Greenland Icecap to raise funds for a children's home.[7] She was the youngest in the world at the time to have completed the expedition.[8]

On May 16, 2018 Bajaj and her father became the first Indian father-daughter duo to climb Mount Everest.[9][10][11][12] 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.[13] In 2018 Bournvita released a short video about their climb which gained over 8 million views. The father-daughter team has climbed six of the Seven Summits including Mount Everest, Aconcagua, Vinson, Elbrus, Kilimanjaro and Mount Kosciuszko.[14][15]

Awards
  • Meri Dilli Award in the category "Adventure Sports" 2012[4]
  • TIE Aspire Young Achievers Award ‘In appreciation of unrivalled contributions as a role model for the Youth of India’ 2012[16][7]
  • 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 (2018-05-30). "Would Your Relationship With Your Father Survive Climbing Everest?". Vice. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  3. Kullar, Gagan Dhillon (2018-06-04). "The formidable challenge of scaling the Everest". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  4. "Deeya Suzannah Bajaj – TOSB". Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  5. "NEW GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY | Motherland Magazine". Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  6. Bhanukumar, Shashwathi (2018-06-11). "Ajeet and Deeya Bajaj: India's First Father-daughter duo to conquer Mt Everest - Parentcircle". www.parentcircle.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  7. "Skiing for a dream". Rediff. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  8. "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  9. ""Even Everest is not the limit if you put your mind to it" – Mountaineer Deeya Bajaj". cnbctv18.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  10. ""Adventure Is A Way Of Life": India's First Father-Daughter Duo Who Climbed Mount Everest". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  11. May 17, PTI | Updated; 2018; Ist, 10:17. "Mount Everest: Gurugram duo scale Mt Everest, first Indian father-daughter team to do so | Gurgaon News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-10-07.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. "PM Modi congratulates Indian Mount Everest conquerors". www.aninews.in. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  13. "Everest climb a message for female equality". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  14. "Ajeet Bajaj and Deeya Bajaj Blog". Economic Times Blog. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  15. bureau, Odisha Diary (2018-12-13). "Dalmia Cement empowers Ajeet and Deeya Bajaj, the first Indian father - daughter duo aiming to scale Mt. Vinson, Antarctica". OdishaDiary. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  16. "Flipkart presents TiE-Aspire Young Achiever awards". Sify. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  17. "Award2013". www.atoai.org. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
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