Satyarup Siddhanta (born 29 April 1983) is a Bangalore-based Indian mountaineer.[1] Satyarup became the youngest mountaineer[2] in the world and the first from India to climb both the Seven Summits and Volcanic Seven Summits on 15 January 2019 at 10:10 pm Chile time. Guinness World Records[3] approved this claim.
On 15 December 2017 he summited Vinson Massif, becoming only the fifth Indian civilian to complete the seven summits (Messner's List and Bass List).[4] He is the first civilian to accomplish this feat from Karnataka (Residence State) and West Bengal (Home State). Satyarup, a certified mountaineer from Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling[5] has skied the last degree to the South Pole, a distance of 111 km.
Satyarup became:
First from India to complete Volcanic Seven Summits
First from India to climb Mt Sidley, highest volcano of Antarctica
First from India to climb Mt Giluwe,[6] the highest volcano of Papua New Guinea
First from India to climb Mt Wilhelm, the highest mountain of Papua New Guinea
Third from India to climb Mt Ojos Del Salado, the highest volcano in the world, at Chile[7]
First person to play the Indian National Anthem on flute in Antarctica[8]
Satyarup Siddhanta with Musa Ibrahim in an Indo Bangladesh climb to improve the ties between the countries.
Satyarup Siddhanta was born in Kolkata and brought up in a small town, Berhampore, West Bengal (now Baharampur). He did his schooling at Mary Immaculate School, Berhampore and passed Higher Secondary from Gurudas Tarasundari Institution, Berhampore. He obtained a B. Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Sikkim.[9] He started working as a software engineer in Bangalore in 2005[10] and has been an active member of Bangalore Mountaineering Club since 2008.[11]
Satyarup has been awarded the highest state award in the field of mountaineering Radhanath Sikdar Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award 2016 by the State Youth Services Department, Govt of West Bengal.[12]
Satyarup has been awarded the Excellence in Mountaineering award, 2018 by State Youth Services Department, Govt of West Bengal
Satyarup has been awarded with the special award in mountaineering 2019 by the Chief Minister of West Bengal at Khelasree 2019 held at Netaji Indoor Stadium Kolkata.
Satyarup was presented with the Youth Award in the Bangalore Youth Festival at the Kanteerva Stadium.[13]
Satyarup has been invited by IIT Kanpur in their prestigious Scholars in Residence Program 2019–20.[14]
He was felicitated by the West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) in Kolkata on the occasion of State Child Protection Day on 9 June 2018. He dedicated his Kilimanjaro, 2018 climb to the cause of Child Protection[15] and held aloft the WBCPCR poster at the summit.
He played the Indian National Anthem on flute amidst extreme climatic conditions in Antarctica.[16]
ASEAN entrusted Satyarup and his team the mission[18] to take the ASEAN flag, the Indonesia Flag and the India flag to the summit of Mt Carstensz Pyramid as a commemorative climb to mark the 50th Anniversary of ASEAN and 25th anniversary of Dialogue with India.[19] Satyarup gave a talk at the ASEAN headquarters, Jakarta. As a mark of respect, the pictures of the flag giving ceremony is showcased on the walls of Indian High Commission, Indonesia.
He was felicitated by the Governor of West Bengal after he successfully climbed Mount Everest on 21 May 2016.[20]
He has been delivering motivational talks[21] at several renowned institutions and forums, like ASEAN,[18] SAHA Institute of Nuclear Physics, IISc,[22] Bangalore, IIT Kanpur,[23] IISWBM, IEI,[24] TEDX[25] and corporates like Cognizant, Sasken, HSBC, Bandhan Bank, IET, Altimetrik, Pinnacle, IMRB, Trivium, Element14, Aditya Birla Capital, Students of Indian Museum etc.
29 June 2012 and 14 June 2018 : Mount Kilimanjaro (5,885m/19,308 ft) Summit. On 29 June 2012, at 9:30 a.m, Satyarup led a team of nine to Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak of Africa from the Machame Route. [citation needed] On 14 June 2018, he led a team of 5 to the top again via the same route.
27 June 2013: Mount Elbrus[27] (West summit:18,510 ft (5,640 m) and East summit:18,442 ft (5,621 m). On 27 June 2013, Satyarup summitted the highest mountain of Europe.
13 January 2014: Mount Aconcagua[28] (22,841 ft; 6,962 m). Satyarup climbed Mount Aconcagua, the highest non-technical mountain in the world on 13 January 2014 unguided from the normal route.
23 June 2014: Mount Denali[citation needed] (20,322 ft; 6,194 m). Satyarup climbed Mount Denali on 23 June 2014 from West Buttress route unguided.
12 June 2015: Mount Kosciuszko (7,310 ft; 2,230 m) Satyarup successfully climbed the highest peak in Australia by the normal route unguided on 12 June 2015.
21 May 2016: Mount Everest[29][30][31][32] (29,029 ft; 8,848 m) Satyarup successfully climbed the highest peak of Everest, taking the standard route from Nepal Side on 21 May 2016.[33]
13 June 2017:Carstensz Pyramid (16,024 ft; 4,884 m) [34][35] Satyarup successfully climbed the highest peak of Oceania by the Suangama Jungle Route. It was a commemorative climb to celebrate 50 years of ASEAN and 25 years of Bilateral talk between India and ASEAN. The flag giving ceremony happened at the headquarters of ASEAN at Jakarta where Satyarup was handed 3 flags - The India flag, the Indonesia flag and the ASEAN flag.
In 2016, Satyarup was initially denied the certification of having climbed Everest due to the alleged forgery of Rathod couple from Maharashtra.[53] Satyarup lodged a complaint against the police couple who morphed his pictures from the summit.[54][55] After a thorough investigation, a case was lodged against the duo under Section 66(d) of Information Technology Act, 2008. A ten-year ban from mountaineering was imposed on the couple by Nepal Tourism.[56][57][58][59][60]
