Tarun Saikia

Tarun Saikia (Assamese: তৰুণ শইকীয়া) is a mountaineer and the first climber from Assam to scale Mount Everest.^[1] He reached its summit on 18 May 2013. Manipur mountaineering and trekking association had organised the expedition under the leadership of Dr L Surjit Singh. In the team there were thirteen members, of which eleven summited successfully.^[2]

Tarun Saikia
তৰুণ শইকীয়া and Manish Kumar Deka

Personal information
Birth name	Tarun Saikia
Nationality	Indian
Born	Assam
Parents	Atul Saikia (late) (father) Charu Saikia (mother)
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Mountaineering
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	Conquered Everest on 18 May 2013

About Tarun Saikia

Tarun Saikia comes from Guwahati. He is a resident of Forest Gate, Noonmati (in Guwahati). His parents are (late) Atul Saikia and Charu Saikia.^[3]

At the age of 37, Saikia climbed Mount Everest.^[4][5] The expedition was sponsored by the North Eastern Council and the Manipur Government. He loved adventure sports since his schooldays and he began mountaineering with an adventure club at Gauhati College in 1989. The Govt. of Assam had announced a cash award of Rs. 20 Lakhs for his feat.^[5]

See also

• List of Indian summiters of Mount Everest
• List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit
• List of Mount Everest records of India
• List of Mount Everest records