Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu


Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu is an Indian mountaineer who has climbed Mount Everest seven times.
He was awarded the Padma Shri by Government of India in 2014.

Early life and background

Dharmshaktu is from Bona village, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. He worked at Uttar Pradesh Tourism office on Special Duty and took his adventure course. Later he completed Basic Mountaineering and Advanced Mountaineering courses from Nehru Institute of Mountaineering in 1990. He earned a specialisation in Search and Rescue.

Family life

His wife, Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu from Delhi, is also a mountaineer and holds the record as the first woman from India to ski to reach the South Pole from the coast of the Antarctica, in 2009 as a part of 8-women Kaspersky Commonwealth Antarctica Expedition.

Mountaineering experience

In 1989, Dharmashaktu climbed Nanda Kot, accompanying as a part of a mountaineering team from Lucknow. He reached the peak. He was part of mountaineering teams that attempted Mamostong Kangri in Ladakh and Nanda Bhaner during 1992. He was liaison officer for a British team that attempted Nanda Ghunti in 1997. In 2008, he reached the summit of Kanchenjunga along with a BSF team. As of June 2012, he has climbed about 38 peaks.

Everest ascents