Discovery all set to create a show on Indian Army's Women Expedition to Mount Everest

Discovery Channel, India’s leading non-fiction entertainment network announced that it will produce a programme on Indian Army’s Women Expedition to Mount Everest.

 

Discovery Channel’s production team will follow the expedition to capture this grueling summit, attempted by a group of seven Indian Army Women officers.  The cameras will follow the contingent as they endeavour to reach the summit and achieve the ultimate mountaineering goal.  For the first time, an Army Women Contingent is scaling the summit from the South ridge route.  This route was used by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953.

 

Announcing the programme, Rahul Johri, senior vice president and general manager – South Asia, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific said, “Discovery Channel is delighted to cover this unique and distinguished expedition by Indian Army’s Women Officers. We are committed to present stories of success and achievement from India to audiences around the world.”

 

Lt Gen SP Tanwar, AVSM, Director General of Military Training, Indian Army said“Indian Army has appreciated the efforts of Discovery Channel to undertake the coverage of such an expedition for the first time.  Such coverage besides projecting the unique and glorious feat of the Indian Army, will be a boon to the large international audience that watches this esteemed channel and will provide a platform for future joint ventures with the Discovery Channel on issues related to sports and adventure in the Indian Army.”  

 

The team is led by Col Ajay Kothiyal, KC, SC, VSM, and includes seven Indian Army Women officers: Capt. Deepika Rathore (Rajasthan), Capt. Namrata Rathore (Uttarakhand), Capt. Prachi R. Gole (Maharastra), Maj. N. Linyu (Nagaland), Maj. Neha Bhatnagar (Rajasthan), Capt. Poonam Sangwan (Haryana), and Capt. Smitha (Karnataka).

 

The programme is expected to air in 2012.