PANDA DEVIDUTTA

Date of Birth : 1977-11-01
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Father : Purna Chandra Panda
Mother : (Kalyani Panda
Address : Annapal, Bhadrak, Ofisha, India.
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Occupation : Wing Commander, Indian Air Force. At present he is posted at Air Force Station Bareilly, UP and flying Sukhoi-30 MKI multirole fighter aircraft.
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* Unclimbed peak in Gorichen Region, Arunachal Pradesh in 2014. The team named this unnamed virgin peak as `Garud Parvat`.
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Led an eight-member IAF team for an alpine style climb to Mt Papsura (6440m) in Himachal in 2015.
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* Successfully scaled Mount Everest on May 25, 2011.
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* Earlier, Devidutta scaled highest peaks of four continents as a part of AIF` Mission Seven Summit Expedition.
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He was conferred with Biju Patnaik Bravery Award by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on 28th August, 2014. Also received a cash award of Rs 9 lakh.
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* He is the fourth mountaineer from Orissa to conquer Mount Everest. The previsous three are Kalpana Dash, Ganesh Chandra Jena and Jogabhyasa Bhoi.
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* Devidutta took to mountaineering in the year 2002.
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* Three frots-biten fingers of his right leg were amputed after his successful Mount Everest expedition.
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* Underwent treatment for 10 weeks at Airforce Hospital in New Delhi.

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