Tensing Norgay National Adventure Award

Citation for the Tensing Norgay National Adventure Award 2003 for Life Time Achievement for Shri Harish Kapadia
The highest Award for Adventure Activities given by The Government of India
Conferred by Dr A P J Kalam, President of India, on 29th August 2005

Shri Harish Kapadia (Born July, 1945) is a renowned mountaineer who has climbed 33 peaks of which 21 were first ascents. He was leader of nine joint Indian and foreign expeditions and he crossed many Indian Himalayan passes during his journeys. He trekked extensively in all regions of the Himalaya.

He has been the Honorary Editor of the Himalayan Journal for more than 25 years. He has written 14 books on the Indian Himalaya. He was awarded the Indian Mountaineering Foundation “President’s Gold Medal” in 1993 and The “Patrons (Royal) Medal” of The Royal Geographical Society in 2003. He is also the “Honorary Member of the Alpine Club”, London. In recognition of his outstanding achievement in the field of land adventure, the Government of India has decided to confer The Tensing Norgay National Adventure Award for the year 2003 on Shri Harish Kapadia.

The award; a trophy and a scroll was conferred on Shri Harish Kapadia by Dr. A. P. J. Kalam, the President of India, on 29th August 2003, the sports day of India, at a glittering ceremony at Ashoka Hall, Rashtrapati Bhavan (Presidential Palace) in presence of more than 500 dignitaries.

Shri Harish Kapadia has dedicated this award to his son, Lt. Nawang Kapadia of 4/3 Gorkha Rifles of the Indian Army, who believed that “It is better to die in valour than a coward”. Lt. Nawang would be proud of it.