Harshwanti Bisht appointed as first women President of Indian Mountaineering Foundation
- Noted mountaineer Harshwanti Bisht has been elected as the first woman president of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF).
- The 62-year-old Bisht won 60 out of a total of 107 votes to get elected to the coveted post on November 20.
- In 1981, Bisht scaled the Nanda Devi peak for which she was honored with the Arjuna award.
- The IMF was founded in the year 1958.
- It is an apex national body to organize and support, mountaineering and rock climbing expeditions at high altitudes in the Himalayas.
Source: Business Standard