Ms Kaamya Karthikeyan, a 16-year-old, class XII student of NCS, Mumbai and her father Cdr S Karthikeyan of the Indian Navy successfully summitted Mt Everest (8849 M) on 20 May 2024. After this feat, she has become the second youngest girl in the world and the youngest Indian Mountaineer to summit the world's highest peak from Nepal side. Ms. Kaamya has now completed six milestones in her mission to summit the highest peak of all seven continents and aims to summit Mt Vinson Massif in Antarctica this December to become the youngest girl to accomplish the 7 summits challenge.
