Priyanka Mohite Becomes First Indian Woman To Scale Mt Annapurna, Twitter Applauds

Priyanka also holds the record for being the first woman in India to scale Mt Makalu, the fifth highest mountain in the world

Priyanka Mohite, on Friday (April 16), became the first Indian woman to scale Mt Annapurna, the tenth highest mountain in the world. Priyanka also holds the record for being the first woman in India to scale Mt Makalu, the fifth highest mountain in the world at 8,485 metres. The 26-year-old mountaineer from Satara in Maharashtra had achieved this feat in May 2019. Scaling new heights has been a familiar turf for Priyanka, who has also previously climbed Mt Everest in 2013 and Mt Lhotse in 2018. She scaled Mt Everest at the age of 21, making her the third youngest Indian to do so. Our colleague Priyanka Mohite scaled the peak of Mt. Annapurna, (8091 mtrs) 10th highest mountain in the world, on 16th April 2021 at 1.30pm.- first Indian woman to do so! We at ⁦@SyngeneIntl⁩ are so very proud of her 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/Eh85xy46g0 Great!!! Congrats to Priyanka. Keep scaling more and more heights!!! Have a fabulous year ahead. Fabulous 👏👏👏. What a feat! Congratulations .... Priyanka Mohite... we need more positive and celebratory news like this. When I joined Syngene, we had great talk by her. Very inspiring indeed..???? pic.twitter.com/eHjhUK7a1A Thank you so much for your support ma'am. https://t.co/Ir6Ih8cCnz Greater achievement congratulations. Women empowerment nothing is impossible ????????????‍♀️????‍♀️????‍♀️ 10th highest but probably the most dangerous of all eight thousanders Her latest achievement was celebrated on Twitter by the founder and chairperson of Biocon, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw. Priyanka is an employee of Syngene International, a publicly listed subsidiary of Biocon. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw wrote, "Our colleague Priyanka Mohite scaled the peak of Mt. Annapurna, (8091 mtrs) 10th highest mountain in the world, on 16th April 2021 at 1.30pm.- first Indian woman to do so! We at @SyngeneIntl are so very proud of her," followed by clap emojis. Twitter reacted to the news with words of praise and encouragement. Wishing Priyanka more such records, one user wrote, "Great!!! Congrats to Priyanka. Keep scaling more and more heights!!! Have a fabulous year ahead."