Priyanka Mohite scales Mt. Annapurna, world's 10th highest peak
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She is the first Indian woman climber to achieve the feat.
Priyanka Mohite from Satara in western Maharashtra has scaled Mt Annapurna, the 10th highest mountain peak in the world, becoming the first Indian woman climber to achieve the feat. The news of the 28-year-old climbing the peak was shared by her employer Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, the Executive Chairperson of Biocon Limited. "Our colleague Priyanka Mohite scaled the peak of Mt. Annapurna, (8091 metres) 10th highest mountain in the world, on 16th April 2021 at 1.30 p.m. - first Indian woman to do so! We at @SyngeneIntl are so very proud of her," she tweeted.
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