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{{Short description|Indian educationist and mountaineer}}
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{{Infobox climber
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| birth_place = [[Pune]], Maharashtra, India
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'''Nalini Sengupta''' is an Indian educationist and [[mountaineer]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Windie |first1=Anil |title=The Exalting Heights |date=24 December 2022 |publisher=Notion Press |isbn=979-8-88869-031-4 |page=87 |language=en}}</ref> best known for serving as the founder and [[Head teacher|principal]] of Vidya Valley School since 2001, and being the namesake of Mount Nalini in the [[Himalayas]], after it was first summited in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mehta |first1=Anvi |title=Principal of Vidya Valley school in Pune has a mountain named after her in Himalayas |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/pune/report-principal-of-vidya-valley-school-in-pune-has-a-mountain-named-after-her-in-himalayas-2105184 |access-date=2 November 2023 |work=[[DNA India]] |date=16 July 2015 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Motorwala |first1=Zahra |title=This Pune-based school principal has a Himalayan mountain named after her |url=https://www.idiva.com/career/advice/we-are-applauding-this-pune-based-schoool-principal-who-has-a-mountain-in-the-himalayas-named-after-her/1507244 |access-date=2 November 2023 |work=iDiva |date=24 July 2015 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

In 1970, Sengupta graduated as a [[mountaineering]] coach of the first mountaineering course for women offered by the [[National Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports]]. In July 2015, a team of 40 mountaineers from the Guardian Giripremi Institute of Mountaineering summited peak 5260 in the [[Himalayas]], near the [[Hamta Pass]] region of [[Manali, Himachal Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Mount Nalini, in honour of her Himalayan efforts |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/mount-nalini-in-honour-of-her-himalayan-efforts/article7465256.ece |access-date=2 November 2023 |work=[[The Hindu]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]] |date=25 July 2015 |location=[[Pune]] |language=en-IN}}</ref> Being the first summiteers of the peak, the institute was given the honour to name the peak by the [[Indian Mountaineering Foundation]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Himalayan peak 5260 named after Nalini Sengupta |url=https://www.ap7am.com/en/14104/himalayan-peak-5260-named-after-nalini-sengupta |access-date=2 November 2023 |work=ap7am.com |date=25 July 2015 |location=[[Hyderabad]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Himalayan peak 5260 set to be named after mountaineer Nalini Sengupta |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/himalayan-peak-5260-set-to-be-named-after-mountaineer-nalini-sengupta/articleshow/48213222.cms |access-date=2 November 2023 |work=[[The Economic Times]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]] |date=25 July 2015 |location=[[Pune]]}}</ref> The peak was named after Sengupta, making her the first resident of [[Pune]] to have a Himalayan peak named after them.<ref>{{cite news |title=Himalayan peak 5260 set to be named after Nalini Sengupta |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/himalayan-peak-5260-set-to-be-named-after-nalini-sengupta-52990.html |access-date=2 November 2023 |work=[[India TV News]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]] |date=25 July 2015 |location=[[Pune]] |language=en}}</ref> In July 2016, she led a team of 16 to trek to the base camp of [[Hamta Pass|Shia Goru]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Vidya Valley principal treks to Shia Goru |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/vidya-valley-principal-treks-to-shia-goru/articleshow/53309468.cms |access-date=2 November 2023 |work=[[The Times of India]] |agency=[[Times News Network|TNN]] |date=21 July 2016 |location=[[Pune]]}}</ref>

In 2001, Sengupta founded Vidya Valley School in [[Aundh, Pune]].<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://vidyavalley.com/the-school/history/ |website=Vidya Valley School |access-date=2 November 2023}}</ref> As principal, she has advocated for [[environmentalism]] in education, specifically against the bursting of [[firecrackers in India]] during [[Diwali]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shetty |first1=Anjali |title='Children should save money used to buy crackers for better causes' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/pune-news/children-should-save-money-used-to-buy-crackers-for-better-causes/story-zMBWNiCWcHcFvKCzy7hsFI.html |access-date=2 November 2023 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=11 October 2017 |location=[[Pune]] |language=en}}</ref> and the promotion of [[eco-friendly]] [[sewage treatment]] and [[water harvesting]] which have been implemented at her school.<ref>{{cite news |title=School principals share success stories of eco-friendly ideas |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/school-principals-share-success-stories-of-eco-friendly-ideas/articleshow/54023164.cms |access-date=2 November 2023 |work=[[The Times of India]] |agency=[[Times News Network|TNN]] |date=6 September 2016 |location=[[Pune]]}}</ref>

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