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	'''Sonam Gyatso Mountaineering Institute''' (SGMI) is a [[paramilitary]] mountaineering school, located in [[Gangtok]], India.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=PGD27-Mountaineering and Adventure Sports\|url=https://www.services.bis.gov.in:8071/php/BIS_2.0/dgdashboard/committee_sso/composition/164~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=3 September 2021\|website=[[Bureau of Indian Standards]], [[Government of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|last=Kashyap\|first=Aishwarya Raghu\|date=2016-05-22\|title=Seven off-beat courses at Indian colleges\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/education/seven-offbeat-courses-at-indian-colleges/article8630086.ece\|access-date=2021-09-03\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>		'''Sonam Gyatso Mountaineering Institute''' (SGMI) is a [[paramilitary]] mountaineering school, located in [[Gangtok]], India.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=PGD27-Mountaineering and Adventure Sports\|url=https://www.services.bis.gov.in:8071/php/BIS_2.0/dgdashboard/committee_sso/composition/164\|access-date=3 September 2021\|website=[[Bureau of Indian Standards]], [[Government of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|last=Kashyap\|first=Aishwarya Raghu\|date=2016-05-22\|title=Seven off-beat courses at Indian colleges\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/education/seven-offbeat-courses-at-indian-colleges/article8630086.ece\|access-date=2021-09-03\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

	== History ==		== History ==
	In 1963, the ''Mountaineering Institute'' was established in [[Gangtok]] by Indian mountaineer [[Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)\|Sonam Gyatso]].<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Dalal\|first=Roshen\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JYswDwAAQBAJ&q=sonam+gyatso+mountaineering+institute&pg=PT93\|title=India at 70: snapshots since Independenc\|date=2017-08-23\|publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited\|isbn=978-93-86815-37-8\|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|date=2013-09-25\|title=Mountaineering institute completes 50 yrs, golden jubilee celebrations held\|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/mountaineering-institute-completes-50-yrs-golden-jubilee-celebrations-held-16957.html\|access-date=2021-09-03\|website=The Statesman\|language=en-US}}</ref> After the demise of Gyatso in 1968, the institute was renamed ''Sonam Gyatso Mountaineering Institute''.<ref name=":0" /> It is currently headed by former [[Intelligence Bureau (India)\|Intelligence Bureau (IB)]] officer [[Sonam Wangyal]] as its principal.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2020-05-20\|title=Among first Indians to summit Mount Everest, Sonam Wangyal recounts fabled 1965 expedition on its anniversary~~-India News, Firstpost~~\|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/among-first-indians-to-summit-mount-everest-sonam-wangyal-recounts-fabled-1965-expedition-on-its-anniversary-8386501.html\|access-date=2021-09-03\|website=Firstpost}}</ref>		In 1963, the ''Mountaineering Institute'' was established in [[Gangtok]] by Indian mountaineer [[Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)\|Sonam Gyatso]].<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Dalal\|first=Roshen\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JYswDwAAQBAJ&q=sonam+gyatso+mountaineering+institute&pg=PT93\|title=India at 70: snapshots since Independenc\|date=2017-08-23\|publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited\|isbn=978-93-86815-37-8\|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|date=2013-09-25\|title=Mountaineering institute completes 50 yrs, golden jubilee celebrations held\|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/mountaineering-institute-completes-50-yrs-golden-jubilee-celebrations-held-16957.html\|access-date=2021-09-03\|website=The Statesman\|language=en-US}}</ref> After the demise of Gyatso in 1968, the institute was renamed ''Sonam Gyatso Mountaineering Institute''.<ref name=":0" /> It is currently headed by former [[Intelligence Bureau (India)\|Intelligence Bureau (IB)]] officer [[Sonam Wangyal]] as its principal.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2020-05-20\|title=Among first Indians to summit Mount Everest, Sonam Wangyal recounts fabled 1965 expedition on its anniversary\|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/among-first-indians-to-summit-mount-everest-sonam-wangyal-recounts-fabled-1965-expedition-on-its-anniversary-8386501.html\|access-date=2021-09-03\|website=Firstpost}}</ref>

	The institute is known for imparting high-altitude mountaineering training to [[Indian Army]], [[Intelligence Bureau (India)\|IB]], other paramilitary forces such as [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]] and [[Assam Rifles]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Sonam Wangyal: From Surviving a Chinese Ambush to Standing on Mt. Everest\|url=https://thewire.in/history/sonam-wangyal-from-surviving-a-chinese-ambush-to-the-nanda-devi-mission\|access-date=2021-09-03\|website=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=2020-06-01\|title=By 23, This Ladakhi Had Climbed the Everest, Won Padma Shri & Battled The Chinese\|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/228470/ladakh-first-indian-mount-everest-1965-itbf-sonam-wangyal-china-india-nor41/\|access-date=2021-09-03\|website=The Better India\|language=en}}</ref> Also, it runs short-term courses for civilians.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Student learn adventure skills at adventure tourism fest\|url=http://scstsenvis.nic.in/index3.aspx?sslid=4484&subsublinkid=2654&langid=1&mid=4\|access-date=2021-09-03\|website=scstsenvis.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite ~~web~~\|last=Dam\|first=Satyabrata\|title=Want to become a mountaineer?\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/things-to-do/want-to-become-a-mountaineer/as33499002.cms\|access-date=2021-09-03\|~~website~~=Times of India ~~Travel~~}}</ref>		The institute is known for imparting high-altitude mountaineering training to [[Indian Army]], [[Intelligence Bureau (India)\|IB]], other paramilitary forces such as [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]] and [[Assam Rifles]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Sonam Wangyal: From Surviving a Chinese Ambush to Standing on Mt. Everest\|url=https://thewire.in/history/sonam-wangyal-from-surviving-a-chinese-ambush-to-the-nanda-devi-mission\|access-date=2021-09-03\|website=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=2020-06-01\|title=By 23, This Ladakhi Had Climbed the Everest, Won Padma Shri & Battled The Chinese\|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/228470/ladakh-first-indian-mount-everest-1965-itbf-sonam-wangyal-china-india-nor41/\|access-date=2021-09-03\|website=The Better India\|language=en}}</ref> Also, it runs short-term courses for civilians.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Student learn adventure skills at adventure tourism fest\|url=http://scstsenvis.nic.in/index3.aspx?sslid=4484&subsublinkid=2654&langid=1&mid=4\|access-date=2021-09-03\|website=scstsenvis.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|last=Dam\|first=Satyabrata\|title=Want to become a mountaineer?\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/things-to-do/want-to-become-a-mountaineer/as33499002.cms\|access-date=2021-09-03\|newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref>

	=== List of expeditions ===		=== List of expeditions ===
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	* 1979 [[Siniolchu]] expedition - 20 members from the institute climbed the peak.<ref>{{Cite book\|last1=Club\|first1=American Alpine\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bGmGKqbwe14C&q=%22Sonam+Gyatso+Mountaineering+Institute%22&pg=PA227\|title=1995 American Alpine Journal\|last2=Carter\|first2=H. Adams\|publisher=The Mountaineers Books\|isbn=978-1-933056-42-5\|language=en}}</ref>		* 1979 [[Siniolchu]] expedition - 20 members from the institute climbed the peak.<ref>{{Cite book\|last1=Club\|first1=American Alpine\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bGmGKqbwe14C&q=%22Sonam+Gyatso+Mountaineering+Institute%22&pg=PA227\|title=1995 American Alpine Journal\|last2=Carter\|first2=H. Adams\|publisher=The Mountaineers Books\|isbn=978-1-933056-42-5\|language=en}}</ref>
	*1984 [[Mount Everest]] expedition - Institute's lead instructor [[Phu Dorjee]] became the first Indian to climb Everest without supplemental oxygen.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|last=Service\|first=Tribune News\|title=How can I forget Phu Dorje\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/how-can-i-forget-phu-dorje-85880\|access-date=2021-09-03\|website=Tribuneindia News Service\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Kohli\|first=M. S.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l_wyAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Sonam+Gyatso+Mountaineering+Institute%22\|title=Mountaineering in India\|date=1989\|publisher=Vikas Publishing House\|language=en}}</ref>		*1984 [[Mount Everest]] expedition - Institute's lead instructor [[Phu Dorjee]] became the first Indian to climb Everest without supplemental oxygen.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|last=Service\|first=Tribune News\|title=How can I forget Phu Dorje\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/how-can-i-forget-phu-dorje-85880\|access-date=2021-09-03\|website=Tribuneindia News Service\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Kohli\|first=M. S.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l_wyAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Sonam+Gyatso+Mountaineering+Institute%22\|title=Mountaineering in India\|date=1989\|publisher=Vikas Publishing House\|language=en}}</ref>
	*1991 [[Sanglaphu]] expedition - 11 members team from the institute made the first ascent.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=The HJ/48/21 EXPEDITIONS AND NOTES\|url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/48/21/expeditions-and-notes-48/~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=2021-12-08\|website=The HJ/48/21 EXPEDITIONS AND NOTES\|language=en}}</ref>		*1991 [[Sanglaphu]] expedition - 11 members team from the institute made the first ascent.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=The HJ/48/21 EXPEDITIONS AND NOTES\|url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/48/21/expeditions-and-notes-48/\|access-date=2021-12-08\|website=The HJ/48/21 EXPEDITIONS AND NOTES\|language=en}}</ref>

	== Notable faculty ==		== Notable faculty ==
	* [[Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)\|Sonam Gyatso]]		* [[Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)\|Sonam Gyatso]]
	* [[Harish Chandra Singh Rawat]]<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=~~[[K. C.~~ Verma~~\|Verma]]~~\|first=[[K. C. ~~Verma~~\|K. C.]]\|date=4 September 2021\|title=Intelligence Bureau\|url=https://bprd.nic.in/WriteReadData/userfiles/file/1601846638-October%20December%202012.pdf\|journal=The Indian Police Journal\|volume=LIX\|issue=4\|pages=24\|issn=0537-2429}}</ref>		* [[Harish Chandra Singh Rawat]]<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Verma\|first=K. C. \|author-link=K. C. Verma\|date=4 September 2021\|title=Intelligence Bureau\|url=https://bprd.nic.in/WriteReadData/userfiles/file/1601846638-October%20December%202012.pdf\|journal=The Indian Police Journal\|volume=LIX\|issue=4\|pages=24\|issn=0537-2429}}</ref>
	* [[Phu Dorjee]]<ref name=":1" />		* [[Phu Dorjee]]<ref name=":1" />
	* [[Sonam Wangyal]]		* [[Sonam Wangyal]]

	== Rankings ==		== Rankings ==
	* In 2016, [[Redbull]] included the institute in its list of top 10 mountaineering schools in India.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=The best mountaineering institutes in India\|url=https://www.redbull.com/in-en/mountaineering-institutes-in-india-red-bull\|access-date=2021-09-03\|website=Red Bull\|language=en}}</ref>		* In 2016, [[Redbull]] included the institute in its list of top 10 mountaineering schools in India.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=The best mountaineering institutes in India\|url=https://www.redbull.com/in-en/mountaineering-institutes-in-india-red-bull\|access-date=2021-09-03\|website=Red Bull\|date=8 November 2016 \|language=en}}</ref>

	== See also ==		== See also ==
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{{Short description|Mountaineering school in Gangtok, Sikkim, India}}
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| name = Sonam Gyatso Mountaineering Institute
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| address = Upper Sicheygaon, Sungava
| city = [[Gangtok, Sikkim]]
| country = India
| founded = 25 September 1963
| founder = [[Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)|Sonam Gyatso]]
| principal = [[Sonam Wangyal]]
| affiliation = [[Government of India]]
| enrolment =
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'''Sonam Gyatso Mountaineering Institute''' (SGMI) is a [[paramilitary]] mountaineering school, located in [[Gangtok]], India.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PGD27-Mountaineering and Adventure Sports|url=https://www.services.bis.gov.in:8071/php/BIS_2.0/dgdashboard/committee_sso/composition/164|url-status=live|access-date=3 September 2021|website=[[Bureau of Indian Standards]], [[Government of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Kashyap|first=Aishwarya Raghu|date=2016-05-22|title=Seven off-beat courses at Indian colleges|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/education/seven-offbeat-courses-at-indian-colleges/article8630086.ece|access-date=2021-09-03|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== History ==
In 1963, the ''Mountaineering Institute'' was established in [[Gangtok]] by Indian mountaineer [[Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)|Sonam Gyatso]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dalal|first=Roshen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JYswDwAAQBAJ&q=sonam+gyatso+mountaineering+institute&pg=PT93|title=India at 70: snapshots since Independenc|date=2017-08-23|publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited|isbn=978-93-86815-37-8|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2013-09-25|title=Mountaineering institute completes 50 yrs, golden jubilee celebrations held|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/mountaineering-institute-completes-50-yrs-golden-jubilee-celebrations-held-16957.html|access-date=2021-09-03|website=The Statesman|language=en-US}}</ref> After the demise of Gyatso in 1968, the institute was renamed ''Sonam Gyatso Mountaineering Institute''.<ref name=":0" /> It is currently headed by former [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau (IB)]] officer [[Sonam Wangyal]] as its principal.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-20|title=Among first Indians to summit Mount Everest, Sonam Wangyal recounts fabled 1965 expedition on its anniversary-India News, Firstpost|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/among-first-indians-to-summit-mount-everest-sonam-wangyal-recounts-fabled-1965-expedition-on-its-anniversary-8386501.html|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Firstpost}}</ref>

The institute is known for imparting high-altitude mountaineering training to [[Indian Army]], [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|IB]], other paramilitary forces such as [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]] and [[Assam Rifles]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sonam Wangyal: From Surviving a Chinese Ambush to Standing on Mt. Everest|url=https://thewire.in/history/sonam-wangyal-from-surviving-a-chinese-ambush-to-the-nanda-devi-mission|access-date=2021-09-03|website=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-01|title=By 23, This Ladakhi Had Climbed the Everest, Won Padma Shri & Battled The Chinese|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/228470/ladakh-first-indian-mount-everest-1965-itbf-sonam-wangyal-china-india-nor41/|access-date=2021-09-03|website=The Better India|language=en}}</ref> Also, it runs short-term courses for civilians.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Student learn adventure skills at adventure tourism fest|url=http://scstsenvis.nic.in/index3.aspx?sslid=4484&subsublinkid=2654&langid=1&mid=4|access-date=2021-09-03|website=scstsenvis.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Dam|first=Satyabrata|title=Want to become a mountaineer?|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/things-to-do/want-to-become-a-mountaineer/as33499002.cms|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Times of India Travel}}</ref>

=== List of expeditions ===

* 1979 [[Siniolchu]] expedition - 20 members from the institute climbed the peak.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Club|first1=American Alpine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bGmGKqbwe14C&q=%22Sonam+Gyatso+Mountaineering+Institute%22&pg=PA227|title=1995 American Alpine Journal|last2=Carter|first2=H. Adams|publisher=The Mountaineers Books|isbn=978-1-933056-42-5|language=en}}</ref>
*1984 [[Mount Everest]] expedition - Institute's lead instructor [[Phu Dorjee]] became the first Indian to climb Everest without supplemental oxygen.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=How can I forget Phu Dorje|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/how-can-i-forget-phu-dorje-85880|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Kohli|first=M. S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l_wyAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Sonam+Gyatso+Mountaineering+Institute%22|title=Mountaineering in India|date=1989|publisher=Vikas Publishing House|language=en}}</ref>
*1991 [[Sanglaphu]] expedition - 11 members team from the institute made the first ascent.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The HJ/48/21 EXPEDITIONS AND NOTES|url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/48/21/expeditions-and-notes-48/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-08|website=The HJ/48/21 EXPEDITIONS AND NOTES|language=en}}</ref>

== Notable faculty ==
* [[Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)|Sonam Gyatso]]
* [[Harish Chandra Singh Rawat]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last=[[K. C. Verma|Verma]]|first=[[K. C. Verma|K. C.]]|date=4 September 2021|title=Intelligence Bureau|url=https://bprd.nic.in/WriteReadData/userfiles/file/1601846638-October%20December%202012.pdf|journal=The Indian Police Journal|volume=LIX|issue=4|pages=24|issn=0537-2429}}</ref>
* [[Phu Dorjee]]<ref name=":1" />
* [[Sonam Wangyal]]

== Rankings ==
* In 2016, [[Redbull]] included the institute in its list of top 10 mountaineering schools in India.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The best mountaineering institutes in India|url=https://www.redbull.com/in-en/mountaineering-institutes-in-india-red-bull|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Red Bull|language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Himalayan Mountaineering Institute]]
*[[Mountaineering in India]]

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