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{{short description|Indian mountaineer}}
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'''Suresh Kumar''' is an [[India]]n mountaineer. He was a member of two Indian Expeditions that conquered Mount Everest in 1992 and 1996. He is a native of Pattoli market [[Muthukulam]], in [[Alappuzha district]] of [[Kerala State]], India

==Early life and career==
He joined the [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]] as a photographer in 1987 prior to which he working as a photographer at studios in [[Alappuzha]]. In 1997, he moved from [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]] to the [[Special Protection Group]] (SPG), a special armed security force formed for the protection of Prime Minister of India and former Prime Ministers and their immediate family. He retired from [[Special Protection Group]] in 2008 after serving in the security forces of Prime Minister [[Vishwanath Pratap Singh|VP Singh]], [[Chandra Shekhar]], [[I. K. Gujral]], [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] and [[Manmohan Singh]]. He is currently working as a Home Guard in [[Alappuzha]] city. In 1997, the Kerala government declared a cash award of ₹5 lakh, but he received only ₹1 lakh.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/131209/news-current-affairs/article/mountaineer-awaits-promised-reward|title= S. Suresh Kumar, the only Keralite in the team of to scale Mt Everest twice -|website= www.deccanchronicle.com }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.quora.com/Kerala-India-Has-any-Keralite-Malayali-climbed-Mount-Everest|title= S. Suresh Kumar, the only Keralite in the team of to scale Mt Everest twice -|website= www.quora.com }}</ref>

==1991 Indo-Japan Kanchenjunga Expedition==
Suresh Kumar was member in the expedition as the film team in the first [[India|Indo]]-[[Japan]]ese [[Kanchenjunga]] expedition conducted by [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]] to the world's third highest peak, [[Kanchenjunga]] led by '''Major Hukam Singh''' in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/48/3/indo-japanese-kangchenjunga-expedition-1991/|title= 1992 NDO-JAPANESE KANGCHENJUNGA EXPEDITION -|website= www.himalayanclub.org}}</ref>

==1992 Indo-Tibetan Border Police Expedition to Mount Everest ==
The [[1992 Indo-Tibetan Border Police Expedition to Mount Everest]] by [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]], led by Additional Deputy Supernatant '''Major Hukam Singh''' on 1992 recorded a total of 8 ascents by Indians including Ms.[[Santosh Yadav]].<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/yadav.htm|title= Ms. Santosh Yadav-|website= www.everesthistory.com}}</ref> The second woman summitter from India. Suresh Kumar was member in the expedition as the film team. [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]], of which senior medical officer '''Chittaranjan R. Pattanayak''' was the deputy leader. A total of 8 ascents by Indians.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.everesthistory.com/everestsummits/summits92.htm|title= Indian Summitters of 1992-|website= www.everesthistory.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/49/21/indian-itbp-everest-expedition-1992/|title= 1992 Indo-Tibetan Border Police Expedition to Mount Everest-|website= www.himalayanclub.org}}</ref>

==[[1996 Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition to Mount Everest]]==
The second [[1996 Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition to Mount Everest]] led by '''Mohinder Singh''' -[[North Col]]-North East Ridge by the [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]] to reach the summit of [[Mount Everest]] happened in the background of the [[1996 Mount Everest disaster]], and resulted in three summitters of the expedition dying. The expedition credited as being the first Indian ascent of Everest from the North Side and a total 8 persons reach on the summit. [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]], personnel '''Parash Mani Das '''and''' Harbhajan Singh''' were the deputy leaders. Suresh Kumar was a climbing member of this expedition but did not do the summit bid.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.everesthistory.com/everestsummits/summits96.htm|title= Indian Summitters of 1996-|website= www.everesthistory.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/53/7/the-indian-ascent-of-qomolungma-by-the-north-ridge/|title= 1996 Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition to Mount Everest-|website= www.himalayanclub.org}}</ref>

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