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	\| birth_place = [[Takmachik]], [[Leh district]], [[Ladakh]], [[India]]		\| birth_place = [[Takmachik]], [[Leh district]], [[Ladakh]], [[India]]
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	\| occupation = [[Social entrepreneur]]<br />[[Trekking guide]]<br />[[Writer]]		\| occupation = [[Social entrepreneur]]<br />[[Trekking guide]]<br />[[Writer]]
	\| spouse = Lars Lidström		\| spouse = Lars Lidström
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	In January 2014, Chorol was awarded the [[Indian Merchants' Chamber\|Indian Merchants Chamber]] Ladies' Wing's Jankidevi Bajaj Puraskar, an awards that is give in recognition of outstanding Indian female rural entrepreneurs. The award was presented to Chorol in [[Mumbai]] by founder and chairperson of the Arghyam Trust, Rohini Nilekani.<ref name="IT1">{{cite news \| url=https://www.indiatimes.com/news/more-from-india/imc-ladies-wing-jankidevi-bajaj-puraskar-2013-brings-together-two-power-women-122080.html \| newspaper=indiatimes.com \| title=Two Super-Women You Should Know About \| first=Sonal \| last=Bhadoria \| date=10 January 2014 \| accessdate=15 November 2018 }}</ref> Chorol is the first person in the tourism category, the first Ladakhi, and the first women from the Indian state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]] to receive the award that was first conferred in 1993.<ref name="http://www.narishakti.org/Her_Legacy_E.asp">[http://www.narishakti.org/Her_Legacy_E.asp narishakti.org]</ref>		In January 2014, Chorol was awarded the [[Indian Merchants' Chamber\|Indian Merchants Chamber]] Ladies' Wing's Jankidevi Bajaj Puraskar, an awards that is give in recognition of outstanding Indian female rural entrepreneurs. The award was presented to Chorol in [[Mumbai]] by founder and chairperson of the Arghyam Trust, Rohini Nilekani.<ref name="IT1">{{cite news \| url=https://www.indiatimes.com/news/more-from-india/imc-ladies-wing-jankidevi-bajaj-puraskar-2013-brings-together-two-power-women-122080.html \| newspaper=indiatimes.com \| title=Two Super-Women You Should Know About \| first=Sonal \| last=Bhadoria \| date=10 January 2014 \| accessdate=15 November 2018 }}</ref> Chorol is the first person in the tourism category, the first Ladakhi, and the first women from the Indian state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]] to receive the award that was first conferred in 1993.<ref name="http://www.narishakti.org/Her_Legacy_E.asp">[http://www.narishakti.org/Her_Legacy_E.asp narishakti.org]</ref>

	In January 2015, the Indian news website, The Weekend Leader in collaboration with [[Vellore Institute of Technology]] named Chorol their "Person of the year" 2014. She was selected for her contributions to the development of tourism in Ladakh and for creating job opportunities for Ladakhi women.<ref name="The weekend leader">[http://www.theweekendleader.com/Headlines/3608/ladakhi-woman-social-entrepreneur-is-twl--vit-person-of-the-year.html The weekend leader]</ref> The award was presented to her at a ceremony at VIT university on 11 March 2015 by [[K. Vijay Kumar]], Special Security Adviser, Union Ministry of Home Affairs. <ref name="thehindu.com">[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/recognition-for-developing-tourism/article6985048.ece thehindu.com]</ref>		In January 2015, the Indian news website, The Weekend Leader in collaboration with [[Vellore Institute of Technology]] named Chorol their "Person of the year" 2014. She was selected for her contributions to the development of tourism in Ladakh and for creating job opportunities for Ladakhi women.<ref name="The weekend leader">[http://www.theweekendleader.com/Headlines/3608/ladakhi-woman-social-entrepreneur-is-twl--vit-person-of-the-year.html The weekend leader]</ref> The award was presented to her at a ceremony at VIT university on 11 March 2015 by [[K. Vijay Kumar]], Special Security Adviser, Union Ministry of Home Affairs.<ref name="thehindu.com">[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/recognition-for-developing-tourism/article6985048.ece thehindu.com]</ref>

	===Women's empowerment===		===Women's empowerment===
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	In 2007, Chorol was awarded the "Sanjoy Ghosse Ladakh Women Writers' Award" by the non-governmental organization Charkha Development Communication Network.<ref>[http://www.charkha.org Charkha.org]</ref><ref>[http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/46566 Newstracker – India]</ref> Her article "''Beyond conventional tourism''", about the impact of tourism in Ladakh has been published in the magazine ''Epilogue''.<ref>Epilogue Magazine – 2010, February</ref> And later, the magazine published her article, ''"A Trek Through Life"'' about her own experience from the village to becoming a trekking guide in an otherwise male dominated field.<ref name="epilogue_aug_2010"/>		In 2007, Chorol was awarded the "Sanjoy Ghosse Ladakh Women Writers' Award" by the non-governmental organization Charkha Development Communication Network.<ref>[http://www.charkha.org Charkha.org]</ref><ref>[http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/46566 Newstracker – India]</ref> Her article "''Beyond conventional tourism''", about the impact of tourism in Ladakh has been published in the magazine ''Epilogue''.<ref>Epilogue Magazine – 2010, February</ref> And later, the magazine published her article, ''"A Trek Through Life"'' about her own experience from the village to becoming a trekking guide in an otherwise male dominated field.<ref name="epilogue_aug_2010"/>

	In 2014, Chorol was also published in the Ladakhi magazine "Stawa", writing on the issue of [[rape]] in Ladakh and the effects of the Ladakhi [[caste system]]. <ref>Stawa - 2014 October, Issue 5</ref> <ref>Stawa - 2014 December, Issue 7</ref>		In 2014, Chorol was also published in the Ladakhi magazine "Stawa", writing on the issue of [[rape]] in Ladakh and the effects of the Ladakhi [[caste system]].<ref>Stawa - 2014 October, Issue 5</ref><ref>Stawa - 2014 December, Issue 7</ref>

	==Honors==		==Honors==
	* 8 March 2018: [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] ''(Women Power Award)'', highest civilian award for women in India.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/nari-shakti-puraskar/articleshow/63203332.cms\|title=Infographic: Nari Shakti Puraskar - Times of India\|website=The Times of India\|access-date=2018-03-11}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news\|title=Nari Shakti Puraskar\|work=TOI\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/nari-shakti-puraskar/articleshow/63203332.cms\|accessdate=11 March 2018}}</ref>		[[File:Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Nari Shakti Puruskar for the year 2017 to Ms. Thinlas Chorol, Leh-Ladakh, J&K, at a function, on the occasion of the International Women’s Day, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi.jpg\|thumb\|President [[Ram Nath Kovind]] presenting the Nari Shakti Puruskar for the year 2017 to Ms. Thinlas Chorol, on 8 march 2018 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi]]
			* 8 March 2018: [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] ''(Women Power Award)'', highest civilian award for women in India.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/nari-shakti-puraskar/articleshow/63203332.cms\|title=Infographic: Nari Shakti Puraskar - Times of India\|website=The Times of India\|access-date=2018-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Nari Shakti Puraskar\|work=TOI\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/nari-shakti-puraskar/articleshow/63203332.cms\|accessdate=11 March 2018}}</ref>

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{{Infobox person
| name = Thinlas Chorol
| image = 2017 to Ms. Thinlas Chorol, Leh-Ladakh, J&K, at a function, on the occasion of the International Women’s Day, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg
| alt = Thinlas Chorol
| caption = Thinlas Chorol in 2017 receiving an award
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|05|06}}
| birth_place = [[Takmachik]], [[Leh district]], [[Ladakh]], [[India]]
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = [[Social entrepreneur]]<br />[[Trekking guide]]<br />[[Writer]]
| spouse = Lars Lidström
}}

'''Thinlas Chorol''' (born 6 May 1981) is a [[social entrepreneur]] and writer from [[Ladakh]], India.
She founded the Ladakhi Women's Travel Company and has written articles on tourism in Ladakh and other issues.

She first gained notability when she in her early twenties started working as a [[trekking]] guide in the otherwise heavily male dominated trekking industry in Ladakh in northern India.<ref name="About.com">[http://goindia.about.com/od/adventure/a/Thinlas-Chorol About.com]</ref><ref name="epilogue_aug_2010">Epilogue Magazine – 2010, August</ref>

==Early life==

===Childhood===
Chorol was born in the small village of [[Takmachik]] in the mountain region Ladakh. Both her parents were farmers and along with school she spent much of her childhood helping with animals and farming. Her mother died at an early age, her father remarried, and Chorol grew up with her father, stepmother and seven siblings. She got accustomed to spending time in the mountains from going with her father to tend the family's animals in the high pastures. She went in the fear that something might happen to him if he went alone.<ref name="epilogue_aug_2010"/>

===SECMOL===
After completing her 10th class education, Chorol was accepted as a student at the [[Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh|SECMOL]] Alternative Institute near Ladakh's main city, [[Leh]].
While at SECMOL, she went on trekking expeditions with some of the foreign volunteers. On an early trek, the local villagers spoke to her in English since they assumed no Ladakhi women would ever work as a trekking guide.<ref name="epilogue_aug_2010"/> She also tried to find work as a guide with some of the local trekking agencies, but was often rejected for being a woman. In 2004 she joined SECMOL's own travel agency, "Around Ladakh with Students," ALS.<ref>[http://www.secmol.org/ecotourism/index.php SECMOL´s ALS page]</ref> There were other women working in ALS, but at the time, they only guided monastery and cultural tours.<ref name="epilogue_aug_2010"/>

===Education===
Chorol did her primary schooling in Takmachik, and secondary schooling from Domkhar, a neighboring village.<ref name="Reach Ladakh - In conversation with Thinlas Chorol">[https://www.reachladakh.com/news/opinion/in-conversation-with-reach-ladakh/in-conversation-with-thinlas-chorol Reach Ladakh - In conversation with Thinlas Chorol]</ref>
While at SECMOL, Chorol completed her 11th and 12th standard education. After this, she started a correspondence college course for a B.A. in Arts. Along with this, she also took courses in mountaineering at Nehru Institute of Mountaineering and wilderness training at [[National Outdoor Leadership School]].<ref>[http://www.ladakhiwomenstravel.com/thinlas About Thinlas Chorol on Ladakhi women´s travel company´s website]</ref>

==Career==

===Tourism===
When ALS stopped doing treks for individuals and small groups, Chorol continued to work [[freelance]].<ref name="About.com"/>
After completing various courses in mountaineering and other outdoor activities, she started to get more and more work as a freelance trekking guide, and tourist started to ask for female guides.{{fact|date=November 2018}}

In 2009 she founded the "Ladakhi Women's Travel Company" in order to bring more women into the field, and to promote [[ecotourism]] in Ladakh. And through [[Homestay]]s, expose women in the village to people and cultures they would normally not have as much contact with.<ref>[http://www.ladakhiwomenstravel.com/about The Ladakhi women´s travel company´s website]</ref> On the company's website, it promotes itself as being "The first female owned and operated travel company in Ladakh".
In order to train more guides to come into the Ladakhi trekking industry, the company bring younger, inexperienced women along as porters.<ref>[http://www.thebmc.co.uk/modules/article.aspx?id=5418 The British Mountaineering Council]</ref>

In January 2014, Chorol was awarded the [[Indian Merchants' Chamber|Indian Merchants Chamber]] Ladies' Wing's Jankidevi Bajaj Puraskar, an awards that is give in recognition of outstanding Indian female rural entrepreneurs. The award was presented to Chorol in [[Mumbai]] by founder and chairperson of the Arghyam Trust, Rohini Nilekani.<ref name="IT1">{{cite news | url=https://www.indiatimes.com/news/more-from-india/imc-ladies-wing-jankidevi-bajaj-puraskar-2013-brings-together-two-power-women-122080.html | newspaper=indiatimes.com | title=Two Super-Women You Should Know About | first=Sonal | last=Bhadoria | date=10 January 2014 | accessdate=15 November 2018 }}</ref> Chorol is the first person in the tourism category, the first Ladakhi, and the first women from the Indian state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] to receive the award that was first conferred in 1993.<ref name="http://www.narishakti.org/Her_Legacy_E.asp">[http://www.narishakti.org/Her_Legacy_E.asp narishakti.org]</ref>

In January 2015, the Indian news website, The Weekend Leader in collaboration with [[Vellore Institute of Technology]] named Chorol their "Person of the year" 2014. She was selected for her contributions to the development of tourism in Ladakh and for creating job opportunities for Ladakhi women.<ref name="The weekend leader">[http://www.theweekendleader.com/Headlines/3608/ladakhi-woman-social-entrepreneur-is-twl--vit-person-of-the-year.html The weekend leader]</ref> The award was presented to her at a ceremony at VIT university on 11 March 2015 by [[K. Vijay Kumar]], Special Security Adviser, Union Ministry of Home Affairs. <ref name="thehindu.com">[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/recognition-for-developing-tourism/article6985048.ece thehindu.com]</ref>

===Women's empowerment===
In 2014, Chorol cofounded the society "Ladakhi Women's Welfare Network" and became its first President. The society was set up to work for the welfare of women, to support the victims of crimes directed towards women and help educate them on their [[legal rights]].<ref>[http://statetimes.in/epaper/uploads/2014/02/06/11.pdf Notice to inform the public in the newspaper State Times]</ref><ref name="Reach Ladakh - In conversation with Thinlas Chorol"/>

Her company, the "Ladakhi Women's Travel Company" uses mainly [[Homestay]]s, a way to help women in the villages generate income for themselves.<ref name="epilogue_aug_2010"/>

===Writing===
In 2007, Chorol was awarded the "Sanjoy Ghosse Ladakh Women Writers' Award" by the non-governmental organization Charkha Development Communication Network.<ref>[http://www.charkha.org Charkha.org]</ref><ref>[http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/46566 Newstracker – India]</ref> Her article "''Beyond conventional tourism''", about the impact of tourism in Ladakh has been published in the magazine ''Epilogue''.<ref>Epilogue Magazine – 2010, February</ref> And later, the magazine published her article, ''"A Trek Through Life"'' about her own experience from the village to becoming a trekking guide in an otherwise male dominated field.<ref name="epilogue_aug_2010"/>

In 2014, Chorol was also published in the Ladakhi magazine "Stawa", writing on the issue of [[rape]] in Ladakh and the effects of the Ladakhi [[caste system]]. <ref>Stawa - 2014 October, Issue 5</ref> <ref>Stawa - 2014 December, Issue 7</ref>

==Honors==
* 8 March 2018: [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] ''(Women Power Award)'', highest civilian award for women in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/nari-shakti-puraskar/articleshow/63203332.cms|title=Infographic: Nari Shakti Puraskar - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2018-03-11}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|title=Nari Shakti Puraskar|work=TOI|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/nari-shakti-puraskar/articleshow/63203332.cms|accessdate=11 March 2018}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.ladakhiwomenstravel.com Ladakhi Women´s travel company]
* [http://www.secmol.org/index.php SECMOL´s website]

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