Kaamya Karthikeyan is an Indian mountaineer who lives in Mumbai, Maharashtra. At 17 yrs of age, she became the youngest female in the world to complete the Seven Summits challenge in 2024.[1][2][3] At sixteen years of age, she also became the youngest Indian mountaineer and second youngest girl in the world to summit Mount Everest from the Nepal side.[4] In 2021, she was awarded the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar the highest civilian award for Indian citizens under the age of 18.[5]
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