GGIM Achievements

GGIM Founder Director, Giripremi’s veteran mountaineer, leader of 8000er expeditions Shri Umesh Zirpe receives the most prestigious and the highest adventure award of India – Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award – Lifetime Achievement 2023 at the hands of Hon’ble President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu.

Indian Army Southern Command felicitated team GGIM for their extra ordinary work in the field of mountainering and adventure training.

Then Left Gen. A K Singh of the Indian Army Southern Command presented team with ” The Sword of Regalia” – Southern Star, A Decisive Sword of India*

First and the only institute in India to offer a systematic and certified Diploma Course in Mountaineering in association with Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune & Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi.

GGIM has so far completed 3 batches and over 75 trainees have completed Diploma in Mountaineering.

Founder Director Shri. Umesh Zirpe is the only leader in India to have led 8 successful 8000er expeditions including Mt. Everest & Mt. Kangchenjunga. He is the recipient of India’s highest Tenzig Norgay National Adventure Award (Lifetime Achivement) 2023 and Maharashtra’s highest Shivchhatrapati Adventure Sport Award in 2014.

GGIM proudly boasts to have 14 Everesters & 10 Kangchenjunga Summiters are part of GGIM

Since 2015 till 2024, over 15000 students from various corners of India have undertaken adventure education at GGIM. through various courses in Sahyadri as well as Himalaya.