
Our Team
Honorable Members of GGIM Advisory Board
- President, Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF), New Delhi
- Principal, Himalayan Institute of Mountaineering (HMI), Darjeeling
- Director, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports, (ABVIMAS), Manali
- Brig. Ashok Abbey, High Altitude Warfare School, Gulmarg, Jammu & Kashmir
- Shri. Anand Palande, President Giripremi, Pune
- Smt. Ushaprabha Page, Founder President Giripremi, Pune
- Shri. Khemraj Thakur, Manali
Board of Directors

Umesh Zirpe
Founder DirectorAwarded by Shiv Chhatrapati Sports award, Umesh Zirpe is the leader of Giripremi's eight expeditions to 8000m mountains namely Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, Cho-Oyu, Dhaulagiri, Manaslu, Kangchenjunga and Annapurna I. He derives over 40 years of experience in mountaineering.

Avinash Foujdar
DirectorHe is one of the core team members of Giripremi since 1986. His contribution to to expeditions like Mt. Satopanth, Mt. Shivaling, Mt. Everest is invaluable. His meticulousness and minute planing helps the team to achieve the desired goals.

Manish Sabade
DirectorHaving an immense enthusiasm for mountaineering sport, he has been a strong pillar in Giripremi and GGIM's every higher steps.

Chandan Chavan
DirectorHe is one of the seniormost members of Giripremi. He looks after all the administrative aspects of the institute.

Shripad Gokhale
DirectorShripad Gokhale is a senior trekker and looks after the financial matters of the institute.

Niranjan Palsule
DirectorHe is the chief orchestrate in conceptualizing GGIM and drafting the objectives of the institute.

Vijay Joshi
DirectorAvid trekker, Vijay Joshi has been the strongest mentor to Giripremi's expeditions. He plays active role in promotion of institute across various sectors.
Operational Team

Bhushan Harshe
Head OperationsBhushan is Giripremi's summitter of Mt. Everest in 2013, Mt. Kangchenjunga in 2019 and Mt. Annapurna I in 2021. He has completed his Masters in Instrumentation but having a passion for mountaineering, he has opted for this profession and derives experience of over 15 years.

Vivek Shivade
Head - Content and Syllabus DevelopmentVivek is a graduate in Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science from IIT Bombay. But having a passion for mountaineering, he has stepped into this field. He has completed courses from NOLS, UIAA Ice Climbing in France, Basic, Advance courses in Mountaineering

Dr. Sumit Mandale
Field Instructor & Medical OfficerDr. Sumit is one of the most experienced rock climbers in Giripremi. He derives immense knowledge of Sahyadri range. He has climbed numerous Himalaya mountains including Mt. Cho Oyu (world's 6th highest mountain) and Mt. Kangchenjunga (World's 3rd highest mountain) and Mt. Annapurna I (10th highest mountain).

Dinesh Kotkar
Senior Course CoordinatorDinesh is a commerce graduate from Pune University. He has completed Basic, Advance, Search & Rescue courses in mountaineering. In 2015, he summitted a peak 5268, a virgin peak and in 2017, Mt. Kun (7077m ) in J&K.

Ankit Sohoni
Course CoordinatorAnkit is a Commerce Graduate and a passionate mountaineer. He has completed his Basic and Advance Mountaineering Courses. He is a summitter of Mt. Elbrus (Europe's Highest Mountain) in Russia (2019).

Siddharth Jadhav
Trainee InstructorSiddharth is a passionate trekker and a budding mountaineer from GGIM. He has led numerous treks in Sahyadri. He has completed his Basic Mountaineering Course from HMI, Darjeeling.

Sunita Chavan
Accounts Executive
Suyash Mokashi
Logistics In charge
Suraj Machutre
Admin StaffGGIM Instructors
- Anand Mali
- Ashish Mane
- Ganesh More
- Krishna Dhokale
- Vishal Kaduskar
- Samiran Kolhe
- Pawan Hadole
- Varun Bhagwat
- Rohan Desai
- Ketaki Pathak
- Chinmay Thakurdesai
- Priyanka Chinchorkar
- Deepali Patil
- Ritu Chawla
- Anjali Kelkar
- Anjali Katre
- Purva Singh
- Aishwarya Ghare
- Padmaja Dhanavi
- Abhay Khedkar
- Dipali Biradar
- Surabhi Gujar
- Girish Choudhary
- Vikas Bhondwe
- Dhananjay Madam
- Ruturaj Agawane
- Swapnil Kawad
- Jay Kolhatkar
- Amogh Pandit
- Amol Warange
- Amrut Karvekar
- Jitendra Gaware
- Pallavi Vartak