Uttarakhand Stories

About Mamta Rawat and her association with eUttaranchal

Who is Mamta Rawat? Mamta Rawat hails from a hushed village of Bankoli in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. Inspired by nature since childhood, she joined Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) to fulfill her dream of becoming a professional mountaineer. Despite social and financial hurdles, she completed her NIM courses and is now a certified mountaineer…

Mamta Rawat: A guardian angel in disguise of a mountaineer

Some women are lost in the fire and some women are built from it. Such is the story of 25 years old brave heart Mamta Rawat; a girl who risked her life to save the lives of 500 devastated people, even when her own house was being washed away by the torrential floods.  Nobody knew…