Saurabh Singh Shekhawat

Brigadier Saurabh Singh Shekhawat, KC, SC, SM, VSM is one of the most decorated serving officers in the Indian Army who is also an accomplished mountaineer. He is a member of the 21st battalion of the Parachute Regiment (Special Forces). He has been awarded the Kirti Chakra, Shaurya Chakra, Sena Medal and Vishisht Seva Medal for his various acts of gallantry displayed in anti-terrorist operations, mountaineering and distinguished service.

• Kirti Chakra
• Shaurya Chakra
• Sena Medal (Gallantry)
• Vishisht Seva Medal
• Samanya Seva Medal
• Operation Vijay Star
• Special Service Medal
• Opeartion Vijay Medal
• Operation Parakram Medal
• Sainya Seva Medal
• Videsh Seva Medal
• 50th Anniversary of Independence Medal
• 9 Years Long Service Medal
• United Nations Medal

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He has ascended Mount Everest three times in 2001, 2003 and 2005. He has also climbed Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa, and Mount Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps and Western Europe. In October 2009 he led the joint Indo-Kazakh team to scale the Kazakhstan peak of Marble Wall peak in Kazakhstan.

Shekhawat has scaled 14 high peaks, some more than once.