Nishat Majumdar

Nishat Mazumder
Nishat Mazumder at Dhaka Lit Fest (Formarly Hay Festival)
Native name	নিশাত মজুমদার
Born	January 05, 1981
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Occupation	Service (Deputy Chief Accounts Officer, Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority)
Known for	Mountaineering, Outdoor Activism
Home town	Dhaka
Parent(s)	Ashura Mazumder (Mother), Abdul Mannan Mazumder (Father)

Nishat Mazumder became the first Bangladeshi woman to scale Mount Everest,^[1] with another Bangladeshi mountaineer MA Muhit.^[2][3] She reached the northern side of the mountain with the team on 19 May 2012.

Biography

Mazumder was born in Lakshmipur District in Bangladesh. She received bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting from Dhaka City College and at present works for the Dhaka Water Supply & Sewerage Authority.^[4] Nishat is married to Md. Rafikul Islam, currently working as a software engineer at a software firm.^[5]

Climbing

The path to Everest however, was not simple. It took Nishat almost ten years of preparation before she attempted to climb the Everest. She joined the Bangladesh Mountaineering and Trekking Club (BMTC) in late 2003 and ever since then went on expeditions with the other members of the organisation.^[6] She received official training from in 2007 at the Darjeeling Mountaineering Club in India. She climbed the ‘Singu Chuli’ of the Himalayas in 2008, following which, she took part in a number of expeditions. She also took part in the Manaslu peak expedition in 2011.^[7]

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