Kerala IAS officer brings proud moments, successfully summited Mount Elbrus

An IAS officer Arjun Pandyan, 2017 batch, Kerala Cadre has brought proud moments to all the IAS officers, more particularly to Kerala bureaucracy. He has successfully summited Mount Elbrus, the highest peak of European continent (5642 meters ), located in southern Russia in caucuses mountain ranges. It was a 5 days expedition that Started on 23rd July and summited on 27^th July. It was 5 members team with three Russians and one from Bangladesh besides Arjun Pandyan himself. The team camped at 3000 m and 3800 m heights before summit. The climb started at 3 am and reached the summit at 9.30 am. The team climbed through the glaciers using snow climbing equipments like crampons and ice axe. The officer had brought laurels earlier too as he is the first IAS officer to scale Kilimanjaro, highest peak in Africa, in February 2023. He is the first IAS officer to scale Kilimanjaro, highest peak in Africa, in February 2023. He completed his Basic Mountaineering Course from Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling and Advance Mountaineering Course from Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi. Currently he is Serving as Joint Commissioner Land Revenue and Secretary, State Land Board in Kerala.