Friday, April 26, 2024
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In a bid to encourage more youth to take interest in mountaineering and adventure sports, the Mamata Banerjee Government has decided to provide scholarships to more candidates for training at the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI) from this year.
This move complements the fact that as many as 20 mountaineers from Bengal have managed to reach the summit of Mount Everest after the new regime took over in the State. The State Youth Services and Sports Department has also increased the financial assistance granted for expeditions to mountains more than 8,000 metres high from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 7.5 lakh. From 2018 onwards, 150 candidates will be selected through trials for full State Government scholarships for undergoing basic and advanced training in mountaineering at the HMI.
The Youth Services and Sports Department has noted that, in the past six and a half years, the number of candidates aged between 18 and 35 years appearing for the trials and seeking selection for mountaineering training has increased.
The trial camps are mainly held at Durgapur, Siliguri and Kolkata. Last year, more than 500 aspirants had turned up for the trials, and this is expected to go up in the coming year. The process of selection of candidates for scholarships will start in November.
Both men and women candidates need to pass a set of tests to get selected for the scholarship and be eligible for the basic and advanced training at HMI. The selected youths are sent in batches for training, which continues round-the-year.
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