Scroll through the years that shaped the journey
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1995 · Kodagu, Karnataka
Born in Kodagu
Born on 14 May 1995 in Peroor, near Napoklu, in the coffee-growing hills of Kodagu. She grew up surrounded by coffee estates, monsoon rains and mountains, but never snow. The nearest snow was thousands of kilometres away.
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2013
Joined the NCC
She moved to Mangaluru to study for her bachelor’s degree at St. Agnes College. During college she volunteered to join the National Cadet Corps, a youth organisation that introduced her to discipline, adventure and opportunities far beyond the classroom.
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2014 · Manali and Uttarakhand
The mountains came first
Inspired by Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, she had always dreamed of seeing the Himalayas. Through the NCC she got her first opportunity to travel to Manali for a mountaineering camp. She completed her Basic Mountaineering Course at ABVIMAS and later undertook her first expedition, to Mount Rudugaira at 5,819 m in Uttarakhand.
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2015 · India
Beyond the classroom
She represented the Karnataka and Goa Directorate at the All India NCC Air Wing Camp. The camp introduced her to aviation, including her first experience of flying an aircraft, while strengthening her discipline, confidence and love for adventure.
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2016 · New Delhi
Republic Day Parade, Delhi
She represented the Karnataka and Goa Directorate at the Republic Day Parade in Delhi. That year she also completed her Advanced Mountaineering Course, taking another step deeper into the mountains.
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2017 · Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling
Mountaineer to instructor
She completed her Method of Instruction at HMI, Darjeeling, qualifying as a mountaineering instructor. She then spent two years as a guest instructor at HMI, teaching on the same grounds where she had trained just a few years earlier.
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2018 · Pahalgam and Russia
Discovering alpine skiing
She decided to try skiing and completed her Basic and Intermediate Alpine Skiing courses at JIM&WS, Pahalgam. Later that year she climbed Mount Elbrus in Russia, the highest peak in Europe. Watching Marit Bjørgen at the Winter Olympics also planted her first idea of cross-country skiing.
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2019 · Gulmarg and New Zealand
Taking skiing abroad
She completed her Advanced Alpine Skiing course at IISM, Gulmarg, before travelling to New Zealand and earning her international Alpine Ski Instructor certification. Skiing was becoming more than a profession. It was becoming her path.
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2020 · Kashmir
Finding cross-country skiing
While working as an Alpine Ski Instructor at JIM&WS in Kashmir, she got her first opportunity to try cross-country skiing. She took it up competitively, making her National and Khelo India debut and winning two bronze medals.
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2021
Her first national gold
Still working as an Alpine Ski Instructor, she returned to Khelo India and won her first national gold medal in cross-country skiing. It was the moment she began to see a future in the sport.
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2022 · Norway
FIS international debut
She left her job and committed herself to skiing full-time. She travelled to Norway for training and began racing internationally in FIS competitions, marking the start of her journey on the European circuit.
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2023 · Planica, Slovenia
Her first World Championship
She qualified for and competed at her first World Championships in Planica, Slovenia, stepping onto the world’s biggest stage for the first time.
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2024
A breakthrough year
She won a hat-trick of gold medals at the Khelo India Winter Games. It was a breakthrough season and the beginning of a new chapter with support from the Reliance Foundation.
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2025
Breaking new ground
She represented India at the Asian Winter Games, carried the Indian flag, competed at her second World Championships and made her FIS Cross-Country Ski World Cup debut, becoming the first Indian cross-country skier to race on the World Cup circuit.
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Photo: Framepower NZ 2026 · New Zealand
A new distance
She continued competing nationally and internationally before returning to New Zealand. She entered the Worldloppet ski marathon circuit for the first time, racing 21 km at the Merino Muster and finishing on the podium in her age category. A new distance, a new challenge, and another direction in her journey.
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2027 · Falun, Sweden
World Championships, Falun
A third start at the Worlds, with two editions already behind her.
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2028
Points, and the calendar
Race starts and FIS points under the qualification rules, the season that sets up everything after it.
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2029 · Almaty, Kazakhstan and Lahti, Finland
Asian Winter Games and World Championships
The Asian Winter Games in Almaty and the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, and the points between them that decide 2030.
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2030 · La Clusaz, Haute-Savoie
Winter Olympics
The reason the rest of it is planned the way it is. Cross-country at the 2030 Games is held at La Clusaz, on the Confins plateau, 1 to 17 February.
The journey continues