Anurag Maloo is an Indian mountaineer, entrepreneurial mentor, social activist and engineer. In April 2023, he made headlines after he disappeared and was presumed dead off Annapurna, Nepal.
Wiki/Biography
Anurag Maloo was born on Monday 13th June 1988 in Jishangarh, Rajasthan, India (age 34 until 2022). His zodiac sign is Gemini. From 2002 to 2004, he attended Maheshwari Public School in Ajmer, Rajasthan, where he scored 91% in Mathematics and 93% in Science in Year 10.
Childhood photos of Anurag Maloo (left) with his mother and brother Aashish
In 2004, he enrolled at Modi Public School in Kota, Rajasthan and took the PCM course. In 2006, he completed his studies at Modi Public School with a 97% in Mathematics. From 2006 to 2007, he attended the IIT-JEE tutoring course at Bansal Classes in Kota. In the same year, he appeared for the IIT-JEE exam and successfully obtained AIR 6701. However, he failed to make the final merit list. Won the CET Outstanding Annual Scholarship in 2007. In the same year, he attended University College of Information, Communication and Technology, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), New Delhi, where he scored 67.77 CPI and obtained a Bachelor of Information Technology in 2011, Anurag in 2009 Summer Internship at Defense Research Development Organization (DRDO), New Delhi from June to July 2009. From August 2009 to May 2010, he was an intern at Career Launcher. Anurag served as Secretary General of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineers (IETE) Student Forum from 2009 to 2010. From June 2010 to July 2010, he worked as a summer trainee at Apex SoftWeb Pvt Ltd. In 2010, he was selected as the Vice-Chancellor of GGSIPU to attend the Chancellor’s Camp organized at Mangalayathan University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. In September 2012, he was awarded a Certificate in Leadership Development Program by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). He completed the course ‘Embracing Commonwealth Youth Development Values’ (e-Learning – delivered online) in September 2012 as part of the Commonwealth Youth Scholarship Program run by Commonwealth Learning. In January 2020, he received the Business Leadership Certification from Southern. East Asian Leadership Academy (SEALA). He received NovoEd’s Spring 2020 Venture Fellowship, a joint venture between Techstars and Kauffman Fellows. In 2021, he underwent the Basic Mountaineering Course (BMC) from the Nehru Mountaineering Institute in Uttarakhand, Uttarakhand.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′10″
Weight (approximately): 65 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Dark Brown
family
Anurag Malu was born into a Malwari family in Rajasthan.
parents and siblings
His father Om Prakash Maloo is a marble merchant. His mother, Pushpa Maloo, was a housewife. He has a younger brother named Aashish Maloo who is a chartered accountant.
Anurag Maloo pictures with his brothers and parents
wife and children
Anurag Malu is unmarried.
Profession
In March 2009, Anurag Maloo joined the Northeast Center for Environmental Education and Research (NECEER), Imphal, Manipur, as Media and Publications, Events Outreach and Sponsorship Coordinator; he worked there till February 2011 . From June 2010 to May 2011, Anurag worked in Opera Campus Crew. In June 2011, he joined the Teach for India Fellowship in Pune as a teacher and served with the organization until May 2013. In January 2012, he founded The Home for Global Volunteers (TFOGV) in Pune.
Photos by Anurag Maloo at Global Volunteer House
From March 2012 to May 2014, he worked with IofC-LMAD, a youth organization in Panchgani, Maharashtra, as a senior youth development coordinator. He has worked with InOpen Technologies Pvt. Ltd., established by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, from May 2013 to August 2013 as Education Development Manager for Mumbai and Rajasthan. In February 2014, he was appointed as GreenNGood.com’s Sustainability Advisor. On October 8, 2014, Anurag joined Techstars as Regional Manager for South and Central Asia; a position he held until March 11, 2020. Within the same organization, he serves as Global Coordinator, Community Leader and Organizer. On October 8, 2014, he started as a community leader at Techstars Startup Weekend. In October 2014, he joined UP Global in New Delhi as Country Manager for India, South and Central Asia until June 2015. In October 2015, he served as an entrepreneurial mentor at The Founder Institute, an American business incubator. From May 2016 to February 2020, served as a mentor at Human Circle. He joined StartupDigest, a Techstars division, in June 2017 as Startup Digest Curator. In July 2017, he joined Seedstars as a business mentor and entrepreneurship coach. In May 2018, he joined Global Talent Singapore. In January 2019, he started as the Director of Happiness at Techstars Bangalore Accelerator. He worked there until May 2019. In January 2020, Anurag Maloo joined the Southeast Asia Leadership Academy (SEALA). In February 2020, he started working as a mentor with Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and AIC RAISE. In March 2020, he became Seedstars Head of Partners and Sales Asia Pacific; a position he will hold until December 2021. In April 2020, he started as a mentor at Founders Academy Sri Lanka. He joined Impact Collective, a community-driven startup accelerator program, in August 2020 as an expert and community judge. In January 2021, he joined UNLEASH – Innovation Lab for Sustainable Development Goals as a facilitation consultant. From March 2021 to May 2021, he was working as a Specialist at X Genesis in Denver, CO, USA. In March 2021, he started working as a mentor at Global Innovation Catalyst LLC. In January 2022, he joined On Deck as a Consultant as a Founding Researcher, Founding Curator of the Ajmer Center for Global Shapers, Seedstars as Regional Director for Asia Pacific and Vice President of Global Partnerships and Business Development.
Hiking and climbing
In 2013, Anurag Malu was appointed as India’s 2041 Antarctic Youth Ambassador and was selected as a scientific expedition member of the International Antarctic Research Team.
Photos taken by Anurag Maloo during his expedition to Antarctica
Anurag Maloo became interested in mountain climbing after reading the story of Bachendri Pal. Bachendri Pal was the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. In 2020, he participated in the Three Pass Trail Challenge hike in Nepal with Bachendri Pal. In 2021, he participated in the Ladakh Twin Peaks Expedition and climbed two peaks: Kang Yatze (6300 m) and Dzo Jongo (6250 m). Anurag then set out to climb all fourteen of the eight thousand peaks in the world and the seven highest peaks on all seven continents to raise awareness of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. To spread awareness, he climbed several peaks in October 2022, including Noon Mountain and Kunshan Mountain in Ladakh.
Photos taken by Anurag Maloo at Nun’s Hill
In the same year, he climbed two peaks in Nepal, Mount Ama Dablam with an altitude of 6812 meters and Mount Imzaze, also known as the island peak.
Anurag Maloo climbs Mount Ama Dablam
Anurag Maloo’s Instagram story after climbing Imja Tse mountain
In 2022, he successfully climbed the 5,359-meter Satopans mountain in Uttarakhand. In the same year, he announced his participation in the “Finding My Mount Everest Challenge” and will climb Mount Everest in 2023. In April 2023, he traveled to Nepal to summit Annapurna, the tenth highest mountain in the world. . On April 17, 2023, when Anurag returned to the base camp from the top of the mountain, he slipped and fell into the 6000-meter-deep crack between the third camp and the second camp because he grabbed the wrong rope. After Anurag was declared missing after falling into a crack, Ashish Malu launched an online campaign asking people to sign his petition to initiate a search and rescue operation for Anurag. On April 20, 2023, Nepalese authorities found Anurag 300 meters below the fissure in critical condition. According to sources, Anurag survived the crack because it was warmer inside and well protected from the icy winds outside. Anurag Malu was then taken to Manipal Hospital in Pokhara for treatment. Nepalese officials said in an interview,
Anurag has been rescued. He is alive but in critical condition. The focus now is on his treatment. His condition is critical. This was to be expected, as he fell from an altitude of 6,000 meters into a crack 300 meters away. We wish him a speedy recovery. “
Awards
In February 2014, Anurag Maloo received the Karmaveer Chakra Award and the REX Karmaveer Global Scholarship awarded by iCONGO in partnership with the United Nations (UN).
Facts/Trivia
- Anurag Maloo is a travel enthusiast (a person who enjoys traveling) and has visited many countries including Switzerland, Egypt, Cambodia and the United States.
- In August 2009, Anurag Maloo was appointed IBM – The Great Mind Challenge (TGMC) Student Ambassador; he served as the Ambassador until June 2010.
- From September 2010 to December 2010, he served as a Google Health Speaks Ambassador.
- In 2012, Anurag Malu visited Pakistan under the joint India-Pakistan peace initiative “Aman ki Asha”.
- Anurag Maloo is fluent in multiple languages including Hindi, English, Marathi and Marwari.
- In December 2013, Anurag Maloo participated in the Jagriti Yatra, a 15-day train journey totaling 8,000 kilometers. On the train, many experts from different schools gathered together for intense brainstorming.
- Anurag Maloo has been invited to give inspirational talks on numerous talk shows including TEDx.
Photos taken by Anurag Maloo during his motivational talk at TEDx
- In April 2021, he participated in the Bir Billing Half Marathon and won first place.
Anurag Maloo pictured after winning the Birbilin Half Marathon
- After Anurag was rescued from Annapurna, Nepalese authorities demanded that his family pay Rs 7 million to the company that rescued him. In response, Anurag’s father, Omprakash Maloo, wrote a letter to the Rajasthan government as well as the Indian government seeking financial help.
- Anurag Maloo was close to India’s ace mountaineer Baljeet Kaur, who also disappeared in Annapurna in April 2023.
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