<p>Veteran mountaineer, Everester and expedition leader Umesh Zirpe was elected as the president of the Akhil Maharashtra Giryarohan Mahasangh (AMGM), the apex body for mountaineering in the state.<br /><br />Another Everester, Hrishikesh Yadav was elected the executive president.<br /><br />The term of Zirpe and Yadav will be from 2022-2025.<br /><br />Both Zirpe and Yadav are recipients of the coveted 'Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Award'.<br /><br />Zirpe is also the founder-director of Pune-based Guardian Giripremi Institute of Mountaineering (GGIM). He is the leader of Giripremi's eight expeditions to 8000m mountains namely Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, Cho-Oyu, Dhaulagiri, Manaslu, Kangchenjunga and Annapurna.<br /><br />The new vice-presidents are Rajan Bagwe and Padmakar Gaikwad.<br /><br />Dr Rahul Warange would be the new secretary, while Rahul Meshram would be the new joint secretary. Deepali Bhosale would be the new treasurer and Chandan Chavan would be his deputy.</p>
<p>Veteran mountaineer, Everester and expedition leader Umesh Zirpe was elected as the president of the Akhil Maharashtra Giryarohan Mahasangh (AMGM), the apex body for mountaineering in the state.<br /><br />Another Everester, Hrishikesh Yadav was elected the executive president.<br /><br />The term of Zirpe and Yadav will be from 2022-2025.<br /><br />Both Zirpe and Yadav are recipients of the coveted 'Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Award'.<br /><br />Zirpe is also the founder-director of Pune-based Guardian Giripremi Institute of Mountaineering (GGIM). He is the leader of Giripremi's eight expeditions to 8000m mountains namely Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, Cho-Oyu, Dhaulagiri, Manaslu, Kangchenjunga and Annapurna.<br /><br />The new vice-presidents are Rajan Bagwe and Padmakar Gaikwad.<br /><br />Dr Rahul Warange would be the new secretary, while Rahul Meshram would be the new joint secretary. Deepali Bhosale would be the new treasurer and Chandan Chavan would be his deputy.</p>
