Ravindra Kumar (IAS:2011:UP) conquered the Mount Everest again on 23rd May 2019 at 04.20 am early morning. He had conquered Everest in 2013 and scaled it again. He is the first and only IAS officer who has climbed Mt. Everest.

Presently posted as Private Secretary to Union Minister of Drinking Water (M/o DWS) and Sanitation. In the past, he has worked at various posts including Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Additional District Magistrate (ADM), Chief Development Officer(CDO), District Magistrate (DM) and Commissioner, in State Government of Sikkim and Uttar Pradesh before he got posted in Government of India.

 

Presently being posted in M/o DWS he focused mainly on water sector and climbed Everest to give a call to people of India from the top of the world towards urgent need of controlling Water pollution, saving Rivers and other sources of waters and ensuring availability of Clean Water to All.

 

He named his expedition as “Swachh Ganga Swachh Bharat Everest Abhiyaan 2019” and carried Ganga Jal to the highest peak of the world and offered there to attract attention of people of India because River Ganga provides water to almost 50 crore people of India and so, Ganga Jal can be taken as symbol representing all water sectors of India.