- President Draupadi Murmu conferred the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award, 2022 to Savita Kanswal.
- Savita Kanswal (Posthumous) received the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2022.
- Radhe Shyam Kanswal, father of Savita Kanswal receives the award on behalf of his daughter Savita Kanswal.
- She has received the award for her achievements in Land Adventure.
- She was the first female Indian mountaineer to reach two 8000m peaks Mt. Everest and Mt. Makalu in 16 days.
- She lost her life in an avalanche in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi hills on 4 October.
- She was working as an instructor for the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering’s Advanced Mountaineering Course (NIM) in Draupadi’s Danda Peak.
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award
- It is the highest adventure sports honour of India.
- The award is named after Tenzing Norgay, who was one of the first two persons to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
- It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.