Who is Anurag Maloo, Indian climber missing at Mt Annapurna in Nepal?

As hunt for  Indian climber, Anurag Maloo continues for 3rd day, his family and friends have launched an online petition calling Indian and Nepalese governments to take measures to ensure his return. A petition has been created on Change.org to raise awareness and gar support.

34-year-old Anurag Maloo hails from Kishangarh town in Rajasthan. Maloo, who h scaled several peaks before, went missing in Mt. Annapurna of Nepal. 

Who is Anurag Maloo?

Anurag Maloo, a mountaineer and entrepreneur, is a recipient of REX KaramVeer Chakra and he became 2041 Antarctic Youth Ambassor from India, according to sources. He is currently he of partnerships for Asia at investment firm Seedstars.  Seedstars executive is known for his work in emerging markets. Notably, Seedstars was founded in 2013 and is hequartered in Switzerland. 

At Seedstars, Maloo focuses on new business development and sales, manages large key accounts while building partnerships for impact to launch innovation programs within SDG framework fostering gender equity, climate action, sustainability, etc., and works closely with various UN bodies like UNEP, UN Women, UNIDO, UNFCCC, UNDP, etc., ODAS, DFIs, national & regional governments, and or bilateral & multilateral institutions.

According to Anurag Maloo's LinkedIn profile, he is an entrepreneur, community builder, global facilitator, innovation and well-being coach, and ecosystem architect. Previously, he worked with Techstars, global platform for investment and innovation, as Regional Manager in Asia-Pacific for 6 years, to grow, develop and catalyse regional entrepreneurship ecosystems. He has been instrumental in launching Techstars India, and Techstars Bangalore Accelerator.

Maloo is an alumni of South East Asia Leership Acemy (SEALA) and a member of Society of International Business Fellows (SIBF) network. Anurag Maloo is big on nurturing auntic and deep human connections through empathy and compassion. Maloo actively mentors early-stage entrepreneurs globally across various organizations and networks like Seedstars, UNLEASH, Techstars, Startup Weekend, Founder Institute, XGenesis, Global Innovation Catalyst, Bridge For Billions, Impact Collective, Startup India, etc.

An aspiring mountaineer, so far, his journeys have taken him as far south to cold & polar deserts of Antarctica to far north trekking to base of world's highest mountain, Mt. Everest Basecamp, and traveling across high-altitude Himalayan Passes along ancient tre cities on Silk Ro to vast, wild grasslands and virgin landscapes of nomic Mongolia to various conflict regions around Asia.

Indian climber goes missing in 10th highest mountain Mt Annapurna in Nepal

While attempting to climb 10th highest mountain Mt. Annapurna in Nepal on Monday, April 17, a 34-year-old Indian climber went missing in hills. He went missing while descending from Camp III of Mt. Annapurna on Monday morning, Mingma Sherpa, chairman of Seven Summit Treks which conducted trekking expedition told media.

Sherpa furr told that search operation to locate missing climber is on. He confirmed that Anurag fell into a crevasse while returning from Camp IV on Monday afternoon. 

According to reports, climber is on a mission to climb all 14 peaks above 8,000m and seven summits to create awareness about UN Sustainable Development Goals. As per official from expedition organizing organization, climber went missing after he fell down from around 6,000m while descending from Camp III.