Toolika Rani

Squadron Leader Toolika Rani has served in Indian Air Force for ten years and as Outdoor Training Instructor, has trained several officers in outdoor military training, including India’s first three female fighter pilots. With 24 mountaineering and trekking expeditions in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Iran, Africa and Russia, she is the first woman from the state of Uttar Pradesh to climb Mt. Everest in 2012, and is the first Indian woman to climb Asia’s highest volcano Mt. Damavand in Iran.

A phenomenal speaker, she has delivered over 200 talks and interviews in India, USA, UK, Bulgaria, Italy and Malaysia on forums such as TEDx, Rotary International, Shri Ram College of Commerce Delhi, Lucknow University, Manipal University Jaipur, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Vadodara etc. She is the Ambassador of India, Women Empowerment Committee, in World Leader Summit ecosystem, and was the Brand Ambassador, SVEEP program of Election Commission of India, with Uttar Pradesh govt, in 2022 Vidhan Sabha elections.