Mr Teshil Prashin Gangaram

Our 5th selected young explorer is Teshil Prashin Gangaram.

Teshil is from Mauritius but is living and studying at the University of Singapore.

Teshil`s initial experience and qualification is the reason I have selected him for the opportunity to participate in the training and the selection of our young explorers. Some of Teshil`s achievements are outlined below:

• A 25 day technical mountaineering course in Indian Himalaya in May 2009 (with load of more than 20kg):
• Knots, walking on snow, self and crevasse rescue, Prussiking, belaying, ice climbing, abseiling, altitude cooking, knowledge of mountain weather, danger and sickness and peaks summitted during technical Mountaineering course:
• Climbed Mt Shitidhar (5294m)
• Climbed Mt Friendship (5286m)
• Second longest expedition: 5 days Gunung Tahan in Malaysia (2187m) with 25kg load
• Has done several other non-altitude climbs and hikes; and
• Certified by the Royal Life Saving Society (Singapore) to do CPR and also completed a course of mental First Aid.

I wish Teshil the best of luck and I hope his efforts will be rewarding.

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 Qualifications
Dean`s list in Mechanical Engineering at National University of Singapore

Technical Skills

? 25 days Technical Mountaineering course in Indian Himalaya in May 2009 (with load of more than 20kg):

Knots, walking on snow, self arrest, crevasse rescue, Prussiking, belaying, ice climbing, abseiling, Altitude cooking, Knowledge of Mountain weather, danger and sickness and Peaks Summitted during technical Mountaineering course:

Shitidhar (5294m)
Friendship (5286m)

? Second longest expedition: 5 days Gunung Tahan in Malaysia (2187m) with 25kg load.

? Did several other non-altitude climbing and hiking.

? Certified by the Royal Life Saving Society (Singapore) to do CPR and also followed a course of mental first Aid.

National Project Award

2004 Winner of a National Intercollege Award for the Project `ICT and the future development of Mauritius`

Sports Award

2009 Second in inter Faculty road race in NUS
2007 Second in inter Faculty road race in NUS
2006 Winner of a 10km international race at Reunion Island in the `Junior` Category.
Second place of the 10km race for the KFC Junior national Championships
2005 Second place of a 10km international race at Reunion Island in the `Junior` category
Winner of the 5km race during Intercollege competition

Leadership Role

2009 Coach and Captain of Temasek Hall Track team
Trip Leader for Indian Himalayan expedition
Trip leader and guide for leisure and hiking trip to Mauritius
2008 Marketing Head of NUS Mountaineering Club
Captain of Temasek Hall cross country team
2006 Represented Mauritius during a Global Youth meets on health held in New Delhi, India from the 14th to 19th November 2006.
Journalist for the COCAM web team during the 15th African Championships in athletics held in Mauritius.
2005 Captain of College Du Saint Esprit`s Athletic team.
Chief Editor of College Du Saint Esprit`s & Loreto Convent Quatres Bornes`s Newsletter
Secretary of the College Du Saint Esprit`s Student Representative
Council (has organized school activities such as music concert and end of year party.)
Secretary of Mont Roches Youth Centre

College Award

Rectors` Shield in 2006 for being the outstanding and best all rounder student
Michael Glover`s Shield in 2005 for being the school team (we were at five in our team) who has best represented the school at National Level.

Work experience

2008 French tutor at Spring Language School.
2007 Trainee in the Engineering Department (Cabin and Avionics) of Air Mauritius.
2006 Mathematics teacher at College Du Saint Esprit