2026: Captain Priya Adhikari

PATA Nepal Chapter proudly confers the Special Contribution Award  2026 upon Captain Priya Adhikari, Nepal's First Female Helicopter Captain and High-Altitude Rescue Pilot, in recognition of her pioneering achievement as Nepal's first female helicopter captain, her extraordinary courage and skill across more than a thousand high-altitude rescue missions in the Himalaya, and her heroic leadership during the 2026 Rasuwa flood disaster, where she flew over 100 rescue sorties in six days to save hundreds of lives.