National record

Former corporate lawyer Archana Sankaranarayanan left behind a high-flying legal career to embrace the ocean’s depths. Today, she holds the national record as India’s deepest female freediver, pushing boundaries and making waves in a male-dominated sport.

In June, Uttarakhand mountaineer Savita Kanswal became the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest and Makulu in 16 days. She scaled many heights in her brief career, literally and metaphorically.

Goan freediver Mario Fernandes created history by winning four national records for India in Israel. He shares how a natural love for the water bloomed into a desire to explore the unknown.

Kamalpreet Kaur made her entire village as well as India proud with her record breaking performance in women's discus throw at the Tokyo Olympics. The journey of this farmer's daughter has certainly not been an easy one.

A few months ago, he also grew a 7-foot-long yam that roughly weighed a hundred kilograms!

"In him, I saw a potential marathon runner who could win even professional races across the country. I saw his desire and industry to reach the sky. "

Manu Bhaker tried her hand at shooting at the age of 14, since then she's has broken two national records and she's only 16 now!

Kumaran M, a paddler who is also a geologist by profession, recently set a new national record by paddling at a location where no person has paddled before -- Tsoltak lake in Leh, located at a height of 16,618 feet near Chang La pass.

Shital Mahajan, the first woman in the world to have executed a sky-dive from the North and South Poles, has 5 World Records and 14 National Records to her name.