Archana Sardana

Archana Sardana is India's first female BASE jumper.^[1][2] She is a certified skydiver and was the first person to skydive with the Indian flag in the United States of America. ^{[3] [4]} Sardana has done 335 skydives and 45 BASE jumps across the globe. She is also the first Indian to BASE Jump offof the KL Tower, Malaysia with the Indian Flag.^[4]

Sardana was born in Jammu and did her schooling in Srinagar.^[5] She graduated with a diploma in interior design. Her interest in adventure sport came when she married Commander Rajiv Sardana (an electrical officer of the Indian Navy).^[5] After discovering her love for adventure sports, Sardana completed 'Adventure and Advanced Mountaineering' courses from the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling and Nehru Institute of Mountaineering.^[4] She has a ‘C’ licence in skydiving from the United States Parachute Association having completed 335 skydives.^[4] She is founder of the ‘Archana Sardana Scuba Diving Academy’.^[4][3]

Padma Shri awardees Rachel Thomas, Shital Mahajan, the country's first female base jumper Archana Sardana,^[6] Gujarat's First woman skydiver Shweta Parmar^[7] are the only four licensed woman skydivers in the country.