5 Rural Indian Women Entrepreneurs Changing the Picture of India


2.  Thinlas Chorol

Founder of Ladakhi Women’s Travel Company

Born and brought up in the beautiful valleys of Ladakh, Thinlas is the only Ladakhi woman to be professionally trained in the field of Mountaineering. Thinlas studied in SEMCOL, The Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh. As a guide with Around Ladakh with Students (ALS), Thinlas has been on several mountaineering and expedition trips. With her 2009 found Ladakhi Women’s Travel Company she is trying to attract more and more women to take up mountaineering and allied studies to earn a living.