How an IIT Kharagpur alumnus, investment banker, and traveller started a trekking company
YourStory (September 18, 2020)
Trekmunk is a Delhi-NCR based bootstrapped startup. Apart from regular treks, it hosts trail cleaning treks and escorts doctors to high altitudes to treat the less fortunate.
After leading a busy life as an investment banker, Oshank Soni decided to take some time off and get away from the daily hustle-bustle. So one fateful day in 2014, he packed his bags and booked a flight to Kolkata. The short trip to Kolkata transformed into a road trip across Sikkim, Gangtok, and Darjeeling. This turned into a trek to the Goechala summit, which was an eye-opening experience for Oshank. “Barely making it alive in my jeans and a torn windcheater jacket, that was the moment I actually felt alive. After returning from the trip, I couldn’t settle for anything less. I applied for a job in a trekking organisation and packed my bags for Rishikesh,” says Oshank.
This experience led him to start Trekmunk along with Harshit Patel and Mohit Goswami ('15) in 2016. Apart from organising treks to deeper parts of the Himalayas, the startup also hosts trail cleaning treks and escorts doctors to high altitudes to treat the less fortunate. These are doctors, who are part of the region, can reach higher altitudes and help people in the area who have limited access to healthcare facilities. (Read More) (Trekmunk website)