Ashim Pradhan, Manager, Sacred Summits (P) Ltd., is a trek-and-tour professional who has been in the industry since the last five years. Ashim has worked in various positions that demand a high level of responsibility as well as managerial skills. He is an experienced trekker, organizing and leading treks to the scenic mountains of the Nepal Himalaya.

Schooled in St. Joseph's College, Darjeeling, India, from the primary till the tertiary level, he is a graduate of business studies. His other specializations include a mountaineering diploma from the HMI (Himalayan Mountaineering Institute), Darjeeling, and a First Aid Certificate from KEEP/National Board of Tourism, Nepal making him a well qualified person in the trade.

Ashim has successfully led treks for reputed international organizations including medical support treks. A noteworthy medical trek has been one to the mystical but barren realms of Mustang where the incessant howling winds every afternoon deter the human spirit. Inspite of it all, the Mustang Medical Mission (M3), comprising of a team of volunteer dentists and physicians did manage to treat more than 200 patients in two days. 

 He has been regularly leading treks to the rugged mountain terrains of Kalapathar (5545m) and Everest Base Camp (5300 m.), Catering to clients ranging from American, British, Israeli, French to Indian nationalities. Ashim is accustomed at dealing with a wide range of demands. He has also led treks to the Annapurna as well as Kanchenjunga (Base Camp) regions (from both Nepal and India). With the expansion of Sacred Summits to India he has led several walking tours for elderly people in various places of Sikkim, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Delhi & Calcutta. Adding to his experience has been trips to Tibet (Lhasa and Everest base Camp) as a co leader for the Royal Enfield Motorcycles.

His profound accomplishments as a trek and tour expert, sometimes in harsh conditions (which occasionally does occur in the mountains), valued advise, and leadership skills, contribute to the technical support he provides in designing and organizing the treks, tours and expeditions of Sacred Summits.