| Country | India |
|---|---|
| Governing body | Indian Mountaineering Foundation |
| National team(s) | - |
Mountaineering is quite popular in India, since the entire northern and north-eastern borders are the Himalayas, the highest mountain range in the world. The apex body in India is the Indian Mountaineering Foundation, which is affiliated to the International Federation of Sport Climbing.
India has several premier mountaineering institutes. The four National Institutes are:
- Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling
- Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi
- Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering and Winter Sports, Pahalgam
- National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS), Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh
- Sonam Gyatso Mountaineering Institute, Gangtok
The other institutes are: