Premlata Agarwal is an Indian mountain climber, who on May 20, 2011, became the oldest Indian woman to have scaled the world's tallest peak, Mount Everest (29,029 ft.), at the age of 48 years. She also became the first person from Jharkhand state to go on an expedition to Mount Everest. Prior to this, she took part in an Island Peak Expedition in Nepal (20,600 ft) in 2004; the Karakoram Pass (18,300 ft) and Mt. Saltoro Kangri (20,150 ft) in 2006. She participated in the First Indian Women’s Thar Desert Expedition in 2007; a 40-day camel safari from Bhuj in Gujarat to the Wagah Border (Indo-Pak border) in Punjab. Her feats have earned her a listing in the Limca Book of Records. She was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013. She also became the first Indian woman to scale the Seven Summits after climbing the McKinley Peak in May 2013.

She was born in 1963 in Jharkhand. Premlata's sojourn mountaineering started at the age of 37, after the brief spell of time as she took an active part in a climbing competition in Jamshedpur. The adventure turned out to be quite advantageous for her. It was not very late until she discovered her dormant passion for climbing. Subsequently she was trained and mentored by Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to summit Mount Everest in 1984. Premlata has attained a tremendous feat. It is a big step towards the grand vision of empowering women. She always had great faith and confidence in her skills as a mountaineer. Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to scale the Everest and Tata Steel's chief of adventure programmes.