ABOUT PARAGLIDING MANTRA

TANAJI TAKVE (TJ)

Chief Flying Instructor and Founder

TJ has over 25 years of flying experience. He is an internationally acclaimed acro pilot and loves training acro, SIV and cross country.

SACHIN

Senior Instructor

Sachin has been flying sine 2010. A very passionate pilot, he has operated commercial tandems in Nepal for three years before joining team Paragliding Mantra.

Sachin has flown with hundreds of pilots in Nepal which is counted as a significant experience on its own in the field of paragliding. He is always calm, stays focused and is very safe. Our trained club pilots describe him as a reliable decision maker, confident, knowledgeable and engaging.

PRAVIN SHINDE

Senior Pilot and Instructor

Our instructor Pravin is a natural pilot and flying since 2013. He is a safe tandem pilot and is very active on the field.

PRATEEK

Junior Instructor and Administrator

Pratik knew gliders as ‘parachute’ and saw foreigners flying without any machine above tower hill area in Kamshet. He is a junior instructor and administrator at Mantra.

GANESH

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Senior Instructor and Pilot

Ganesh is a senior tandem pilot and instructor with over 10 years of flight experience and over 9 years of experience teaching student pilots. With over 3000 hours of flight experience he is a very calm personality.

AKASH

Junior Pilot and Instructor

Akash is the newest entry in Paragliding Mantra. Assisting his family in farming, he grew up watching fliers leap faith into the free sky.

HARISH

Junior Pilot and Instructor

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DATTA

Junior Pilot and Instructor

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