A 10-member expedition team from Kolkata, led by Amitava Roy, came to climb Devban (6,855m). They finally climbed Bidhan Parvat. The team established their base camp on June 26 at Thaur Udiar in the Amritganga Valley and established three camps up the Devban Glacier. From Camp 3 Arupam Das and Sherpas Gyalgen, and Tashi climbed the southeast face of Bidhan Parvat.