Chandrani Prasad Verma- First female mining engineer

New Delhi, January 19, 2018: Dr. Chandrani Prasad Verma, Ph.D. (Mining), M.Tech (Mining), B.E. (Mining) and Diploma in Mining and Mine Surveying. Principal Scientist, CSIR-CIMFR, Regional Centre, Nagpur, Ministry of S&T. Born and brought...

K.S. Chitra- First Female singer to be honoured by House Of Commons, British Parliament,...

New Delhi, January 19, 2018: K.S.Chitra, made her debut in 1984 as a playback singer. She sung about 18000 film songs in various Indian languages to date. She has achieved six National Film awards...

NeeluRohmetra- First woman to head an IIM

New Delhi, January 19, 2018: Professor NeeluRohmetra, born on 1965, is the Director of Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur (IIMS), Himachal Pradesh; the first ever woman Director to head any IIM, assuming the role...

Dr. Varsha Agrawal- First Indian Lady of international recognition for her performance on Santoor.

New Delhi, January 19, 2018: Dr. Varsha is one and only female artiste from India who has received international recognition for brilliant performance on Santoor. She hails from Jhalawar. She is a disciple of...

Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman- First female grandmaster (chess)

New Delhi, January 19, 2018: Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman, was born on 25 March 1979. She is the first female player in India who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster and International Master. Vijayalakshmi has...

BharulataKamble- First woman driver in the world to complete a transcontinental car journey alone,...

New Delhi, January 19, 2018 BharulataKamble is a real-life story of indomitable courage. She drove solo, without back-up vehicle/crew through the Arctic circle and 32 countries. She drove through 9 mountain ranges, 3 deserts,...

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan- The first Indian actress to be a jury member at the...

New Delhi, January 19, 2018: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, an actress, model and the winner of the Miss World 1994 pageant became the first Indian actress to be a jury member at the Cannes Film...

Ms. RajaniGopalkrishna (visually-impaired)-First Chartered Accountant with disability

New Delhi, January 19, 2018: Ms. RajaniGopalkrishna is first visually challenged women Chartered Accountant. Medical negligence by doctor when she was 9 deteriorated her sight gradually leading to blindness. Ever since then she has...

Anjum Chopra- First woman cricketer from India to be awarded an honorary life membership...

New Delhi, January 19, 2018: A Padma Shri and Arjuna award recipient, Anjum Chopra led India to its first Test Series win in South Africa,2002. She is the first Indian player to score a...

MsBenoZephine- First visually-impaired woman to join the Indian Foreign Service

New Delhi, January 19, 2018: Ms. Beno is India’s first 100% Visually challenged Indian Foreign Service Officer of the Country, after having secured rank 343 in the Civil Service Examinations conducted by UPSC, BenoZephine...