Radhika Menon -India’s first female Merchant Navy Captain

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New Delhi, January 19, 2018: She is regarded as India’s first female master mariner. Captain Radhika Menon got her first command in the year 2012, when she assumed the post of radio officer with Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. She made India proud by
winning the top international bravery award by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) for ‘Exceptional Bravery at sea 2016’. Her display of great determination and courage in rescuing seven fishermen from the sinking boat Durgamma made her a house hold name back then.

Corporate Comm India(CCI Newswire)