Women Achievers in India 2021
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Women Achievers in India 2021
Anju Bobby George |
A retired Indian sprinter Woman of the Year’ at the World Athletics Awards 2021 |
Mithali Raj |
First Indian women cricketer to be conferred with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award |
Harnaaz Sandhu |
70th Miss Universe 2021 |
Gurjit Kaur |
FIH Women’s Hockey Player of the Year at the International Hockey Federation's (FIH) Hockey Stars Awards 2020-21 |
KK Shailaja |
Former Health Minister of Kerala Awarded the Central European University (CEU) Open Society Prize for 2021 |
Megha Rajagopalan |
Indian-origin journalist Pulitzer Prize in the International Reporting category for their innovative investigative reports. |
Brigadier SV Sarasvati |
The Deputy Director-General of Military Nursing Service Honoured with a prestigious Nightingale Award |
Dr. Tahera Qutbuddin |
Mumbai-born Professor The first person from India to win the prestigious Sheikh Zayed Book Award. Honoured for her book 'Arabic Oration: Art and Function |
Anjali Bhardwaj |
Indian social activist International Anti-corruption Champions Award by the United States. |
Nirmala Sitharaman |
The Finance Minister of India Top 50 most powerful women in India |
Arundhathi Subramaniam |
Renowned poet Sahitya Akademi Award winners 2020 Her poetry collection 'When God is a Traveller' in English. |
Dutee Chand |
Sprinter Chhattisgarh Veerni Award at the inaugural edition of the award |
Neena Gupta |
A Mathematician from India Fourth Indian and third woman to win Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians 2021 |
Bhawana Kanth |
Flight Lieutenant First woman fighter pilot to take part in the parade of Republic Day 2021. |
Priyanka Mohite |
Mountaineer First woman from India to scale the tenth highest mountain in the world, Mt Annapurna |
Vaishali S Hiwase |
First woman officer to be appointed as Officer Commanding in the Border Roads Organisation (BRO). |
Shefali Juneja |
First woman Chairperson of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Aviation Security Committee. |
RV Suchiang |
First-ever native woman Chief Secretary of Meghalaya. |
Nimaben Acharya |
Senior BJP MLA, became the first woman Speaker of the Gujarat Assembly. |
Leena Nair |
Indian-origin was appointed as the CEO of Chanel, a French Luxury Brand. |
Mamata Banerjee |
Only woman Chief Minister in the country to win three consecutive terms in India. |
Gita Gopinath |
The Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund, First Deputy Managing Director of IMF |
Sirisha Bandla |
Second Indian-born woman to fly into space. Kalpana Chawal was the first Indian-born woman to go into space. |
Falguni Nayar |
Nykaa founder and CEO became India’s 7th woman billionaire Wealthiest self-made billionaire |
Sarla Thukral |
Honoured by Google on her 107th birth anniversary Indian pilot, designer, and entrepreneur and was often best known for being the first woman from India to pilot an aircraft. |
Dr. Kadambini Ganguly |
The first woman to be trained as a physician in India. The Doodle recognised and honour her pioneering work in medical practice. |
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan |
She was an Indian activist, freedom fighter, and poet. |
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