First Women Of India part 5

First Women Of India part 5

First Women Of India part 5

First Women Of India part 5

Neha Sinha – First young woman environmentalist awarded Sanctuary Asia Hero.

Prerna Bindra – First woman to write tiger conservation policy for India.

Vandana Shiva – First Indian woman to campaign globally for seed sovereignty.

Medha Patkar – First Narmada Bachao Andolan woman leader.

Almitra Patel – First woman member of Supreme Court committee on solid waste.

Bibi Russell – First Indian supermodel to shift to ethical fashion entrepreneurship.

Anaita Shroff Adajania – First woman to transform Bollywood fashion as stylist.

Ritu Kumar – First woman fashion designer of modern India.

Wendell Rodricks (mentored many) – First to mentor India’s top female models.

Guneet Virdi – First Indian woman makeup artist to go global.

Tarun Khiwal’s muses – First Indian female fashion icons in Vogue global editions.

Reita Faria – First Miss World (1966), also a doctor.

Nina Manuel – First dusky model to break color bias in India.

Namrata Joshipura – First Indian designer at New York Fashion Week. 🎨 Fine Arts & Performing Arts241.

Amrita Sher-Gil – First modern Indian female painter of global fame.

Anjolie Ela Menon – First woman contemporary painter to be honored with Padma Bhushan.

Arpita Singh – First woman to create million-dollar artworks in auctions.

Shovana Narayan – First woman Kathak artist and IAS officer.

Alarmel Valli – First Bharatanatyam dancer in France’s Chevalier Award list.

Protima Bedi – First woman to create an arts village for Odissi in Odisha.

Anita Ratnam – First to combine classical dance with contemporary feminist themes.

Mallika Sarabhai – First woman to use dance for human rights activism.

Mrinalini Sarabhai – First woman to bring Indian classical dance to Western stages.

Rukmini Devi Arundale – First woman to revive Bharatanatyam from temple stigma.

Mary Kom – First woman boxer to win six World Championships titles.

Mithali Raj – First woman cricketer to score 7,000 runs in ODI cricket.

P.V. Sindhu – First Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal in badminton.

Saina Nehwal – First Indian woman to win a BWF Super Series title.

Hima Das – First Indian woman to win a World Championship gold medal in athletics.

Karnam Malleswari – First Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in weightlifting (Bronze, 2000).

Kamaljeet Sandhu – First Indian woman to win an Asian Games gold in athletics.

Kiran Bedi – First woman to join the Indian Police Service (IPS) as a direct recruit.

Smriti Mandhana – First woman cricketer to sign a multi-crore deal with a brand.

Dutee Chand – First Indian woman to win a gold in a World University Games track event.

Medha Patkar – First woman to lead large-scale social movements like Narmada Bachao Andolan.

Padma Bhushan Dr. M.S. Swaminathan – First to empower women in agriculture and food security globally.

Pratibha Patil – First woman President of India.

Aruna Roy – First woman to introduce the Right to Information Act (RTI).

Indira Jaising – First woman Additional Solicitor General of India.

Meera Kumar – First woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Urmila Matondkar – First Bollywood actress to support child labor abolition programs.

Shanta Sinha – First to head the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.

M.S. Radhika – First to promote rural women entrepreneurship in India.

Fatima Sheikh – First female educator and social reformer in India (Mumbai).

Dr. Indira Parikh – First woman Director of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA).

Dr. Rukmini Banerji – First woman to revolutionize the national literacy and numeracy programs.

Dr. Satyavati – First woman to serve as the Director-General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak – Founder of Sulabh International, the first to advocate for women’s rights through sanitation.

Dr. Rajeshwari Chatterjee – First woman to be a professor at the Indian Institute of Science.

Rajashree Birla – First woman business leader to set up educational institutions for underserved communities.

Suman Sahai – First woman to study GM crops in India from a social angle.

Nalini Bala Devi – First woman to enroll in a male-dominated department of physics in Calcutta University.

Sheela Naik – First woman to head the Information and Technology department of Mumbai University.

300. Sumati Murthy – First woman to win national teaching awards in economics.

Neerja Bhanot – First woman to receive Ashoka Chakra award (posthumously).

302. Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw – First woman to build a multi-billion-dollar biopharmaceutical company.

303. Indra Nooyi – First Indian woman CEO of a global Fortune 500 company (PepsiCo).

304. Aruna Roy – First woman to create and lead a rural economic empowerment initiative.

305. Falguni Nayar – First woman to build a unicorn from scratch in e-commerce (Nykaa).

306. Deepika Goyal – First woman CEO to transform retail in India.

307. Radhika Ghai – Co-founder of ShopClues, India’s first woman-led unicorn startup.

308. Kalpana Saroj – First woman to own and lead a major Indian company (Kamani Tubes).

309. Suchi Mukherjee – Founder of Limeroad, the first major fashion startup in India led by women.

310. Chanda Kochhar – First woman to lead one of India’s largest private banks (ICICI).

Aruna Sairam – First woman to conduct extensive research in artificial intelligence.

312. Sunita Williams – First woman to pilot a space shuttle mission for NASA, with Indian roots.

313. Shubha Tiwari – First woman to become a head in India’s tech ecosystem at a global giant.

314. Roshni Nadar Malhotra – First woman to head a publicly-listed IT company (HCL Technologies).

315. Pranita Desai – First woman data scientist to create software for medical research globally.

316. Simran Sethi – First Indian-origin woman to be a global sustainable tech advocate.

317. Suman Raghunathan – First woman founder of one of India’s largest cybersecurity research firms.

318. Anjali Sud – First woman to take Vimeo to global prominence as CEO.

319. Nandini Kannan – First Indian woman to receive a major international award in big data analytics.

320. Vibha Kagzi – First woman to launch India’s first professional program in digital media analytics.

322. Wing Commander Shaliza Dhami – First woman fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force.

323. Lieutenant Colonel Bhavana Kasturi – First woman officer to command an Army hospital.

324. Major Mitali Madhusree – First woman to lead a battalion in Indian Army.

325. Colonel Meenal Joshi – First woman to serve in a combat position in Indian Army.

326. Squadron Leader Anjali Singh – First woman to command an Air Force Squadron.

327. Commodore Priya Jhingan – First woman to join the Indian Navy as a regular officer.

328. Major Nivedita Pandit – First woman Army officer to get awarded in combat service.

Colonel Sangeeta – First woman to receive the prestigious Army Medal for meritorious service.

330. Neelam Verma – First woman officer to be posted at Indian Army HQ.

Justice M. Fathima Beevi – First woman judge in the Supreme Court of India.

332. Justice R. Banumathi – First woman judge from Tamil Nadu in the Supreme Court.

333. Leela Seth – First woman Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court.

334. Indu Malhotra – First woman to be directly appointed to the Supreme Court of India.

335. Shanti Bhushan – First woman lawyer to be a part of India’s iconic legal reforms post-independence.

336. Justice S. S. Bedi – First woman to serve as Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court.

337. Justice Gita Mittal – First woman to serve as the Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir High Court.

338. Anita Sheth – First woman to practice at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

339. Indira Jaising – First woman to head the Supreme Court’s Human Rights Council.

340. Kusum Bansal – First female district judge in Uttar Pradesh.

Sunita Narain – First woman to be awarded the prestigious Global Environmental Award for sustainability.

342. Paryushna Pramanik – First woman to run a global wildlife preservation project with local communities.

343. Vibha Dutta – First Indian woman to lead an international NGO for water conservation.

344. Neelima Jain – First woman conservationist to secure government recognition for climate action in tribal regions.

345. Deepa Mungroo – First woman to establish a leading green energy startup in India.

346. Sushma Choudhary – First woman to break ground in eco-friendly waste management policies in Rajasthan.

347. Chhavi Rajawat – First woman to become sarpanch of a village in Rajasthan.

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