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First woman driver in Northern Railway, from Jharkhand
New Delhi: Lakshmi Lakra, a young tribal woman from Jharkhand, has become the first woman train driver with Northern Railway. This 27-year old diploma holder in electronics from Ranchi, follows Surekha Yadav from Mumbai, Asia's first woman train driver, who joined Central Railway in 1992.
"I am sure many more women will take it up as a career," said Ms. Lakshmi. Seeking to do something challenging, she took the Railway Recruitment Board test last year. She was the only woman in a batch of 372 selected trainees. After nine months of training she got to work.
Indian Railways is an equal opportunities employer, and the entrance test is open to everyone irrespective of gender. "[Ms.] Lakshmi cleared it and she was selected. Any woman who wants to do so can join after clearing the examination and the training," Divisional Railway Manager Pradeep Kumar said. If more women want to take it up as a career inspired by Ms. Lakshmi's success, they are welcome, he said.
Ms. Lakshmi said she owed her success to her parents. "I love challenges and wanted to do something different. My parents encouraged me."
"The training is not so tough that it can be labelled as only a man's job. Women can learn it very easily," she said. She is now driving light engines and goods trains in the Delhi circle. Her dream is to drive a Shatabdi Express, she said.
Maandhir Rajput from Jalandhar last year became the first Indian woman engine driver with New South Wales Corporation in Australia. In fact, breaking the gender barrier, women the world over are successfully driving trains. During the Second World War they had tooled up as mechanics, engineers and train drivers.
New Delhi: Lakshmi Lakra, a young tribal woman from Jharkhand, has become the first woman train driver with Northern Railway. This 27-year old diploma holder in electronics from Ranchi, follows Surekha Yadav from Mumbai, Asia's first woman train driver, who joined Central Railway in 1992.
"I am sure many more women will take it up as a career," said Ms. Lakshmi. Seeking to do something challenging, she took the Railway Recruitment Board test last year. She was the only woman in a batch of 372 selected trainees. After nine months of training she got to work.
Indian Railways is an equal opportunities employer, and the entrance test is open to everyone irrespective of gender. "[Ms.] Lakshmi cleared it and she was selected. Any woman who wants to do so can join after clearing the examination and the training," Divisional Railway Manager Pradeep Kumar said. If more women want to take it up as a career inspired by Ms. Lakshmi's success, they are welcome, he said.
Ms. Lakshmi said she owed her success to her parents. "I love challenges and wanted to do something different. My parents encouraged me."
"The training is not so tough that it can be labelled as only a man's job. Women can learn it very easily," she said. She is now driving light engines and goods trains in the Delhi circle. Her dream is to drive a Shatabdi Express, she said.
Maandhir Rajput from Jalandhar last year became the first Indian woman engine driver with New South Wales Corporation in Australia. In fact, breaking the gender barrier, women the world over are successfully driving trains. During the Second World War they had tooled up as mechanics, engineers and train drivers.
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Laxmi Lakra.
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- Laxmi Lakra is a girl who belonged to a poor tribal family of Jharkhand.
- She took admission in the government school and studied hard and then went to get a diploma in electronics.
- She cleared her railway board exam in her first attempt and became the first women engineer for Railways.
- She broke the stereotype that only men can run the engines.
- She used to challenge when anyone says to her that it is not meant for women.
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