Write a article women are the pride of our nation
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As women are major contributors to Indian society, we showcase personalities from all walks of life who have excelled in their fields while doing their bit for the world over the last decade. By no means is this an exhaustive list, but it shows how much the women of our country are capable of accomplishing with sheer dedication, determination and hard work
History has seen Indian women rising to the occasion whenever the need has arisen – be it the legends Rani Lakshmibai and Razia Sultan who ruled and defended Jhansi state and Delhi Sultanate respectively with courage and pride, or Ahilya Bai Holkar who ruled Indore between 1694 and 1766 with justice and wisdom. There is renowned Vedic philosopher Gargi Vachaknavi; seer and philosopher Maitreyi; India’s nightingale Sarojini Naidu; Savitribai Phule who started India’s first school for girls; Captain Prem Mathur, the first woman pilot in India; Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, the first woman president of the United Nations General Assembly; Sucheta Kriplani, the first woman chief minister in India; Aruna Asaf Ali, Indian independence activist… the list is long and their achievements stellar enough to have filled up pages of history. With such a rich heritage of women achievers, it is not surprising that the current generation of women in India is carrying on the mantle. We look at Indian women who have challenged their limits and excelled in their fields in the recent past.
Chhavi Rajawat
India’s youngest sarpanch (head of village) Chhavi Rajawat has dedicated her life to the betterment of her ancestral village Soda in Malpura tehsil, Tonk district, Rajasthan. Rainwater harvesting, toilet facilities, solar power utilisation, paved roads and even a bank – this MBA graduate left no stone unturned to ensure Soda flourishes. Leaving behind the corporate city life as an IT professional, she contested elections in March 2010 to earn this honour. An alumnus of prestigious institutes including Mayo College Girls School (Ajmer), Lady Shri Ram College and Balaji Institute of Modern Management, Rajawat today divides her time between Soda and Jaipur, where her parents live. Incidentally, her grandfather Brig Raghubir Singh had also been sarpanch of Soda 20 years before Rajawat’s election. She has faced several challenges, including attacks by anti-social elements who did not want her to construct an IT centre on common land. But through it all, Rajawat remains strong and confident in her belief of making changes at the grassroot level to help make India shine.
subjects. Sahu received the Nari Shakti Puraskar (2016) for her good work.
Chitra Ramakrishna
The first woman managing director and chief executive of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), Chitra Ramakrishna has had an illustrious career. Apart from several other senior posts at NSE, she has been a member of the Derivatives Panel of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), chairperson of Malaviya National Institute of Technology in Jaipur and member of executive committee at National Securities Depository Ltd. In 1985, this chartered accountant joined the project finance division of Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI). The then Chairman of IDBI, late SS Nadkarni, handpicked Ramakrishna among four others to help set up the NSE from scratch in the early 1990s. A finance whiz who loves Carnatic singing and playing the tanpura, Ramakrishna started internet trading at NSE in 2000. She has also been known for working on new, investorfriendly offerings. Today, Ramakrishna is recognised as an institution builder. She is involved in several bodies including CII’s National Council on Financial Sector Development, FICCI’s National Executive Committee and Capital Markets Committee. Ramakrishna has won several awards and accolades including woman of the year in the Business Leadership Awards by Forbes magazine and ranked 17th in the list of top global women business leaders by Fortune magazine.