Her father, Late Mr. K. C. S. Panicker organized an association of 30 graduated (Painters & Sculptors) and started the Cholamandal Artists’ Village in 1966. Her...
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Indian First Ladies-NainaLalKidwai- First woman president of FICCI
NainaLalKidwai was elected President FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry) for 2013 – the first woman tohead FICCI in its 86 years. She...
Continue reading...Indian First Ladies-Chandrani Prasad Verma- First female mining engineer
Dr. Chandrani Prasad Verma, Ph.D. (Mining), M.Tech (Mining), B.E. (Mining) and Diploma in Mining and Mine Surveying. Principal Scientist, CSIR-CIMFR, Regional Centre, Nagpur, Ministry of S&T....
Continue reading...Indian First Ladies-NeeluRohmetra- First woman to head an IIM
Professor NeeluRohmetra, born on 1965, is the Director of Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur (IIMS), Himachal Pradesh; the first ever woman Director to head any IIM,...
Continue reading...Indian First Ladies-VijayalakshmiSubbaraman- First female grandmaster (chess)
VijayalakshmiSubbaraman, was born on 25 March 1979. She is the first female player in India who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster and International Master....
Continue reading...Indian First Ladies-Ms. RajaniGopalkrishna (visually-impaired)-First Chartered Accountant with disability
Ms. RajaniGopalkrishna is first visually challenged women Chartered Accountant. Medical negligence by doctor when she was 9 deteriorated her sight gradually leading to blindness. Ever since...
Continue reading...Indian First Ladies-MsBenoZephine- First visually-impaired woman to join the Indian Foreign Service
Ms. Beno is India’s first 100% Visually challenged Indian Foreign Service Officer of the Country, after having secured rank 343 in the Civil Service Examinations conducted...
Continue reading...Indian First Ladies-Sania Mirza – First Indian woman to be ranked no.1 in Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Double rankings
Sania is a professional tennis player who was formerly ranked No. 1 in the women’s doubles rankings. In her singles career, Mirza has notable wins over...
Continue reading...Indian First Ladies-Kamala Sohonie- First Indian woman with Ph.D. In Science
She was the first lady to get admission to IISc, Bangalore, headed then by Nobel laureate Prof. C.V. Raman. After MSc, she was awarded with various...
Continue reading...Indian First Ladies-FathimaBeevi – First female judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court
M. FathimaBeevi was the first female judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court of India (1989) and the first Muslim woman to be appointed to...
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