President felicitates 112 women achievers
January 21st, 2018
President Kovind felicitated exceptional women achievers who are the first to set a milestone in their respective fields at Rashtrapati Bhawan. 112 women were selected after an extensive research process by Women & Child Development Ministry. The women who have been felicitated are those who have been the first in any field like first woman judge, first woman porter, first Olympian etc.
Among those who were honoured by President include:
Bachendri Pal: First Indian woman to reach the Mount Everest summit
Deepa Malik: first woman to win a medal at the Paralympics
Priya Jhingan: First Lady Cadet to join the Indian Army
P V Sindhu: Olympic silver medallist
Nicole Faria: winner of the Miss earth title
Karnam Malleswari: Olympic medal winning weightlifter Karnam Malleswari
Anshu Jamsenpa: First Indian woman to scale Mt Everest for fifth time
Chhavi Rajawat: India’s first woman Sarpanch
Diana Edulji: First ODI captain of the first ever Indian Women’s Cricket Team.