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Gita Gopinath is now the first deputy managing director (FDMD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and will assume the role under present managing director Kristalina Georgieva. We trace her meteoric rise from being a girl from a simple Mysuru family to being a world-class economist.

Unable to afford running shoes, Gujarat's Sarita Gayakwad would train barefoot on the hilly terrain of her remote village — all to fulfill her cherished dream of representing India on an international platform. #MakingIndiaProud #GirlPower

The daughter of a rice farmer from Dhing village in Nagaon district, she has worked hard to get to this position. Would you believe it if I said that she trained in her father’s rice field and that it was only last year that she took up racing seriously?