Women

Deemed the second highest position at the UN agency, she will be working under Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. She is the first Indian to hold one of the highest ranks in the WHO.

An Indian diplomat and politician of the first order, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was a trailblazer for women in ways more than one. For example, she became the first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly.

Meet 54-year-old Premlata Agrawal, a homemaker who became the first Indian woman to have achieved the record of climbing the Seven Summits at the age of 50 and the oldest Indian woman mountaineer to scale the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest, in 2011.

Featuring Kangana Ranaut, the campaign is all about unleashing the fighter inside every Indian woman.

Though such contests have been taking place for the last two years, this was the first time they were awarded prize money.

The government is aiming to provide electricity to all households, a year ahead of its earlier target of March 2019.

Born on September 23, 1917, Asima Chatterjee, was one of the first Indian women to earn a doctorate in science in British India. She paved the way for Indian women to pursue organic chemistry and opened the world’s eyes to the power of medicinal plants.

A road accident, at the age of 21, led to a major spinal cord injury. Many unsuccessful surgeries later, she was rendered wheelchair-bound for life. But, Rajalakshmi doesn’t think her physical disability has been an obstacle in chasing her dreams or carving her own identity.

A strong & resilient personality, which challenges beauty standards and helps India look beyond a person’s disability. A trailblazer for models on wheelchairs!

The Anchal paddy field is an example of Kudumbashree’s efforts and success; it yielded a good harvest in the first cultivation itself and the cultivators reaped a 100 % of the profits.