Here are some of the most influential women of India.
1. Medha Patkar
She is a well-known social activist and a reformer turned political icon who is associated with the Narmada Bachao Andolan dealing with the river issues in Gujarat. Even at the age of 60, she remains active in dealing with various social issues.
2. Barkha Dutt
Barkah Dutt is the Television journalist and columnist from NDTV. She will be remembered for her news coverage in the dangerous Kargil War. She has been bestowed with several awards including the Padma Shree award.
3.Tessy Thomas
Tessy is from Kerala and a scientist in Defence Research and Development Organization. She is the project director for Agni-VI missile, which was successfully launched in 2011. She is referred to as the 'Missile Woman' of India as she is the first woman scientist to have successfully pilot a missile project in India. She was the associate director of Agni 3 and Project director of Agni 5.
Tessy is from Kerala and a scientist in Defence Research and Development Organization. She is the project director for Agni-VI missile, which was successfully launched in 2011. She is referred to as the 'Missile Woman' of India as she is the first woman scientist to have successfully pilot a missile project in India. She was the associate director of Agni 3 and Project director of Agni 5.
4. Kiran Bedi
Kiran Bedi is the first woman officer to have joined the Indian police Service in 1972. She is a multi- talented social activist from Amritsar who is acclaimed for her contribution to the women protection laws. She was successful in lower the crime against women in West Delhi during her service. She is also the first woman UN civilian police advisor.
5.Sumitra Mahajan
71 year old Sumitra Mahajan is the current Speaker of the Lok Sabha. She started her term since 2014 after Meira Kumar retired. She has been elected to the Lok Sabha 8 times and is the longest serving woman member. She is also the eldest woman elected in the 16th Lok Sabha Election.
6. Nirupama Rao
She is the Indian Foreign Service officer and former Indian Ambassador to the United States. Before this Rao was also the Foreign Secratery of India. She is the Second woman to be a part of Indian Foreign Service. Besides being a spokesperson of the External Affairs Ministry, she was also the minister of Press Affairs in Washington.
7. Chanda Kochhar
At the age of 47, she became the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ICICI Bank. She holds the highest post for the largest private bank and the overall largest in the country. She is one of the leading women in India's banking sector. Forbes gave her a world ranking of 43 among the most powerful woman of the modern world. She was also named as one of the Top 100 Influential People in the world by Time magazine this year.
8. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
At the age of 61 , Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is the managing head of the Bangalore-based Biotechnology company, Bicon Limited. She is also the acting head of IIM Bangalore. Forbes named her the world's 92nd most powerful woman and Financial Times featured her as the top 50 women in the world of business. She was the winner of the Othmer Gold Award in 2014.
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