A Great Indian Woman BY HARPALSINH GOHIL

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GREAT INDIAN WOMAN

PREPARED BYHARPALSINH GOHIL

COLLEGESVMSM RAJKOT


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KALPANA CHAWLA

A lady who lived her dreamAn Indian-AmericanAstronaut

Killed in Space ShuttleColumbia disaster


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SAROJINI NAIDU

India's most eminent personality of the pre-independence eraA political activist, poet, writerFirst Indian woman to become thepresident of the Indian NationalCongress.Also known as BharatiyaKokila (The Nightingale of India )

First woman to becomethe Governor of Uttar Pradesh.


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KIRAN BEDI

First Woman IPS officer

Worked with the United Nationsas the Police Advisor to theSecretary General, in theDepartment of Peace KeepingOperations.

Represented India at the UnitedNations, and inInternational forums on crimeprevention, drug abuse, policeand prison reforms and womensissues.She has been a National andan Asian Tennis champion.


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PADMAVATI BANDOPADHYAYA

First woman Air Commodore in the AirForce.She and her husband, Wing CommanderS.N. Bandopadhyaya, were the firsthusband and wife team to be awardedthe Vashist Seva Medal for their work during the 1971 Indo-Pak warFirst Indian woman officer to haveconducted research in the Arctic region.First woman to be made a fellow of theAerospace Medical Society of India.


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INDIRA NOOYI

Chairperson and CEO of

PepsiCo, the world's fourth-largest food and beveragecompany.Named the #1 Most Powerful

Business Woman in the world in2006 and 2007 by Fortunemagazine.Named as one of the America's

Best Leaders by U.S. News &World Report in 2008


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SHAKUNTALA DEVI

Known as a 'Human Computer'Extraordinary talents in solvingcomplex mathematical problems

without any mechanical aid.Became an expert in complex mentalarithmetic at the age of five.On 18 June 1980, gave the product of

two, thirteen digit figures after

multiplying them within 28 seconds.Placed in the Guinness book of recordsas a result of her extraordinary talents.Nowadays, apart from solvingmathematical problems, she is utilizingher amazing talent in the field of astrology.


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Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

Entrepreneur who has tastedsuccess in a field traditionally notassociated with women.Chairman & Managing Directorof BioconLtd

Referred to as India's BiotechQueen by TheEconomist and Fortune,and India's mother of invention by New York Times.


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Suzanna Arundhati Roy An Indian writer and activist Won the Booker Prize(literaryprize awarded each year for the

best original full-length novel,written in the English language,by a citizen of either theCommonwealth of Nations orIreland) in 1997 for her novel,The God of Small Things , Won the Lannan CulturalFreedom Prize


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Aruna Rangachar

Director of Interspice BiotechLtd., ChennaiWinner of the "OutstandingBusiness woman Manager,2003" award, conferred on herby MMA.


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Dr Aditi Pant

First Indian woman toparticipate in the cruise tothe icy continent, Antarctica.

Significant contributions tothe Oceanography fieldHonoured by "Antarctica

Award" of the Govt. of Indiafor her outstandingcontributions to the IndianAntarctic Programme.


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Prof. Kasturi DattaPh.D degree in Biochemistry from CalcuttaUniversityServed as pool officers at AIIMS, New Delhi.Performed as Dean at Jawaharlal NehruUniversity in 2001.

Initiated research activities in EnvironmentalBiology divisionEstablished a vibrant group working the area of cellular signaling.Provides leadership in development programs of enormous importance to India in education,

Science and technology.


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handa D.KocharCurrently the Deputy Managing Director of ICICIBank, Indias second -largest Bank,Would succeed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) K.V.Kamath who will retire in April 2009.Holds a degree in cost and works accountancy fromthe Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of Indiaand also holds a management degree from JamnalalBajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.Currently she is responsible for international as wellas wholesale banking.An example in the corporate world of being awoman leading Indias largest private sector bank.


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PREETHA REDDY

Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals GroupAs a young girl she was devoted to dancingand was a disciple of Rukmini Arundale atKalakshetra.Preetha did not join family-owned ApolloHospitals till 1989 some 10 years afterhaving stayed home.From Rs 110 crore when she took over, she

has steered the business close to Rs 1,000crore last year.


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SULAJJA FIRODIAMOTWANI

Managing Director, Kinetic EngineeringAn MBA from Carnegie Mellon University,USA

She is a business leader, an achiever andabove all - an entrepreneur par excellence. As Managing Director of KineticEngineering Ltd, Pune, India she is

responsible for the groups overall businessstrategy and development with a keen eye onthe 'potboiler' Indian two wheeler market.
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DR. SWATI PIRAMAL Director, Strategic Alliances andCommunications, Nicholas Piramal

Recipient of the Knight of the Order of

Merit Award for her contribution in thedevelopment of Indo -French relations inthe field of medicine and trade.Nicholas Piramal India has become one

of the leading life sciences andpharmaceutical companies in India underher leadership
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Naina Lal KidwaiCEO, HSBC Bank, IndiaThe first Indian woman to graduate from theHarvard Business School

Fortune magazine listed Kidwai among theWorld's Top 50 Corporate Women from2000 to 2003

According to the Economic Times, she is thefirst woman to head the operations of aforeign bank in India.

Currently the Group General Manager andCountry Head of HSBC India.

Has been awarded with Padma Shri, one of the highest civilian honours bestowed by theGovernment of India.


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Dr. Aarthi Prabhakar

Tenth Director of NIST byPresident William ClintonServed as a Congressional

Fellow in the Office of Technology Assessment of theU.S. Congress from 1984 to1986Conducted a study for the HouseScience, Research andTechnology Subcommittee onMicroelectronics Research andDevelopment


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