Best Inspirational Women In India

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Empoweress
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What does Empoweress signify?

• A portmanteau of the words empower and
  empress, Empoweress signifies power, status,
  and passion. An endeavour to empower women
  globally and eradicate the prominent negative
  stereotypes, Empoweress is truly a place built to
  help women fly high! In light of this, its motive
  and mantra, that it lives by, is, Standing tall
  against gender disparity!

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8 Inspirational Women Of Today Whove Created A
Legacy

• The fight for
• freedom, be it
• political,
• societal, or otherwise, has been an ongoing one
  since aeons.
• In the age-old, patriarchal, male-dominated
  society of the world, womens fight for freedom
  and equality, has been an equally Herculean one.
• However, owing to their incredible efforts, and
  the long struggle that theyve endured, many
  women in the professional domain, have today,
  broken through the glass ceiling, and created
  legacies of their own.

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• In the process, we have witnessed countless
  astounding achievements made by women, all
  through sheer dedication, confidence, and hard
  work.
• We take a look at 8 of the best inspirational and
  successful business women in India,
• Whose achievements and success have paved the way
  for the modern Indian woman and has been
  inspiring Indian personalities.

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• 1) Zia Mody
• Renowned and celebrated for her contributions to
  the legal world, Zia Mody is one of Indias
  foremost corporate attorneys, and a founding
  partner of AZB Partners. Having worked with the
  likes of GE, Tata Group, Reliance Industries
  Ltd., Aditya Birla Group, and the Vedanta Group,
  she is one of the foremost authorities on
  corporate law, mergers and acquisitions,
  securities law, private equity, and project
  finance. She is one among the most successful
  business woman in India.

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• 2) Chanda Kochchar
• The MD and CEO of Indias largest private bank,
  ICICI Bank, Chanda Kochchar was the first Indian
  woman to receive the prestigious Woodrow Wilson
  Award for Global Citizenship. Her community
  outreach program, ICICI Digital Village, provided
  vocational training to over 11,000 villagers in
  17 states in India, and financial tools to
  aspiring entrepreneurs among them. She is one of
  the top successful business women best 
  inspirational women in India who is widely
  renowned for her role in shaping retail banking
  in the country, and taking ICICI banks insurance
  business public, marking the first IPO of a
  general insurer in India.

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• 3) Anshu Jamsenpa
• Juggling her passion for mountaineering and
  taking care of her two children, Anshu Jamsenpa
  went on to become the first woman in the world to
  scale the mighty Mount Everest, twice in one
  season, in a matter of just 10 days. Anshu is one
  among the top inspirational women in India who
  also was a brand ambassador of the Clean India
  Campaign during 2012 to 2013, and was also
  nominated to be the brand ambassador of North
  East Tourism.

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• 4) Chhavi Rajawat
• After completing her MBA from Pune and working
  with the likes of Times of India, Carlson Group
  of Hotels, and Airtel, Chhavi Rajawat realised
  that in order to make a real difference, social
  media activism wasnt enough. Quitting her job,
  she went back to her village, Soda, in
  Rajashthans Tonk district, to become Indias
  first woman Sarpanch with an MBA degree. Since
  then, she has been working tirelessly for the
  betterment of the village, by ensuring the
  availability of clean water, solar power, paved
  roads, toilets, and even a bank, to the villagers.

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• 5) Sahiti Pingali
• Sahiti Pingalis research paper on water
  pollution for the Intel International Science and
  Engineering Fair (ISEF) won her the exceptional
  honour of having a planet in the Milky Way galaxy
  named after her, by the Lincoln Laboratory of the
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since
  then, the app she developed for the project has
  been used to collect data on the frothy lakes of
  Bangalore, and control the pollution and sewage
  contamination taking place in them.

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• 6) Tanushree Pareek
• Hailing from Bikaner, Rajasthan, Tanushree Pareek
  created history by becoming the first woman
  combat officer to be commissioned in the Border
  Security Force (BSF), in its 51 years of
  existence. She joined the force after being
  selected in the all-India exam conducted by the
  UPSC in 2014. Now, she commands a unit along the
  India-Pakistan border in Punjab, as part of the
  countrys largest border guarding force, with a
  strength of approximately 2.5-lakh. Tanushree is
  one among the best inspirational women in India.

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• 7) Sarla Thakral
• Being the first Indian woman to have flown an
  aircraft, Sarla Thakral was only 21 years old
  when she received the license to fly, in 1936.
  She then went on to complete one thousand hours
  of flying an aircraft, and became the first woman
  pilot to obtain an A license, besides also
  being the first Indian to get an airmail pilots
  licence.

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• 8) Seema Rao
• Popularly known as Indias Wonder Woman, Seema
  Rao is Indias first, and only Commando trainer,
  providing training to the Special Forces of India
  for over 18 years, without accepting any
  compensation for it. Besides being an expert
  combat shooting instructor, a firefighter, a
  scuba diver, an HMI medalist in rock climbing,
  and a Mrs India World pageant finalist, she also
  holds a 7th-degree black belt in military martial
  arts, and is one of 10 women in the world
  certified in Jeet Kune Do, a unique martial art
  form created by Bruce Lee. She also holds a PhD
  in Philosophy and several degrees in Medicine,
  making her one of the most formidable Indian
  women of today.

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