21-11-2012, 01:03 PM
A Day of Exploration for Students In Support Of Global Engineering Marathon 2009
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KALPANA CHAWLA
A lady who lived her dream
An Indian-American Astronaut
Killed in Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
SAROJINI NAIDU
India's most eminent personality of the pre-independence era
A political activist, poet, writer
First Indian woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress.
Also known as Bharatiya Kokila (The Nightingale of India)
First woman to become the Governor of Uttar Pradesh.
KIRAN BEDI
First Woman IPS officer
Worked with the United Nations as the Police Advisor to the Secretary General, in the Department of Peace Keeping Operations.
Represented India at the United Nations, and in International forums on crime prevention, drug abuse, police and prison reforms and women’s issues.
She has been a National and an Asian Tennis champion.
PADMAVATI BANDOPADHYAYA
First woman Air Commodore in the Air Force.
She and her husband, Wing Commander S.N. Bandopadhyaya, were the first husband and wife team to be awarded the Vashist Seva Medal for their work during the 1971 Indo-Pak war
First Indian woman officer to have conducted research in the Arctic region.
First woman to be made a fellow of the Aerospace Medical Society of India.
INDIRA NOOYI
Chairperson and CEO of PepsiCo, the world's fourth-largest food and beverage company.
Named the #1 Most Powerful Business Woman in the world in 2006 and 2007 by Fortune magazine.
Named as one of the America's Best Leaders by U.S. News & World Report in 2008
SHAKUNTALA DEVI
Known as a 'Human Computer'
Extraordinary talents in solving complex mathematical problems without any mechanical aid.
Became an expert in complex mental arithmetic 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 records as a result of her extraordinary talents.
Nowadays, apart from solving mathematical problems, she is utilizing her amazing talent in the field of astrology.