Wall of Fame

Mangal Singh Hazowary

Literature and Education | Assam | 2021

Renowned Bodo Poet and Educationist from Kokrajhar - known for his more than 4 decades of contribution to Bodo Literature

Manjamma Jogati

Art | Karnataka | 2021

Transgender Folk Dancer of Jogamma heritage - 1st transwoman President of Karnataka Janapada Academy

Mouma Das

Sports | West Bengal | 2021

Table Tennis Veteran from West Bengal - representing India for over 2 decades

Ms. Prakash Kaur

Social Work | Punjab | 2021

Social Worker from Jalandhar who has been taking care of abandoned girls for 3 decades - after herself being abandoned as a child

Ms. Sudha Singh

Sports | Uttar Pradesh | 2021

Steeplechase Athelete from Rae Bareli - winning multiple medals for India over a 12 year long career

Nanadro B Marak

Others- Agriculture | Meghalaya | 2021

Organic Farmer from West Garo hills growing black pepper - transferring his knowledge to others, 18 villages are now benefitting

Nicholas Kazanas

Literature and Education | Greece | 2021

Eminent Indologist from Athens, Greece - multiple books and translations on Vedas and Upanishads

Niru Kumar

Social Work | Delhi | 2021

Social activist working for the empowerment of women for 3 decades - having overcome Polio to become a Doctor

Parshuram Atmaram Gangavane

Art | Maharashtra | 2021

Folk Artist from Sindhudurg - famous for preserving 500 year old art of Chitrakathi storytelling

Prof. (Dr.) I. Wayan Dibia

Art | Indonesia | 2021

Bali's most influential Kecak Dancer and Scholar - a traditional Indonesian art form depicting chapters of the Ramayana

Prof. (Dr.) Jitendra Nath Pande

Medicine | Delhi | 2021

Veteran Pulmonologist and founder HoD at AIIMS Delhi - treated patients till the very end, including during the Covid pandemic, finally succumbing to the same (Posthumous)

Prof. Chaman Lal Sapru

Literature and Education | Jammu and Kashmir | 2021

Foremost Hindi Professor and Journalist from Srinagar - popularized Hindi language across Jammu and Kashmir over 5 decades (Posthumous}

Surekha Yadav

Loco - Pilot

First Indian Woman train driver of passenger train
Conferred with Jijau Puraskar (1998) Women achievers award, Sahyadrihirkani award, Prerna Puraskar, Sarathi Award and many more

Suneha Gadpande

Women Achiever

First Girl deck Cadets to be inducted by Shipping Corporation of India 2003
First Indian Women Master Mariner to be inducted by a foreign shipping fleet NYK 2012
Only Indian Women Master Mariner to be sailing for a Danish fleet 2016
President Awardee as 100Women Achiever for women empowerment 2016

Manju

Porter

Rajasthan's first woman porter in the entire North Western Railway region
Lauded for her grit and determination, she was applauded by the Ministry of WCD with ‘First Ladies’ award in 2018

Indushree

Ventriloquist

First female ventriloquist (specialist in dummy act) in India and five-time Limca World Record holder
She conducts acts towards AIDS awareness and other key issues
Conferred with ‘First Ladies’ award in 2018

Mary Poonen Lukose

Surgeon

First female Surgeon General in India
Founder of a Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Nagarcoil and the X-Ray and Radium Institute, Thiruvananthapuram
Bestowed with Padma Shri and ‘First Ladies’ award

Mamta Devi

Sportsperson

First competitive female bodybuilder
Conferred with ‘First Ladies’ award in 2018

Sunil Dabas

Sportsperson

First woman kabaddi coach to win Dronacharya Award and was also awarded Padma Shri in 2014
Under her, the team has won seven gold medals in international championships
Govt. of Haryana felicitated her by Sports Women Achiever Award in 2014

Suman Arya

| 2020

Hails from Jindi, Haryana and she is an artist by profession
She collects art work from across nation and converts selected art works into India First Annual Art Calendar
By selling the art calendars to various institutions they serve many underprivileged society
Recognized by FSSAI Govt.of India

Pooja Warier

Entrepreneur

First female founder of an incubator "UnLTD" dedicated to social entrepreneurs
She was nominated as a TED India Fellow in 2009, a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2013

Indian Women Ice Hockey Team

Sports Team

First ever Indian National Women’s Ice Hockey team who represented the country at IIHF Ice Hockey Challenge Cup of Asia, 2016
The team created history in March 2017 by clinching its first victory ever in an international match

Dr. Chhavi Rajawat

Village Sarpanch

India’s first woman Sarpanch of the Village Council of Soda located in the District of Tonk, Rajasthan
She aims to make ‘Soda’ a model village by pursuing an integrated, sustainable and gender-balanced development
Honoured by Late President Shri APJ Abdul Kalam and Young Indian Leader by IBN Live

Dr. Aban Mistry

Musician

India's First Woman Tabla Maestro
She was posthumously presented the ‘First Lady of India’ in 2018
Her solo tabla performances, in India and abroad, won her various awards from prestigious organizations