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}

Diana Edulji

Sportsperson

First ODI captain of the first-ever Indian Women's Cricket Team
Conferred with Arjuna Award and Padma Shri
Holds the record for delivering the most number of balls by any woman cricketer in Women's test history

Archy J

Musician

India’s first female bagpipe artist
Recipient of ‘First Ladies’ Award in 2018

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

Dipa Karmakar

Sportsperson

First Indian-woman gymnast to qualify for the Rio Olympics in 52 years and first Indian to qualify for the finals of World Gymnastics Championships 2015.
Conferred with Padma Shri and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.

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

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

Bharti Singh Chauhan

| 2020

She is a social activist who Battled abuse and poverty to Counsel over 30,000 Girls on Sexual Abuse and Menstruation Hygiene Management
Empowered more than 55000 girls focusing to work at grassroot
Recognized as 100 women achievers of India
Recognised as an ambassador for International Girl Rising Campaign and Global Goodwill Ambassador

Heena Sidhu

Sportsperson

First woman to win Gold in World Cup Shooting
Sidhu's pairing with Jitu Rai at the ISSF World Cup final in New Delhi had won gold for India
Conferred with Arjuna Award in 2014

Meera Asmi

| 2020

Women Achiever

A dedicated Social Innovator who is working for the empowerment of women, child development and aged care in and around Kerala
Empowerment of women is enhanced by creating Self Help Groups of women who emerge themselves as successful and powerful entrepreneurs for sustainable living
Actively involved in all Govt of India initiatives and represents India in Nation Building Conference in Malaysia during November 2019

Radhika Menon

| 2020

Navy Personnel

India’s first female Merchant Navy Captain
Conferred with top international bravery award by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) for 'Exceptional Bravery at sea 2016'

Rajeshwari Chatterjee

Scientist

First Woman Scientist to pioneer the Field of Microwave Engineering and Antennae Engineering in India
Received the Mountbatten Prize, J C Bose Memorial Prize, Ram Lal Wadhwa Prize for her outstanding work