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}

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

Durgabai Kamat

Indian Cinema

First actress of Indian Cinema
Bestowed with ‘First Ladies’ award in 2018
Her portrayal of “Parvati” evoked a lot of positive reactions and paved the way for other female actresses to join Indian Cinema

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

Anuradha Pal

Musician

First and the youngest Indian musician to perform at WOMAD (World of Music, Art and Dance) Festival and also first Indian female table player
Conferred with Women’s Achiever’s award and ‘First Ladies’ 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

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

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

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

Revathi Kannan

| 2020

Women Achiever

First generation Technology Enterpreneur with 8 years prior work experience in corporates
A motivational speaker
An Active ATL Mentor Of Change MOC2302
Recognised by Women’s Web as Top 20 Women in Innovation, WICA - Women in Corporate Awards 2019

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

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

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'