President Ram Nath Kovind to felicitate women achievers today

President Ram Nath Kovind will felicitate exceptional women achievers who are the first to set a milestone in their respective fields at Rashtrapati Bhawan today. Women and Child Development Ministry in a release said, 112 women have been selected after an extensive research process by the Ministry.

The women being felicitated are those who have been the first in any field like the first woman judge, first woman porter, first woman to head a missile project, first para-trooper and first



Olympian. 

A list of 227 women was compiled through various sources, including Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Sports, Limca Book of Records, press clippings and internet. Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi, along with an esteemed panel of judges, finalized the names of 112 extraordinary women who busted stereotypes and broke the glass ceiling to become the number One. The Ministry said, these First Ladies rose through barriers, standards and oppressive notions to become the first women to excel in the fields.