Woman At Zenith Presented By : Naman Bareja Guided by: Mr. Yogesh Singla

Woman at Zenith Women have a crucial role in the society. They are given the rank of goddess and on the other hand are said to be the ones who are not the part of their own family( Called Parai as after marriage they go to their husband’s house). But in this society, some have proved themselves despite adverse situations.

Great Indian Women India has many great Women which act as an inspiration for girls : Kalpana ChawlaKiran BediIndira Gandhi Durba Banerjee Aruna Asaf Ali Rani Lakshmi Bai Sonia Gandhi

Kalpana Chawla Kalpana Chawla (July 1, February 1, 2003), was an Indian-born American astronaut and space shuttle mission specialist. She was lost aboard Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107 when it disintegrated during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. Chawla was born in Karnal, Punjab, now in Haryana, India. In 1982 she earned her Bachelor of Science degree. Thereafter she moved to the United States to obtain a Master of Science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington (1984).

Chawla earned a second Master of Science degree in 1986 and Ph.D. in aerospace engineering in 1988 from the University of Colorado. Later that same year she began working for NASA Ames Research Center. she became the first Indian born Astronaut in 1997.

Kiran Bedi Kiran Bedi is an Indian Police Officer and is the first woman to join the Indian Police Service (IPS) in She was born on 9th June 1949 in Amritsar, Punjab state, India, and is one of the most celebrated and widely known Police officers who ever served the Indian Police Force. Kiran Bedi is the second of the four daughters of her parents, Prakash Lal Peshawaria and Prem Lata Peshawaria. She completed her schooling from the Sacred Heart Convent School, Amritsar, and obtained her B.A. degree ( ) in English from the Government College for Women, Amritsar

She then earned a Master's degree ( ) In Political Science from Punjab University, Chandigarh. Even while in active service in the Indian Police, She continued her educational pursuits, and obtained a Law degree (LLB) in 1988 from Delhi University, Delhi. She was also awarded a Ph.D. in 1993 in Social Sciences by the Department of Social Sciences, the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.

Indira Gandhi (19 November October 1984) was the Prime Minister of the Republic of India for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and for a fourth term from 1980 until her assassination in She was India's first and to date only female Prime Minister. She is also the only Indian Prime Minister to be defeated in her own district in a general election.

Born in the politically influential Nehru dynasty, she grew up in an intensely political atmosphere. Her grandfather, Motilal Nehru, was a prominent Indian nationalist leader. Her father, Jawaharlal Nehru, was a pivotal figure in the Indian independence movement and the first Prime Minister of Independent India. Returning to India from Oxford in 1941, she became involved in the Indian Independence movement

Durba Banerjee Durba Banerjee is the first female Indian pilot and Is an inspiration for the young women pilots. Started her aviation career flying Dakota as an Air Survey Pilot in 1959,joined Indian Air Lines in 1966 and retired from there on and she has to her credit the most flying hours with hrs

Aruna Asaf Ali She was born in a Bengali Brahma Samaj family at Kalka in Haryana. She married Asaf Ali a prominent lawyer of Delhi against convention. She actively participated in the National Movement for Independence. Following the arrest of all congress leaders in 1942 she went underground to guide the movement evading police arrest. She became the symbol of the spirit of youth in this country guiding and leading the National Movement from underground. She remained underground till 1946 when the warrant of arrest was withdrawn.

Aruna belonged to the heroic age of Freedom Movement. With this background, after Independence she could not adjust to the political realities and chose to live in retirement till her death on 29th July She was awarded Bharat Ratna (1997) posthumously.

Rani Lakshmi Bai Rani Laxmibai's courage, deeds of valour and heroic battle against the British have become the theme of many a folklore and ballad in the country. She is the immortal warrior the country has ever seen. Even as a child Laxmibai learnt horse riding and sword fighting. When both her husband Raja Gangadhar Rao of Jhansi and her only son died in 1853 she adopted a son and made him the heir to the throne.

The British Governor General Dalhousie refused to recognize her adopted son as heir to the throne and ordered annexation of Jhansi into British Raj. Rani Laxmibai refused to part with Jhansi. A fierce fight ensued. The Rani fought the British undauntedly leading her forces from the front and showed great courage and skill. She was fatally wounded in the battle and she breathed her last on

Sonia Gandhi Sonia Gandhi is the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. She was born Sonia Maino in 1946 near Turin, Italy, to a working-class family, and spent her childhood in that region. Her connection with India developed when she met Rajiv Gandhi, the elder son of Indira Gandhi, at a language school in Cambridge, England. They were married in 1968, and Sonia settled in India with her husband. Rajiv worked as a pilot in Indian Airlines, and only his brother Sanjay's death in 1980, in a plane crash, changed the course of his life.

He entered into politics, apparently with immense reluctance, a decision that is said to have made Sonia exceedingly unhappy. However, the assassination of her husband in 1991 paved the way for Sonia's entry into public limelight, and senior members of the Congress party, alarmed at the party's declining popularity, sought to revive their fortunes by encouraging her to take an active part in politics. She resisted membership in the Congress, indeed the offer of the presidency of the party for several years, but eventually joined the Congress party in 1997.

She became party president in 1998, thereby becoming the fifth member of the Nehru clan -- following Motilal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Rajiv Gandhi -- to hold this important post. Initially she was against joining politics but as time passed she is deeply involved in politics and now she is playing a very important role in congress party.

I hope that after Knowing about these great women of India I could change the thinking of those who used to think that women were limited to some particular jobs. THANKS There are a lot more enthusiastic women left…