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First college degreeofWomen Leaders in India - 2014
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How many successful Indian women selected Arts when they entered college life?
Is it time to build more colleges towards Liberal Arts and Humanities in India? Some of the well known Indian women who selected Arts or Humanities for their first college degree are listed in this presentation.
Notes:All B.A. degrees were included like English, Economics, Sanskrit etc.Not included are B.E., B.Tech, B.Com, B.Sc. , MBBS, B.L. (U.G. in Law) degrees.Source of Data: Wiki and other sites from Internet
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Arundhati Bhattacharya
Title: Chairperson
Company: State Bank of India
Degree: B.A. (English)
Post Grad/Others:M.A. (English)
Comments:First Woman to head the largest bank in India
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Ranjana Kumar
Title: Chairperson
Company: Indian Bank
Degree: B.A.
Post Grad/Others:Hindi (Virashak)Bharat NatyamMusic (Sangeet Bhushan)
Comments:Orator
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Anu Aga
Title: Chairperson
Company: Thermax
Degree: B.A.
Post Grad/Others:
Comments:Took over the company after her husband’s death
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Devaki Jain
Gandhian EconomistFeminist writer
Field:Social justiceWomen improvement
Degree: B.A. (economics)
Post Grad/Others:
Comments:Padma bhushanWife of Lakshmi Chand Jain (Gandhian economist)
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Nirupama Menon Rao
Title: Foreign Secretary (Retd)(Former) Ambassador to several countries
Govt of India Degree: B.A. (English)Post Grad/Others:M.A. (English)I.F.S. (1973)
Comments:Handled the Libyan Crisis
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Chanda Kochar
Title: MD and CEO
Company: ICICI Bank
Degree: B.A. (Jai Hind College, Mumbai)
Post Grad/Others:ICWA MMS (JamnaLal Bajaj)
Comments:One of the Top 50 women business leaders in the world (Fortune mag 2013)
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Vinita Bali
Title: MD & CEO
Company: Brittania Industries
Degree: B.A. (economics) DelhiPost Grad/Others:MBA (Jamnalal Bajaj)
Comments:2011- Forbes listed her in Asia’s Top 50 Power Business Women
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Shikka Sharma
Title: MD and CEO
Company: Axis Bank
Degree: B.A.
Post Grad/Others:PG Dip in SoftwareMBA (IIM Ahm)
Comments:One of the Top 50 women business leaders in the world (Fortune mag 2013)
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(Late) Mrs. Indira Gandhi
Title: former Prime Minister of India (1966-77, 1980-84)Leader of Congress Party
Degree: (B.A. ) (History, Political Science, Economics)
Comments:Could not complete it in Oxford because of health and world war.Later Oxford conferred an honorary degree.
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Mamata Banerji
Title: Chief of Trinamool CongressChief Minister of West Bengal (2013- )
Degree: B.A. (History)
Post Grad/Others:M.A. (Islamic History)LawEducation
Comments:
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Sushma Swaraj
Title: External Affairs ministerOf India (2014- Former Health minister (2003-04)Former I&B Minister7 Times MPFormer Delhi CM
Degree: B.A. (Sanskrit and Political Science)(SD College Ambala)
Post Grad/Others:Law
Comments:Allowed bank finance for film productionAllowed Community Radios
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Vandana Gopinath and Vaishnavi
Title: Co-Founders
NGO: The Banyan (non profit for mentally ill women)
Degree: B.A. (Eng Lit)
Post Grad/Others:
Comments:Shelters, rehabilitates mentally ill women
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Padma Subrahmanyam
DancerDirector of Nrityodaya
Degree: B.A. (Music)
Post Grad/Others:M.A. (Ethnomusicology)Ph. D in dance
Comments:Padma Bhushan (2003)Padmashri (1981)
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Mallika Sarabhai
Dancer Social Activist Degree: B.A. (economics)
Post Grad/Others:IIM Ahm (1974)Ph.D in Org Behaviour (Gujarat Univ) (1976)
Comments:Daughter of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai (scientist)
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Kiran Bedi
Title: IPS Officer (first woman IPS)
Degree: B.A. (Economics) -Govt College Amritsar
Post Grad/Others:Political ScienceLawPh.D. in Social Science
Comments:
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Anita Desai
Title: Writer,Professor Humanities
Univ: MIT, Boston
Degree: B.A. (English)(Univ of Delhi)
Post Grad/Others:
Comments:Mother of writer Kiran Desai (Man Booker prize winner)
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Anita Nair
Writer
Degree: B.A. (English)
Post Grad/Others:
Comments:
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Bharati Mukherji
WriterProfessor (English)
Univ of Califorinia Berkeley
Degree: B.A. (Univ of Calcutta)
Post Grad/Others:MA (Univ of Baroda)Ph.D (Univ of Iowa)
Comments:
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Chitra Subramaniam
Title: Journalist
Company: The Hindu Indian Express
Degree: B.A. (English Lit)
Post Grad/Others:Post Grad in Mass Communication
Comments:Instrumental in getting news on Bofors deal from Sweden
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Jhumpa Lahiri
Title: Writer
Degree: B.A. (English)
Post Grad/Others:M.A. (English)MFA (Creative Writing)Ph.D
Comments:
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Mallika Srinivasan
Title: Chairman and MD
Company: TAFE
Degree: B.A. (Econometrics)(Univ of Madras)
Post Grad/Others:Wharton School of Business
Comments: Lives in Chennai
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Naina Lal Kidwai
Title: MD and CEO
Company: HSBC
Degree: B.A. (Economics)
Post Grad/Others:MBACA
Comments:One of the Top 50 women business leaders in the world (Fortune mag 2013)
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PROF. VEENA SIKRI
Title: Professor (Ford Foundation); Speaker;Ambassador/High Commissioner
Degree: B.A. Statistics
Post Grad/Others:M.A. EconomicsIndian Foreign SserviceFluent in Russian & French
Comments:Handled Malaysian Crisis during 2003 bravely and successfully
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Homai Vyarawalla
Title: Professional Photo-journalist(Retired 1973)
Degree: B.A. (Hons) (Bombay Univ)
Post Grad/Others:Diploma in Arts (J.J.School of Arts)
Comments:India’s First woman Press photographerPadma VibhushanGandhianCaptured precious moments of Indian History during 1931-1973
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Bachchendri Pal
Title: Mountaineer& Head of Tata Steel Adventure Foundation
Degree: B.A.
Post Grad/Others:M.A. (Sanskrit)Trained at NIM
Comments:First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest
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Roopa Kudva
Title: MD
Company: CRISIL
Degree: B.A. (Statistics)
Post Grad/Others:MBA (IIM Ahm)
Comments:
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Lynn De Souza
Title: former CEO and Chairperson
Company: Lintas Media
Degree: B.A. (Economics)
Post Grad/Others:MBA
Comments:
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Mithu Alur
Title: EducationsitFounder
Organization: Spastics Society of India (now called as ADAPT)
Degree: B.A. (English)
Post Grad/Others:
Comments:PadmashriCNN Super Idol Award (2010)
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