nshbfwhgf FACETS OF WOMEN IN INDIAN SOCIETY

Women were considered inferior to men in practical life. But in scriptures

they were given high position. Thus in past, the status of women in India was
not clear. It was theoretically high but practically low. Women were prohibited
to take part in domestic as well as in external matter. They were under the
influence of their parents before marriage and their husbands after marriage.
But, the situation began to change when many national figures started a
struggle for India's freedom. Mahatma Gandhi openly invited the help from
women. Many women came forward. And still the struggle continues.
According to India’s constitution, women are legal citizens of the country and
have equal rights with men. Because of lack of acceptance from the male
dominant society, Indian women suffer immensely. Women are responsible for
baring children, yet they are malnourished and in poor health. Women are also
overworked in the field and complete the all of the domestic work. Most Indian
women are uneducated. Although the country’s constitution says women have
equal status to men, women are powerless and are mistreated inside and outside
the home.

On contrary to this, there are still many women who empowered their
status in the male dominant society. Recently, women had started to dominate
themselves. Kiran Bedi, for example, has been India’s first and highest (woman)
ranking officer who joined the Indian Police Service in 1972. Her expertise
includes more than 35 years of creative and reformative policing and prison
management.

Saina Nehwal: is regarded as the prolific Indian

Badminton player and she is arguably the best female Indian
Badminton player currently in India. She has achieved some
remarkable feats in past one year like achieving the 2nd ranking in
the world, winning three International tournaments back to back
and upsetting top seeded players in World Badminton. Her biggest
achievement is that she became the first Indian woman to reach
the Quart Final round at the Olympic Games. She was awarded
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award this year for her magnificent
performance in International tournaments.Saina Nehwal is one of
the most talented female badminton players of India. This
badminton player is has secured a high position in the listings of
world's badminton player by the Badminton World Federation. She
is the top ranked player (women) in Indian Badminton history.Saina
Nehwal, the best player of India as well as a great top
enterprising people on the globe of badminton is currently rated
No.3 as per the newest Badminton Globe Federation's world
positions. Nehwal’s incredible success in the field of badminton
sports have put Indian on the international badminton map, and
proven the globe that great Indian player Saina Nehwal can counter
the China control of the game efficiently.

Saina won the Gold Medal at the Czechoslovkia Junior Open

badminton tournamentIn 2012:In the year 2012 Saina Nehwal
fortified  her Swiss Open Title when she defeated Wang Shixian
of China 21–19 21–16 who was World No. 2. She achieved this
success on March 18th, 2012, a day next to her 22nd birthday.
 CHANDA KOCHHAR

Chanda Kochhar is the Managing Director and Chief Executive

Officer of ICICI Bank Limited, India's second-largest bank and
the largest in the private sector. She is widely recognised for her
role in shaping the retail banking sector in India and for her
leadership of the ICICI
Group,aswellashercontributionstovariousforumsinIndiaandglobally. Ms
. Kochhar began her career, with erstwhile ICICI Limited in 1984
and was elevated to the Board of Directors of ICICI Bank in 2001.
She was instrumental in establishing ICICI Bank during the 1990s,
and subsequently headed the infrastructure finance and corporate
banking business in ICICI Limited. In 2000, she took on the
challenge of building the nascent retail business, with strong focus
on technology, innovation, process reengineering and expansion of
distribution and scale. The Bank achieved a leadership position in
this business. During 2006-2007, she successfully led the Bank's
corporate and international banking businesses during a period of
heightened activity and global expansion by Indian companies. From
2007 to 2009, she was the Joint Managing Director & Chief
Financial Officer during a critical period of rapid change in the
global financial landscape. She was elevated as Managing Director &
CEO of ICICI Bank in 2009 and is responsible for the Bank's
diverse operations in India and overseas. She also chairs the
boards of the Bank's principal subsidiaries, which include India's
leading private sector life and general insurance companies. In
addition to her responsibilities at the ICICI Group, Ms. Kochhar is
a member of the Prime Minister's Council on Trade & Industry, the
Board of Trade, High-Level Committee on Financing Infrastructure,
US-India CEO Forum and UK-India CEO Forum. She is a member
of the boards of the Indian Council for Research on International
Economic Relations, National Institute of Securities Markets,
Institute of International Finance and International Monetary
Conference. She was co-chair of the World Economic Forum's
Annual Meeting in 2011.Conferred the "AIMA JRD Tata Corporate
Leadership Award" 2012.

● Recipient of the 4th Asian Corporate Director Recognition

Awards 2013.
● Ranked as the most powerful business woman in India in the
Forbes list of 'The World's 100 Most Powerful Women
2013'.Received the 'Transformation Leader Award' by NDTV
Profit Business Leadership Awards 2012.Featured for the
third year in a row in the Power List 2013 of 25 most
powerful women in India, by India Today. Is the only Indian
to be featured in the Dow Jones list of Most Influential
Female Executives in the World of the last decade. She is
ranked 12th in the global list.Awarded the Businessperson Of
The Year 2012 by Business India. She is the first woman
recipient of this award in 31 years.Ranked fifth in the list of
the "Most Powerful CEOs" in India by The Economic Times and
first in the list of "Top Women CEOs" in the country.
 Barkha Dutt: She is an Indian television
journalist and columnist. She is a group editor with NDTV. Dutt
gained prominence for her reportage of theKargil War. Dutt has
won many national and international awards, including
the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour. Critics
have described Dutt as "controversial" and "pro Sonia Gandhi",
and her reporting in 2002 Gujarat violence and 2008 Mumbai
attacks as improper, irresponsible, theatrical and
melodramatic. Dutt was one of the journalists taped in the Radia
tapes controversy, and was described as the "face of the tapes
scandal"Barkha Dutt's Sunday talk show has won the most
awards out of any show on Indian television, winning the Indian
Television Academy award for Best Talk Show five years in a
row. In 2012, the Association for International
Broadcasting awarded Barkha Dutt the title of "TV Personality of
the year" with the following citation: "a reporter of considerable
stretch and depth, still passionate and fearless in bringing the
issues closer to her viewers." Dutt was the recipient of the C H
Mohammed Koya National Journalism Award in 2009. In 2008,
Dutt received the Indian News Broadcasting Award for the Most
Intelligent News Show Host.[17] Dutt received the Commonwealth
Broadcasting Association award for Journalist of the Year,
2007. She was awarded "Best TV News Anchor (English) for her
programme "We the people" at the first Indian News Television

Awards in 2007.

In 2008, the Indian government awarded Barkha Dutt the Padma Shri,

a civilian honor, for her coverage of the 2004 Tsunami.She has twice
been named on the list of 100 "Global Leaders of Tomorrow" compiled
by the World Economic Forum (2001, 2008).In 2005, she was among
50 Indians who were 35 or younger and listed for their achievements
and impact on society.In 2010 she was appointed as a member of
India's National Integration Council. She was named an Asia Society
Fellow in 2006 and serves on the International Advisory Council of the
Asia Society.
As a little girl Shail Mishra of Bihariganj locality in Ajmer got
fascinated on seeing trains running near her place and dreamed of
driving the locomotive some day. She now drives metro train in New
Delhi at
120 km per hour and feels honored to be the first woman loco pilot
from the state and Delhi.