Reshma Nilofer Naha

Reshma Nilofer Naha is an Indian female maritime pilot who currently involves in steering ships from sea to Kolkata & Haldia port.[1] She became the first Indian as well as one among world's very few female marine pilots after being qualified as a river pilot in 2018.[2] She received Nari Shakti Puraskar Award in 2019 from the current Indian President Ram Nath Kovind.[3]

Reshma Nilofer Naha
Born04 Feb 1989
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
EducationAMET, Kanathur
Alma materBirla Institute of Technology, Ranchi
Occupationmaritime pilot
Known forIndia's first woman marine pilot and one among an elite few women River Pilots in the World

She joined the Kolkata Port Trust in 2011 as a trainee and became Hooghly River pilot in 2018.[4] She holds a B.E in Marine Technology from Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi.[5]

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References
  1. Apr 5, Jayanta Gupta | TNN | Updated; 2018; Ist, 6:42. "First woman river pilot to start guiding ships soon | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-08-28.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. "Meet Chennai's Reshma Nilofer Naha, the World's 1st Woman River Pilot!". The Better India. 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
  3. Mar 12, Jayanta Gupta | TNN | Updated; 2019; Ist, 6:59. "India's only woman river pilot bags President award | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-08-28.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. "Woman conquers river and gender hurdle". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
  5. Bisht, Bhawana (2018-04-05). "Meet Reshma Nilofar Naha Soon to be World's First Woman River Pilot". SheThePeople TV. Retrieved 2019-08-28.

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