Reshma Nilofer Naha

Reshma Nilofer Naha is an Indian 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 qualifying 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
Born	4 February 1989 Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Education	AMET, Kanathur
Alma mater	Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi
Occupation	maritime pilot
Known for	India'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]

See also

• Abhinandan Varthaman

References

1. Gupta, Jayanta (5 April 2018). "First woman river pilot to start guiding ships soon | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
2. "Meet Chennai's Reshma Nilofer Naha, the World's 1st Woman River Pilot!". The Better India. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
3. Gupta, Jayanta (12 March 2019). "India's only woman river pilot bags President award | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
4. "Woman conquers river and gender hurdle". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
5. Bisht, Bhawana (5 April 2018). "Meet Reshma Nilofar Naha Soon to be World's First Woman River Pilot". SheThePeople TV. Retrieved 28 August 2019.