Seema Rao
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Seema Rao is popularly known as “Wonder Woman of India” amongst the Indian media.[1][2][3][4][5][6] She is India's first female special forces trainer,[7][8] having trained Special Forces of India for over two decades without compensation. She is an expert in close quarter battle (CQB)[9] — the art of fighting in tight proximity — and is involved in training various Indian forces.[10] She works in partnership with Major Deepak Rao, her husband.[11][12]
Biography
Born to an Indian freedom fighter, Professor Ramakant Sinari, Rao has an MBA in crisis management.[citation needed] She was a Mrs India World beauty pageant finalist.[13]
Rao earned her Para Wings by skydiving in the Indian Air Force course. She is a combat shooting instructor, an Army mountaineering institute HMI medalist, and an 8th degree Blackbelt in military martial arts.[14] She is one of a handful of instructors authorised to teach Jeet Kune Do.[15] She co-invented a new method of shooting, called The Rao System of Reflex Fire, for close quarters combat, along with her husband Deepak Rao.[16] Together, the Raos are recipients of three Army Chief citations for over two decades of contribution to training 15,000 soldiers.[17]
Rao has co-authored two books—"Encyclopedia of Close Combat Ops" and "A Comprehensive Analysis of World Terrorism". She has also written a book "Handbook of World Terrorism" along with her husband.[18]
Awards and recognition
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Rao was ranked sixth in the 2019 Forbes India W-Power Trailblazer list.[19] She received Nari Shakti Puraskar from the President of India in 2019.[20]
References
- ^ "Wonder Woman: Dr Seema Rao, India's First And Only Woman Commando Trainer". femina.in. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ Pawar, Nivedita Jayaram (25 June 2017). "India's wonder woman". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ LIV, SIpping Thoughts (28 November 2019). "Dr. Seema Rao- The Wonder Woman of India -". Sipping Thoughts Liv. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ "The Maa-Beti Wonder Women: Seema and Komal Rao - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ Says, Theskywalker (29 October 2017). "Interview with 'Wonder Woman' Dr. Seema Rao: "I hold honour and duty above material gains"". Star of Mysore. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ "Meet Seema Rao, India's first woman Commando trainer". The Indian Express. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ "Women Power: Dr. Seema Rao's Iron Will". jagran.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "IWD Special Interview of Dr. Seema Rao". bhaskar.com. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ "Dr Seema Rao Commando Trainer". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ "Training the Indian Forces". BBC News हिंदी. BBC. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ "Indian Super Woman Dr. Seema Rao". Deccan Chronicle. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ "Meet India's only woman commando trainer Dr Seema Rao". cnbctv18.com. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "Dr Seema Rao - India's only commando trainer". indiatimes. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ "Meet Seema Rao, India's Only Woman Combat Trainer". femina.in. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "Jeet Kune Do Instructor - Dr Seema Rao". LokMarg. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ "Forbes India - Dr Seema Rao: India's First Female Combat Trainer, Fighting Stereotypes". Forbes India. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ^ "Unstoppables Combat Couple". indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
- ^ "Men in uniform get a shot in the arm from combat couple | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ^ "Dr Seema Rao is No 6 in the 2019 Forbes India Woman-Power". forbesindia.com. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ "President gives Nari Shakti Puraskar, woman marine pilot, commando trainer receive loudest cheers". uniindia.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
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