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Indian Army’s First Woman ADC to General Officer Commanding-in-Chief . June 2013 .

Lieutenant Ganeve Lalji , a young officer is set to create history by becoming the first to be appointed as a key aide, the first woman Aide-de-Camps (ADC) to the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief.

Lieutenant Lalji will be the ADC to Lt. General Rajan Bakshi, taking over the Central Army Command at Lucknow, from Lt. General Anil Chait on July 01st, 2013.

Lieutenant Lalji, a young military intelligence officer commissioned in September 2011 from the Officers’ Training Academy, St.Thomas Mount in Chennai. She is also a keen adventure enthusiast and has undergone mountaineering and skiing courses at Western Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Manali.

She is a third-generation Army Officer after her father and grandfather.

The first Indian to participate in the ‘ Lamborghini Super Trofeo ‘ International motor racing series . May 2013 .

Amir Beg, an Indian racing enthusiast is all-set to make his debut, as the first Indian to participate in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo series, Season II. The series also marks India’s debut in the championship.

The Lamborghini race is considered to be the fastest one-design series in the world (where all the vehicles are of the same make and same specifications). The participating race cars in the series are Lamborghini Gallardo 570-4 Super Trofeo. Interestingly this event also coincides with the 50 year celebration of the Italian mega brand Lamborghini. The legendary car manufacturer has decided to support Amir Beg.

Born in hyderabad, on May 01st, 1981  Amir Beg did his schooling at a boarding school in Bangalore. He then headed off to the University of Western Ontario in Canada for higher studies.

India’s first-ever all-women paramilitary commando squad of the CRPF . June 2013 .

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) introduced its first dedicated 30-member all-woman commando team on Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 breaching yet another male bastion.

The highly trained and motivated women commando team are adept at sharp shooting and unarmed combat.The para-military women commando team includes two officers.

The team been trained in all aspects and possible situations like hostage crisis, rescuing citizens and endangered in terrorist attacks, providing proximate security to visiting female dignitaries, counter terrorist operations involving high-risk sitations, resoving situations involving vital installations, involving high-risk suicidal attacks and providing additional security at special events etc.

“They are the most manifest form of women’s empowerment and have been able to present an example before the country with their courage, dedication and loyalty” CRPF Director General Pranay Sahay said.

The CRPF is the largest of India’s Central Armed Police Forces. It functions under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHI), Government of India.

Women in  CRPF: The CRPF has 3 battalions staffed entirely by women. The 1st batallion no.88 in 1986 with its headquarters in New Delhi. The 2nd battalion no.135 in 1996 at Gandhinagar, Gujarat and the 3rd battalion no.213 located at Ajmer, Rajasthan.

India’s first venture capital Dalit fund . June 2013 .

India’s first SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) registered social impact fund the “DICCI-SME Fund”(Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry – DICCI) was launched by the Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, in the ballroom at the  Taj Mahal Hotel, in the country’s financial capital, Mumbai on June 06th(Thursday, 2013.

The VC fund is initiated by the DICCI and aims to raise Rupees 500 crores over ten years. SIDBI’s (Small Industries Development Bank) Chairman and Managing Director Sushil Munhot handed over a commitment letter to Milind Kamble – Chairman of DICCI, contributing 10 crore to the 100 crore corpus of the DICCI-SME Fund.

The Union Finance Minister, P Chidambaram said “the first Dalit Fund will go a long way in creating social equity”.

India’s first and only woman ‘Chief Election Commissioner of India'(CEC) . 1990 .

V. S. Rama Devi was India’s first and only woman Chief Election Commissioner till date (ie. April 18, 2013) for a brief periond November 26, 1990 to December 11, 1990. She was succeeded by T. N. Seshan.

She did her M.A and then obtained her LLM. Subsequently enrolled as an Advocate in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh. Then joined the Central Government Service as an officer belonging to the Group A service.

V.S. Rama Devi held several important assignments in her career. She was Governor of Himachal Pradesh (July 26, 1997 to December 01, 1999). Next she served as the First Woman Governor of Karnataka (December 02, 1999 to August 02, 2002).

Other key assignments of the talented Telugu bureaucrat were Honorary Advisor to the National Commission for Women(NCW), Member, Secretary – National Law Commission and Secretary General, Rajya Sabha (July 01, 1993 to July 25, 1997).

Rama Devi co-authored the book ‘Rajya Sabha at Work’.

V. S. Rama Devi was born in Chebrolu of West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. Born January 15, 1934 – Tuesday , April 17, 2013 – age 79 years, Bangalore.

India’s first arbitration centre . November 2009 .

India’s first arbitration centre – Delhi International Arbitration Centre (DAC)was launched in the capital on Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 by Hon’ble Justice K G Balakrishnan, Chief Justice of India in Delhi High Court.

The Centre will work under the aegis of the Delhi High Court and operate from within its premises. Its objective and goal was the speedy disposal of cases.

 

India’s first and World’s first ‘ Indian Art Hotel ‘. 2010 .

‘Le Sutra’, Mumbai.  The 16-rooms boutique hotel is the first hotel in the world with the theme as ‘Indian Art’ where the rooms are inspired by Indian culture making it the First Indian Art Hotel.

“Sutra” means rope or thread that holds things to-gether in Sanskrit. It is  inspired by Indian mythos based on ‘character’ (Ravana, Ashoka, Buddha) or ‘characteristics’ (Sensuality, Love, Purifiction). The 3-level hotel represents the ‘Gunas’ which sum up the worldview in Indian philosophy. The 3 Gunas being: Tamas, Rajas and Sattva.

The erstwile Pali Hills Hotel in Mumbai’s hip suburb of Bandra, has completely reinvented itself and resulted in the stunning ‘Le Sutra’.

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