Aakhiz khursheed, a Medical student from downtown Kashmir. She has completed her 10+2 from Kothibagh Srinagar in 2018. After that she had applied for entrance exams where, in few she got selected and at the same time got rejected too. Her selection in entrance exams …
Achievers
Nurturing the Dream of becoming a part of the Women’s Cricket Team
Rasool, of Baramulla in Kashmir, is a young cricketer who is nurturing the dream of becoming a part of the women’s cricket team. She idolises Jhulan Goswami and believes in the mantra of working relentlessly to achieve one’s goals. Her inclination towards cricket during her …
Kashmir’s First Female Football Coach
Nighat is Kashmir’s first female football coach. The football aficionado was born and brought up in a middle-class Muslim family from Rambagh, a locality two kilometres away from of the Srinagar city. She explained how all girl students in her locality had almost no interest …
First Woman to participate in the Gulmarg Snow Car Rally
A trained medical officer and a motor sport enthusiast, Dr. Mushtaq says, “I have got a platform and will give it my best shot. Winning and losing is not important but participating is.” For her efforts and inspiring story, she has been nicknamed, ‘The Lady with …
World Kickboxing Champion from Kashmir
This little Kashmiri girl is the youngest of the Kashmiri women achievers listed in this article. She has represented India and won the much coveted World Kickboxing Championship that was organised in Italy in the year 2016, all at the young age of seven, when most kids her age …
The Only Peace Psychologist active in the Valley
Ufra Mir is the first and the only Peace Psychologist active in the Valley, who is working in the direction of providing help to the women victims of the Kashmir conflict. For the most part, people look at tragedies and initiate mitigation efforts for the physical …
First Kashmiri Woman to have earned the License to fly Commercial Planes
A local of Sumbal Sonawari, Capt. Sami Ara Surury, who earned her CPL (Commercial Pilot License) in the year 1994, is the first Kashmiri woman to have earned the license to fly commercial planes. Capt. Ara had to fight her way to where she is today, …
First International Wheelchair Basketball Player From Kashmir
Ishrat Akther from Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir is a multi-faceted personality. She is an international wheelchair basketball player, a motivational speaker, Kashmir’s young leader and an achiever’s award-winner. Indeed, six years back, Ishrat’s life had no meaning — but an incident changed it all. …
Kashmiri Taekwondo Athlete Looking To Represent India At Olympics
Indian taekwondo player Afreen Hyder is one of the athletes from Jammu & Kashmir who are breaking down the barriers and creating a name for themselves on the national and international stage. Hyder was born and raised in Jammu and Kashmir. She went to Delhi Public …