This document summarizes the work and achievements of several pioneering Indian women in different fields. It discusses the challenges women historically faced in the workplace due to societal expectations and gender roles. It then profiles several influential women including Kiran Bedi, the first female Indian Police Service officer; author Jhumpa Lahiri; film director Deepa Mehta; rapper Hard Kaur; dermatologist Dr. Jamuna Pai; fashion designer Ritu Beri; and entrepreneur Kiran Majumdar-Shaw. It highlights the obstacles they overcame to find success in male-dominated industries.

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2. PROJECT
STUDY OF WOMEN
WORKING IN
DIFFERENT FIELDS
( PRESENCE OF WOMEN )
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3. INTRODUCTION
IN THIS PIECE OF WORK OUR TEAM
HAS TRIED TO FOCUS ON THE
WOMEN WHO HAVE GLORIOUSLY
AND INSPIRATIONALLY COME OUT
AS A LEGEND FROM THIS MALE
CHAUVINIST INDIAN SOCIETY
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4.  Our work includes the efforts and
achievements of some Indian women in
different fields.
 We have included the fields like
medical field ,film industry ,music
industry, fashion industry and some
others.
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5. First lets have a look to
how history perceived
a women’s work back
then.
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7.  Frequently, women employees were not
taken seriously by their bosses, colleagues,
or society.
 Having a career posed challenges for
women due to their family responsibilities.
 Women were expected to perform duties as
wife and mother, in addition to fulfilling
their professional responsibilities.
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8. Some women experienced feelings
of guilt or selfishness if they put
their career interests first .
Because women’s work and family
demands were simultaneous, these
demands had a significant impact
on women’s careers.
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9. Changed significantly throughout time
Historically,
Societybelievedawoman’splacewas
 In her home.
 Caring for her husband and children, as
opposed to the workplace.
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10.  Women commonly assisted their husbands
with maintaining the family or acted as a
business partner, although they often
received no pay.
 If they were paid for their work, women
earned less than their male counterparts
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11. EVENTUALLY
• Women began extending their work outside
the home in the form of domestic and other
jobs such as clerical workers.
• The integration of women into the workforce
was a slow process and was often viewed
unfavorably by society
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13. FACTORS INFLUENCING WOMEN’S
CAREER ASPIRATIONS
INFLUENCED BY FACTORS
 Gender
 Socioeconomic status
 Race
 Parents’ occupation and education level
 Parental expectations
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14. RESEARCHERS EXAMINE SUCH
FACTORS TO DETERMINE THEIR
ROLE IN CAREER BEHAVIOR AND
HOW THEY AFFECT INDIVIDUALS’
CAREER DECISIONS.
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15. IN RECENT YEARS
There has been an increasedawareness of the impact of
socioeconomic status, race, gender, and on the career decision-
making process and career development
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16.  Woman’s educational level has also been a
strong predictor of the number of years she will
be employed.
 Women are extending their participation in the
workforce.
 Women themselves have tended to associate a
postsecondary degree with success and
increased salary, thus perceiving a greater
payoff to pursuing postsecondary education
than men.
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17. Women’s career
aspirations have
evolved steadily
during the
twentieth twenty
first century,
resulting in their
increased
workforce
participation rates
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18. WE’LL BE FOCUSING ON FOLLOWING :
 KIRAN BEDI
 JHUMPALAHIRI
 DEEPAMEHTA
 HARDKAUR
 DR. JAMUNAPAI
 RITUBERI
 KIRANMAZUMDARSHAW
 LASTBUTNOTTHELEAST!
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19. FORMER IPS OFFICER AND SOCIAL ACTIVIST
She is known for being the first woman to
join the Indian Police Service(IPS)
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20. EARLY LIFE OF KIRAN BEDI-
 Born on 9june 1949 inAmritsar ,Punjab.
Amritsar where she joined the National
Cadit Corps (NCC).
Kiran Bedi had a strong passion for
tennis that she inherited from her father
,who himself was a talented tennis player.
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21. CAREER OF KIRAN BEDI
- Lecturer in Political Science
at Khalsa College for Women Amritsar(1972)
- In july 1972 ,
Kiran bedi joined the INDIAN POLICE
SERVICE
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22. She became the first
woman in uniform to lead
the all male contingent of
the Delhi Police
at the Republic Day
Parade 1975.
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24. KIRAN BEDI AS A SOCIAL
REFORMER-
Kiran Bedi founded two NGOs in
India namely
NAVJYOTI for welfare and
preventive policing in
1987
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25. •After retirement Kiran Bedi launched a
new website
www.safeindia.com on jaunary 3,2007
3,2007.
•She also took mass
awareness programme against domestic
violence through
a TV serial named ‘App ki Kachheria”
telecasted on Star Plus
in 2009-2010.
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27. Kiran Bedi is one of the prominent
members of the India
Against Corruption (IAC) along with
Anna Hazare and
Arvind Kejriwal.
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28. AWARDS OF KIRAN BEDI
1-She was honoured by the Jawalal Nehru
Fellowship.
2-Kiran was awarded by honoary degree of
doctor of law in may 2005.
3-Joseph Beuys Award(1997 ).
4-President’sGallantry Award(1979).
5-Women of Year Award(1980).
6-Asia Region Award for Drug Prevention and
control(1991).
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30. JHUMPA LAHIRI
INDIAN
AMERICAN AUTHOR
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 Her debut short story
collection, Interpreter of Maladies, was
finally released in 1999.
 The stories address sensitive dilemmas in
the lives of Indians or Indian immigrants,
with themes such as marital difficulties,
miscarriages, and the disconnection
between first and second generation
United States immigrants.
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33. LAHIRI LATERWROTE, “…”
"When I first started writing I was
not conscious that my subject was
the Indian-American experience.
What drew me to my craft was the
desire to force the two worlds I
occupied to mingle on the page as I
was not brave enough, or mature
enough, to allow in life”.
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34. LITERARY FOCUS
Lahiri examines
her characters'
struggles,
anxieties, and
biases to
chronicle the
nuances and
details of
immigrant
psychology and
behavior.
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35.  1999 – O. Henry Award for short story
"Interpreter of Maladies"
 1999 – PEN/Hemingway Award (Best
Fiction Debut of the Year) for
"Interpreter of Maladies"
 2000 – The New Yorker's Best Debut of
the Year for "Interpreter of Maladies"
 2000 – Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her
debut "Interpreter of Maladies"
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36. DEEPA MEHTA
Indo-Canadian film director,
producer and screenwriter
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37. MOVIES BY HER :
 The Republic of Love (2003)
 Water (2005)
 Heaven on Earth (2008)
 Midnight's Children (2012)
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38. AWARDS
Genie Award for Best Original
Screenplay
Doctor of Laws, University of
Victoria (2009)
Governor General's Performing Arts
Awards for Lifetime Artistic
Achievement (2012)
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40. Taran Kaur Dhillon , known by her stage name as Hard Kaur, is
a British Indian rapper and hip hop singer; as well as a playback
singer and an actress in Bollywood.
 Hard Kaur was born Taran Kaur Dhillon in Kanpur, Uttar
Pradesh, where her mother ran a small beauty parlour in the
house. When she was young, she lost her father and her mother's
beauty parlour was burnt a few days after her father's death.
In 1991 her mother remarried a British citizen and her family
moved to Birmingham, England, where her mother started
working and studying to eventually open a beauty salon.
Meanwhile Hard Kaur did her schooling. After developing
interest in hip-hop she started her music career as a rapper.
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41. She recorded the song "Ek Glassy" and was top for the
UK then in 2007.
She rapped for Sriram Raghavan's movie Johnny
Gaddaar's song "Paisa Phek (Move Your Body)."
Kaur performed at Live Earth India, 2008.
Her first solo album Supawoman was released in 2007.
In 2008 Hard Kaur was nominated for two awards at
the UK Asian Music Awards: "Best Urban Act" and "Best
Female Act". She won "Best Female Act".
In October 2012, Hard Kaur released her second music
album titled Party Loud All Year: P.L.A.Y.

42. DR. JAMUNA PAI
“Pioneer of
Cosmetology”
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43.  A medical graduate
 Switched to cosmetic medicine in 1994
 Opened first cosmetic clinic(*Blush Clinic) in
mumbai
 Started providing best skin and beauty treatments
 Added anti ageing treatment with the introduction
of Botox,Juvederm,Restylane and Voluma
 Expanded the clinics from mumbai to pune and
finally now to delhi
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44. BLUSH CLINIC
•Erbium-Yag
Laser for skin
resurfacing
•Wonder drug
Botox, for erasing
facial lines &
wrinkles
•Juvedérm dermal
filler to fight
signs of ageing
•The Oxygen
Cellular
Rejuvenation
treatment delivers
pure oxygen to
the face to
combat dust and
pollution
•Many other better
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45. RITU BERI
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46.  Ritu Beri is a New Delhi based International fashion
designer.
 Ritu Beri did her schooling from Army Public School,
Dhaula Kuan in New Delhi .Ritu Beri graduated from Lady
Shri Ram College in Economics honours after which she
joined NIFT. Her final collection titled LAVANYA became
one of the highlights.
 Beri launched her label in India in 1990.
 She wrote the Most Expensive Indian Book, Firefly - A
Fairytale. The book is priced at Rs 1 lakh and is published
by Ritu Beri herself. The book deals with topics like
architecture, history, women and their beauty.
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48. KIRAN MAJUMDAR
KIRAN
MAZUMDAR-
SHAW IS AN
INDIAN
ENTREPRENEUR
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51. AWARDS
 She was ranked 80 on
the worlds-100-most-
powerful-women-2012
according to Forbes
Magazine.
 'Technology Pioneer'
recognition by World
Economic Forum
 The Economic Times
'Businesswoman of the
Year' (2004)
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52. LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST!
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53. MOTHER (
MAA )
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54. THANK YOU !
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