Reshma Nilofer Naha
Indian aviator
Intro | Indian aviator | |
Places | India | |
is | Aviator Pilot Aircraft pilot | |
Work field | Military | |
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Birth | February 1989, Chennai, India | |
Age | 35 years |
Reshma Nilofer Naha is an Indian female maritime pilot who currently involves in steering ships from sea to Kolkata & Haldia port. She became the first Indian as well as one among world's very few female marine pilots after being qualified as a river pilot in 2018. She received Nari Shakti Puraskar Award in 2019 from the current Indian President Ram Nath Kovind.
She joined the Kolkata Port Trust in 2011 as a trainee and became Hooghly River pilot in 2018. She holds a B.E in Marine Technology from Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi.