Reshma Nilofer Visalakshi | |
Birth Date: | 4 February 1989 |
Birth Place: | Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
Education: | AMET, Kanathur |
Alma Mater: | Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi |
Occupation: | maritime pilot |
Known For: | India's first woman marine pilot and one among an elite few women River Pilots in the World |
Reshma Nilofer Visalakshi is an Indian maritime pilot who currently involves in steering ships from sea to Kolkata & Haldia port.[1] She became the first Indian as well as one among world's very few female marine pilots after qualifying as a river pilot in 2018.[2] She received Nari Shakti Puraskar Award in 2019 from the current Indian President Ram Nath Kovind.[3]
She joined the Kolkata Port Trust in 2011 as a trainee and became Hooghly River pilot in 2018.[4] She holds a B.E in Marine Technology from Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi.[5]