Seema Rao Explained

Seema Rao

Seema Rao is popularly known as “Wonder Woman of India” amongst the Indian media.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] She is India's first female special forces trainer,[7] [8] having trained Special Forces of India for over two decades without compensation. She is an expert in close quarter battle (CQB)[9] — the art of fighting in tight proximity — and is involved in training various Indian forces.[10] She works in partnership with Major Deepak Rao, her husband.[11] [12]

Biography

Born to an Indian freedom fighter, Professor Ramakant Sinari, Rao has an MBA in crisis management. She was a Mrs India World beauty pageant finalist.[13] Seema has also studied Immunology at Harvard Medical School and has an MBA from Westminster Business School.

Rao earned her Para Wings by skydiving in the Indian Air Force course[14] . She is a combat shooting instructor, an Army mountaineering institute HMI medalist, and an 8th degree Blackbelt in military martial arts.[15] She is one of a handful of instructors authorised to teach Jeet Kune Do.[16] She co-invented a new method of shooting, called The Rao System of Reflex Fire, for close quarters combat, along with her husband Deepak Rao.[17] Together, the Raos are recipients of three Army Chief citations for over two decades of contribution to training 15,000 soldiers.[18]

Awards and recognition

Rao was ranked sixth in the 2019 Forbes India W-Power Trailblazer list.[19] She received Nari Shakti Puraskar from the President of India in 2019 [20] and is a World Peace Awardee. [21] She was included in India today 2024 She List of influential Indian women [22]

Books

Rao has co-authored several books including "Encyclopedia of Close Combat Ops" and "A Comprehensive Analysis of World Terrorism". She has also written a book "Handbook of World Terrorism" along with her husband.[23] . Some of her books on combat training have gone to FBI and INTERPOL Libraries.[24] [25] [26]

!Title!ISBN
Commando Manual of Unarmed Combat978-81-907765-9-2[27]
Forces Handbook of World Terrorism978-81-907765-8-5[28] [29]
Encyclopaedia of Close Combat Ops - Advanced Commando Combat System978-81-907765-0-9[30]
Balidan: Essential Commando Skills for Counter Terror Ops978-81-938895-1-0[31]
Strike to Kill: Army Battle Combatives978-81-938895-0-3[32]
Field Book of Explosive Recognition for Anti Terror Ops978-81-907765-4-7[33]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wonder Woman: Dr Seema Rao, India’s First And Only Woman Commando Trainer . 2022-03-16 . femina.in . en.
  2. Web site: Pawar . Nivedita Jayaram . 2017-06-25 . India’s wonder woman . 2022-03-16 . Deccan Chronicle . en.
  3. Web site: LIV . SIpping Thoughts . 2019-11-28 . Dr. Seema Rao- The Wonder Woman of India - . 2022-03-16 . Sipping Thoughts Liv . en-GB.
  4. Web site: The Maa-Beti Wonder Women: Seema and Komal Rao - Times of India . 2022-03-16 . The Times of India . en.
  5. Web site: Says . Theskywalker . 2017-10-29 . Interview with ‘Wonder Woman’ Dr. Seema Rao: "I hold honour and duty above material gains" . 2022-03-16 . Star of Mysore . en-US.
  6. Web site: 2018-08-16 . Meet Seema Rao, India’s first woman Commando trainer . 2022-03-16 . The Indian Express . en.
  7. Web site: Women Power: Dr. Seema Rao's Iron Will. 2019-03-14. jagran.com.
  8. Web site: IWD Special Interview of Dr. Seema Rao. 7 March 2019. 2019-03-08. bhaskar.com.
  9. Web site: Dr Seema Rao Commando Trainer . 2017-06-25. indiatimes.com.
  10. News: Training the Indian Forces . BBC News हिंदी . 25 January 2017 . 2017-06-25. BBC.
  11. Web site: Indian Super Woman Dr. Seema Rao . 20 August 2016 . 2016-08-21. Deccan Chronicle.
  12. Web site: Meet India's only woman commando trainer Dr Seema Rao. 2020-10-30. cnbctv18.com. 14 June 2019. en-US.
  13. Web site: Dr Seema Rao - India's only commando trainer . 2016-07-11. indiatimes.
  14. Web site: 2024-03-23 . Drivers of Change: Seema Rao . 2024-11-27 . India Today . en.
  15. Web site: Meet Seema Rao, India's Only Woman Combat Trainer. 2020-10-30. femina.in. en.
  16. Web site: Jeet Kune Do Instructor - Dr Seema Rao . 19 December 2016 . 2017-06-25. LokMarg.
  17. Web site: Forbes India - Dr Seema Rao: India's First Female Combat Trainer, Fighting Stereotypes. 2021-12-26. Forbes India. en.
  18. Web site: Unstoppables Combat Couple . 2009-10-04. indiatoday.intoday.in.
  19. Web site: Dr Seema Rao is No 6 in the 2019 Forbes India Woman-Power. 2019-03-01. forbesindia.com.
  20. Web site: President gives Nari Shakti Puraskar, woman marine pilot, commando trainer receive loudest cheers. 2019-03-08. uniindia.com.
  21. Web site: 2019-06-14 . Meet India’s only woman commando trainer Dr Seema Rao - CNBC TV18 . 2024-11-27 . CNBCTV18 . en.
  22. Web site: MSN . 2024-11-27 . www.msn.com.
  23. Web site: May 19, 2020 . Men in uniform get a shot in the arm from combat couple Mumbai News - Times of India . 2021-12-26 . The Times of India . en . TNN.
  24. Web site: Pawar . Nivedita Jayaram . 2017-06-25 . India's wonder woman . 2024-11-27 . www.asianage.com . en.
  25. Web site: 2019-06-14 . Meet India’s only woman commando trainer Dr Seema Rao - CNBC TV18 . 2024-11-27 . CNBCTV18 . en.
  26. Web site: 2016-07-21 . Meet Seema Rao, India's Only Female Commando Trainer, Who's Also A Firefighter & A Filmmaker! . 2024-11-27 . Indiatimes . en-IN.
  27. Book: Rao . Deepak . Commando: manual of unarmed combat . Rao . Seema . 2010 . UCCA Publication . 978-81-907765-9-2 . Limited . Mumbai.
  28. Book: Rao . Seema . Forces handbook of world terrorism . Rao . Deepak . 2010 . UCCA . 978-81-907765-8-5 . Mumbai . English.
  29. Book: Sīmārāvu . Forces handbook of world terrorism . Rāvu . Dipāk . 2010 . UCCA Publication . 978-81-907765-8-5 . Gurgaon(Mumbai).
  30. Book: Rao . Deepak . Encyclopedia of close combat OPS : advanced commando combat system . Rao . Seema . 2010 . UCCA . 978-81-907765-8-5 . Mumbai . English.
  31. Book: Rao, Deepak . Balidan . 2019 . Unarmed Commando Combat Academy . 978-81-938895-1-0.
  32. Book: Rao, Deepak . Strike to kill: army battle combatives course: the ABC method of unarmed combat: a 24 period field manual of UAC . 2018 . UCCA Publication . Unarmed Commando Combat Academy . 978-81-938895-0-3 . s.l..
  33. Book: Rao, Deepak . Filed book of explosive recognition for anti terror OPS . Rao . Seema . 2018 . UCCA Publication . 978-81-907765-4-7 . Mumbai.

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