Who became the first woman from India to serve as a Captain in the Merchant Navy?

Explanation

Radhika Menon. In 2011, Radhika Menon became India's first female Merchant Navy captain and was the first woman globally to receive the IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea (2016). While Bachendri Pal was the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest in 1984, Kalpana Chawla (1997) and Sunita Williams (2006) achieved fame as the first pioneering Indian-origin women in space exploration.