The Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Maneka Gandhi presented the prestigious Nari Shakti Puraskar 2017 to the members of the INSV Tarini team in New Delhi.
- INSV Tarini team is a six-member all-women team which recently circumnavigated the world.
- It was the first ever circumnavigation of the globe by an all-women Indian crew.
- The crew comprised the following members-
- Lt Commander Vartika Joshi
- Lt Commander Pratibha Jamwal
- Lt Commander Swathi Patarpalli
- Lt Aishwarya Bodapatti
- Lt SH Vijaya Devi
- Lt Payal Gupta
- Nari Shakti Puraskar was presented to acknowledge the team for their exemplary courage and team spirit.
- The Nari Shakti Puraskars were conferred to the recipients by President Ram Nath Kovind on March 8, 2018, on the occasion of International Women’s Day.
- The award could not be presented to the INSV Tarini team, as they were sailing then.
- The award basically aims to demonstrate the importance of Nari Shakti or women power on a global platform.
