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Seema Rao
Seema Rao at Corps Battle School Northern Command Indian Army
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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

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Born to an Indian freedom fighter, Professor Ramakant Sinari, Rao has an MBA in crisis management.[citation needed] 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.[14]

Rao earned her Para Wings by skydiving in the Indian Air Force course.[15] She is a combat shooting instructor, an Army mountaineering institute HMI medalist,[15] and an 8th degree Blackbelt in military martial arts.[16] She is one of a handful of instructors authorised to teach Jeet Kune Do.[17] 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.[18] Together, the Raos are recipients of three Army Chief citations for over two decades of contribution to training 15,000 soldiers.[19]

Awards and recognition

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President of India Ram Nath Kovind (right) awarding Nari Shakti Puraskar to Seema Rao (left) on International Women's Day, 2019

Rao was ranked sixth in the 2019 Forbes India W-Power Trailblazer list.[20] She received Nari Shakti Puraskar from the President of India in 2019 [21] and is a World Peace Awardee. [22] She was included in India today 2024 She List of influential Indian women [14]

Books

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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 Combat 978-81-907765-9-2[27]
Forces Handbook of World Terrorism 978-81-907765-8-5[28][29]
Encyclopaedia of Close Combat Ops - Advanced Commando Combat System 978-81-907765-0-9[30]
Balidan: Essential Commando Skills for Counter Terror Ops 978-81-938895-1-0[31]
Strike to Kill: Army Battle Combatives 978-81-938895-0-3[32]
Field Book of Explosive Recognition for Anti Terror Ops 978-81-907765-4-7[33]


References

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


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