Setting a milestone, Akanksha Kumari has become India's first female mining engineer to work in underground coal mines.?An employee of Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), Akanksha is the first-ever woman to work in the underground mines in all these years of Coal India¡¯s history.
Akanksha joined CCL at its Churi underground mines in the Jharkhand¡¯s North Karanpura area. The milestone was shared by CCL's Twitter account with the caption,?¡°A graduate of BIT Sindri, Ms Kumari broke the gender barriers by joining Churi UG mine, NK Area. She became the 1st women mining engineer in the history of CIL to work in underground mines."
People praised Akanksha for her achievements and also called her a source of inspiration.?
She was also lauded by the Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi. He called it a part of a progressive government that encouraged gender equality.?
Akanksha is the second mining engineer in Coal India Limited and the first woman who is now working in the underground coal mines.?
She hails from Barkagaon in Hazaribagh and was a student of Navodaya Vidyalaya. Having grown up in a mining belt, she was interested in coal mining activities and decided to study mining engineering at BIT Sindri, Dhanbad.
Congratulations, Akanksha!