Meet India’s first female tribal pilot

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Meet India’s first female tribal pilot Bhubaneswar If you are passionate about your dreams, the sky is not a limit. Something similar happened for Anupriya Madhumita Lakra. The 27-year-old from Maoist-affected district of Malkangiri in Odisha has become the first female pilot from the tribal community. It’s a big feat keeping in mind the limitations the area faces. She will join Indigo Airlines as a co-pilot sometime later this month. The brilliant student always wanted to become a pilot and to pursue this dream she left engineering college and took admission at the Government Aviation Training Institute (GATI), Bhubaneswar. It wasn’t an easy ride as she comes from a humble background. Her father is a police constable, so they had to take a loan for her education. Today, the hard work has borne fruit with even the chief minister of the state Neveen Patnaik congratulating the youngster.

If you are passionate about your dreams, the sky is not a limit. Something similar happened for Anupriya Madhumita Lakra. 

The 27-year-old from Maoist-affected district of Malkangiri in Odisha has become the first female pilot from the tribal community. It’s a big feat keeping in mind the limitations the area faces. 

She will join Indigo Airlines as a co-pilot sometime later this month. 

The brilliant student always wanted to become a pilot and to pursue this dream she left engineering college and took admission at the Government Aviation Training Institute (GATI), Bhubaneswar. It wasn’t an easy ride as she comes from a humble background. Her father is a police constable, so they had to take a loan for her education. Today, the hard work has borne fruit with even the chief minister of the state Neveen Patnaik congratulating the youngster. 


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