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When Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the world’s first woman prime minister of what was then Ceylon in 1960, it caused international concern. How could a woman cope with such a demanding task?

Sirimavo is credited with changing perceptions of female leadership, and for implementing democratic socialist policies that helped close the gap in Sri Lanka’s economic classes.

She is credited for reforming the British colony of Ceylon into an independent state and to move away from its colonial past.

She was also the first non-hereditary female head of government in world history. Although her tenure was marked by various problems, some achievements include the creation of the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs and the implementation of socialist policies aimed at curbing inequality.

The Nightingale of India, Sarojini Naidu was a poet, a politician and an activist. She was the first Indian woman to be President of the Indian National Congress.

Shared here is the viral speech she gave while addressing the people of America during her visit there in 1928. This is semi-edited footage of what looks like an impromptu speech. No notes, no teleprompters . Her grace, articulations and confidence won many hearts .

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The 58th convocation of IIT Bombay was organized and concluded today in "a virtual reality mode" due to the safety measures during the ongoing pandemic.

Through this virtual reality based e-convocation, personalised avatars of each student were awarded their degree/medals from the personalised avatar of the Director of the institute

The students not only received their degrees in personalised avatars .They also got an opportunity to hang out in the hostels, canteen and around the campus and catch up with friends and teachers in VR simulations .

It allowed going out students a last time to stroll down the road and explore the campus 'virtually' one more time.