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'''Seema Rao''' is popularly known as “Wonder Woman of India” in the Indian media.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wonder Woman: Dr Seema Rao, India’s First And Only Woman Commando Trainer |url=https://www.femina.in/trending/achievers/wonder-woman-dr-seema-rao-indias-first-and-only-woman-commando-trainer-203280.html |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=femina.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pawar |first=Nivedita Jayaram |date=2017-06-25 |title=India’s wonder woman |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sunday-chronicle/headliners/250617/indias-wonder-woman.html |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=LIV |first=SIpping Thoughts |date=2019-11-28 |title=Dr. Seema Rao- The Wonder Woman of India - |url=https://sippingthoughtsliv.com/dr-seema-rao-the-wonder-woman-of-india/ |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Sipping Thoughts Liv |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Maa-Beti Wonder Women: Seema and Komal Rao - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/the-maa-beti-wonder-women-seema-and-komal-rao/articleshow/63218848.cms |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Says |first=Theskywalker |date=2017-10-29 |title=Interview with ‘Wonder Woman’ Dr. Seema Rao: "I hold honour and duty above material gains" |url=https://starofmysore.com/interview-wonder-woman-dr-seema-rao-hold-honour-duty-material-gains/ |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Star of Mysore |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-16 |title=Meet Seema Rao, India’s first woman Commando trainer |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/meet-seema-rao-indias-first-woman-commando-trainer-5308975/ |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> She is India's first female special forces trainer,<ref name="Women Power: Dr. Seema Rao's Iron Will">{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/news/national-india-first-women-commando-trainer-dr-seema-rao-still-stealthy-intentions-jagran-special-19039556.html|title=Women Power: Dr. Seema Rao's Iron Will| access-date=2019-03-14|publisher=jagran.com}}</ref><ref name="IWD Special Interview of Dr. Seema Rao">{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/national/news/international-womens-day-special-interview-of-dr-seema-rao-01496877.html|title=IWD Special Interview of Dr. Seema Rao|date=7 March 2019| access-date=2019-03-08|publisher=bhaskar.com}}</ref> having trained [[Special Forces of India]] for over two decades without compensation. She is an expert in [[Close combat|close quarter battle]] (CQB)<ref name="Seema Rao - CQB Specialist">{{cite web|url=http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/womens-day-special-meet-dr-seema-rao-indias-first-woman-commando-trainer/articleshow/57532488.cms |title=Dr Seema Rao Commando Trainer | access-date=2017-06-25|publisher=indiatimes.com}}</ref> —  the art of fighting in tight proximity — and is involved in training various Indian forces.<ref name="Seema Rao - Forces Trainer">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-38725388 |title= Training the Indian Forces |newspaper= BBC News हिंदी |date= 25 January 2017 | access-date=2017-06-25|publisher=BBC}}</ref> She works in partnership with Major [[Deepak Rao]], her husband.<ref name="Deccan Chronicle">{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/sunday-chronicle/headliners/210816/desi-super-woman.html|title=Indian Super Woman Dr. Seema Rao |date=20 August 2016 | access-date=2016-08-21|publisher=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet India's only woman commando trainer Dr Seema Rao|url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/buzz/meet-indias-only-woman-commando-trainer-dr-seema-rao-3692201.htm|access-date=2020-10-30|website=cnbctv18.com|date=14 June 2019|language=en-US}}</ref>
'''Seema Rao''' is popularly known as “Wonder Woman of India” amongst the Indian media.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wonder Woman: Dr Seema Rao, India's First And Only Woman Commando Trainer |url=https://www.femina.in/trending/achievers/wonder-woman-dr-seema-rao-indias-first-and-only-woman-commando-trainer-203280.html |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=femina.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pawar |first=Nivedita Jayaram |date=2017-06-25 |title=India's wonder woman |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sunday-chronicle/headliners/250617/indias-wonder-woman.html |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=LIV |first=SIpping Thoughts |date=2019-11-28 |title=Dr. Seema Rao- The Wonder Woman of India - |url=https://sippingthoughtsliv.com/dr-seema-rao-the-wonder-woman-of-india/ |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Sipping Thoughts Liv |language=en-GB }}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Maa-Beti Wonder Women: Seema and Komal Rao - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/the-maa-beti-wonder-women-seema-and-komal-rao/articleshow/63218848.cms |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Says |first=Theskywalker |date=2017-10-29 |title=Interview with 'Wonder Woman' Dr. Seema Rao: "I hold honour and duty above material gains" |url=https://starofmysore.com/interview-wonder-woman-dr-seema-rao-hold-honour-duty-material-gains/ |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Star of Mysore |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-16 |title=Meet Seema Rao, India's first woman Commando trainer |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/meet-seema-rao-indias-first-woman-commando-trainer-5308975/ |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> She is India's first female special forces trainer,<ref name="Women Power: Dr. Seema Rao's Iron Will">{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/news/national-india-first-women-commando-trainer-dr-seema-rao-still-stealthy-intentions-jagran-special-19039556.html|title=Women Power: Dr. Seema Rao's Iron Will| access-date=2019-03-14|publisher=jagran.com}}</ref><ref name="IWD Special Interview of Dr. Seema Rao">{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/national/news/international-womens-day-special-interview-of-dr-seema-rao-01496877.html|title=IWD Special Interview of Dr. Seema Rao|date=7 March 2019| access-date=2019-03-08|publisher=bhaskar.com}}</ref> having trained [[Special Forces of India]] for over two decades without compensation. She is an expert in [[Close combat|close quarter battle]] (CQB)<ref name="Seema Rao - CQB Specialist">{{cite web|url=http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/womens-day-special-meet-dr-seema-rao-indias-first-woman-commando-trainer/articleshow/57532488.cms |title=Dr Seema Rao Commando Trainer | access-date=2017-06-25|publisher=indiatimes.com}}</ref> —  the art of fighting in tight proximity — and is involved in training various Indian forces.<ref name="Seema Rao - Forces Trainer">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-38725388 |title= Training the Indian Forces |newspaper= BBC News हिंदी |date= 25 January 2017 | access-date=2017-06-25|publisher=BBC}}</ref> She works in partnership with Major [[Deepak Rao]], her husband.<ref name="Deccan Chronicle">{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sunday-chronicle/headliners/210816/desi-super-woman.html|title=Indian Super Woman Dr. Seema Rao |date=20 August 2016 | access-date=2016-08-21|publisher=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet India's only woman commando trainer Dr Seema Rao|url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/buzz/meet-indias-only-woman-commando-trainer-dr-seema-rao-3692201.htm|access-date=2020-10-30|website=cnbctv18.com|date=14 June 2019|language=en-US}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==


Born to an Indian freedom fighter, Professor Ramakant Sinari, Rao has an MBA in crisis management.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} She was a Mrs India World beauty pageant finalist.<ref name="Dr Seema Rao - India's only commando trainer">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatimes.com/culture/who-we-are/meet-seema-rao-india-s-only-female-commando-trainer-who-s-also-a-firefighter-a-filmmaker-258725.html |title=Dr Seema Rao - India's only commando trainer | access-date=2016-07-11|publisher=indiatimes}}</ref>
Born to an Indian freedom fighter, Professor Ramakant Sinari, Rao has an MBA in crisis management.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} She was a Mrs India World beauty pageant finalist.<ref name="Dr Seema Rao - India's only commando trainer">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatimes.com/culture/who-we-are/meet-seema-rao-india-s-only-female-commando-trainer-who-s-also-a-firefighter-a-filmmaker-258725.html |title=Dr Seema Rao - India's only commando trainer | access-date=2016-07-11|publisher=indiatimes}}</ref> Seema has also studied Immunology at Harvard Medical School and has an MBA from Westminster Business School.<ref name=":1" />


Rao earned her Para Wings by skydiving in the [[Indian Air Force]] course. She is a combat shooting instructor, an Army mountaineering institute HMI medalist, and an [[Black belt (martial arts)|8th degree Blackbelt]] in military martial arts.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet Seema Rao, India's Only Woman Combat Trainer|url=https://www.femina.in/trending/achievers/meet-seema-rao-indias-only-woman-combat-trainer-162270.html|access-date=2020-10-30|website=femina.in|language=en}}</ref> She is one of a handful of instructors authorised to teach [[Jeet Kune Do]].<ref name="Seema Rao - Sr JKD Instructor">{{cite web|url=http://lokmarg.com/dr-seema-rao-the-indian-superwoman-who-has-mastered-jeet-kune-do-2/ |title= Jeet Kune Do Instructor - Dr Seema Rao |date= 19 December 2016 | access-date=2017-06-25|publisher=LokMarg}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Forbes India - Dr Seema Rao: India's First Female Combat Trainer, Fighting Stereotypes|url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/2019-wpower-trailblazers/dr-seema-rao-indias-first-female-combat-trainer-fighting-stereotypes/52713/1|access-date=2021-12-26|website=Forbes India|language=en}}</ref> Together, the Raos are recipients of three Army Chief citations for over two decades of contribution to training 15,000 soldiers.<ref name="Eyecatchers Combat Couple">{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/the-unstoppables/1/108749.html |title=Unstoppables Combat Couple | access-date=2009-10-04|publisher=indiatoday.intoday.in}}</ref>
Rao earned her Para Wings by skydiving in the [[Indian Air Force]] course.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-03-23 |title=Drivers of Change: Seema Rao |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/auto/interview/story/drivers-of-change-seema-rao-2518591-2024-03-23 |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> She is a combat shooting instructor, an Army mountaineering institute HMI medalist,<ref name=":0" /> and an [[Black belt (martial arts)|8th degree Blackbelt]] in military martial arts.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet Seema Rao, India's Only Woman Combat Trainer|url=https://www.femina.in/trending/achievers/meet-seema-rao-indias-only-woman-combat-trainer-162270.html|access-date=2020-10-30|website=femina.in|language=en}}</ref> She is one of a handful of instructors authorised to teach [[Jeet Kune Do]].<ref name="Seema Rao - Sr JKD Instructor">{{cite web|url=http://lokmarg.com/dr-seema-rao-the-indian-superwoman-who-has-mastered-jeet-kune-do-2/ |title= Jeet Kune Do Instructor - Dr Seema Rao |date= 19 December 2016 | access-date=2017-06-25|publisher=LokMarg}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Forbes India - Dr Seema Rao: India's First Female Combat Trainer, Fighting Stereotypes|url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/2019-wpower-trailblazers/dr-seema-rao-indias-first-female-combat-trainer-fighting-stereotypes/52713/1|access-date=2021-12-26|website=Forbes India|language=en}}</ref> Together, the Raos are recipients of three Army Chief citations for over two decades of contribution to training 15,000 soldiers.<ref name="Eyecatchers Combat Couple">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/supplement/story/20100823-the-unstoppables-743780-2010-08-12 |title=Unstoppables Combat Couple | access-date=2009-10-04|publisher=indiatoday.intoday.in}}</ref>
 
Rao has co-authored two books—"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.<ref>{{Cite web|agency=TNN|date=May 19, 2020|title=Men in uniform get a shot in the arm from combat couple {{!}} Mumbai News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/men-in-uniform-get-a-shot-in-the-arm-from-combat-couple/articleshow/5060789.cms|access-date=2021-12-26|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>


== Awards and recognition ==
== Awards and recognition ==
[[File:President of India awarding Nari Shakti Puraskar.jpg|thumb|President of India [[Ram Nath Kovind]] (right) awarding Nari Shakti Puraskar to Seema Rao (left) on International Women's Day, 2019]]
[[File:President of India awarding Nari Shakti Puraskar.jpg|thumb|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbesindia.com/wpower_2019.php?tblname=wpower2019&list_id=1759&pg=all|title=Dr Seema Rao is No 6 in the 2019 Forbes India Woman-Power| access-date=2019-03-01|publisher=forbesindia.com}}</ref> She received [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] from the [[President of India]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/~/president-gives-away-nari-shakti-puraskar-woman-marine-pilot-commando-trainer-receive-loudest-cheers/India/news/1522459.html|title=President gives Nari Shakti Puraskar, woman marine pilot, commando trainer receive loudest cheers| access-date=2019-03-08|publisher=uniindia.com}}</ref>
Rao was ranked sixth in the 2019 [[Forbes India]] W-Power Trailblazer list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbesindia.com/wpower_2019.php?tblname=wpower2019&list_id=1759&pg=all|title=Dr Seema Rao is No 6 in the 2019 Forbes India Woman-Power| access-date=2019-03-01|publisher=forbesindia.com}}</ref> She received [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] from the [[President of India]] in 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/~/president-gives-away-nari-shakti-puraskar-woman-marine-pilot-commando-trainer-receive-loudest-cheers/India/news/1522459.html|title=President gives Nari Shakti Puraskar, woman marine pilot, commando trainer receive loudest cheers| access-date=2019-03-08|publisher=uniindia.com}}</ref> and is a World Peace Awardee.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-14 |title=Meet India's only woman commando trainer Dr Seema Rao - CNBC TV18 |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/buzz/meet-indias-only-woman-commando-trainer-dr-seema-rao-3692201.htm |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=CNBCTV18 |language=en}}</ref> She was included in the India today 2024 She List of influential Indian women.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=MSN |url=https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/the-she-list-defence/ar-AA1lZ7xT |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=www.msn.com}}</ref>
 
== Books ==
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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 19, 2020 |title=Men in uniform get a shot in the arm from combat couple {{!}} Mumbai News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/men-in-uniform-get-a-shot-in-the-arm-from-combat-couple/articleshow/5060789.cms |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=The Times of India |language=en |agency=TNN}}</ref> Some of her books on combat training have gone to FBI and INTERPOL Libraries.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pawar |first=Nivedita Jayaram |date=2017-06-25 |title=India's wonder woman |url=https://www.asianage.com/age-on-sunday/250617/indias-wonder-woman.html |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=www.asianage.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-14 |title=Meet India's only woman commando trainer Dr Seema Rao - CNBC TV18 |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/buzz/meet-indias-only-woman-commando-trainer-dr-seema-rao-3692201.htm |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=CNBCTV18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-07-21 |title=Meet Seema Rao, India's Only Female Commando Trainer, Who's Also A Firefighter & A Filmmaker! |url=https://www.indiatimes.com/culture/who-we-are/meet-seema-rao-india-s-only-female-commando-trainer-who-s-also-a-firefighter-a-filmmaker-258725.html |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=Indiatimes |language=en-IN}}</ref>
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|Commando Manual of Unarmed Combat
|978-81-907765-9-2<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Rao |first1=Deepak |url=https://nationallibraryopac.nvli.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=389713&query_desc=kw,wrdl:%20Seema%20Rao |title=Commando: manual of unarmed combat |last2=Rao |first2=Seema |date=2010 |publisher=UCCA Publication |isbn=978-81-907765-9-2 |edition=Limited |location=Mumbai}}</ref>
|-
|Forces Handbook of World Terrorism
|978-81-907765-8-5<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Rao |first1=Seema |url=https://nationallibraryopac.nvli.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1440071&query_desc=kw,wrdl:%20Seema%20Rao |title=Forces handbook of world terrorism |last2=Rao |first2=Deepak |date=2010 |publisher=UCCA |isbn=978-81-907765-8-5 |edition= |location=Mumbai |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Sīmārāvu |url=https://inb.nvli.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=306286 |title=Forces handbook of world terrorism |last2=Rāvu |first2=Dipāk |date=2010 |publisher=UCCA Publication |isbn=978-81-907765-8-5 |location=Gurgaon(Mumbai)}}</ref>
|-
|Encyclopaedia of Close Combat Ops -  Advanced Commando Combat System
|978-81-907765-0-9<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Rao |first1=Deepak |url=https://nationallibraryopac.nvli.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1440072 |title=Encyclopedia of close combat OPS : advanced commando combat system |last2=Rao |first2=Seema |date=2010 |publisher=UCCA |isbn=978-81-907765-8-5 |edition= |location=Mumbai |language=English}}</ref>
|-
|Balidan: Essential Commando Skills for Counter Terror Ops
|978-81-938895-1-0<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rao |first=Deepak |url=https://nationallibraryopac.nvli.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1623447&query_desc=kw,wrdl:%20Deepak%20Rao |title=Balidan |date=2019 |publisher=Unarmed Commando Combat Academy |isbn=978-81-938895-1-0}}</ref>
|-
|Strike to Kill: Army Battle Combatives
|978-81-938895-0-3<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rao |first=Deepak |url=https://nationallibraryopac.nvli.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1623276 |title=Strike to kill: army battle combatives course: the ABC method of unarmed combat: a 24 period field manual of UAC |date=2018 |publisher=UCCA Publication |others=Unarmed Commando Combat Academy |isbn=978-81-938895-0-3 |location=s.l.}}</ref>
|-
|Field Book of Explosive Recognition for Anti Terror Ops
|978-81-907765-4-7<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Rao |first1=Deepak |url=https://nationallibraryopac.nvli.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1440262&query_desc=kw,wrdl:%20Seema%20Rao |title=Filed book of explosive recognition for anti terror OPS |last2=Rao |first2=Seema |date=2018 |publisher=UCCA Publication |isbn=978-81-907765-4-7 |location=Mumbai}}</ref>
|}
 


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Seema Rao
Seema Rao at Corps Battle School Northern Command Indian Army
Websitedrseemarao.com

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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 the India today 2024 She List of influential Indian women.[14]

Books[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

  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.[dead link]
  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.
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