Hardeep Singh Puri Shares Photo of Monti Rajkhowa & Others As He Lauds Women's Contribution

New Delhi: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday lauded women's role in India's upliftment as he shared a photo with two young women production engineers at ONGC and said that they are the ones proving their mettle in a hitherto 'male bastion'.

In the picture, one of the two women is Monti Rajkhowa, who hails from Assam, and has made the state and country proud by becoming the first Assamese to scale Mount Kanchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world.

''The glass ceiling is history!

Met two young women production engineers during my offshore visit.

Monti Rajkhowa - has conquered Kangchenjunga & almost reached the summit of Mt Everest & Mitali Dabhi another professional proving her mettle in a hitherto 'male bastion', Puri tweeted.

Monti, who is professionally an executive engineer of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation based in Mumbai, is the first lady ONGC officer among her male counterparts to have managed to scale the world's toughest peak.

She was born and brought up in Meghalaya and opened her path to adventurous trekking amid the slopes and valleys of the hilly state.

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