Famous Personalities Famous Personalities - Section 2

Janet Yellen is an American economist. She currently heads the Bard of Governors of Federal Reserve System and is the first woman to hold this post. Before this psot, she had chaired the White House Council of Economic Advisers under the reign of Bill Clinton.

Sharad Yadav was conferred with the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for the year 2012. Sharad Yadav is a politician represting Janta Dal (United). He has represented Bihar in the Rajya Sabha and has also been a member of Lok Sabha seven times in his political career.

Josyula Seetharamaiah is a famous Kuchipudi dancer from Andhra Pradesh. He os known for expertise in Abhinaya and has also been well trained in music and Bharatnatyam. In 1993, Seetharamaiah was awarded the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.

Mahadevi Varma is one of the most famous poets of Hindi. She was also a freedom fighter, woman's activist and an educationist. Her poetry reflected romanticism and the vividly describes human emotions such as pain and sadness. It is for these reasons that Mahadevi Verma is regarded as the “modern Meera”.

Justice H.L Dattu was appointed as the 42nd Chief Justice of India (CJI) in 2014 for a tenure of 14 months. He would retire from office in December 2015. H.L Dattu headed the investigation team of 2G scam.

The Vice-Chancellor of Maharaja Ganga Singh University, Bikaner, Chandrakala Padia was appointed as the chairperson of Indian Institute of Advanced Studies in 2014. For the first time the institute appointed a woman chairperson. Padia is a professor of Political science and has taught in the prestigious Banaras Hindu University as well.

The International Mathematical Union honoured four young Mathematicians not over 40 years as a mark for their outstanding contribution in the field of mathematics. In 2014, the awardees were Artur Avila of Brazil, Manjul Bhargava of the USA , Martin Hairer of Austria and Maryam Mirzakhani of Iran.

Parimarjan Negi is known for his skills in the game of Chess. The 22 year old young mastermind defeated Russia's Grandmaster Rusian Sherbakov and became the youngest ever grandmaster. In 2010, Parimarjan was honoured with the Arjuna Award by the Indian Government.

The present day captain of women's hockey team of India, Ritu Rani led her team in the Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea in 2014. Ritu Rani is the midfielder and plays as the halfback for the team.

Marin Cilic bagged his first US Open Grand Slam title as Rafael Nadal the defending champion withdrew from the sport. The Croatian player defeated Kei Nishikori of Japan and with this win, added all four Grand Slam titles to his record.