Seema Rao
Indian commando trainer
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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]
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Seema Rao at Corps Battle School Northern Command Indian Army | |
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Biography
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
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
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 |
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| 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] |
| She Powerplay: India's Silent Powershift | 979-82-357853-2-8[34][35] |