Chennai airport gets its first woman firefighter

Chennai: In the extremely thin presence of women in the terribly tough job of firefighters in the country, the mother of a two-year-old girl is the latest entrant. Remya Sreekantan had quit her staid job as Assistant Professor at a technology college for women to plunge headlong into a “work space that remained as a male stronghold for long”, to quote from a media statement from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) which proudly announced the joining of the 28-year-old post-graduate in structural engineering at the Chennai airport as its first woman firefighter.

Remya is only the third woman firefighter of the AAI across the Indian airports. “I feel truly proud to be the first woman firefighter of the airport here. It’s a challenging job, a huge responsibility. We have to put in our very best efforts all