The women of India’s northernmost state are touching new skies every day and the recent example is 30-year-old Iram Habib who has become the first Kashmiri Muslim woman to become a pilot. 

Coming from a conservative Muslim society, Iram had her own share of struggles to achieve this success. Her father is a surgical equipment supplier in government hospitals. To fulfill her childhood ambition of becoming a pilot, Iram also had to let go of her dream of pursuing a doctorate in forestry. 

Iram, who finished her training from a flying school in Miami in 2016, is presently attending classes in Delhi to get a commercial pilot’s licence.

Back in 2016, Tanvi Raina had become the first Kashmiri woman ever to become a pilot. Last year also, a Kashmiri woman named Ayesha Aziz achieved the feat of becoming India’s youngest student pilot. 

Speaking to TOI Iram Habib said:

Everyone was surprised to find out that I was a Kashmiri woman doing flying, but I went ahead to achieve my goal. 

Fly high, wonder woman!