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She is the first Indian citizen to be heading the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.

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She is the first Indian citizen to lead the Big Bang Observatory

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She is the first Indian citizen appointed to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory.

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She is the first Indian citizen to command a rover mission on Mars.

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She is the first Indian citizen to make a major breakthrough in the genome sequencing of Jamun.

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She is the first Indian citizen to be heading the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.

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4. Indigo	D. India
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Why has Dr. Akshata Krishnamurthy been in the news recently?

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