Draupadi Murmu is the 15th and current President of India. She is also the former cabinet minister of Odisha and the former governor of Jharkhand. Born in a humble family based in a remote village of Mayurbhanj, a tribal district of Odisha, Murmu had worked as an assistant teacher and a junior assistant in Odisha state irrigation department.
Mrs. Murmu started her political journey with the BJP way back in 1997, worked as a councilor in Rairangpur. She has also worked as the president of Scheduled Tribe morcha of the BJP Odisha unit. Before being elected twice to Odisha state legislative assembly twice on BJP ticket and also served as a cabinet minister during 2002-2004 in Naveen Patnaik led BJD-BJP coalition government where she was felicitated with the best legislative member award. Though her personal life remained full of struggle and tragedy, she touched the pinnacle in the public life and achieved monumental records in politics and social services. She lost her husband and two grown up sons but she stood strong on all occasions. Mrs. Murmu created history as she became the first women governor of Jharkhand, the first tribal governor of a tribal state, the first Odisha-born woman to be a governor. In her family Droupadi Murmu is accompanied by her only daughter, Itishree Murmu who is a bank-employer and her son-in-law, Ganesh Hembram who is a rugbyplayer.