New Delhi, March 9 -- Chess Grandmaster R Vaishali, and scientists Elina Mishra and Shilpi Soni were among the six women who took over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's X handle on the occasion of International Women's Day on Saturday to highlight the "the prowess of India's Nari Shakti" and its contribution in "shaping a Viksit Bharat".

In his monthly radio broadcast "Mann Ki Baat" on March 2, Modi had asked women across India to share their inspiring life journeys on the NaMo App Open Forum on the occasion of International Women's Day.

Subsequently, a group of six extraordinary women - chess grandmaster R Vaishali, farmer-entrepreneur Anita Devi, nuclear scientist Elina Mishra, space scientist Shilpi Soni, accessibility advocate Anjlee Aga...