PANJIM, April 26 -- SHASHWAT GUPTA RAY

At 23, Ratika Vasu Naik from Shiroda, is going places, literally.

Naik, a Biotech graduate with nearly 80% marks, currently works as a Girl Cadet Instructor in the 1 Goa Battalion NCC Panjim. She is an ex-NCC Junior Under Officer (JUO), secured 'A' grade in the NCC 'C' certificate exam. She has won awards at Ghumat Arti competitions during Ganesh festival.

She has won medals and trophies at various sporting disciplines like baseball, swimming, tennis ball cricket and due ball at national and State-level competitions.

Naik is also an avid solo traveller. She has already visited 10 different religious sites across India in last one year, starting from Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh to Rameshwaram in Tami...