| 1. Vartika Joshi captained the six-member all-female Indian team on the global sailing trip aboard INSV Tarini. |
| 2. She grew up in Syalkhet village in Garhwal, Uttarakhand. |
| 3. After earning a degree in Aerospace Engineering, Vartika enlisted in the Indian Navy in 2010. |
| 4. The global circumnavigation mission she helmed was named 'Navika Sagar Parikrama.' |
| 5. Vartika encountered various difficult conditions while navigating the seas. |
| 6. She is one of the first women officers in the Indian Navy to command a major maritime expedition. |
| 7. The crew trained under Captain Dilip Donde, the first Indian to circumnavigate the globe solo. |
| 8. During the expedition, the team collected and updated meteorological, ocean, and wave data while monitoring marine pollution on the high seas. |
| 9. The Navika Sagar Parikrama expedition was flagged off on 10 September 2017 and returned to Goa on 21 May 2018. |
