Article Detail Name of the First Indian Author to get the Anderson Award ? Answer: Ruskin Bond Similar Questions : 1. First President of India ? Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad 2. Who was the frist person to climb Mount Everest ? Answer: Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary on 29th May, 1953 3. Name of first Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award ? Answer: G. Shankar Kurup 4. Name of the first university of India ? Answer: Nalanda University. 5. Name of first Indian who won Billiards Trophy ? Answer: Wilson Jones 6. Name of India's first woman IPS officer ? Answer: Kiran Bedi 7. Name of the first Indian woman to get noble prize ? Answer: Mother Teresa in 1979 Read more from - First in India