Rashmi Samant First Indian Woman To Head Oxford Students' Union Rashmi Samant First Indian Woman To Head Oxford Students' Union Rashmi Samant won the students' union election with 1,996 votes, more than all her opponents put together, the university said in a post on its website. Rashmi Samant is currently reading for a masters degree in Energy Systems with a focus on sustainability New Delhi: Rashmi Samant has made history by becoming the first Indian woman to head the Oxford Students' Union. An alumnus of Karnataka's Manipal Institute of Technology, Ms Samant in her LinkedIn profile says she is "a sustainable energy enthusiast who believes in effective policymaking and energy equality for healing the deteriorating climate of the world".