Harika Dronavalli was born on 12th January 1991. She is a chess Grandmaster from India, the feat that she earned in the year 2011. Harika follows the Legendary Indian Chess player Viswanathan Anand.

Her Achievements:-

• Won a silver medal at the 2015 World Women's Team Chess Championship, held in China
• Won a bronze medal at the 2015 World Women's  Chess Championship, held in Russia
• Bagged a bronze medal at the Asian Games of 2010, held in Guangzhou
• Won the World Junior Chess Championship, held in Turkey in 2008
• Awarded with the“Arjuna Award” by the Government of India in 2008
• Won the 2004 girls U-14 World Youth Chess Championship, in, held in Greece
• Won the 2006 girls U-18 World Youth Chess Championship, in, held in Georgia
• Won a gold medal at the 2015 World Women's Online Blitz Championship held in Rome
• Gained the 5^th position in the 2016 FIDE Women Grand Prix held in Khanty Mansiysk and a gold medal at the same event held in Chengdu in 2016.
• As a team participant of India at the 2016 Asian Women Team Chess Championship held in UAE, she has won -
  • Individual Gold medal in Rapid format
  • Individual Silver Medal on Top Board in Classical format
  • The team won bronze Medal in Rapid format
• Won a bronze medal at the 2017 Women's World Chess Championship in Iran
• Bestowed on the Padma Shri on the Republic Day in 2019