The name Dronavalli is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by her name, Harika.

Indian GM Harika Dronavalli is a three-time bronze medal winner in the Women’s World Chess Championship and one of the top players in women’s chess. She has three world youth titles in the under-12, under-18, and junior girls sections, and she won the women’s national chess championship of India at the age of 18.

Harika became a grandmaster in 2009, making her the second woman in India to earn the title after GM Humpy Koneru. The following year Harika entered FIDE’s top 25 ranked women, and in 2014 she entered the top 10—she hasn’t departed either list since.