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The Indian Air Force had 13.09% female officers in 2018 and 8.50% female officers in 2014; the Indian Navy had 6% female officers in 2018 and 3% female officers in 2014 and the Indian Army had 3.80% female officers in 2018 and 3% female officers in 2014. [1][2] In 2020, three officers had the rank of lieutenant-general or equivalent, all in the ...
The Indian Military Nursing Service becomes the Military Nursing Service (MNS), with its members given commissioned rank at par with other armed forces officers. [3] December The Naval Wing of the Women's Auxiliary Corps (India) is established, and is renamed the Women's Royal Indian Naval Service (WRINS) in February 1945.
Lieutenant General Dr. Madhuri Kanitkar (retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM is a retired General Officer in the Indian Army. She is the third woman in the Indian Armed Forces to be promoted to a Three-star rank, after Surgeon Vice Admiral Punita Arora and Air Marshal Padma Bandopadhyay. [1] She last served as the Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff ...
Punita Arora. Surgeon Vice Admiral (Lieutenant General) Punita Arora PVSM, SM, VSM is a former Flag Officer of the Indian Navy and the Indian Army. Arora was the first woman in the Indian Armed Forces to be promoted to a Three-star rank. She held the ranks of Lieutenant General in the Indian Army [1] and Surgeon Vice Admiral in the Indian Navy.
Seema Rao is popularly known as “Wonder Woman of India” amongst the Indian media. [1][2][3][4][5][6] She is India's first female special forces trainer, [7][8] having trained Special Forces of India for over two decades without compensation. She is an expert in close quarter battle (CQB) [9] — the art of fighting in tight proximity ...
India began recruiting women to non-medical positions in the armed forces in 1992. In 2007 on 19 January, the United Nations first all female peacekeeping force made up of 105 Indian policewomen was deployed to Liberia. [33] In 2014, India's army had 3 % women, the Navy 2.8 % and the Air Force performed best with 8.5 % women among their officers.
Armed Forces Medical College. Lieutenant General Kavita Sahai, SM, VSM is a serving General Officer in the Indian Army. She is the eighth woman in the Indian Armed Forces to be promoted to a Three-star rank, and the fourth to hold the rank of Lieutenant General. She currently serves as the Commandant Army Medical Corps Centre and College, Lucknow.
Shanti Tigga hailed from the Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal. She belonged to a socially marginalized Scheduled Tribe community. Several members of her family and community had been enlisted in various factions of the defence forces, which was what provided her the impetus to break glass ceilings when she enlisted in the army at age 35. [4]