First Batch Of 5 Women Army Officers Commissioned Into Regiment Of Artillery; 3 Posted To Units Along LAC

Five women officers joined the Regiment of Artillery in the Indian Amry after the successful completion of training at the Officers Training Academy (OTA), Chennai

NEW DELHI, Apr 29: In a historic first, the Indian Army has inducted five women officers into its Regiment of Artillery and three of them have been posted to frontline formations along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, military sources said on Saturday.

Lt Mehak Saini, Lt Sakshi Dubey, Lt Aditi Yadav, Lt Pious Mudgil and Lt Akanksha have joined the Army’s premier artillery units after successfully completing their training at the Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai.