Women in Aviation & Defence Archives

Strength of women in Indian Defence Forces improve

New Delhi. 08 March 2020. India’s armed forces began inducting women officers in 1992. Over the decades, they have been given combat roles in the air force. Women have been inducted as fighter pilots and have…Read more ›

Tagged with: ATC, HRPs, IAF, Indian Air Force, Indian Army, Indian defence forces, Indian Navy, NAI, SAI, SSC, Women in Aviation & Defence

Remembering Kiran Shekhawat first Indian Defence Forces Lady Officer to get martyred

New Delhi. 09 March 2020. Kiran Shekhawat was the first Indian Navy woman officer to be martyred in the line of duty. On a flight as an observer with the Indian Navy, the woman…Read more ›

Tagged with: INAS, Indian Navy, INS Makar, Kiran Shekhawat, Vivek Singh Chhoker, Women in Aviation & Defence

Rolls Royce to award scholarships to women engineering students

New Delhi. 08 March 2020. Rolls-Royce’s financial support will be utilized by CEMS to train 100 women participants at CEMS’s Mumbai and/or Vizag campus. Such women participants will…Read more ›

Tagged with: CEMS, Rolls Royce, STEM, Women in Aviation & Defence

Kiran Uniyal, an Army Wife , makes India and Indian Army proud with Guinness Book of World Records for Martial Arts

Tagged with: Guinness Book of World Records, Indian Army, Kiran Uniyal, Martial Arts, Women in Aviation & Defence

Indian Air Force motivates generations of women to fly with glory

An aspiring woman pilot interviews a former woman pilot of the Indian Air Force. ADU’s special interview where the interviewer for Women’s Day is a Class Xth aspiring…Read more ›

Tagged with: ADU, Cheetah, Chetak, DGCA, Evolet India, PARAKRAM, Women in Aviation & Defence