Punita arora biography in hindi

Vice Admiral Lieutenant General. She was born into a Punjabi family which hails from Lahore.

First indian woman pilot in the indian air force

She studied in Sophia School in Saharanpur till 8th grade. In 11th Standard while getting admitted to Government school for boys she decided to take science as a career. And the first Vice admiral of Indian Navy. When she was 12 years old, her family moved to India during partition and got settled in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

Punita was commissioned in January She took the charge of commandant of Armed Forces Medical College in thereafter becoming the first woman officer to command the medical college. She moved from the Army to the Navy as the AFMS has a common pool which allows officers to migrate from one service to another depending on the requirement.

Lieutenant general punita arora

She has been awarded with 15 medals in her 36 years of career in Indian Armed Forces. Vishisht Seva Medal for providing efficient and timely help to victims of the Kaluchak massacre. Sena Medal for providing gynae-endoscopy and oncology facilities and pioneering invitro-fertilisation and assisted reproductive techniques for infertile and childless couples in military hospitals.

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