- After the Indian Army recently cleared women officers for command roles, Colonel Geeta Rana of the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers has become the first woman officer to take over command of an independent field workshop in the Eastern Ladakh sector with China.
- “Colonel Geeta Rana of Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers has become the first woman officer to take over command of an Independent Field Workshop in a forward and remote location in Eastern Ladakh”, Indian Army officials from Fire and Fury Corps tweeted.
- The Army constituted a special selection board to promote 108 women officers to the rank of select-grade colonel, with an aim to bring gender parity and offer them command assignments in select branches.
- In early January, the Army deployed a woman officer, Captain Shiva Chauhan, for the first time to Siachen, the world’s highest and coldest battlefield.
- Also deployed its largest ever contingent of 27 women peacekeepers to the disputed region of Abyei, Sudan, where they are carrying out a challenging security mission as part of the United Nations Interim Security Force (UNISFA).
- Recently, the Indian Air Force authorities have given a woman officer, Group Captain Shaliza Dhami, the leadership of a frontline combat unit for the first time.
Colonel Geeta Rana becomes the first woman officer to command an army battalion in Ladakh
