New Delhi: The Indian Army has added 5 feminine officers to its artillery regiment for the primary time. After efficiently finishing their coaching on the Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai on Saturday, the feminine officers joined the Artillery Regiments. According to navy sources, Lt. Mehak Saini, Lt. Sakshi Dubey, Lt. Aditi Yadav, and Lt. Pious Mudgil are the feminine officers who lately joined the Regiment of Artillery.
Out of the 5 feminine officers, three are assigned to items stationed close to China’s borders and the opposite two are positioned in “challenging locations” near Pakistan’s border, information company PTI quoted sources as saying
After finishing their coaching at #OTA, #Chennai, 5 ladies officers have been commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery for the primary time ever. The Director General of Artillery (Designate), welcomed the Women Officers within the Regiment in the course of the #POP.#IndianArmy… pic.twitter.com/MKbn5xAEMz
— ADG PI – INDIAN ARMY (@adgpi) April 29, 2023
The ladies being commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery are being offered precisely the identical alternatives and challenges as their male counterparts (19 male officers are additionally commissioned into the Artillery), the Indian military stated.
According to officers, these younger ladies officers are being posted to all forms of artillery items, the place they are going to get ample coaching and publicity to deal with Rocket, Medium, Field and Surveillance and Target Acquisition (SATA) and tools in difficult circumstances.
महिला अधिकारियों के पहले बैच को भारतीय सेना की आर्टिलरी रेजिमेंट में शामिल किया गया।
चेन्नई के अधिकारी प्रशिक्षण अकादमी (OTA) में सफलतापूर्वक प्रशिक्षण पूरा करने के बाद 5 महिला अधिकारी आज आर्टिलरी रेजिमेंट में शामिल हुईं। pic.twitter.com/WRcO7dnU3h
— ANI_HindiNews (@AHindinews) April 29, 2023
The commissioning of girls officers into the Regiment of Artillery is a testomony to the continuing transformation within the Indian Army, a supply stated.
In January, Chief of Army Staff Gen Manoj Pande introduced the choice of commissioning ladies officers into artillery items. The proposal was later accepted by the federal government.
