Priya Jhingan

Major
Priya Jhingan
Allegiance  India
Service/branch  Indian Army
Rank Major
Commands held Judge Advocate General (India)

Priya Jhingan is the first woman to join the Indian Army as an officer.[1][2] Jhingan was cadet number 001 at the Officers Training Academy in Chennai.[3][4][5]

Army career

Being the daughter of a police officer Jhingan initially wanted to join the Indian police service but decided to write to the then army chief Sunith Francis Rodrigues to allow her to join the army.[1] Her request was accepted in 1992 and after her training at the Officers Training Academy in Chennai, she received her short service commission on 6 March 1993.[1][3] Her request to join the infantry division was rejected by the army top brass and being a law graduate she was offered a posting at Judge Advocate General.[1] After ten years of service at Judge Advocate General Jhingan retired in 2002 as a Major.[1] Jhingan has always been a strong advocate for women joining the army and defended that right over the controversial suicide of Lieutenant Sushmita Chakravarty in which the then Vice-Chief Lt Gen S Pattabhiraman had to apologize for an insensitive remark about women in the army.[6] After retirement Jhingan cleared the Haryana Judicial Services but ended up not joining the Judicial Service. She then completed Bachelors in Journalism and Mass Communication and took up editing a weekly Sikkim Express in Gangtok. In 2013 she joined Lawrence School, Sanawar as an English teacher [7]and a House Mistress.[8] Priya Jhingan is married to Manoj Malhotra who retired as a Lieutenant Colonel from the army and runs an adventure sports company. The couple live in Solan Himachal Pradesh and have one son.[6][9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Priya Jhingan army’s first woman officer". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  2. ↑ "List of 'First' Indian women in Indian history". indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  3. 1 2 Dr. Saroj Kumar Singh (2017). Role of Women in India. REDSHINE. ISBN 978-93-86483-09-6.
  4. ↑ "First Women". zeenews.india.com. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  5. ↑ "Indian women Making India proud". timeskuwait.com. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  6. 1 2 "Vice-Chief apologises". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  7. ↑ "The Faculty of English". sanawar.edu.in. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  8. ↑ "The Lawrence School, Sanawar". sanawar.edu.in. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  9. ↑ "Major Priya Jhingan". indiaschoolnews.com. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
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