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Friday, Jun 13, 2025
At present, women are deployed in different branches of the Navy but are not sent at sea.
Six women Indian Navy officers circumnavigated the globe recently on the INSV Tarini.
Amongst the three women pilots operationalized for MR flying, Lt Shivangi was the first to qualify as a naval pilot in December last year.
Sub Lieutenant (SLt) Kumudini Tyagi and SLt Riti Singh would, in effect, be the first set of women airborne tacticians in India who would operate from the deck of warships
'We need separate accommodation for women, separate toilets and other such facilities for them,' Vice-Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla said.
Hailing from Muzzafarpur in Bihar, Shivangi would be flying the Naval Dornier surveillance aircraft.
Sub Lieutenant Shivangi is all set to become the Indian Navy's first woman pilot. She will complete her training at the headquarters of the Southern Naval Command in Kochi on December 2.
The spirit of adventure calls. Six women officers of the Indian Navy will navigate their boat around the world for a good 21,600 nautical miles.
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