Lt. Shubhangi Swaroop
Born (1995-01-17) 17 January 1995
Tilhar, Uttar Pradesh
AllegianceIndia
Service/branchIndian Navy Executive (Pilot) [1]
Years of service2017–present
RankLieutenant in Indian Navy

Lt. Shubhangi Swaroop (born 17 January 1995) in Tilhar Uttar Pradesh is the first female pilot of the Indian Navy. She is a pilot of Maritime reconnaissance aircraft in Indian Navy.[2][3]

Career

Lt. Shubhangi has been part of the first batch of female officers to graduate from the Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala, Kannur in 2017. She holds degree in Biotechnology Engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology in Tamil Nadu and took training from Air Force Academy (India) in Hyderabad. [4][5] She is also a national taekwondo champion.[6] She is one amongst the Indian Navy's first batch of three women pilots for Maritime Reconnaissance (MR) missions on Dornier aircraft.[7][8] She hails from Tilhar, Uttar Pradesh, India. Her father Cdr. Gyan Swaroop is a naval officer and her mother Mrs.Kalpana Swaroop is a teacher at Navy Children School, Karwar. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Shubhangi Swaroop is Indian Navy's first woman pilot | DD News". ddnews.gov.in.
  2. ↑ Swaroop, Shubhangi. "Who is Shubhangi Swaroop, Indian Navy's first woman pilot?". Inshorts.
  3. ↑ Sethi, Nidhi (24 November 2017). "India's First Woman Navy Pilot To Train At Air Force Academy In Hyderabad". NDTV.com. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Shubhangi Swaroop becomes first female pilot in Indian Navy". Inshorts - Stay Informed.
  5. ↑ "Shubhangi Swaroop : Latest Current Affairs and News - Current Affairs Today". currentaffairs.gktoday.in. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "Shubhangi swaroop | Latest News on Shubhangi-swaroop | Breaking Stories and Opinion Articles". Firstpost.
  7. ↑ "Indian Navy's first batch of three women pilots ready for maritime reconnaissance". The Economic Times. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  8. ↑ PTI (22 October 2020). "Indian Navy readies 3 women pilots for maritime reconnaissance mission on Dornier aircraft". ThePrint. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "Who is Shubhangi Swaroop, the first woman pilot of Indian Navy?". The Indian Express. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2020.


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