Women Officers To Lead Missile Contingent, Ride Motorcycles At Republic Day 2023

This Republic Day, women officers of the Indian Army, will be leading missile contingents as well as riding motorcycles as a part of the famous Daredevils motorcycle team at the parade. The women officers’ team has been training for the last one year.

Lieutenant Chetana Sharma would be leading the ‘Made in India’ Akash surface-to-air missile system at the Republic Day parade. It is a part of the Indian Army weapon contingent that will march past on Kartavaya Path on January 26.

Lieutenant Sharma is from an Army Air Defence regiment unit, which protects the air space from enemy aircraft and drones.

The NIT Bhopal graduate belongs to Rajasthan's Khatu Shyam village, and says, it is a proud moment for her to get the opportunity to represent her unit at the parade.

Another woman officer, Lieutenant Dimple Bhati from the Corps of Signals will be a part of the Indian Army’s Daredevils motorcycle team. She has been participating in different shows and events with her team from Jabalpur centre and has been supported fully by all her colleagues.

She has also bagged the silver medal at her passing out parade of Officers Training Academy (OTA) after 11 months of training in November 2021.

In the past couple of years, women officers are being inducted in significant numbers as both officers and jawans of the Indian Army. Various initiatives are being taken to improve the recruitment and training too.

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