She studied in Sophia School in Saharanpur till 8th grade. After that she moved to Guru Nanak Girls Inter-College. In 11th standard while getting admitted to Government school for boys she decided to take Science as a career. She joined Armed Forces Medical College, Pune in 1963[5] which was the second batch of the AFMC and she turned out to be the topper of that batch.[4]
Careeredit
Punita Arora was commissioned in January 1968.[6] Before becoming Surgeon Vice Admiral of Indian Navy she was Commandant of AFMC. She took the charge of commandant of Armed Forces Medical College on 1 September 2004 thereafter becoming the first woman officer to command the medical college.[7] Before that she was co-ordinating Medical Research of the armed forces at the Army headquarters as additional director-general of Armed Forces Medical Services (Medical Research).[6] She moved from the Army to the Navy as the AFMS has a common pool which allows officers to migrate from one service to another depending on the requirement.[8]
Awards and medalsedit
She has been awarded with 15 medals in her 36 years of career in Indian Armed Forces.
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punita, arora, surgeon, vice, admiral, lieutenant, general, pvsm, former, flag, officer, indian, navy, indian, army, arora, first, woman, indian, armed, forces, promoted, three, star, rank, held, ranks, lieutenant, general, indian, army, surgeon, vice, admiral. Surgeon Vice Admiral Lieutenant General Punita Arora PVSM SM VSM is a former Flag Officer of the Indian Navy and the Indian Army Arora was the first woman in the Indian Armed Forces to be promoted to a Three star rank She held the ranks of Lieutenant General in the Indian Army 1 and Surgeon Vice Admiral in the Indian Navy 2 Surgeon Vice Admiral Lieutenant GeneralPunita AroraPVSM SM VSMBorn 1946 05 31 May 31 1946 age 77 citation needed Lahore Punjab British IndiaAllegiance IndiaService wbr branch Indian Army Indian NavyRankLieutenant General Vice AdmiralCommands heldArmed Forces Medical CollegeAwardsParam Vishisht Seva Medal Sena Medal Vishisht Seva Medal Contents 1 Early life 2 Education 3 Career 4 Awards and medals 5 See also 6 ReferencesEarly life editShe was born into a Punjabi family which hails from Lahore When she was only one year old her family moved 3 to India during partition and got settled in Saharanpur Uttar Pradesh 4 Education editShe studied in Sophia School in Saharanpur till 8th grade After that she moved to Guru Nanak Girls Inter College In 11th standard while getting admitted to Government school for boys she decided to take Science as a career She joined Armed Forces Medical College Pune in 1963 5 which was the second batch of the AFMC and she turned out to be the topper of that batch 4 Career editPunita Arora was commissioned in January 1968 6 Before becoming Surgeon Vice Admiral of Indian Navy she was Commandant of AFMC She took the charge of commandant of Armed Forces Medical College on 1 September 2004 thereafter becoming the first woman officer to command the medical college 7 Before that she was co ordinating Medical Research of the armed forces at the Army headquarters as additional director general of Armed Forces Medical Services Medical Research 6 She moved from the Army to the Navy as the AFMS has a common pool which allows officers to migrate from one service to another depending on the requirement 8 Awards and medals editShe has been awarded with 15 medals in her 36 years of career in Indian Armed Forces nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Param Vishisht Seva Medal Sena Medal 2006 Vishisht Seva Medal 2002 Special Service Medal Sangram Medal Sainya Seva Medal 50th Independence Anniversary Medal25th Independence Anniversary Medal 30 Years Long Service Medal 20 Years Long Service Medal 9 Years Long Service MedalVishisht Seva Medal for providing efficient and timely help to victims of the Kaluchak massacre 9 See also editWomen in the Indian Armed Forces Padma Bandopadhyay Madhuri Kanitkar Sheila S Mathai Rajshree Ramasethu Arti SarinReferences edit The General in Sari Specials rediff com Navy gets its 1st lady vice admiral The Times of India 16 June 2005 rediff com The General in a Sari A Slide Show Specials rediff com Retrieved 2017 03 15 a b Stars amp Stripes Archived from the original on 26 January 2013 Sorry Archived from the original on 2018 10 14 Retrieved 2019 03 26 a b A Doctor Who Looks After An Army The Financial Express 8 September 2004 Retrieved 26 March 2019 Heera Mandi then and now Tribuneindia com Retrieved 26 March 2019 Exclusive varsities for PIOs on the cards Tytler Tribuneindia com Retrieved 26 March 2019 Lieutenant General Of Indian Army Was A Sikh TrendPunjabi com Retrieved 10 March 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Punita Arora amp oldid 1177416458, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
