Shubhangi Swaroop

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

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

Career

Lt. Shubhangi was 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 was 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 Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. Her father Cdr. Gyan Swaroop is a naval officer and her mother Kalpana Swaroop is a teacher in the navy school.[9]

References
  1. http://ddnews.gov.in/national/shubhangi-swaroop-indian-navys-first-woman-pilot
  2. Swaroop, Shubhangi. Inshorts https://inshorts.com/en/news/who-is-shubhangi-swaroop-indian-navys-first-woman-pilot-1511444291748. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "India's First Woman Navy Pilot To Train At Air Force Academy In Hyderabad". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  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 2020-06-16.
  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 2020-11-25.
  8. PTI (2020-10-22). "Indian Navy readies 3 women pilots for maritime reconnaissance mission on Dornier aircraft". ThePrint. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  9. "Who is Shubhangi Swaroop, the first woman pilot of Indian Navy?". The Indian Express. 2017-11-23. Retrieved 2020-06-16.


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