Punita Arora Wiki, Biography, Age, Husband, Images

Punita Arora is an inspiring woman of Indian Army and a remarkable officer who symbolizes courage and brilliance. Punita Arora is the first women in Indian to hold the second highest rank called the Lieutenant General of Indian Armed Forces. And she is the first female Vice-Admiral of the Indian Navy. She has been awarded 15 medals in her 36 years of career in Indian Armed Forces including Param Vishisht Seva Medal, 30 Years Long Service Medal, Sena Medal and more. Check out below for Punita Arora Wiki, Biography, Age, Husband, Images and more.

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Punita Arora was born on 31 May 1946 in Punjab. Punita’s husband served as an army dermatologist and retired as a brigadier. Punita Arora’s son is also a dermatologist and married a doctor. Her family hails from Lahore and moved to India during partition and got settled in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh when she was a year old kid. She did her schooling in Sophia School in Saharanpur until grade 8. Her parents then shifted her to Guru Nanak Girls Inter-College, Lucknow. Punita Arora chose the science group in 11th standard and got admitted in the Government school for boys. In 1963, Punita then joined the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. She was in the second batch of AFMC and excelled to be the topper of that batch.

Punita was commissioned in January 1968 and served as a gynecologist in Army hospitals. Shen then shifted to Navy from Army through the common pool as per the requirement. She took control of Armed Forces Medical College as a commandant in 2004. After completing an internship in Ambala, she left for Fatehgarh. She was in Jammu and Kashmir during the 1971 war and had to experience a different situation from her base in Uttar Pradesh. Throughout her career, she has fought against all odds and stood as an example for other lady officers in Indian Army.

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