After completing a service of 26 years, a selection board of the Indian Army has cleared the way for promotion of five women officers to the rank of Colonel (Time Scale). Women Army Officers Colonel Rank

The widow of Martyr Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal is all set to join the Indian army as Lieutenant Nikita Kaul Dhoundiyal to commemorate his sacrifice on May 29.

A batch of 83 women soldiers was inducted into the Indian Army at the Dronacharya Parade Ground in Bengaluru on May 8, 2021.

The evaluation criteria adopted by Army constitutes systemic discrimination of women, observes Supreme Court.

“This shows how warped it is. Is the idea to exclude women or to give them equal opportunity?” asked Justice Chandrachud.

By carrying a pregnant woman to hospital in knee-deep snow in the Kashmir valley, the Indian Army set yet another example of kindness and bravery.

The officers’ petition said that the Indian Army had denied PC to “meritorious and outstanding women” on the basis of “unknown, undisclosed, and surreptitious parameters” that deviated from those applicable for male officers.

Kanika Rane, who has a four-year-old son Agastya, was among the 230 cadets—181 men and 49 women—who were commissioned at the Officers Training Academy (OTA), Chennai

Indian Army today declared results of the first-ever board held for granting Permanent Commission to Women officers. Around 49% women officers would continue to serve in the force. Around 320 women officers would retire after 20 years of pensionable service. 615 women officers were under consideration for being granted permanent commission: Army sources https://t.co/l1aGUUwmS1 — […]

Around 30 women soldiers are deployed under Captain Gursimran Kaur of the Army Service Corps (ASC).