Punita Arora, First Woman Lt. General Of Indian Army Lt General (Mrs) Punita Arora of the Army’s Medical Corps was the first woman Lt General of Indian Army. Arora graduated from Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune. She did her Post -graduation in Gynae and Obst from AFMC and was awarded Gold Medal for standing first in Pune University. During her service she worked as Gynaecologist at various prestigious Armed Forces Hospitals like Head AFMC and Army Hospital. Education 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 which was the second batch of the AFMC and she turned out to be the topper of that batch. Career Punita was commissioned in January 1968. Before becoming Vice Admiral of Indian Navy she was Commandant of AFMC. She to...
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