1st woman officer, Surbhi Jakhmola, assigned for foreign assignment at BRO

At the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), Captain Surbhi Jakhmola of the 117 Engineer Regiment of the Indian Army would be the first female officer to be assigned on a foreign assignment. Part of Project Dantak will involve sending the officer to Bhutan.

An executive road building organisation in India that aids the military forces is called the Border Roads Organisation (BRO).
BRO constructs and maintains road networks in friendly neighbouring nations and along India’s borders. Additionally, it is a part of the Order of Battle for the armed forces, guaranteeing their constant support. BRO was completely handed to the ministry of defence in 2015 to enhance border connectivity.

The Indian Air Force recently sent female fighter pilot squadron leader Avani Chaturvedi to Japan for the exercise Veer Guardian 2023, which will be held from January 16 to 26 at the Hyakuri Air Base and its surrounding airspace in Omitama as well as the Iruma Air Base in Sayama. The BRO’s deployment comes just days after that of Chaturvedi.
One of India’s first three female fighter pilots, Avani Chaturvedi, a Su-30MKI pilot, will soon go for the exercise in Japan. Madhya Pradesh is where Chaturvedi was born, raised, and received her schooling. After undergoing six months of rigorous training at the Air Force Academy at Dundigal, Hyderabad, she was accepted into the IAF fighter squadron.
The Indian Armed Forces also deployed a woman officer, Captain Shiva Chauhan of the Corps of Engineers, to a frontline post in Siachen Glacier. This is the world’s highest battlefield’s first such deployment. The officer was assigned to the Kumar post in Siachen last week for a three-month assignment after undergoing rigorous training, according to Army officials.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh expressed his best wishes to Captain Chauhan, saying he was pleased to see more women joining the armed forces and rising to every challenge.”Excellent news! I am extremely happy to see more women joining the Armed Forces and take every challenge in stride. It is an encouraging sign. My best wishes to Capt Shiva Chauhan,” he tweeted.
Captain Shiva Chouhan is a Rajasthan-born Bengal Sapper officer. She went to school in Udaipur and graduated with a bachelor’s in civil engineering from the NJR Institute of Technology there.
According to government data presented last month in Lok Sabha, the percentage of women officers in the Indian armed forces is as follows: The Indian Air Force has the highest proportion of women officers, accounting for 13.69%, followed by the Indian Navy at six per cent and the Indian Army at 3.97 per cent.