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Sadhna Saxena Nair
Lieutenant General Sadhna Saxena Nair, AVSM, VSM is a serving general officer of the Indian Army. She currently serves as the Director General Medical Services (Army) becoming the first woman officer to be appointed to the position.[2][3] She is the seventh woman officer to be promoted to three-star rank in the Indian Armed Forces. Prior to this, she was also the first woman to hold the post of Director General Hospital Services (Armed Forces), in the rank of Air Marshal.[4][5] Early life and educationThe general officer graduated from the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune with a distinguished academic record. She holds a Post Graduate degree in Family Medicine, Diplomas in Maternal & Child Health and Health Care Management, and has undergone a two-year training programme in Medical Informatics at AIIMS, New Delhi. She was trained in Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Warfare with the Israeli Defence Forces and in Military Medical Ethics with the Swiss Armed Forces in Spiez.[2] Military careerLieutenant General Sadhna Saxena Nair was commissioned into the Army Medical Corps in December 1985 from Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. She has served as the first woman Principal Medical Officer of Western Air Command and Training Command of the Indian Air Force. On promotion to the rank of Air Marshal, she took over as the Director General Hospital Services (Armed Forces) on 23 October, 2023 becoming the first woman officer to hold this position.[6] On 1 August, 2024 she took over as the Director General Medical Services (Army) making her the first woman officer to hold the appointment of DGMS (Army).[2] Awards and decorationsThe General officer has been awarded with the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 2025[7] and the Vishisht Seva Medal. For her meritorious service, she has been awarded the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Air Command and Chief of the Air Staff Commendations.[8]
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