Sub-lieutenant Shivangi became the first woman pilot for the Indian Navy on Monday. Shivangi was born in the city of Muzaffarpur in Bihar.
Shivangi was commissioned into the Indian Navy last year after her initial training. Shivangi joined operational duties at the Kochi naval base today.
She will be flying the Dornier surveillance aircraft of the Indian Navy.
Shivangi Singh was born on 15 March 1994 in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar, India to school teacher Hari Bhushan Singh and house wife Priyanka Singh. Shivangi hails from a humble agricultural background. During her childhood, she was captivated by the sight of seeing a politician using a helicopter to attend a political gathering in her native village, which inspired her to become a pilot. Hari Bhushan Singh, her father, is now the principal of a girls-only government school constructed on land donated by Shivangi’s great grandfather, who donated it to enable people to overcome the conservative abhorrence of educating girls. Her mother Priyanka is a housewife.
She obtained a Bachelor of Technology degree in Mechanical engineering from Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology and subsequently studied at the Malaviya National Institute of Technology for her Master’s degree.
She is aged 24 (as of 2019) and does not keep a surname.
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