Priya Jhingan
Priya Jhingan | |
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Allegiance | India |
Service/ | Indian Army |
Years of service | 10 |
Rank | Major |
Priya Jhingan is an Indian Army officer and Lady Cadet No 1 and silver medalist from the first batch of 25 lady officers who were commissioned in the Indian Army in 1993.[1][2][3][4][5]
Army career
Being the daughter of a police officer, Priya initially wanted to join the
Life after release from Army
After retirement, Major Priya cleared the Haryana Judicial Services but decided against joining the Judicial Service. She then completed a Bachelor's in Journalism and Mass Communication and took up editing a weekly, Sikkim Express, in Gangtok. In 2013, she was one of the participants of Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 1.[7] In 2013 she joined Lawrence School, Sanawar as an English teacher[8] and a House Mistress.[9] Priya Jhingan is married to Lieutenant Colonel Manoj Malhotra who runs an adventure sports company named Pep Turf . The couple live in Chandigarh, India and have one son, Aryaman.[6][10] In August 2020, she along with seven female students and a female teacher of The Lawrence School scaled Mount Kilimanjaro —the highest mountain in Africa, with its summit about 4,900 metre (16,100 ft) from its base, and 5,895 metre (19,341 ft) above sea level. [11]
In Feb 2018, Major Priya Jhingan was felicitated by the President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, for being the pioneer of women in the Indian Army amongst 112 other prominent women in various fields in India.
References
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- ^ "List of 'First' Indian women in Indian history". indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
- ^ ISBN 978-93-86483-09-6.
- ^ "First Women". zeenews.india.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
- ^ "Indian women Making India proud". timeskuwait.com. Archived from the original on 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
- ^ a b "Vice-Chief apologises". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
- ^ Team, Editorial (2017-09-30). "Meet Major Priya Jhingan (Lady Cadet-1) - First Woman to Join Indian Army". SSBToSuccess. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
- ^ "The Faculty of English". sanawar.edu.in. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
- ^ "The Lawrence School, Sanawar". sanawar.edu.in. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
- ^ "Major Priya Jhingan". indiaschoolnews.com. Archived from the original on 2019-02-22. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
- ^ "Expedition to Mt Kilimanjaro".