Priya Jhingan
Priya Jhingan | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance |  India |
Branch |  Indian Army |
Service years | 5 |
Rank | Captain |
Priya Jhingan
She started her military training from 21 September 1992 along with 24 other lady cadets.[1][2] The lady officers were serving in Indian Army for more than hundred years in Army Medical Corps and, Military Nursing service. But first batch of Lady cadets were inducted in supporting arms of the Indian Army on 6 March 1993.
[edit]As a law graduate, she joined Corps of Judge Advocate General.[1] After five years of short service Priya was released from Army in 1998.
Life after release from Army
[edit]After retirement, Major Priya 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.[3]
In 2013 she joined the prestigious institution, The Lawrence School, Sanawar as an English teacher[4] and a HOUSE MISTRESS.[5] She 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.[6]
In August 2019, she along with seven female students and a female teacher of The Lawrence School, Sanawar, attempted to scaled Mount Kilimanjaro —the highest mountain in Africa.[7] But the expedition was abandoned in the wake of COVID Epidemic.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Priya Jhingan army's supporting arms first batch woman officer". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
- ↑ Dr. Saroj Kumar Singh (2017). Role of Women in India. REDSHINE. ISBN 978-93-86483-09-6.
- ↑ Team, Unverified Source (2017-09-30). "Meet Major Priya Jhingan (Lady Cadet) - From first batch of Woman to Join Indian Army in supporting Arms". 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.
- ↑ "Derogatory and misleading comment on Indian Army". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
- ↑ "Expedition to Mt Kilimanjaro".