Lt. Gen. Sadhna Saxena Nair assumed the office of Director General Medical Services (Army) on 1st August, making her the first woman to be appointed to this prestigious position. Before this, she was the first woman to hold the DG Hospital Services (Armed Forces) post after being promoted to Air Marshal.
Lt. Gen. Nair graduated from the Armed Forces Medical College in Pune with a distinguished academic record. She was commissioned into the Army Medical Corps in December 1985. Lt. Gen. Nair holds a postgraduate degree in Family Medicine and diplomas in Maternal & Child Health and Health Care Management. Additionally, she underwent a two-year training program in Medical Informatics at AIIMS in New Delhi. She received training in Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Warfare with the Israeli Defense Forces and Military Medical Ethics with the Swiss Armed Forces in Spiez. She is the first woman to serve as the Principal Medical Officer of Western Air Command and Training Command in the Indian Air Force (IAF), according to the Indian Army.
Lieutenant General Nair was nominated as an expert member of the Dr. Kasturirangan Committee for drafting the medical education component of the National Education Policy. In recognition of her meritorious service, the President of India awarded her the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Air Command, and Chief of the Air Staff commendations, as well as the Vishisht Seva Medal.
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