Sreevidya Rajan
Sreevidya Rajan was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 29 June 1996 as a Helicopter Pilot and she was one of the six pilots from the fourth batch of women pilots of IAF. Her first posting was at Air Force Station Udhampur as a unit pilot of 132 Forward Area Control, Flight.[1] When the Kargil war started in May 1999, she was sent to Kargil as part of the first helicopter detachments from Udhampur Air Force station.[2] Sreevidya was stationed in Srinagar Air base with the helicopter detachment and flew extensively in the Kargil war zone. Her main duties involved Casualty evacuation, Communication sorties, Supply drop and Search and Rescue missions.[3] Sreevidya evacuated many injured soldiers from the battle field during her stay in Kargil. She is the First Lady pilot from Indian Air Force to fly in the combat zone during the Kargil war in 1999.[4]
Sreevidya Rajan completed her Graduation in Chemistry from Chittoor college, Palakkad before joining the Indian Air Force as a Helicopter pilot.[5] She is married to Wing Commander Jayachandran (Retd) who is presently working as the Group Vice President of Indian Institute of Emergency Medical Services(IIEMS). The couple have a daughter, Diya Sree Chandran. Sreevidya Rajan retired from IAF on 30 June 2004 as a Flight Lieutenant after completing eight years in the IAF. She completed her Management course from IIM, Bangalore.
References
- ↑ Sharma, Deeksha (2020-08-20). "Sreevidya Rajan on Everything Wrong With 'Gunjan Saxena' the Film". TheQuint. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
- ↑ "I Was The First Lady Pilot To Fly In Kargil, Says Flt. Lt. Srividya Rajan". https://www.outlookindia.com/. 2022-02-14. Retrieved 2022-07-07. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "'They erased me from history': Flight Lieutenant Sreevidya Rajan on Gunjan Saxena row". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
- ↑ "IAF ex-pilot Sreevidya Rajan speaks on her Kargil mission". OnManorama. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ↑ "From Palakkad to Kargil: IAF officer Sreevidya Rajan intv on 'Gunjan Saxena' film". The News Minute. 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
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