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In one of the most difficult Indian frontiers facing a formidable and assertive neighbour like China, she is the one and the only woman officer in the entire brigade at Nathu La, between India and China. She is the eyes and ears for hundreds of troops as provides them real time critical information.
Captain Swati Singh is posted in 63 Brigade of the Indian Army which is deployed in eastern sector in Sikkim near Nathu La pass overlooking China. She is Signals incharge in the Brigade and her duty is to keep alive lines of communications for the troops posted in her area.
Captain Singh had chosen the military uniform over a very lucrative career in a multinational software company. I was being offered a post of software engineer by Infosys, but in the meanwhile I cleared the exam of the services and without giving any second thought I opted for the later she said proudly, in an interview to the correspondent.
She is the first generation military officer in her family of engineers. Her younger sister, an engineer like her, has opted for a private job in Larsen and Toubro. Captain Singh hails from Lucknow, a city of Nawabs from where she did her engineering in Babu Banarsi Das Institute of Technology. Her father, who works of the Central Water Board, inspired her to join the Indian Army, she said.
I joined army two years ago and I was commissioned in 17th Division in Sikkim. For the last one year I am in this brigade and despite being only woman officer I never felt alone or awkward here. She said. Her Brigade Head Quarter is in Thegu near Nathu La and it takes at least five hours of bumpy motor ride to reach out to Gangtok. Life is not easy in military but that is what I was fully aware of when I decided to join the army, she said.
She adds, Had I joined the Infosys, I may be serving in bustling and lively city like Bangalore but that would certainly not have given me the same kind of satisfaction I draw here while performing my duty in this inhospitable terrain. Wishing that more and more girls should opt for joining Indian army she said, Terrains or training may be difficult but our organisation is certainly very caring and friendly for the women officers.
defence eXpress: Only woman officer in entire brigade guarding china front
Captain Swati Singh is posted in 63 Brigade of the Indian Army which is deployed in eastern sector in Sikkim near Nathu La pass overlooking China. She is Signals incharge in the Brigade and her duty is to keep alive lines of communications for the troops posted in her area.
Captain Singh had chosen the military uniform over a very lucrative career in a multinational software company. I was being offered a post of software engineer by Infosys, but in the meanwhile I cleared the exam of the services and without giving any second thought I opted for the later she said proudly, in an interview to the correspondent.
She is the first generation military officer in her family of engineers. Her younger sister, an engineer like her, has opted for a private job in Larsen and Toubro. Captain Singh hails from Lucknow, a city of Nawabs from where she did her engineering in Babu Banarsi Das Institute of Technology. Her father, who works of the Central Water Board, inspired her to join the Indian Army, she said.
I joined army two years ago and I was commissioned in 17th Division in Sikkim. For the last one year I am in this brigade and despite being only woman officer I never felt alone or awkward here. She said. Her Brigade Head Quarter is in Thegu near Nathu La and it takes at least five hours of bumpy motor ride to reach out to Gangtok. Life is not easy in military but that is what I was fully aware of when I decided to join the army, she said.
She adds, Had I joined the Infosys, I may be serving in bustling and lively city like Bangalore but that would certainly not have given me the same kind of satisfaction I draw here while performing my duty in this inhospitable terrain. Wishing that more and more girls should opt for joining Indian army she said, Terrains or training may be difficult but our organisation is certainly very caring and friendly for the women officers.
defence eXpress: Only woman officer in entire brigade guarding china front
