New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was assisted by flag officer Major Shweta Pandey while unfurling the national flag during the 74th Independence Day function at the Red Fort
The flag officer Major Shweta Pandey is an EME (electronics and mechanical engineers) officer from the Indian Army’s 505 base workshop.
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Women officers have carried out such roles in the past and even led marching contingents during the Republic Day parade.
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Major Shweta Pandey had earlier this year carried the Tricolour and led an Indian military contingent at the Victory Day Parade in Moscow in June, The event was also attended by defence minister Rajnath Singh.
Major Pandey, a resident of Lucknow, was commissioned into service in March 2012 from officers training academy, Chennai. Her Father Mr Raj Ratan Pandey served as additional director,finance, in UP government and her mother Mrs Amita Pandey is a Sanskrit and Hindi professor.
