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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{short description|India’s first women combat pilot}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{short description|India’s first women combat pilot}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 2018, Chaturvedi became the first Indian woman pilot to take a solo flight in a [[MiG-21]]. In 2018 Avani was promoted to the rank of [[Flight Lieutenant]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/in-a-first-woman-fighter-pilot-undertakes-solo-flight-in-mig-21-5073511/|title=In a first, woman fighter pilot undertakes solo flight in MiG-21|date=2018-02-22|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-02-22|language=en-US}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 2018, Chaturvedi became the first Indian woman pilot to take a solo flight in a [[MiG-21]]. In 2018 Avani was promoted to the rank of [[Flight Lieutenant]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/in-a-first-woman-fighter-pilot-undertakes-solo-flight-in-mig-21-5073511/|title=In a first, woman fighter pilot undertakes solo flight in MiG-21|date=2018-02-22|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-02-22|language=en-US}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Chaturvedi is posted in [[Indian Air Force]] [[No. 23 Squadron IAF|No. 23 Squadron]] &#039;&#039;Panthers&#039;&#039; in [[Suratgarh]], [[Rajasthan]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/flight-lieutenant-bhawana-kanth-is-indias-first-woman-pilot-to-qualify-for-combat-missions-2041527|title= Bhawana Kanth Is India&#039;s First Woman Pilot to Qualify for Combat Missions |publisher=NDTV|access-date=23 May &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2022&lt;/del&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Chaturvedi is posted in [[Indian Air Force]] [[No. 23 Squadron IAF|No. 23 Squadron]] &#039;&#039;Panthers&#039;&#039; in [[Suratgarh]], [[Rajasthan]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/flight-lieutenant-bhawana-kanth-is-indias-first-woman-pilot-to-qualify-for-combat-missions-2041527|title= Bhawana Kanth Is India&#039;s First Woman Pilot to Qualify for Combat Missions |publisher=NDTV|access-date=23 May &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2019&lt;/ins&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;| years_active        = 2016–present&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| rank                = [[File:&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Indian &lt;/ins&gt;IAF &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;OF-2&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;svg&lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;25px&lt;/ins&gt;]] Flight Lieutenant&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| rank                = [[File:&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Flight Lieutenant of &lt;/del&gt;IAF.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;png&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;30px&lt;/del&gt;]] Flight Lieutenant&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| unit                =  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| unit                =  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| spouse              = Vineet Chikara&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| spouse              = &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Flt Lt &lt;/ins&gt;Vineet Chikara&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| children            =  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| children            =  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| relatives           =  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| relatives           =  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l29&quot;&gt;Line 29:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 28:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:The Marshal of the Indian Air Force (MIAF) Arjan Singh along with the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha (cropped).jpg|thumb|(L-R) [[Mohana Singh Jitarwal]], Avani Chaturvedi and [[Bhawana Kanth]]]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:The Marshal of the Indian Air Force (MIAF) Arjan Singh along with the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha (cropped).jpg|thumb|(L-R) [[Mohana Singh Jitarwal]], Avani Chaturvedi and [[Bhawana Kanth]]]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Flight Lieutenant Avani Chaturvedi&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 27 &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;November &lt;/del&gt;1993) is an Indian pilot from [[Rewa, Madhya Pradesh|Rewa]] district, [[Madhya Pradesh]]. She was declared as the first woman combat pilot along with two of her cohorts, [[Mohana Singh Jitarwal]], and [[Bhawana Kanth]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Avani-Bhawana-Mohana-become-IAFs-first-women-fighter-pilots/articleshow/52805137.cms|title=Avani, Bhawana, Mohana become IAF&#039;s first women fighter pilots - Times of India|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=2016-12-09}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/First-batch-of-three-female-fighter-pilots-commissioned/article14429868.ece|title=First batch of three female fighter pilots commissioned|last=Krishnamoorthy|first=Suresh|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=2016-12-09}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The trio was inducted into the [[Indian Air Force]] fighter squadron in June 2016. They were formally commissioned by then [[Defence Minister of India|Defence Minister]] [[Manohar Parrikar]] on &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;18th &lt;/del&gt;June 2016, to serve the nation.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/iaf-pilots-with-indias-first-female-fighter-pilot-test-f-21-simulator/articleshow/70254376.cms?from=mdr|title=IAF pilots test F-21 simulator|last=Gurung|first=Shaurya Karanbir|date=2019-07-17|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-10-18}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Flight Lieutenant Avani Chaturvedi&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 27 &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;October &lt;/ins&gt;1993) is an Indian pilot from [[Rewa, Madhya Pradesh|Rewa]] district, [[Madhya Pradesh]]. She was declared as the first woman combat pilot along with two of her cohorts, [[Mohana Singh Jitarwal]], and [[Bhawana Kanth]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Avani-Bhawana-Mohana-become-IAFs-first-women-fighter-pilots/articleshow/52805137.cms|title=Avani, Bhawana, Mohana become IAF&#039;s first women fighter pilots - Times of India|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=2016-12-09}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/First-batch-of-three-female-fighter-pilots-commissioned/article14429868.ece|title=First batch of three female fighter pilots commissioned|last=Krishnamoorthy|first=Suresh|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=2016-12-09}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The trio was inducted into the [[Indian Air Force]] fighter squadron in June 2016. They were formally commissioned by then [[Defence Minister of India|Defence Minister]] [[Manohar Parrikar]] on &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;18 &lt;/ins&gt;June 2016, to serve the nation.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/iaf-pilots-with-indias-first-female-fighter-pilot-test-f-21-simulator/articleshow/70254376.cms?from=mdr|title=IAF pilots test F-21 simulator|last=Gurung|first=Shaurya Karanbir|date=2019-07-17|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-10-18}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Early life and education ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Early life and education ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Avani was born on 27 October in 1993. Her father, Dinkar Chaturvedi, is an superintending engineer in Water Resource Department of  Madhya Pradesh government and her mother is a home maker. She completed her  schooling from Deolond, a small town in [[Shahdol district]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://english.pradesh18.com/news/madhya-pradesh/mp-girl-avani-chaturvedi-to-be-one-amongst-indias-first-three-women-fighter-pilots-878414.html|title=MP girl Avani Chaturvedi to be one amongst India&#039;s first three women fighter pilots|website=english.pradesh18.com|access-date=2016-12-09}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Completing her Bachelors in Technology from [[Banasthali University]], [[Rajasthan]] in 2014 where she joined &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;that &lt;/del&gt;college&#039;s flying club which fascinated her to fly. She passed the AFCAT and further was recommended by AFSB.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Avani was born on 27 October in 1993. Her father, Dinkar Chaturvedi, is an superintending engineer in Water Resource Department of  Madhya Pradesh government and her mother is a home maker. She completed her  schooling from Deolond, a small town in [[Shahdol district]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://english.pradesh18.com/news/madhya-pradesh/mp-girl-avani-chaturvedi-to-be-one-amongst-indias-first-three-women-fighter-pilots-878414.html|title=MP girl Avani Chaturvedi to be one amongst India&#039;s first three women fighter pilots|website=english.pradesh18.com|access-date=2016-12-09}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Completing her Bachelors in Technology from [[Banasthali University]], [[Rajasthan]] in 2014 where she joined &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the &lt;/ins&gt;college&#039;s flying club which fascinated her to fly. She passed the AFCAT and further was recommended by AFSB.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Chaturvedi likes to play chess, table tennis and  to do sketching and painting.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Chaturvedi likes to play chess, table tennis and  to do sketching and painting.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Avani&#039;s elder brother, who is an officer in the Indian Army, inspired her to join the Indian Air Force. She also &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;had &lt;/del&gt;a few hours of flying experience in the flying club of her college [[Banasthali University]]&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, which further inspired her to join the IAF (Indian Air Force)&lt;/del&gt;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://www.ssbtosuccess.com/flying-officer-avani-chaturvedi/|title=Interesting Facts about Avani Chaturvedi, First Female Pilot To Fly Mig-21|last=Team|first=Editorial|date=2018-02-23|work=SSBToSuccess|access-date=2018-02-23|language=en-US}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Avani&#039;s elder brother, who is an officer in the Indian Army, inspired her to join the Indian Air Force. She also &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;has &lt;/ins&gt;a few hours of flying experience in the flying club of her college [[Banasthali University]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://www.ssbtosuccess.com/flying-officer-avani-chaturvedi/|title=Interesting Facts about Avani Chaturvedi, First Female Pilot To Fly Mig-21|last=Team|first=Editorial|date=2018-02-23|work=SSBToSuccess|access-date=2018-02-23|language=en-US}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Career ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Career ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Avani Chaturvedi &lt;/del&gt;was selected &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;to train &lt;/del&gt;at [[Air Force Academy (India)|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Hyderabad &lt;/del&gt;Air Force Academy]] and &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;had &lt;/del&gt;completed the training at the age of 25. After &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;completing one year of &lt;/del&gt;training &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;there&lt;/del&gt;, Chaturvedi became a fighter pilot in June 2016&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. Once Chaturvedi completes Stage III training at Bidar in adjoining [[Karnataka]] next year, they will be able to fly fighter jets like the [[Sukhoi Su-30MKI]] and [[HAL Tejas|Tejas]]&lt;/del&gt;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;url&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;https://www.bbc.com/news/world&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;asia&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;india-43151117&lt;/del&gt;|title=The first Indian woman to fly a fighter jet|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;date&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2018&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;02-22&lt;/del&gt;|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=2019-12-03&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|language=en-GB&lt;/del&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/for-iafs-first-women-fighter-pilots-mohana-singh-bhawana-kanth-avani-chaturvedi-sky-is-no-limit/articleshow/52816373.cms&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|title=For IAF&#039;s first women fighter pilots Mohana Singh, Bhawana Kanth &amp;amp; Avani Chaturvedi, sky is no limit|newspaper=The Economic Times&lt;/del&gt;|access-date=2016-12-09}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;She &lt;/ins&gt;was selected &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;for training &lt;/ins&gt;at &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the &lt;/ins&gt;[[Air Force Academy (India)|Air Force Academy]] and completed the training at the age of 25. After &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;further &lt;/ins&gt;training, Chaturvedi became a fighter pilot in June 2016.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news |&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;date&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2018&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;02&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;22 &lt;/ins&gt;|title=The first Indian woman to fly a fighter jet |&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;language&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;en&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;GB &lt;/ins&gt;|work=[[BBC News]] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-43151117 &lt;/ins&gt;|access-date=2019-12-03}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|title=For IAF&#039;s first women fighter pilots Mohana Singh, Bhawana Kanth &amp;amp; Avani Chaturvedi, sky is no limit |newspaper=The Economic Times &lt;/ins&gt;|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/for-iafs-first-women-fighter-pilots-mohana-singh-bhawana-kanth-avani-chaturvedi-sky-is-no-limit/articleshow/52816373.cms |access-date=2016-12-09}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 2018, Chaturvedi became the first Indian woman pilot to take a solo flight in a [[MiG-21]]. In 2018 Avani was promoted to the rank of [[Flight Lieutenant]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/in-a-first-woman-fighter-pilot-undertakes-solo-flight-in-mig-21-5073511/|title=In a first, woman fighter pilot undertakes solo flight in MiG-21|date=2018-02-22|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-02-22|language=en-US}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 2018, Chaturvedi became the first Indian woman pilot to take a solo flight in a [[MiG-21]]. In 2018 Avani was promoted to the rank of [[Flight Lieutenant]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/in-a-first-woman-fighter-pilot-undertakes-solo-flight-in-mig-21-5073511/|title=In a first, woman fighter pilot undertakes solo flight in MiG-21|date=2018-02-22|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-02-22|language=en-US}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Chaturvedi is posted in [[Indian Air Force]] [[No. 23 Squadron IAF|No. 23 Squadron]] &#039;&#039;Panthers&#039;&#039; in [[Suratgarh]], [[Rajasthan]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/flight-lieutenant-bhawana-kanth-is-indias-first-woman-pilot-to-qualify-for-combat-missions-2041527|title= Bhawana Kanth Is India&#039;s First Woman Pilot to Qualify for Combat Missions |publisher=NDTV|access-date=23 May &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2019&lt;/del&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Chaturvedi is posted in [[Indian Air Force]] [[No. 23 Squadron IAF|No. 23 Squadron]] &#039;&#039;Panthers&#039;&#039; in [[Suratgarh]], [[Rajasthan]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/flight-lieutenant-bhawana-kanth-is-indias-first-woman-pilot-to-qualify-for-combat-missions-2041527|title= Bhawana Kanth Is India&#039;s First Woman Pilot to Qualify for Combat Missions |publisher=NDTV|access-date=23 May &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2022&lt;/ins&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Awards and recognition==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Awards and recognition==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 2018, she was honored with the [[doctorate degree]] from Banasthali Vidyapeeth.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 2018, she was honored with the [[doctorate degree]] from Banasthali Vidyapeeth.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;On 9 March 2020, Chaturvedi was awarded with [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] by President [[Ram Nath Kovind]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/flying-mig-21-bison-matter-of-pride-flt-lt-bhawana-kanth-11583759611965.html|title=Flying MiG-21 Bison matter of pride: Flt Lt Bhawana Kanth|date=2020-03-09|website=Livemint|language=en|access-date=2020-04-10}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;On 9 March 2020, Chaturvedi was awarded with [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] by President [[Ram Nath Kovind]]&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/flying-mig-21-bison-matter-of-pride-flt-lt-bhawana-kanth-11583759611965.html|title=Flying MiG-21 Bison matter of pride: Flt Lt Bhawana Kanth|date=2020-03-09|website=Livemint|language=en|access-date=2020-04-10}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Personal life==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Personal life==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l55&quot;&gt;Line 55:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 54:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== See also ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== See also ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* [[Shivangi]]&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [[Gunjan Saxena]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [[Gunjan Saxena]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [[Mohana Singh Jitarwal]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [[Mohana Singh Jitarwal]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l71&quot;&gt;Line 71:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{short description|India’s first women combat pilot}}&lt;br /&gt;
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| name                = Avani Chaturvedi&lt;br /&gt;
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| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1993|10|27|df=y}}&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place         = [[Satna, Madhya Pradesh|Satna]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| education           = [[Banasthali University]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]] (B.Tech Computer Science)&lt;br /&gt;
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| branch              = {{air force|India}}&lt;br /&gt;
| occupation          = [[Fighter Pilot]]&lt;br /&gt;
| years_active        = 2016–present&lt;br /&gt;
| rank                = [[File:Flight Lieutenant of IAF.png|30px]] Flight Lieutenant&lt;br /&gt;
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| spouse              = Vineet Chikara&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:The Marshal of the Indian Air Force (MIAF) Arjan Singh along with the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha (cropped).jpg|thumb|(L-R) [[Mohana Singh Jitarwal]], Avani Chaturvedi and [[Bhawana Kanth]]]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Flight Lieutenant Avani Chaturvedi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (born 27 November 1993) is an Indian pilot from [[Rewa, Madhya Pradesh|Rewa]] district, [[Madhya Pradesh]]. She was declared as the first woman combat pilot along with two of her cohorts, [[Mohana Singh Jitarwal]], and [[Bhawana Kanth]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Avani-Bhawana-Mohana-become-IAFs-first-women-fighter-pilots/articleshow/52805137.cms|title=Avani, Bhawana, Mohana become IAF&amp;#039;s first women fighter pilots - Times of India|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=2016-12-09}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/First-batch-of-three-female-fighter-pilots-commissioned/article14429868.ece|title=First batch of three female fighter pilots commissioned|last=Krishnamoorthy|first=Suresh|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=2016-12-09}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The trio was inducted into the [[Indian Air Force]] fighter squadron in June 2016. They were formally commissioned by then [[Defence Minister of India|Defence Minister]] [[Manohar Parrikar]] on 18th June 2016, to serve the nation.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/iaf-pilots-with-indias-first-female-fighter-pilot-test-f-21-simulator/articleshow/70254376.cms?from=mdr|title=IAF pilots test F-21 simulator|last=Gurung|first=Shaurya Karanbir|date=2019-07-17|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-10-18}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Early life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Avani was born on 27 October in 1993. Her father, Dinkar Chaturvedi, is an superintending engineer in Water Resource Department of  Madhya Pradesh government and her mother is a home maker. She completed her  schooling from Deolond, a small town in [[Shahdol district]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://english.pradesh18.com/news/madhya-pradesh/mp-girl-avani-chaturvedi-to-be-one-amongst-indias-first-three-women-fighter-pilots-878414.html|title=MP girl Avani Chaturvedi to be one amongst India&amp;#039;s first three women fighter pilots|website=english.pradesh18.com|access-date=2016-12-09}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Completing her Bachelors in Technology from [[Banasthali University]], [[Rajasthan]] in 2014 where she joined that college&amp;#039;s flying club which fascinated her to fly. She passed the AFCAT and further was recommended by AFSB.&lt;br /&gt;
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Chaturvedi likes to play chess, table tennis and  to do sketching and painting. &lt;br /&gt;
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Avani&amp;#039;s elder brother, who is an officer in the Indian Army, inspired her to join the Indian Air Force. She also had a few hours of flying experience in the flying club of her college [[Banasthali University]], which further inspired her to join the IAF (Indian Air Force).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://www.ssbtosuccess.com/flying-officer-avani-chaturvedi/|title=Interesting Facts about Avani Chaturvedi, First Female Pilot To Fly Mig-21|last=Team|first=Editorial|date=2018-02-23|work=SSBToSuccess|access-date=2018-02-23|language=en-US}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Career ==&lt;br /&gt;
Avani Chaturvedi was selected to train at [[Air Force Academy (India)|Hyderabad Air Force Academy]] and had completed the training at the age of 25. After completing one year of training there, Chaturvedi became a fighter pilot in June 2016. Once Chaturvedi completes Stage III training at Bidar in adjoining [[Karnataka]] next year, they will be able to fly fighter jets like the [[Sukhoi Su-30MKI]] and [[HAL Tejas|Tejas]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-43151117|title=The first Indian woman to fly a fighter jet|date=2018-02-22|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=2019-12-03|language=en-GB}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/for-iafs-first-women-fighter-pilots-mohana-singh-bhawana-kanth-avani-chaturvedi-sky-is-no-limit/articleshow/52816373.cms|title=For IAF&amp;#039;s first women fighter pilots Mohana Singh, Bhawana Kanth &amp;amp; Avani Chaturvedi, sky is no limit|newspaper=The Economic Times|access-date=2016-12-09}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2018, Chaturvedi became the first Indian woman pilot to take a solo flight in a [[MiG-21]]. In 2018 Avani was promoted to the rank of [[Flight Lieutenant]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/in-a-first-woman-fighter-pilot-undertakes-solo-flight-in-mig-21-5073511/|title=In a first, woman fighter pilot undertakes solo flight in MiG-21|date=2018-02-22|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-02-22|language=en-US}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Chaturvedi is posted in [[Indian Air Force]] [[No. 23 Squadron IAF|No. 23 Squadron]] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Panthers&amp;#039;&amp;#039; in [[Suratgarh]], [[Rajasthan]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/flight-lieutenant-bhawana-kanth-is-indias-first-woman-pilot-to-qualify-for-combat-missions-2041527|title= Bhawana Kanth Is India&amp;#039;s First Woman Pilot to Qualify for Combat Missions |publisher=NDTV|access-date=23 May 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Awards and recognition==&lt;br /&gt;
In 2018, she was honored with the [[doctorate degree]] from Banasthali Vidyapeeth.&lt;br /&gt;
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On 9 March 2020, Chaturvedi was awarded with [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] by President [[Ram Nath Kovind]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/flying-mig-21-bison-matter-of-pride-flt-lt-bhawana-kanth-11583759611965.html|title=Flying MiG-21 Bison matter of pride: Flt Lt Bhawana Kanth|date=2020-03-09|website=Livemint|language=en|access-date=2020-04-10}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Personal life==&lt;br /&gt;
Avni Chaturvedi married [[Flight lieutenant|Flight Lieutenant]] Vineet Chikara in November 2019.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.amarujala.com/chandigarh/india-s-first-female-fighter-pilot-avani-chaturvedi-got-married|title=देश की पहली महिला फाइटर पायलट अवनी चतुर्वेदी परिणय सूत्र में बंधीं, जानें-&amp;#039;हमसफर&amp;#039; के बारे में|publisher=Amar Ujala|date=2019-11-29|access-date=2021-06-21}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== See also ==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Shivangi]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Gunjan Saxena]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Mohana Singh Jitarwal]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Bhawana Kanth]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7izQ4A7zwJc Women Fighter Pilots]. [[Veer by Discovery]]&lt;br /&gt;
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