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	Surgeon [[Vice Admiral (India)\|Vice Admiral]] ([[Lieutenant General (India)\|Lieutenant General]]) '''Punita Arora''' [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal\|PVSM]], [[Sena Medal\|SM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal\|VSM]] is a former [[Flag Officer]] of the [[Indian Navy]] and the [[Indian Army]]. Arora was the first woman in the [[Indian Armed Forces]] to be promoted to a [[Three-star rank]]. She held the ranks of [[Lieutenant General]] in the [[Indian Army]]<ref name="WisdenICoC">{{cite news \| url=http://specials.rediff.com/news/2004/sep/16army1.htm \| title=The General in Sari \| website=Specials.rediff.com}}</ref> and Surgeon [[Vice Admiral]] in the [[Indian Navy]].<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Navy-to-get-first-lady-Vice-Admiral/articleshow/1132784.cms \| title=Navy gets its 1st lady vice-admiral \| newspaper=[[The Times of India]] \| date=16 June ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Surgeon [[Vice Admiral (India)\|Vice Admiral]] ([[Lieutenant General (India)\|Lieutenant General]]) '''Punita Arora''' [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal\|PVSM]], [[Sena Medal\|SM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal\|VSM]] is a former [[Flag Officer]] of the [[Indian Navy]] and the [[Indian Army]]. Arora was the first woman in the [[Indian Armed Forces]] to be promoted to a [[Three-star rank]]. She held the ranks of [[Lieutenant General]] in the [[Indian Army]]<ref name="WisdenICoC">{{cite news \| url=http://specials.rediff.com/news/2004/sep/16army1.htm \| title=The General in Sari \| website=Specials.rediff.com}}</ref> and Surgeon [[Vice Admiral]] in the [[Indian Navy]].<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Navy-to-get-first-lady-Vice-Admiral/articleshow/1132784.cms \| title=Navy gets its 1st lady vice-admiral \| newspaper=[[The Times of India]] \| date=16 June 2005}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	==Career==		==Career==
	Punita Arora was commissioned in January 1968.<ref name="financialexpress.com">{{cite news\|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/a-doctor-who-looks-after-an-army/114580/\|title=A Doctor Who Looks After An Army\|date=8 September 2004\|newspaper=The Financial Express\|accessdate=26 March ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Punita Arora was commissioned in January 1968.<ref name="financialexpress.com">{{cite news\|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/a-doctor-who-looks-after-an-army/114580/\|title=A Doctor Who Looks After An Army\|date=8 September 2004\|newspaper=The Financial Express\|accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
	Before becoming Surgeon Vice Admiral of Indian Navy she was [[Commandant]] of [[Armed Forces Medical College, Pune\|AFMC]].		Before becoming Surgeon Vice Admiral of Indian Navy she was [[Commandant]] of [[Armed Forces Medical College, Pune\|AFMC]].
	She took the charge of commandant of Armed Forces Medical College on 1 September 2004 thereafter becoming the first woman officer to command the medical college.<ref name="tribuneindia.com">{{cite web\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040912/women.htm\|title=Heera Mandi then and now\|website=Tribuneindia.com\|accessdate=26 March ~~2022~~}}</ref> Before that she was co-ordinating Medical Research of the armed forces at the [[United States Army\|Army]] headquarters as additional director-general of Armed Forces Medical Services (Medical Research).<ref name="financialexpress.com"/>		She took the charge of commandant of Armed Forces Medical College on 1 September 2004 thereafter becoming the first woman officer to command the medical college.<ref name="tribuneindia.com">{{cite web\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040912/women.htm\|title=Heera Mandi then and now\|website=Tribuneindia.com\|accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref> Before that she was co-ordinating Medical Research of the armed forces at the [[United States Army\|Army]] headquarters as additional director-general of Armed Forces Medical Services (Medical Research).<ref name="financialexpress.com"/>
	She moved from the Army to the [[Indian Navy\|Navy]] as the AFMS has a common pool which allows officers to migrate from one service to another depending on the requirement.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050621/nation.htm\|title=Exclusive varsities for PIOs on the cards: Tytler \|website=Tribuneindia.com\|accessdate=26 March ~~2022~~}}</ref>		She moved from the Army to the [[Indian Navy\|Navy]] as the AFMS has a common pool which allows officers to migrate from one service to another depending on the requirement.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050621/nation.htm\|title=Exclusive varsities for PIOs on the cards: Tytler \|website=Tribuneindia.com\|accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>

	==Awards and medals==		==Awards and medals==

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	\| honorific_suffix = [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal\|PVSM]], [[Sena Medal\|SM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal\|VSM]]		\| honorific_suffix = [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal\|PVSM]], [[Sena Medal\|SM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal\|VSM]]
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	Surgeon [[Vice Admiral (India)\|Vice Admiral]] ([[Lieutenant General]]) '''Punita Arora''' [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal\|PVSM]], [[Sena Medal\|SM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal\|VSM]] is a former [[Flag Officer]] of the [[Indian Navy]] and the [[Indian Army]]. Arora was the first woman in the [[Indian Armed Forces]] to be promoted to a [[Three-star rank]]. She held the ranks of [[Lieutenant General]] in the [[Indian Army]]<ref name="WisdenICoC">{{cite news \| url=http://specials.rediff.com/news/2004/sep/16army1.htm \| title=The General in Sari \| website=Specials.rediff.com}}</ref> and Surgeon [[Vice Admiral]] in the [[Indian Navy]].<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Navy-to-get-first-lady-Vice-Admiral/articleshow/1132784.cms \| title=Navy gets its 1st lady vice-admiral \| newspaper=[[The Times of India]] \| date=16 June ~~2005~~}}</ref>		Surgeon [[Vice Admiral (India)\|Vice Admiral]] ([[Lieutenant General (India)\|Lieutenant General]]) '''Punita Arora''' [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal\|PVSM]], [[Sena Medal\|SM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal\|VSM]] is a former [[Flag Officer]] of the [[Indian Navy]] and the [[Indian Army]]. Arora was the first woman in the [[Indian Armed Forces]] to be promoted to a [[Three-star rank]]. She held the ranks of [[Lieutenant General]] in the [[Indian Army]]<ref name="WisdenICoC">{{cite news \| url=http://specials.rediff.com/news/2004/sep/16army1.htm \| title=The General in Sari \| website=Specials.rediff.com}}</ref> and Surgeon [[Vice Admiral]] in the [[Indian Navy]].<ref>{{cite news \| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Navy-to-get-first-lady-Vice-Admiral/articleshow/1132784.cms \| title=Navy gets its 1st lady vice-admiral \| newspaper=[[The Times of India]] \| date=16 June 2022}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	She was born into a [[Punjabi people\|Punjabi]] family which hails from [[Lahore]]. When she was only one-year-old, her family moved<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://specials.rediff.com/news/2004/sep/16army2.htm\|title=rediff.com: The General in a Sari - A Slide Show\|website=Specials.rediff.com\|access-date=2017-03-15}}</ref> to [[India]] during partition and got settled in [[Saharanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="indianexpress.com">[https://archive.today/20130126135810/http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/57011/]</ref>		She was born into a [[Punjabi people\|Punjabi]] family which hails from [[Lahore]]. When she was only one-year-old, her family moved<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://specials.rediff.com/news/2004/sep/16army2.htm\|title=rediff.com: The General in a Sari - A Slide Show\|website=Specials.rediff.com\|access-date=2017-03-15}}</ref> to [[India]] during partition and got settled in [[Saharanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="indianexpress.com">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/57011/ \|title = Stars & Stripes \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126135810/http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/57011/ \|archive-date=26 January 2013 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	==Education==		==Education==
	She studied in Sophia School in [[Saharanpur]] till 8th grade. After that she moved to Guru Nanak Girls Inter-College. In 11th standard while getting admitted to Government school for boys she decided to take [[Science]] as a career.		She studied in Sophia School in [[Saharanpur]] till 8th grade. After that she moved to Guru Nanak Girls Inter-College. In 11th standard while getting admitted to Government school for boys she decided to take [[Science]] as a career.
	She joined [[Armed Forces Medical College, Pune]] in 1963<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.thesundayindian.com/sorry.html \|title=~~Archived copy~~ \|access-date=2019-03-26 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014082605/http://www.thesundayindian.com/sorry.html \|archive-date=2018-10-14 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> which was the second batch of the AFMC and she turned out to be the topper of that batch.<ref name="indianexpress.com"/>		She joined [[Armed Forces Medical College, Pune]] in 1963<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.thesundayindian.com/sorry.html \|title=Sorry!! \|access-date=2019-03-26 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014082605/http://www.thesundayindian.com/sorry.html \|archive-date=2018-10-14 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> which was the second batch of the AFMC and she turned out to be the topper of that batch.<ref name="indianexpress.com"/>

	==Career==		==Career==
	Punita Arora was commissioned in January 1968.<ref name="financialexpress.com">{{cite news\|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/a-doctor-who-looks-after-an-army/114580/\|title=A Doctor Who Looks After An Army\|date=8 September 2004\|newspaper=The Financial Express\|accessdate=26 March ~~2019~~}}</ref>		Punita Arora was commissioned in January 1968.<ref name="financialexpress.com">{{cite news\|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/a-doctor-who-looks-after-an-army/114580/\|title=A Doctor Who Looks After An Army\|date=8 September 2004\|newspaper=The Financial Express\|accessdate=26 March 2022}}</ref>
	Before becoming Surgeon Vice Admiral of Indian Navy she was [[Commandant]] of [[Armed Forces Medical College, Pune\|AFMC]].		Before becoming Surgeon Vice Admiral of Indian Navy she was [[Commandant]] of [[Armed Forces Medical College, Pune\|AFMC]].
	She took the charge of commandant of Armed Forces Medical College on 1 September 2004 thereafter becoming the first woman officer to command the medical college.<ref name="tribuneindia.com">{{cite web\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040912/women.htm\|title=Heera Mandi then and now\|website=Tribuneindia.com\|accessdate=26 March ~~2019~~}}</ref> Before that she was co-ordinating Medical Research of the armed forces at the [[United States Army\|Army]] headquarters as additional director-general of Armed Forces Medical Services (Medical Research).<ref name="financialexpress.com"/>		She took the charge of commandant of Armed Forces Medical College on 1 September 2004 thereafter becoming the first woman officer to command the medical college.<ref name="tribuneindia.com">{{cite web\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040912/women.htm\|title=Heera Mandi then and now\|website=Tribuneindia.com\|accessdate=26 March 2022}}</ref> Before that she was co-ordinating Medical Research of the armed forces at the [[United States Army\|Army]] headquarters as additional director-general of Armed Forces Medical Services (Medical Research).<ref name="financialexpress.com"/>
	She moved from the Army to the [[Indian Navy\|Navy]] as the AFMS has a common pool which allows officers to migrate from one service to another depending on the requirement.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050621/nation.htm\|title=Exclusive varsities for PIOs on the cards: Tytler \|website=Tribuneindia.com\|accessdate=26 March ~~2019~~}}</ref>		She moved from the Army to the [[Indian Navy\|Navy]] as the AFMS has a common pool which allows officers to migrate from one service to another depending on the requirement.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050621/nation.htm\|title=Exclusive varsities for PIOs on the cards: Tytler \|website=Tribuneindia.com\|accessdate=26 March 2022}}</ref>

	==Awards and medals==		==Awards and medals==
	She has been awarded with 15 medals in her 36 years of career in Indian Armed Forces.~~<ref name="tribuneindia.com"/>~~		She has been awarded with 15 medals in her 36 years of career in Indian Armed Forces.
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	\|[[Sainya Seva Medal]]		\|[[Sainya Seva Medal]]
	\|[[~~Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Indian_Armed_Forces~~#~~Independence_medals~~\|50th Independence Anniversary Medal]]		\|[[Awards and decorations of the Indian Armed Forces#Independence medals\|50th Independence Anniversary Medal]]
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	\|[[~~Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Indian_Armed_Forces~~#~~Independence_medals~~\|25th Independence Anniversary Medal]]		\|[[Awards and decorations of the Indian Armed Forces#Independence medals\|25th Independence Anniversary Medal]]
	\|[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards\|30 Years Long Service Medal]]		\|[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards\|30 Years Long Service Medal]]
	\|[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards\|20 Years Long Service Medal]]		\|[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards\|20 Years Long Service Medal]]
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	*[[Vishisht Seva Medal]] for providing efficient and timely help to victims of the Kaluchak massacre.~~<ref name="tribuneindia.com"/>~~<ref>{{cite web\|url=~~http~~://www.~~thesundayindian~~.com/~~sorry.html~~\|title=~~Sorry~~!!\|website=~~Thesundayindian~~.com\|accessdate=26 March ~~2019~~}}</ref>		*[[Vishisht Seva Medal]] for providing efficient and timely help to victims of the Kaluchak massacre.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.trendpunjabi.com/punita-arora-become-lieutenant-general-indian-army-sikh/\|title=Lieutenant General Of Indian Army Was A Sikh!!!\|website=TrendPunjabi.com\|accessdate=10 March 2021}}</ref>
	*[[Sena Medal]] for providing gynae-endoscopy and oncology facilities and pioneering invitro-fertilisation and assisted reproductive techniques for infertile and childless couples in military hospitals.<ref name="tribuneindia.com"/>

	==See also==		==See also==
			* [[Women in the Indian Armed Forces]]
	* [[Padma Bandopadhyay]]		* [[Padma Bandopadhyay]]
	* [[Madhuri Kanitkar]]		* [[Madhuri Kanitkar]]
			* [[Sheila S. Mathai]]
			* [[Rajshree Ramasethu]]
			* [[Arti Sarin]]

	==References==		==References==
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	[[Category:1946 births]]		[[Category:1946 births]]
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Surgeon [[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] ([[Lieutenant General]]) '''Punita Arora''' [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Sena Medal|SM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]] is a former [[Flag Officer]] of the [[Indian Navy]] and the [[Indian Army]]. Arora was the first woman in the [[Indian Armed Forces]] to be promoted to a [[Three-star rank]]. She held the ranks of [[Lieutenant General]] in the [[Indian Army]]<ref name="WisdenICoC">{{cite news | url=http://specials.rediff.com/news/2004/sep/16army1.htm | title=The General in Sari | website=Specials.rediff.com}}</ref> and Surgeon [[Vice Admiral]] in the [[Indian Navy]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Navy-to-get-first-lady-Vice-Admiral/articleshow/1132784.cms | title=Navy gets its 1st lady vice-admiral | newspaper=[[The Times of India]] | date=16 June 2005}}</ref>

==Early life==
She was born into a [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] family which hails from [[Lahore]]. When she was only one-year-old, her family moved<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://specials.rediff.com/news/2004/sep/16army2.htm|title=rediff.com: The General in a Sari - A Slide Show|website=Specials.rediff.com|access-date=2017-03-15}}</ref> to [[India]] during partition and got settled in [[Saharanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="indianexpress.com">[https://archive.today/20130126135810/http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/57011/]</ref>

==Education==
She studied in Sophia School in [[Saharanpur]] till 8th grade. After that she moved to Guru Nanak Girls Inter-College. In 11th standard while getting admitted to Government school for boys she decided to take [[Science]] as a career.
She joined [[Armed Forces Medical College, Pune]] in 1963<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thesundayindian.com/sorry.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014082605/http://www.thesundayindian.com/sorry.html |archive-date=2018-10-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> which was the second batch of the AFMC and she turned out to be the topper of that batch.<ref name="indianexpress.com"/>

==Career==
Punita Arora was commissioned in January 1968.<ref name="financialexpress.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/a-doctor-who-looks-after-an-army/114580/|title=A Doctor Who Looks After An Army|date=8 September 2004|newspaper=The Financial Express|accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
Before becoming Surgeon Vice Admiral of Indian Navy she was [[Commandant]] of [[Armed Forces Medical College, Pune|AFMC]].
She took the charge of commandant of Armed Forces Medical College on 1 September 2004 thereafter becoming the first woman officer to command the medical college.<ref name="tribuneindia.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040912/women.htm|title=Heera Mandi then and now|website=Tribuneindia.com|accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref> Before that she was co-ordinating Medical Research of the armed forces at the [[United States Army|Army]] headquarters as additional director-general of Armed Forces Medical Services (Medical Research).<ref name="financialexpress.com"/>
She moved from the Army to the [[Indian Navy|Navy]] as the AFMS has a common pool which allows officers to migrate from one service to another depending on the requirement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050621/nation.htm|title=Exclusive varsities for PIOs on the cards: Tytler |website=Tribuneindia.com|accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>

==Awards and medals==
She has been awarded with 15 medals in her 36 years of career in Indian Armed Forces.<ref name="tribuneindia.com"/>
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
|[[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]
|colspan=2|[[Sena Medal]] (2006)
|[[Vishisht Seva Medal]] (2002)
|-
|[[Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Indian_Armed_Forces#Service_and_campaign_medals|Special Service Medal]]
|[[Sangram Medal]]
|[[Sainya Seva Medal]]
|[[Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Indian_Armed_Forces#Independence_medals|50th Independence Anniversary Medal]]
|-
|[[Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Indian_Armed_Forces#Independence_medals|25th Independence Anniversary Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards|30 Years Long Service Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards|20 Years Long Service Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards|9 Years Long Service Medal]]
|}

*[[Vishisht Seva Medal]] for providing efficient and timely help to victims of the Kaluchak massacre.<ref name="tribuneindia.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesundayindian.com/sorry.html|title=Sorry!!|website=Thesundayindian.com|accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
*[[Sena Medal]] for providing gynae-endoscopy and oncology facilities and pioneering invitro-fertilisation and assisted reproductive techniques for infertile and childless couples in military hospitals.<ref name="tribuneindia.com"/>

==See also==
* [[Padma Bandopadhyay]]
* [[Madhuri Kanitkar]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Female army generals]]
[[Category:Female admirals]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1946 births]]