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[[Lieutenant General (India)|Lieutenant General]] '''Rajshree Ramasethu''' is a former [[general officer]] of the [[Indian Army]]. She is the fifth woman in the [[Indian Armed Forces]] and third in the Indian Army to be promoted to a [[Three-star rank]]. She last served as the Director and Commandant of the [[Armed Forces Medical College (India)|Armed Forces Medical College]], Pune.

==Early life and education==
Ramasethu joined the [[Armed Forces Medical College (India)|Armed Forces Medical College]], [[Pune]] in 1979.<ref name="HT">{{cite web |title=Lt Gen Ramasethu is new director-commandant of AFMC, Pune |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-news/lt-gen-ramasethu-is-new-director-commandant-of-afmc-pune-101631794449647.html |website=hindustantimes.com |access-date=12 October 2022}}</ref>

==Military career==
Ramasethu was commissioned in the [[Army Medical Corps (India)|Army Medical Corps]] in December 1983. She did her post-graduation, earning the [[Doctor of Medicine]] degree in [[Internal Medicine]]. She subsequently underwent super specialisation in [[Nephrology]] at the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi]].<ref name="IE">{{cite web |title=Lt General Rajshree Ramasethu takes over as Commandant of AFMC Pune |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/lt-general-rajshree-ramasethu-takes-over-as-commandant-of-afmc-pune-7514127/ |website=The Indian Express |access-date=12 October 2022 |language=en |date=17 September 2021}}</ref>

Ramasethu has tenanted appointments of Consultant (medicine and Nephrology) at [[INHS Asvini]], the naval hospital in Mumbai, and the Command Hospital [[Eastern Command (India)|Eastern Command]] in Kolkata.<ref name="Comdt AFMC">{{cite web |title=LT GEN RAJSHREE RAMASETHU |url=https://www.afmc.nic.in/officeofcommandant.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107224141/https://www.afmc.nic.in/officeofcommandant.html |archive-date=2022-01-07 |website=afmc.nic.in |access-date=12 October 2022}}</ref> She has also served as the Commandant of the Military Hospital, Chennai and as the Assistant Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff (Medical) (ACIDS Med) at [[Integrated Defence Staff|HQ IDS]].

As a [[Major general (India)|Major General]], Ramasethu served as the Senior Consultant (Medicine) in the office of the [[Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (India)|Director General Armed Forces Medical Services]] (DGAFMS) in [[New Delhi]].<ref name="Punekarnews">{{cite web |title=Lt Gen Rajshree Ramasethu Takes Over As Commandant Of AFMC Pune |url=https://www.punekarnews.in/lt-gen-rajshree-ramasethu-takes-over-as-commandant-of-afmc-pune/ |website=Punekar News |access-date=12 October 2022 |date=16 September 2021}}</ref> She then served as Major General Medical at the [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Command]] at [[Pune]].<ref name="Comdt AFMC" /> On 16 September 2021, Ramasethu assumed the office of Director and Commandant of her alma-mater [[Armed Forces Medical College, Pune]] in the rank of [[Lieutenant General (India)|Lieutenant General]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/PRODefPune/status/1438425178589962240 |website=Twitter |access-date=12 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

==Awards and decorations==
Ramasethu has been awarded the [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff]] [[Awards and decorations of the Indian Armed Forces#Commendation Card|Commendation Card]] three times - in 1995, 2011 and 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Official Home Page of the Indian Army |url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=c4LZPcMFL9elJbNaW0VZLA==&ParentID=loR5SuwlyuR6y4YKFCtR4A== |website=www.indianarmy.nic.in |access-date=12 October 2022}}</ref>

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|colspan="4" align="centre"|[[File:IND Special Service Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]] [[File:IND_Sainya_Seva_Medal_Ribbon.svg|105px]]
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|[[File:IND 50th Anniversary Independence medal.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND_30_Years_Long_Service_Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|105px]]
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
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|[[Special Service Medal (India)|Special Service Medal]]
|[[Sainya Seva Medal]]
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|-
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|50th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|30 Years Long Service Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|20 Years Long Service Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|9 Years Long Service Medal]]
|}

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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{{s-bef|before = Lieutenant General Nardeep Naithani}}
{{s-ttl|title = Commandant [[Armed Forces Medical College]]|years=2022-present}}
{{s-aft|after = [[Vice admiral (India)|Surgeon Vice Admiral]] [[Arti Sarin]]}}
{{s-end}}

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