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{{Short description|Indian aviator (born 1995)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2019}}
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| name = Shivangi
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|3|15|df=y}}<ref name="DOB" />
| birth_place = [[Paroo, Muzaffarpur, Bihar]], India<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/muzaffarpur-girl-first-woman-pilot-of-indian-navy/articleshow/72341163.cms |title=Bihar girl first woman pilot of Indian Navy |website=[[The Times of India]] |language=en |date=3 December 2019 |access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref>
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| occupation = [[Aircraft pilot]]
| education = [[Sikkim Manipal University]], [[Gangtok]] (B.Tech.)
| years_active = 2019–present
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'''Sub Lieutenant Shivangi Singh''' (born 15 March 1995<ref name="DOB">{{Cite web |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/muzaffarpur-a-teacher-and-housewife-daughter-shivangi-became-the-first-female-pilot-in-the-indian-navy-19811081.html |title=बेमिसाल: पिता शिक्षक-माता गृहिणी, बेटी बनी नौसेना की पहली महिला पायलट |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi |date=3 December 2019 |access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref>) is an Indian serving in the Indian Navy.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/02/asia/indian-navy-first-woman-pilot-intk-hnk-scli/index.html |title=Indian Navy welcomes its first woman pilot in major milestone for armed forces |author1=Helen Regan |author2=Omar Khan |date=2 December 2019 |website=[[CNN]] |access-date=2019-12-03}}</ref> She became the first female Indian naval fighter pilot on 2 December 2019.

== Early life ==
Shivangi Singh was born on 15 March 1995 in [[Muzaffarpur district|Muzaffarpur]] district of [[Bihar]], India to school teacher Hari Bhushan Singh and house wife Priyanka Singh. Shivangi hails from a humble agricultural background. During her childhood, she was captivated by the sight of seeing a politician using a helicopter to attend a political gathering in her native village, which inspired her to become a pilot. Hari Bhushan Singh, her father, is now the principal of a girls-only government school constructed on land donated by Shivangi's great grandfather, who donated it to enable people to overcome the conservative abhorrence of educating girls. Her mother Priyanka is a [[housewife]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/nurtured-the-dream-as-a-10-yr-old-indian-navy-s-first-woman-pilot-shivangi/story-avKXOVl6hF2mdysHI2bzbL.html |title=‘Nurtured the dream as a 10-yr-old’: Indian Navy’s first woman pilot Shivangi |date=2019-12-03 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |access-date=2019-12-08}}</ref>

She obtained a [[Bachelor of Technology]] degree in [[Mechanical engineering]] from [[Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology]]. Shivangi began further studies at the [[Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur|Malaviya National Institute of Technology]] in Jaipur.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Helen Regan and Omar Khan|title=Meet India's first woman navy pilot|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/02/asia/indian-navy-first-woman-pilot-intk-hnk-scli/index.html|access-date=2021-01-23|website=CNN}}</ref>

She is aged 24 (as of 2019) and does not keep a surname.<ref name=":3" />

== Career ==
Shivangi was inducted into the [[Indian Navy]] under the Short Service Commission (SSC)-Pilot entry scheme.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=http://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1594603 |title=Navy Gets its First Woman Pilot |date=2 December 2019 |website=[[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] |via=pib.gov.in |access-date=2019-12-03}}</ref> In June 2018, she was commissioned into the Indian Navy.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/shivangi-gets-wings-to-fly/article30142929.ece |title=Shivangi gets ‘wings’ to fly |date=2019-12-03 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2019-12-03 |others=Special Correspondent |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She undertook two successive six month courses; first the Naval Orientation Course at the [[Indian Naval Academy]], and the second at [[Air Force Academy (India)|Air Force Academy]] where she trained on the [[Pilatus PC-7 MkII|Pilatus PC 7 MkII]] aircraft.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /> In the six months prior to December 2019, she learnt flying the Dornier aircraft at the [[INAS 550|Indian Naval Air Squadron 550]].<ref name=":2" />

Shivangi became the first female fighter pilot of the Indian Navy on 2 December 2019.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/sub-lieutenant-shivangi-is-the-first-ever-woman-pilot-for-navy/article30053940.ece |title=Sub Lieutenant Shivangi is the first-ever woman pilot for Navy |last=Anandan |first=S. |date=2019-11-22 |work=The Hindu |access-date=2019-12-03 |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/bihar-girl-shivangi-becomes-first-woman-pilot-in-indian-navy/articleshow/72332420.cms |title=Bihar girl Shivangi becomes first woman fighter pilot in Indian Navy |date=2 December 2019 |website=[[Press Trust of India]] |language=en |via=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2019-12-03 }}</ref>

She is slated to subsequently become an operational pilot on Maritime Reconnaissance (MR) aircraft after completing her training, as of December 2019.<ref name=":0" />

She is currently flying [[Dornier 228]]

== See also ==
* [[Avani Chaturvedi]]
* [[Mohana Singh Jitarwal]]
* [[Bhawana Kanth]]
*[[Riti Singh]]
*[[Kumudini Tyagi]]
*[[Gunjan Saxena]]

== References ==
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[[Category:1995 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian female aviators]]
[[Category:Women from Bihar]]
[[Category:Indian women in war]]
[[Category:Indian naval aviators]]

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