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'''Captain Divya Ajith Kumar''' is an [[Army Air Defence (India)|Army Air Defense]] (AAD) officer in the [[Indian Army]]. She graduated from the [[Officers Training Academy]], [[Chennai]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nurullah|first=Abdullah|date=2016-02-26|title=She is an officer and a woman|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/She-is-an-officer-and-a-woman/articleshow/51151743.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2019-04-30|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> She is the first womant to be conferred by the Army with the Sword of Honour prize, given to the best cadet.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennai-cadet-creates-history-at-ota-passingout-parade/article697372.ece | title=Chennai cadet creates history at OTA passing-out parade | newspaper=The Hindu | date=19 September 2010 | accessdate=9 July 2015}}</ref> She led an all-woman contingent of 154 women officers and cadets during the [[Republic Day Parade]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/25-year-old-captain-divya-ajith-leads-first-all-women-contingent-in-republic-day-parade-2064151.html | title=25-year-old Captain Divya Ajith leads first all-women contingent in Republic Day parade | magazine=First Post | date=26 January 2015 | accessdate=9 July 2015}}</ref>

Kumar was commissioned into [[Corps of Army Air Defence]] on September 2010. Kumar also jointly topped the Young Officers' course of the [[Army Air Defence College]] in 2011 and was awarded the Silver Gun Trophy. Kumar led the first all-women contingent of the Army on Republic Day in 2015. She led a contingent of 126 officers and 28 cadets during the parade, where [[Barack Obama|US President Barack Obama]] was present as the chief guest.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/a-saga-of-bravery-fortitude-and-committed-effort/article6976341.ece|title=A saga of bravery, fortitude and committed effort|author=Staff Reporter|date=2015-03-10|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-04-30|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.in/miscellaneous/women-officers-steal-the-show-at-indias-71st-army-day-here-are-all-the-moments-when-they-proudly-led-the-forces/women-soldiers-business-insider-india/slideshow/67539135.cms|title="Women power" at display|last=|first=|date=|website=Business Insider|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-04-30}}</ref> She now teaches at the Officers Training Academy in Chennai.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}