CAPT NEHA SENGAR

CATEGORY: WARRIOR IN UNIFORM

A famous man once said, “If you can dream it, you can do it” and the daughter of a police officer believed it. Hailing from a small town of Uttar Pradesh where girls are not given proper education and are married at an early age, Neha decided to break the stereotypes. She was an NCC cadet in her college and got C certificate in NCC. After she joined NCC, she realized the best way to serve the nation is in uniform. While in her Masters, she joined the Indian Army. She went to join the Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai. There were no privileges for women in this male dominated academy. All cadets were treated equally, men and women alike. They had to go through the same training program and share the same pool. This tough training schedule made her a strong army woman. She took commission in 2012 and got posted to counter insurgency, in North East. Providing communication at -15 degrees in a remote area like Tawang was not an easy task but along with her team, she achieved the task in stipulated time and was awarded Special Service Medal with Clasp ‘Suraksha’ ‘(OP RHINO)’ and Sainya Seva Medal with Clasp ‘Bengal-Assam’ for service in counter insurgency. On the occasion of Army Day 2018, she motivated students of 20 schools of Bareilly who participated in the celebration. Breaking the discrimination of men and women, she is excelling in adventure activities and has successfully done a WhiteWater Rafting Expedition of Indian Army (Garud Division) for 140 Km in Uttrakhand as a Team Leader. She has secured her position in women rafters team and will be representing Indian Army in national rafting championship in 2018. She is serving as a captain in Corps of Signals in elite Garud Division.