Captain Shiva Chauhan Assumes Charge As 1st Woman Officer At Highest Battlefield In Siachen

New Delhi: Captain Shiva Chauhan of the Indian Army assumed charge as the first female officer at the world’s highest battlefield Siachen glacier, after a month’s arduous training at Siachen Battle School along with other personnel.

On January 3, the Fire and Fury Corps announced on Tuesday that officer Chauhan has been deployed to the Kumar Post after completing “arduous training.”

Capt Shiva Chouhan from Rajasthan is a Bengal Sapper. She did her schooling in Udaipur and holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from NJR Institute of Technology, Udaipur.

She lost her father at the young age of 11 and her mother, who is a housewife, took care of her studies. Since her childhood, she was motivated to join the Indian Armed Forces and showcased unparalleled zeal during training at Officers Training Academy (OTA), Chennai and was commissioned into the Engineer Regiment in May 2021.

She got inducted to the Siachen Glacier on January 2 after an arduous climb. The team of Sappers led by Capt Shiva Chouhan will be responsible for numerous combat engineering tasks and will be deployed at the post for a duration of three months.