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To dream and fulfill them also depends on the dreamer. It is very easy to build a palace in the air, but it is equally difficult and easy to do something, as the willpower of humans is weak and strong.
Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo, sung for the first time on 27 January 1963 (after the end of the Sino-Indian (1962) War, in which the country had lost 13,454 soldiers), created a wave of patriotism across the country. Hearing the song sung in memory of the Indian soldiers who died during the war, the desire to join the defense forces arose in the heart of every young and female Indian, among them Dr. Padmavati Bandopadhyay, the first woman Air Marshal of India.
She is the first woman to be promoted to the rank of Air Marshal in the Indian Air Force. She is the second woman to be promoted to a three-star rank in the Indian Armed Forces, after Lieutenant General Punita Arora. She is the first woman to be promoted to the two-star rank of Air Vice Marshal.
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Padmavati Bandopadhyay was born on 4 November 1944 in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. Her mother was suffering from tuberculosis. From the age of 4-5 years, she used to take care of and help her mother.
In her New Delhi neighborhood of Gole Market, a woman of the same name, Dr. S. I. Padmavati was a professor of medicine at Hardinge Medical College. And the experience of her mother's hospitalization due to illness at Safdarjung Hospital fueled her determination to become a doctor.
She did her education in the humanities stream at the Delhi Tamil Education Association Senior Secondary School. After graduating from school, she made the difficult and unusual transition from the humanities to the science stream at the University of Delhi. She did pre-medical studies at Kirori Mal College and then joined the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune in 1963.
She joined the Indian Air Force in 1968. In the year 1971, she took part in the India-Pakistan war, after that she stayed in the Air Force only after becoming an Air Marshal, going through the Kargil War. She was the Director General of Medical Services (Air).
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Pratham is associated with Dr. Padmavati Bandopadhyay like Fevicol's joint. In her career, she was the first woman to become a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Society of India.
She is the first Indian woman to conduct scientific research on the North Pole. She is the first woman armed forces officer to complete the Defense Services Staff College course in the year 1978. She was Director of General Medical Services (Air) at Air Headquarters. In 2002, she became the first woman to be promoted to Air Vice Marshal (two-star rank). She is an aviation medicine specialist and a member of the New York Academy of Sciences.
She married SN Bandopadhyay, an Air Force officer. He was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) for his conduct during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Her husband and she became the first IAF couple to receive the President's Award at the same Investiture Parade.
The line of honors received by her is also excellent. She has received more than a dozen honors in the country and the world including Vishisht Seva Medal, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, and Medal of Honor from the President. In addition, she was chosen by the Limca Book of Records as the Woman of the Year for the year 2014.
On Republic Day 2020, Dr. Padmavati Bandopadhyay, a symbol of women's empowerment, was awarded the Padma Shri for 37 years of Indian Air Force service and excellent work in the field of medicine.
Even today retired officer Dr. Padmavati Bandopadhyay continues to provide her medical and education services to the needy children of Eastern Uttar Pradesh.
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Undoubtedly, Dr. Padmavati Bandopadhyay is an example as well as an inspiration for the women of India.
Get up and take a resolution and get involved in work. How long is this good life? When you have come to this world, leave some mark, otherwise, what will be the difference between you and trees, they also take birth, get results and die. - Swami Vivekanand
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