Air Marshal Dr. Sadhna Saxena Nair becomes the first lady officer to take charge as Director General Hospital Services (Armed Forces)

New Delhi : Air Marshal Dr. Sadhna S Nair assumed the appointment of Director General Hospital Services (Armed Forces) in the office of DGAFMS on Oct 23, 2023, becoming the first woman to hold the position on promotion to the rank of Air Marshal. A graduate from the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune,  Air Marshal Dr. Sadhna S Nair was commissioned into the Indian Air Force in Dec 1985. She holds a Post Graduate degree in Family Medicine and has undergone a two-year training program in Medical Informatics at AIIMS, New Delhi. She was trained in CBRN Warfare with the Israeli Defence Forces and in Military Medical Ethics in Switzerland. She is the first and only woman Principal Medical Officer of Western Air Command and Training Command.