Computer science graduate, debate champion: Major Shweta Pandey, the army officer, who will help PM Modi hoist the tricolourindiaUpdated: Aug 15, 2020 06:42 ISTMajor Shweta Pandey, an officer of the Indian Army, will help Prime Minister Narendra Modi unfurl the national flag this year during the Independence Day ceremony at Delhi’s Red Fort on Saturday. Last year, three women Indian Air Force (IAF) officers had assisted PM Modi during the Independence Day ceremony. Here is more about the officer:* Maj Pandey was commissioned in the army in March 2012 from the Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Tamil Nadu’s Chennai. * Pandey is an Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME) officer at the Indian Army’s 505 base workshop. * Maj Shweta holds a degree in computer science and has done her advance course in radars.

Source: Hindustan Times August 15, 2020 01:13 UTC