Lieutenant Shivangi Singh (born 15 March 1995) is an Indian serving in the Indian Navy. Lt. Shivangi hails from Fatehabad Village of Muzaffarpur District, Bihar and previously flew the pilatus aircraft. Lt. Shivangi (Indian Navy) and Flight Lt. Shivangi Singh (Indian Air Force) are two different people.

Early life

Shivangi Singh was born on 15 March 1995 in

Muzaffarpur Muzaffarpur () is a city located in Muzaffarpur district on the banks of Burhi Gandak River, Burhi Gandak river in the Tirhut division of the Indian state of Bihar. It serves as the headquarters of the Tirhut division, the Muzaffarpur distri ...

district of

Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...

, India to school teacher Hari Bhushan Singh and house wife Priyanka Singh. Shivangi hails from a humble agricultural background. During her childhood, she was captivated by the sight of seeing a politician using a helicopter to attend a political gathering in her native village, which inspired her to become a pilot. Hari Bhushan Singh, her father, is now the principal of a girls-only government school constructed on land donated by Shivangi's great grandfather, who donated it to enable people to overcome the conservative abhorrence of educating girls. Her mother Priyanka is a

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. She obtained a

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degree in

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

from

Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology is a private institute located in Majitar, Pakyong district, Sikkim, India. The institution offers various undergraduate and post-graduate courses in engineering, management, computer application and basi ...

. Shivangi began further studies at the Malaviya National Institute of Technology in Jaipur.

Career

Shivangi was inducted into the

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under the Short Service Commission (SSC)-Pilot entry scheme. In June 2018, she was commissioned into the Indian Navy. She undertook two successive six month courses; first the Naval Orientation Course at the

Indian Naval Academy The Indian Naval Academy (INA or INA Ezhimala) is the Defense (military), defence service training establishment for officer cadre of the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard, located in Ezhimala, Kannur district, Kerala. Situated between Ez ...

, and the second at

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where she trained on the Pilatus PC 7 MkII aircraft. In the six months prior to December 2019, she learnt flying the Dornier aircraft at the Indian Naval Air Squadron 550. Shivangi is among the batch of the first three women pilots of the Indian Navy, including Lt Shubhangi Swaroop and Lt Divya Sharma. She is slated to subsequently become an operational pilot on Maritime Reconnaissance (MR) aircraft after completing her training, as of December 2019. She also flew as first pilot along with Lt CDR Aanchal, Lt Apurva, Lt Pooja panda and Slt Pooja shekhawat in the maiden all women crew mission of Indian Navy from INAS 314, NAE Porbandar.

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Early life

Career

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