Lt Commander Disha Amrith, a female naval air operations official assigned to a strategic base, will lead the Indian Navy’s Republic Day contingent of 144 young sailors, and the tableau will depict the ‘Nari Shakti’ in full force.
According to Navy officials, three women and five men Agniveers will also take part in the parade at Kartavya Path.
Aside from Amrith, another female officer, Sub Lt Valli Meena S, will be one of the naval contingent’s three platoon commanders.
Amrith, 29, a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from BMS College of Engineering in Karnataka, was a member of the National Cadet Corps’ Republic Day team in 2008 and hoped to march with one of the three services at the celebrations in Delhi.
