Arti Sarin

Surgeon Vice Admiral Arti Sarin, PVSM, AVSM, VSM is a serving flag officer in the Indian Navy. She is currently serving as the Director General Armed Forces Medical Services, the senior-most appointment in the Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS). She is the first woman to serve as DGAFMS and the highest-ranking woman officer in the history of the Indian Armed Forces.

She previously served as the Director General Medical Services (Navy) and as the Director General Medical Services (Air) in the rank of Air Marshal. She is the sixth woman in the Indian Armed Forces to be promoted to a three-star rank. She is the third woman officer to hold the rank of Vice Admiral in the Indian Navy, after Surgeon Vice Admiral Punita Arora and Surgeon Vice Admiral Sheila S. Mathai.

She has the rare distinction of serving in all three branches of the Indian Armed Forces. She served in the Indian Army from the ranks of Lieutenant to Captain, in the Indian Navy from Surgeon Lieutenant to Surgeon Vice Admiral and in the Indian Air Force as an Air Marshal.