Padma Bandopadhyay

Air Marshal

Padmavathy Bandopadhyay

PVSM, AVSM, VSM, PHS
Bandopadhyay in 2012
Birth namePadmavathy Swaminathan
NicknamePadma
Born (1944-11-04) 4 November 1944
Tirupathi, Madras Presidency, British India (now Andhra Pradesh)
AllegianceIndia
BranchIndian Air Force
Service years1968–2005
Rank Air Marshal
Service number11528 MED (MR-2246)
CommandsDGMS(Air)
AwardsPVSM, AVSM, VSM, Padma Shri
Alma materArmed Forces Medical College, Pune
SpouseWg Cdr Sati Nath Bandopadhyay (m. 1968–2015; his death)
Children2

Air Marshal Padma Bandopadhyay, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, PHS (born 4 November 1944) is a decorated former flight surgeon in the Indian Air Force. She was the first woman to be promoted to the rank of Air Marshal in the Indian Air Force. She is the second woman in the Indian Armed Forces to be promoted to a three-star rank, after Surgeon Vice Admiral Punita Arora.

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