Lieutenant General Sadhana Saxena Nair has become the first woman to hold the position of Director General of Army Medical Services. She has received training in chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear warfare from the Israeli Defense Forces and military medical ethics from the Swiss Armed Forces.
Nair started her education at St. Mary’s Convent in Prayagraj and completed it at Loreto Convent in Lucknow. She graduated with a distinguished academic record from the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, and was commissioned into the Army Medical Corps in December 1985. She holds a postgraduate degree in Family Medicine and a Diploma in Maternal and Child Health and Health Care Management. She completed a two-year training program in Medical Informatics at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Nair is also the first woman Principal Medical Officer of the Western Air Command and Training Command of the Air Force. She was nominated as an expert member of the Dr Kasturirangan Committee to draft a part of the Medical Education component of the National Education Policy-2020.
She has been awarded the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Air Command and Chief of Air Staff Commendation and the Vishisht Seva Medal by the President.
