Kavita Sahai Explained

Honorific Prefix:	Lieutenant General
Kavita Sahai
Honorific Suffix:	SM, VSM
Allegiance:	India
Serviceyears:	December 1986 - present
Rank:	Lieutenant General
Awards:	Sena Medal Vishisht Seva Medal
Alma Mater:	Armed Forces Medical College

Lieutenant General Kavita Sahai, SM, VSM is a serving General Officer in the Indian Army. She is the eighth woman in the Indian Armed Forces to be promoted to a Three-star rank, and the fourth to hold the rank of Lieutenant General. She currently serves as the Commandant Army Medical Corps Centre and College, Lucknow.

Career

Sahai was commissioned in the Army Medical Corps in December 1986 after graduating from Armed Forces Medical College.^{[1] [2] [3]} In 1994, she did her Doctor of Medicine in pathology and Diplomate of National Board in Pathology in 1997.^{[4] [5]}

Sahai is a fellow of Oncopathology from All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, Delhi and has a diploma in Health professionals education FAIMER Keele University, United Kingdom. She was Professor and Head Department of Pathology in Base Hospital Delhi, Armed Forces Medical College and Army Hospital Research and Referral.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lt General Kavita Sahai becomes first woman commandant of Army Medical College . 2024-02-02 . Medical Dialogues . en.
2. Web site: 2024-02-01 . Lt General Kavita Sahai becomes 1st woman to lead AMC Centre & College Lucknow . 2024-02-02 . en-US.
3. Web site: Kavita Sahai Becomes 1st Woman Lt General To Command Lucknow's Army Medical College . 2024-02-02 . zeenews.india.com.
4. Web site: 2024-02-02 . Lt Gen Kavita Sahai First Woman Commandant Of AMC Centre And College, Lucknow . 2024-02-02 . Bharat Shakti . en-US.
5. News: Lt Gen Kavita Sahai is first woman commandant of AMC . 2024-02-02 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
6. Web site: 2024-02-02 . Lt Gen Kavita Sahai First Woman Commandant Of AMC Centre And College, Lucknow . 2024-02-02 . Bharat Shakti . en-US.