Air Force officer Manisha Padhi appointed India's first woman Aide de Camp

Squadron Leader Manisha Padhi, a 2015 batch Indian Air Force (IAF) officer, on Monday became the first woman in the country to hold the post of Aide-de-Camp (ADC).

Mizoram Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati appointed Squadron Leader Padhi as ADC of the Armed Forces at a brief ceremony at the Raj Bhawan in the state capital Aizawl on November 29.

Squadron Leader Manisha Padhi appointed as Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to the Governor of Mizoram. Squadron Leader Manisha is India's first woman officer of the Indian Armed Forces to be appointed as the Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to the Governor of the country,” the Governor's office in Mizoram said in an official press release.

Squadron Leader Padhi formally took up her post and reported to the Governor on 29 November. She was introduced to the officers and staff of the Raj Bhavan in Aizawl.

Before her new posting, Squadron Leader Padhi was stationed at air force stations in Bidar, Pune and Bhatinda.

In India, Aide-de-Camp is an honorary title, and both current and former aides-de-camp are given the post-nominal letters ADC.

The service chiefs, including the chiefs of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, usually have three aides-de-camp, and the president has five aides-de-camp (three from the Army and one each from the Navy and Air Force). ).

There is also an honorary adjutant of the Territorial Army.