Divya Ajith Kumar
Captain Divya Ajith Kumar is an Army Air Defense (AAD) officer in the Indian Army. She graduated from the Officers Training Academy, Chennai. She is the first womant to be conferred by the Army with the Sword of Honour prize, given to the best cadet. She led an all-woman contingent of 154 women officers and cadets during the Republic Day Parade in 2015. Early life and education. Divya Ajith Kumar was born in Chennai to a Tamil family. She is a first-generation soldier. She did her schooling at Good Shepherd Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai  and went to Stella Maris College, Chennai, where she completed her B.Com. (Hons). She joined the National Cadet Corps (NCC) and participated in the NCC women contingent in Rajpath. She later joined the Officers Training Academy (OTA), from which she graduated. Kumar was awarded the Sword of Honour prize, given to the best cadet. She was the first woman to be awarded the prize. Military career. Kumar was commissioned into Corps of Army Air Defence on September 2010. Kumar also jointly topped the Young Officers' course of the Army Air Defence College in 2011 and was awarded the Silver Gun  Trophy. Kumar led the first all-women contingent of the Army on Republic Day in 2015. She led a contingent of 126 officers and 28 cadets during the parade, where US President Barack Obama was present as the chief guest. She now teaches at the Officers Training Academy in Chennai.