Ponung Doming makes history by becoming the first female Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian army.
After four and a half years of service in the army, Ponung received her hard-earned Lieutenant Colonal yesterday. The Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu, took to Twitter to congratulate the braveheart woman.
Ponung was reported by the local Arunachal 24 saying, I will consider myself blessed if I am able to inspire even a single person to do whatever little we can do for our state and the country,.
Ponung studied civil engineering in Maharashtra and joined L & T, Kolkata for two years. All this while, she prepared herself for the Service Selection Board, Allahabad. In 2008 she joined the Officers Training Academy in Chennai.