Why is it in the News?

The Navy has appointed the first woman commanding officer in a naval ship in line with the Navy’s philosophy of “all roles-all ranks” to deploying women in the service, Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar said on Friday.

About INS Trinkat:

• INS Trinkat is a patrol vessel crafted by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers in Kolkata, West Bengal, and serves the Indian Navy.
• The role of the INS Trinkat is for anti-poaching operations, counter-insurgency operations, and Search and Rescue Operations in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep Islands, and India's Exclusive Economic Zone.
• It is capable of detecting and destroying fast-moving surface craft.
• It can also carry out policing anti-smuggling and fisheries protection operations.
• These patrol vessels are aptly named after Trinkat Island, one of the 24 islands constituting the Nicobar Islands chain situated in the northeast Indian Ocean, between the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea.

About Group Captain Shaliza Dhami:

• Group Captain Shaliza Dhami, is an esteemed officer in the Indian Air Force (IAF).
• She holds the distinction of being the first woman officer in the IAF to secure a permanent commission and the pioneer woman to attain the role of a Flight Commander.
• Adding to her achievements, she became the first woman IAF officer selected for a front-line combat unit.
• Shaliza Dhami is an officer who is a qualified navigation instructor and has been involved in training observers inducted into the Navy.
• She is also learned to be the first woman officer who served as an observer in the Navy’s Tupolev Tu-142 maritime patrol aircraft.
• It's noteworthy that she is poised to make history once again by assuming command of a ship, marking a significant milestone in her career.