BSF gets its first woman field officer

The Border Security Force on Saturday inducted its first woman field officer after a convocation ceremony at the BSF academy at Tekanpur in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district.

Tanushree Pareek, a resident of Rajasthan, led the passing-out parade as the first woman field officer. She started training last year in a 52-week Assistant Commandant training programme with the 40th batch of the BSF academy. 

The force had begun induction of woman officers in 2013. She will now be posted to command a unit along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh said, “I am happy that BSF has got its first woman field officer and hope that many more women will join her in securing our borders.”