Fighting all the odds, a tea seller’s daughter is now an Air Force Officer.
Coming from a small district in Madhya Pradesh, Aanchal Gangwal was awarded the President’s Plaque at the combined graduation parade recently, that saw 123 flight cadets commissioned as officers of the Indian Air Force (IAF).
Aanchal always dreamt of becoming an officer and always wanted to join defence.
She says that her father, Suresh Gangwal who has been running a small tea stall in Neemuch district for a long time, is her pillar of strength along with her mother.
When she told them about her dream, they were little worried at first but were confident and they supported her right from the beginning.
Despite getting into the Air Force, The 23 years old is slightly disheartened as her parents will not be able to watch her march live or take up the job due to coronavirus pandemic.
However, she is hopeful that they will be watching her from their residence on television
She will be joining the forces immediately.
“I am always ready to serve my motherland and see this as an opportunity to do so,” Aanchal said.
She graduated in Computer Science from Sitaram Jaju Government Girls College in Neemuch, MP and had earlier worked as a sub-inspector in the MP Police Department and a labour inspector in MP Labour Department for eight months, before joining AFA.
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