Archive · 17 Sep 2026
Major Navya Shekhawat Becomes First Woman Army Officer President's ADC
Major Navya Shekhawat has become the first woman officer from the Indian Army to serve as the President’s Aide-de-Camp.
The President is Droupadi Murmu.
An Aide-de-Camp, or ADC, is a military officer who helps the President.
ADCs accompany the President at important events.
They also help organize official activities.
They assist with military and ceremonial rules, called protocol.
Navya is the second woman officer overall to hold this position.
Before her, Indian Navy officer Yashasvi Solanki became the first woman President’s ADC in 2025.
Major Navya Shekhawat is the first Indian Army woman officer appointed as a President’s Aide-de-Camp.
She will serve President Droupadi Murmu in the ADC role.
She is the second woman officer overall to hold a President’s ADC position.
Lieutenant Commander Yashasvi Solanki became the first woman President’s ADC in 2025.
An ADC assists the President during official engagements, ceremonies, coordination, and protocol duties.
- Who
- Major Navya Shekhawat, President Droupadi Murmu, and previously Lieutenant Commander Yashasvi Solanki.
- What
- Major Navya Shekhawat became the first woman officer from the Indian Army to serve as a President’s Aide-de-Camp.
- When
- The article does not specify when Major Navya Shekhawat began the role; it states that Yashasvi Solanki held the position in 2025.
- Where
- The President’s ADC position in India.
- Why
- The appointment marks a milestone for women officers in the Indian Army; the ADC role supports the President during official and ceremonial engagements.
- Officer
- Major Navya Shekhawat
- Position
- Aide-de-Camp to President Droupadi Murmu
- Distinction
- First woman officer from the Indian Army to serve as a President’s ADC
- Overall ranking
- Second woman officer overall to hold a President’s ADC position
- Predecessor in milestone
- Lieutenant Commander Yashasvi Solanki of the Indian Navy
- ADC duties
- Assisting with official engagements, ceremonial functions, coordination, and military and ceremonial protocol