Archive · 14 Sep 2026
Major Navya Shekhawat Named First Army Woman President’s ADC
Major Navya Shekhawat is an officer in the Indian Army.
In 2026, she became the first woman from the Army to serve as the President’s Aide-de-Camp.
An Aide-de-Camp helps the President during official events and follows military and ceremonial rules.
The officer also helps coordinate with important civilian and military officials.
Shekhawat joined the Army after passing the Combined Defence Services examination.
She trained at the Officers Training Academy in Chennai and joined the Army Service Corps around 2021.
The Army Service Corps helps provide supplies and transportation for the military.
A Navy officer, Lieutenant Commander Yashasvi Solanki, had become the first woman overall to hold the President’s ADC role in 2025.
Major Navya Shekhawat became the first woman officer from the Indian Army appointed as President Droupadi Murmu’s Aide-de-Camp.
Shekhawat was commissioned into the Army Service Corps after entering through the Combined Defence Services examination and training at the Officers Training Academy, Chennai.
The Army Service Corps handles logistics including supplies, transportation and systems supporting military formations.
Shekhawat was commissioned around mid-2021 and promoted to Major before being appointed President’s ADC in 2026.
Lieutenant Commander Yashasvi Solanki of the Indian Navy was the first woman overall to serve as the President’s ADC, in 2025.
- Who
- Major Navya Shekhawat, an Indian Army officer, was appointed as President Droupadi Murmu’s Aide-de-Camp.
- What
- She became the first woman officer from the Indian Army to serve as the President’s ADC.
- When
- Her appointment was reported in 2026; she was commissioned around mid-2021.
- Where
- She serves at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
- Why
- The ADC supports the President during official engagements, maintains military and ceremonial protocol, and coordinates with senior officials.
- Appointment
- President Droupadi Murmu’s Aide-de-Camp
- Distinction
- First woman officer from the Indian Army to serve as the President’s ADC
- Service
- Army Service Corps
- Commissioned
- Around mid-2021
- Training
- Officers Training Academy, Chennai
- Precedent
- Lieutenant Commander Yashasvi Solanki became the first woman overall to serve as the President’s ADC in 2025
- ADC Team
- Traditionally five ADCs: three from the Army, one from the Navy and one from the Air Force