User:Lt Col Ankita Srivastava

A multifaceted personality who wears multiple hats. She was born Tortoise. She got kicked for being so and she forced herself to become a running rabbit. But that didn't make much of a dent to her normal life. A deer,she thought would be better…her lope began; she was featured in the local newspaper for having cracked the Allahabad University Entrance test with highest grades. The silent but observant deer with big brown eyes that she was made her turn into a poet and soon she was being broadcasted on AIR and her poems/ articles were being published in local newspapers and national Hindi and English magazines. Her poem got selected for American Poetry anthology too. The deer catapulted into a Horse as she became the first girl from Allahabad to get selected in the Indian Army and got commissioned as Second Lieutenant. She commanded the men in uniform in Drill, PT, Parade and participated in Op- Kargil and Op- Parakaram. Having walked through the deadliest areas and having fired all types of weapons ranging from pistol, AK-56, Carbines, Light Machine Guns and Rocket launchers she was the tough, brave lady officer of Indian Army. She made an impact of being a pioneer in every unexplored arena she entered into; thus in the course of journey ,transfiguring the galloping horse into a tiger! The sprinting tiger in her came to a temporary halt when the Indian Army announced that the lady Officers won’t be allowed to serve beyond 14 years. Now she had the herculean challenge to exchange the acquired masculinity of a tiger with that of a soft demure feminine tigress! She tossed herself on the utmost feminine platform -a State level Beauty Pageant organized by Tanishq in 2008. The tiger began getting into the skin of a tigress as she was crowned winner of     “ Tanishq Mrs. Allahabad” title. To further learn the nuances of femininity, she stepped towards a higher degree of difficulty – the National level Beauty Pageant “Gladrags Mrs. India 2009”. Armed with only two military poses -Saavdhan and Vishraam known to her, she stunned the nation when she daintily walked down the ramp in that royal blue Saree and won the sub award of “Most Vivacious Woman”. To keep the flow of steel in her nerves going, she took on the tough role of being one of the first lady security officer in the largest Indian bank, SBI. There too she became the first lady Security officer to have been awarded Excellence award. Her tamed roaring blood made her feel bored so she kicked her heart and she took to her first love: ‘writing’ as she says it de stresses her overworked nerves. Then the list became endless- Her debut novel “The Pink Scarecrow” is one of the best sellers on many online bookstores. Before moving on to finish her second novel, ‘From Olive Green to A Beauty Queen’, she took a sidepath. Some of her published works are in thirteen anthologies;-“Minds@work 2”,“I”. (This anthology has been selected in Limca Book of Records), “Minds@Work3”, “Upper Cut” “Lovingly Yours”, “Purple Hues’,‘Woman’, ‘Blues under the Hues’, ‘Emerald Hues’,‘India Looking for young Authors’ , “Kasturi Kanchan”, Minds@Work5,“Sensible Sensualities” and “Dreams Defined”.Her story,“The Broken Triangle” in the back drop of AD college Gopalpur has been published in September 2014 in efiction India. Her two ebook and paperback books titled (a) “Resident Pig &Visiting Ostrich” (b)“Love:TheTime Game” is on Amazon Kindle Her short story titled, Leg Room written as part of a contest on Delhi’s Odd and Even scheme made an impact on the social media. Intricacy of her multifarious personality even though being lead with subtleness, made her become the first woman to be interviewed by the world wide magazine Defence and Security Alert March 2014 issue. In March 2015, she has been awarded the title of “Tejaswini” during women’s literary award at Gurgaon. She has been next given the Best Author award by Sanmati Publishers during Sanmati Annual Literary awards on 29 Nov 2015. She has been felicitated with the title of Womenergy at India’s Islamic Centre for her being an inspiration to women. And in 2016, she has been honored with Veer Veerangana honor in the land of valor Jhansi. Latest she holds the credit of being First Lady chief manager security of SBI. While conducting arms training of the ex -servicemen bank guards ; she fires Pump Action Shot guns now. Lt Col Ankita Srivastava is an example of blood and sweat being used in making of a prowling tigress that has a flying eagle inside. Truly a legend!