User:ShikhaSurabhi

1.​Captain Shikha Surabhi of SSCW (Tech-13) course got commissioned from OTA, Chennai on 14 March 2015. After commissioning she was posted to 5 Mtn Div Signal Regt and she attended Signals Young Officers Course Ser-147 from MCTE Mhow in August 2016. Presently she is posted in 572 Sub Gp (ASCON) since 07 Jan 2017. The Officer has been performing the duties of Adjutant in the unit since past 2 years. During her tenure she has worked hard in all the unit activities and ensured strict discipline at the unit level. The young Officer has displayed tremendous zeal and endurance during various unit activities like PT, games, sports competitions and conduct of training exercises. 2.​The Officer had participated in various adventure activities in the past. The Officer won Gold medal in National Level Kick Boxing Championship held at Mumbai in 2016 and Indore in 2017 during her tenure in 5 Mtn Div Sig regt and Signal Young Officers Course respectively. She volunteered for Basic Mountaineering course in May 2017 from Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi and was awarded ‘A’ grading. The Officer has a bend for adventure biking and she has done bike expeditions to Leh and Tawang in past few years. 3.​To fulfill her dream to be an adventure bike rider she volunteered for the selection into the Indian Army’s Corps of Signals Daredevils team. She attended the probation at Jabalpur which included rigorous training and gravity defying stunts on the Royal Enfield 350cc bullet. The probation and selection procedure was conducted for 15 days and she was selected as the first Lady Officer to lead the Daredevils team for the Army day Parade 2019 and Republic Day Parade 2019. The Corps of Signals Daredevils team was raised in 1913 and since then the team has 25 World records which include both Guinnees Book of World Records and Limca Book of Records. 4.​In a short span of 2 months she mastered the act of riding the bullet by standing on the seat, riding alongside men in various formations which included human pyramid of 32 men on 9 bullets, Signals fighter , Lotus formation and crossing the bullet through an aerial fire ring. During the training she suffered from various leg and arm injuries and bone fractures but the officer endured through the tough time and always maintained high morale of her team and fellow bikers. 5.​Capt Shikha Surabhi became the first and the only women officer ever to join the Indian Army’s Corps of Signals Daredevils motorcycle display team, which consisted of 136 jawans, 2 male officers and 34 Royal Enfield 350 cc.The Officer is now one of those daredevils who are able to do death defying gravity stunts on the heavy Royal Enfield 350 cc bullets. She marched down the Rajpath on the Republic day Parade 2019 where she led a formation of 36 men on 9 Royal Enfield bikes. She fearlessly stood on the top of the bullet for a distance of 2.4 kms, and saluted His Excellency Shri Ram Nath Kovind, in the presence of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Prime minister of India Shri Narendra Modi, and the three chiefs of the Indian Armed forces. She maneuvered the Royal Enfield bullet by standing on the seat. 6. ​Capt Shikha Surabhi displayed an act of fearlessness and heroism in front of whole world during the Army Day Parade and Republic Day Parade, which proves the mettle of the women in uniform and this has bought kudos to the prestige of the great Indian Army. She symbolized power of the women in uniform and has set an example in front of the whole world that against all odds the Indian Army woman officers are working hard to add stars to the prestige and glory of the Indian army. Her daredevil act is seen as an preamble for the women empowerment across the whole nation and she has received wide publicity and applauses from the young children and all the people of India. The officer is determined to continue her hard work in the Daredevils team and with her indomitable spirit, she will continue to be a role model for the young girls and women of the county.