Sadhana Saxena

Lieutenant General Sadhna Saxena Nair, AVSM, VSM is a former general officer of the Indian Army. She last served as the Director General Medical Services (Army) becoming the first woman officer to be appointed to the position. She was the seventh woman officer to be promoted to three-star rank in the Indian Armed Forces. Prior to that, she was also the first woman to hold the post of Director General Hospital Services, in the rank of Air Marshal. She and her husband Air Marshal K P Nair became the first couple of the Indian Air Force being promoted to Air Marshal. Their younger son is a fighter pilot in the IAF.