Nupur Kulshrestha first woman to become DIG of Indian Coast Guard

Nupur Kulshrestha first joined the service of the Indian Coast Guard in 1999. She has now become the first woman to be advanced as DIG which is Deputy Inspector General of Indian Coast Guard. She thanked the service for giving her this opportunity and also was grateful to the service for considering her meritocracy and abilities. She also added that this is taking women ahead. It definitely is one step forward for women. The Indian Coast Guard is an armed forces organisation that protects India's maritime interests and enforces maritime law, with jurisdiction over the territorial waters of India. It's a big deal that they have finally got a female DIG breaking barriers.

Key Takeaways

• Nupur Kulshrestha first woman to take up the post of DIG in Indian Coast Guard
• She has been in the service for nearly 22 years
• She joined Indian Coast Guard in 1999
• She was grateful to the Coast guard for entrusting their faith in her

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Message

This sends out a message to all the women out there that they are capable of so much more. Nupur also said “ It is very important that women keep upgrading themselves.” Women have come a long way from where they started. Still, there are so many possibilities for us. Nupur is one of the women who has given us inspiration and a reason to achieve more and reach new heights. SheThePeople has earlier featured women at the high seas, read these.

About Indian Coast Guard

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) was established by the Coat Guard Act,1978. it is an independent Amend force of India which comes under the Ministry of defense. Naval zones of India are dived into 5 regions that are North-West, West, East, North-East and Andaman & Nicobar. The headquarter is located in New Delhi, India.

Shreya is an intern with SheThePeople.TV