
This image marks a historic milestone in the Indian Armed Forces: the operational deployment of Captain Shiva Chauhan of the Corps of Engineers as the first woman officer at the Siachen Glacier. She was posted at Kumar Post, an outpost situated at a staggering altitude of approximately 15,632 feet (4,755 meters)—the world’s highest battlefield. Following a grueling one-month training at the Siachen Battle School, which included endurance drills, ice-wall climbing, and crevasse rescue, Captain Chauhan led a team of Sappers responsible for vital combat engineering tasks during her three-month stint, demonstrating exceptional mental toughness and physical endurance in temperatures that plummet to below -35^\circC.