Lieutenant Kiran Shekhawat was born on 01 May 1988 in Mumbai into a proud naval family. She was the daughter of Honorary Lieutenant Vijendra Singh Shekhawat and Smt. Madhu Chauhan, with her roots in Sefarguwar village in Khetri Tehsil of Jhunjhunu district, Rajasthan. She completed her
Lt Col Rajesh Gulati hailed from Dehradun in Uttarakhand, where he spent most of his childhood and college days. Son of Shri Kundan Lal Gulati, an official of ONGC and Smt Asha Gulati a homemaker, he did his schooling from Dehradun and then went on
Major Tahir Hussain Khan hailed from Suraram village in Ranga Reddy district of Telangana, and was born into the family of Smt Afzar Begum and Shri Sarvar Hussain Khan. He had two brothers Mahmood and Mazhar as his siblings, who too joined the armed forces.
Colonel Munindra Nath Rai hailed from Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh and was born on 26 November 1965. He was the youngest among three brothers in a family deeply rooted in the tradition of military service. His eldest brother, Lt Col D N Rai, also
Major Kunal Munnadir Gosavi hailed from Pandharpur in Solapur district of Maharashtra. Major Kunal did his schooling from Kavathekar High School in Pandharpur and graduated from the Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce in Pune. Major Kunal had a strong desire to join the armed forces