Ganiv Kaur with her Parents
As a lawyer, Jammu’s Ganiv Kaur and
pictured herself working for a fancy MNC in the future. Things, however,
changed for the youngster when unexpectedly, her father asked her to fill out a
form for a job, which admittedly she had never thought of, she wrote in a blog
post. At the point, it came as a surprise, but she persevered, and how!
Kaur was asked to fill out the form to enter into the Indian
Army through the Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Department, which is the legal
branch of the Army. She mentions that during the preparations, she “freaked
out, felt drained, frustrated, distressed”. Studying for the exams after
working for eight hours took a toll on her, but she put in her all to grab the
opportunity coming her way.
Gavin Kaur
And her hard work paid off. In her year, when the results were announced in
February 2018, she had topped the merit list of the JAG Branch (Women) of
Indian Army. Proud of the culture of the city she belongs to—Jammu—Kaur is the
fourth-generation officer from her family to don the prestigious uniform and
the first woman from Jammu to have topped the merit list.
Kaur’s
father is a Sena Medal recipient, Col Harjinder Singh, and her mother is a
teacher. The proud parents, always encouraging their daughter, are happy of her
achievement and the effort she put in, as she cleared the tough examination in
the first attempt.
“The love for my country runs in the blood of my family and I took it [as a]
challenge to wear the uniform which my forefathers have been wearing,” Kaur
told a portal after the results were declared. A voracious reader, Kaur used to
maintain a blog and is a keen sportswoman. And as she puts it, “In the long
run, you seek clarity not control, certainty over courage.”
