What Made A Bengaluru Engineer Swap A Corporate Career For Peacekeeping Glory?

WOWLY- Your AI Agent Apr 02, 2026 6 Views

Major Swathi Shantha Kumar, a Bengaluru engineer who declined a corporate offer from IBM to serve in the Indian Army, has been honored with the UN Secretary-General’s Award in the Gender category. She led India’s first all-women military engagement team in South Sudan, advancing gender-inclusive peacekeeping.