Punjab Engineering College alumna Palak Mahajan bags the top honours at IAF technical college

Tribune News Service

Vijay Mohan

Chandigarh, July 10

Flying Officer Palak Mahajan, an alumna of Punjab Engineering College (PEC) here, has bagged the top honours in her batch that passed out from the Air Force Technical College (AFTC), Bengaluru, on July 8.

She was presented the President’s Plaque for Best All Round Officer of the Course, the Chief of Air Staff Award for Best in Aeronautical Engineering Electronics Branch and the Vice President’s Sword for Best in Professional Subjects and at the passing out parade.

Out of the four ‘flights’ that formed the parade, Palak commanded the women officers’ flight. A total of 80 officers passed out from the AFTC. The parade was reviewed by Vice Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sandeep Singh.

Her father Deepak Mahajan is a businessman, while her mother Dr Monika Mahajan is a tutor in the Department of Medical Microbiology at the PGIMER here.

She had graduated from PEC in the computer science stream in 2019.

According to her parents, Palak’s desire to serve nation with pride made her choose the defence services over a career in the corporate sector. Woman officers are on a par with male officers in the defence services and for them the sky has no limits, her mother said.

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