Every time, Harpreet A De Singh overcame a challenge, she also broke a glass ceiling. In 1988, when she was just 22, she joined Air India as its first-ever woman pilot.
She began flying since her days in the NCC, commanded the Prime Minister’s Guard of Honour and won a scholarship to get her commercial license from the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi, Amethi. And if has left littered glass shards along the way, it is hardly a surprise.
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“It was a big thing to have made it to Air India,” Harpreet recounts in a conversation with Moneycontrol. Indeed, it was a dream come true for this daughter of an Indian Air Force officer, already a trail blazer of considerable repute by then.
She made headlines and was featured in newspapers and magazines, including India Today.
But even trailblazers can hardly claim a smooth ride. “It was like fate wanted to put fresh obstacles in my path and wanted to test me,” says Harpreet.
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