Vice Admiral Arti Sarin Age, Husband, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Profession	Military Doctor
Famous For	Becoming the first woman from the armed forces to be appointed as the Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS)
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 6" (168 cm)
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Black
Military Service
Service/Branch	Armed Forces Medical Services
Rank	Three-Star General
Service Years	26 December 1985 - present
Service Number	75408-F
Commands	• Command Medical Officer of the Indian Navy’s Southern Naval Command (22 June 2020 - 31 January 2021) • Commanding Officer of INHS Asvini (31 January 2021 - December 2021) • Command Medical Officer of the Indian Navy’s Western Naval Command (December 2021 - October 2022) • Director and Commandant of Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune (October 2022 - 10 January 2023)
Head of Departments	• Head of the Radiation Oncology Department at Army Hospital (R&R) • Head of the Radiation Oncology Department at Command Hospital Southern Command
Major Designations	• Director General Medical Services (Navy) (DGMS Navy) • Director General Medical Services (Air) (DGMS Air) • Senior Registrar at INHS Asvini • Flag Officer (FO) of the Indian Navy • 46th Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS) (1 October 2024 - October 2026)
Military Decorations	Commendation Cards • Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Commendation (2001) • General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Commendation (2013) • Chief of Army Staff (CAS) Commendation (2017) Military Medals • Sainya Seva Medal • Operation Vijay Medal (1999) • Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) (2021) • Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) (25 January 2024)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	Year, 1964
Age (as of 2024)	60 Years
Birthplace	Army Base Hospital, Delhi Cantt, New Delhi
Nationality	Indian
School	Timpany Senior Secondary School, Andhra Pradesh
College/University	• Armed Forces Medical College, Pune • Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai • University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Educational Qualification(s)	• MBBS from AFMC (Passed out in 1985) • Doctor of Medicine in Radiology from AFMC (1992) • DNB degree in Radiation Oncology from the Tata Memorial Centre • Degree in Gamma Knife Surgery (Noninvasive Radiation Therapy) from the University of Pittsburgh
Blood Group	B+
Food Habit	Vegetarian
Hobbies	Reading, Travelling
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Family
Husband/Spouse	C. S. Naidu (Surgeon Rear Admiral in the Indian Navy)
Children	Son- Rohan
Parents	Father- (retired Indian Navy commander)
Siblings	Brother- (retired Indian Navy commodore; submarine commander)
Other Relatives	Sister-in-law- Devina Bajpayee (retired Indian Navy medical officer)
Money Factor
Salary (approx.)	Rs. 1,82,200 - Rs. 2,24,100 (as the Vice Admiral of the Indian Navy) (as of 2024)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Arti Sarin

• After completing her schooling, Arti Sarin appeared for the All India Pre-Medical Test/ Pre-Dental Entrance Test (AIPMT) exams and qualified to join the Armed Forces Medical College in Pune.

• In an interview, she decided to become a doctor in the armed forces after she watched young AFMC graduates in an Indian Navy uniform.

• After completing her medical training, she went to Lucknow, where she underwent the Medical Officers’ Basic Course (MOBC).

• Before the 1999 Kargil War, she was posted to Jammu and Kashmir as an army doctor to look after the health of the local people living in remote areas. She served with an infantry unit as its Regimental Medical Officer (RMO).

• Thereafter, she was sent to Drugmulla, where she looked after at least 150 patients per day. Thereafter, she was sent to the Line of Control (LOC), where she worked for three months. She became the first woman to be deployed along the LOC.

• Her deployment to Kashmir happened after the Indian Army’s Northern Army Commander requested the then Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) to post a woman doctor in Kashmir.

• The Director General of Military Services (DGMS) Army, Lt Gen Sadhana Saxena, is her batchmate from the AFMC. They both were born in the same hospital in the same year.
  

  Arti Sarin posing for a photo with Sadhana Saxena

• She has also served as a researcher at well-known organisations such as the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NTSL) and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

• Arti has held important positions at the Naval Hospitals INHS Dhanvantari in Port Blair, INHS Kalyani in Visakhapatnam, INHS Sanjivani in Kochi, and INHS Asvini in Mumbai.
  

  Arti overseeing the COVID-19 work in a Naval Hospital

• She is academically involved and has served as an examiner/post-graduate guest lecturer at the National Standard Examination (NSE), Mumbai University, Pune University, and the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) for MD Radiology & DNB Radiation Oncology.

• She became a rear admiral of the Indian Navy on 22 June 2020.
  

  Anita Sarin with other Indian Navy officers

• In the same year, she became the second woman to hold the post of Command Medical Officer (CMO) in the Southern Naval Command (SNC).
  

  Arti Sarin addressing a conference with high-ranking Indian Navy in it

• While she became the CMO of the Southern Command, her husband C. S. Naidu became the CMO of the Eastern Naval Command, thus making history for becoming the first couple to take over the same post in two different commands.

• In 2020, she became the senior-most officer of the Indian Navy to undertake a sail expedition from Kochi to Lakshadweep, covering approximately 450 km.
  

  Arti Sarin (third from the right) standing with the team that sailed with her

• In 2021, history was made when she took over the command of INHS Asvini from Surgeon Rear Admiral Sheila S. Mathai.

• She became the sixth Indian woman to take on a three-star appointment after becoming Surgeon Vice-Admiral on 5 October 2022.
  

  Arti Sarin’s photo taken while she served as an FOC of an Indian Navy Command

• In December 2023, she was featured in “The She List” of India Today.
  

  Arti Sarin on the cover page of the India Today magazine

• In 2024, she was appointed by the Supreme Court of India as a member of the National Task Force to help formulate policies to ensure the safety of doctors after the sexual assault and murder of Moumita Debnath at the R. G. Kar Medical College And Hospital.

• As a military doctor, she has had the rare distinction of serving in the Indian Army, the Indian Air Force, and the Indian Navy. She served in the Army from the rank of lieutenant to captain (1985-1988), in the Navy from surgeon lieutenant to surgeon vice admiral (1989-2022), and in the Air Force at the rank of air marshal (2023).
  

  A collage of photos of Arti taken while she served in the Army, Navy, and Air Force

• Arti Sarin was later chosen to head the Nari Shakti Initiative of the Government of India to empower the participation of women in the Indian Armed Forces.

• In an interview, she revealed that she once followed a non-vegetarian diet and liked eating dishes like galawati kebabs and pepper chicken.