Listen to Story Indian Army officer Major Radhika Sen will be receiving the UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year award on May 30 from UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The UN chief has hailed Major Radhika Sen as a "true leader and role model". Major Sen worked with the UN mission in Congo as an Indian woman peacekeeper.
Under her leadership, the troops spoke to conflict-struck communities, especially women and girls. Major Sen's humility, compassion and dedication allowed the conflict-hit women and girls to trust the peacekeeping force. Major Sen, who worked with the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), will be awarded the '2023 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award’ by Guterres in an event at the world body's headquarters here on May 30 celebrating the International Day of UN Peacekeepers, according to PTI.
Major Sen was in the East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from March 2023 to April 2024 as the Commander of MONUSCO’s Engagement Platoon for the Indian Rapid Deployment Battalion (INDRDB), according to a UN press release. Born in the hilly terrain of Himanchal Pradesh in 1993, Major Sen joined the army in 2016. She studied biotech engineering and did a Master's from IIT Bombay.
She decided to join the Army while she was at IIT Bombay. She was posted to MONUSCO in March 2023 as the Engagement Platoon Commander with the Indian Rapid Deployment Battalion and complet.
