Pune, Film and Television Institute of India will celebrate International Women’s Day in the campus on 8th March with a lecture by Maj. Gen.Madhuri Kanitkar, Dean and Deputy Commandant of the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune.
She will be addressing FTII community on the topic: “MY LIFE, MY JOURNEY AND INDIAN ARMY.”
Maj. Gen. Madhuri Kanitkar, AVSM, VSM, MBBS, MD (Paediatrics), DNB (Paediatrics) is AFMC alumnus of 1978 batch. She was commissioned in the Army Medical Corps in 1982 and is a Paediatric Nephrologist trained in AIIMS, New Delhi. Following which she did fellowships at NUH Singapore and GOS London. Her area of special interest is Voiding and Bladder Disorders in children.She is credited with having set up the first Paediatric Nephrology service in the Army Medical Corps.
She was awarded the GOC-in-C (Southern Command) Commendation in 2004 and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Commendations on five occasions.
“The valour of India’s armed forces have taken centre stage in public discourse in recent times. FTII thought it befitting to bring the spotlight on a crucial institution of the forces—-AFMC—-in which incidentally a woman of distinguished achievements currently holds a leadership position,” said Bhupendra Kainthola, Director, FTII, adding, “It is indeed creditable that she was awarded the VSM in 2014 and AVSM in 2018 for her exemplary service and dedication to scientific research. Maj.Gen.Kanitkar’s narration of her life journey and challenges faced in the Indian Army will be very inspiring to the FTII community, particularly it’s women members,” announcing the Women’s Day event in the campus.
