17-years old Simran Kaur Wadhawan is the first Sikh girl, to join Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as a Cadet. She was officially welcomed into the RAAF at a ceremony in Perth in January 2019.
Simran received a three-week Defence training to start with, which went on until February 23. She is now undertaking her studies at ADFA (in Canberra) for three years.
“I will At the end of that, I will work for RAAF in a leadership role and I’m really looking forward to it. My family and friends are so excited about this – many have called to congratulate me, asking me how I got to this point, and what my job will entail,” Simran told.
Simran is proud to come this far and achieve her dream by following Sikh principles. She will be representing the Sikh community in an area which is represented by very few Sikh males and no other girl.
Her parents have been supportive since the beginning. Her father helped her to build her strengths and confidence, while her mother helped her with all the qualifications.
Congratulations to the 17-yr-old Indian-origin Sikh girl Simran Kaur Wadhawan on joining the Royal Australian Air Force (#RAAF). As the #Sikhs settled around the #world are proud of her, I firmly believe that Simran's success will inspire our #daughters to live out their dreams pic.twitter.com/tWE0S9nlkS
— Harsimrat Kaur Badal (@HarsimratBadal_) May 28, 2019
She was also honoured by Sikh Gurdwara Perth for her outstanding achievement of being first Sikh Girl to be directly selected for Australian Defence Force Academy.