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Major Abhilasha Barak wins 2025 UN Military Gender Advocate Award: exam facts
Major Abhilasha Barak was named the 2025 UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award recipient for her service in Lebanon.
Key highlights
Direct fact
In May 2026, Major Abhilasha Barak was named the recipient of the 2025 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award for her service with UNIFIL in Lebanon.
Key specifics
- She served as Commander of the Female Engagement Team (FET) in the Indian Battalion under UNIFIL.
- The award will be conferred at UN Headquarters on 29 May 2026.
- She is the third Indian recipient of the UN Military Gender Advocate Award.
- Major Abhilasha Barak is the first woman combat helicopter pilot of the Indian Army.
- Earlier Indian recipients mentioned are Major Suman Gawani (2019) and Major Radhika Sen (2023).
Exam lens
Question type: Awards and appointments, UN Military Gender Advocate Award, UNIFIL, 29 May 2026, third Indian recipient; TNPSC may ask the first woman combat helicopter pilot of the Indian Army.