Ganiv Kaur from Jammu celebrates with her family after being commissioned as an officer during a passing-out parade at the Officers Training Academy in Chennai on Saturday. Her father Col Harjinder Singh (L) is a Sena Medal awardee. PTI

Chennai: Ganiv Kaur had topped the merit list of JAG Branch (Women) of the Army. She is the fourth generation officer in her family to wear the uniform and the first woman from Jammu to top the list.

A total of 172 cadets were commissioned as officers, including those hailing from Bhutan and Afghanistan, on Saturday.

Lt Gen Ranbir Singh presented the Sword of Honour and a silver medal to the academy under officer Siddharth Bhawnani, a gold medal to cadet Sandhya and a bronze medal to battalion under officer Noyonika Binda.