Anny Divya (born 1987) is an Indian pilot.
Early life
Anny was born into a Telugu speaking family. Her father served in the
Indian Army. The family lived near the army base camp in
Pathankot in the Indian state of
Punjab. After her father retired, their family settled down in
Vijayawada,
Andhra Pradesh, where Anny attended school.
Career
After completing her schooling at age 17, she enrolled at
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA) is a public pilot training institute located at Fursatganj Airfield in Uttar Pradesh, India. It was established in 1985. It is an autonomous institution and comes under the Ministry of Civil Aviati ...
(IGRUA), the flying school in
Uttar Pradesh. At 19 she completed her training and started her career with
Air India. She travelled to
Spain for training and flew a
Boeing 737. At age 21 she was sent to
London for further training, where she started flying the Boeing 777. She also holds an
LLB
Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the China, People's Republic ...
degree from Rizvi Law College of
University of Mumbai.
Upon her upgrade to Boeing 777 captain in 2020, Divya became the youngest female 777 commander in the world.
References
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Living people
1987 births
Women from Punjab, India
Air India
Indian women aviators