Administrative Officer

Administrative Officer Profile

Sqn Ldr Misha Purshothaman was commissioned in the Indian Air Force in June 2015 in the Accounts branch as an Accountant officer. She has served in a frontline MiG 21 airbase in Rajasthan from 2015 to 2018. The Officer has had two tenures in Bangalore from 2019 to 2022 at AF station Jalahalli, the largest Airmen training institute of the Indian Air force and the Institute of Aerospace medicine wherein the Officer was an integral part of the Procurement Committee for the National Human Space Program (NHSP) which was involved in astronaut training for the Gaganyaan mission. Before tenating her appointment as Administrative Officer at Sainik school Kalikiri, the Officer was posted to a highly operational Mi-17 helicopter base in the North-eastern region of the country where the Officer was posted as the Senior Accountant Officer responsible for all pay and finance related matters of the entire base.

 Apart from her professional achievements, the officer is also a keen adventure enthusiast. She has been a part of several adventure courses and expeditions. Some of them include the Basic and Advanced White-Water Rafting in Rishikesh. The Officer successfully completed the Tri-services all-women cycling expedition from Longewala in Rajasthan to National War Memorial in Delhi covering a total of 1500kms in 10days as part of the ‘Swarnim Vijay Varsh’ celebrations and raising awareness about women empowerment.

The Officer has completed her Masters in Commerce from Indira Gandhi National Open University. She got married to Mr. Krishnanath, a Merchant Navy Officer, in April 2023.