Lieutenant General Madhuri Kanitkar today put on her ranks after her promotion. She is the third woman officer in the Indian armed forces to have become Lieutenant General. She has now been posted to Headquarters, Integrated Defence Staff under the Chief of Defence Staff. Major General Dr Madhuri Kanitkar, Major General Medical, Udhampur, was approved for promotion to the rank of Lieutenant-General. Her husband Lt Gen Rajeev Kanitkar retired from the Army recently. She is thee the third woman officer from the defence services to become Lt Gen in Indian Army.