Arunachal's Sonam Yudron becomes first woman DIG in SSB

Sonam Yudron, who belongs to Dirang in West Kameng district in Arunachal Pradesh that shares international boundary with China and Bhutan, has become the first woman from the frontier state to become a Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), a central para-military force.

Yudron, who had joined the SSB as a Circle Organiser in



1984 after having topped the competitive recruitment examination, become an Area Organiser in 1991 and has now been promoted as DIG in the central force that is deployed along the international boundaries with Bhutan and Nepal. Elevated to DIG position earlier this month, Yudron is the second woman in the country to have risen to that rank in the SSB.