Sqn Ldr Pallakshi Prasad (28)
Lucknow: When the NEET PG 2026 outcomes were stated on Sept 24, Sqn Ldr Pallakshi Prasad(28), a medical officer published at Air Force Station, Kanpur, drew extensive appreciation after protecting All India Rank 2.Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS) Air Marshal Sandeep Thareja praised the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) alumna from the C3 batch, calling the outcome a happy minute for the Armed Forces Medical Services.For Pallakshi, whose name suggests “soft”, the accomplishment follows years of regimented preparation together with requiring military posts. “I constantly understood I would end up being a physician,” she stated, crediting her moms and dads’ assistance regardless of both being engineers.Born in Ranchi and raised in Hyderabad, she studied at Delhi Public School before clearing NEET UG 2016 with an All India Rank of 1,312 without taking a drop year.With restricted choices due to home-state admission guidelines, she used to AFMC at her mom’s prompting. Her mom, Shyamlee Prasad, is a practice head at Infosys. Pallakshi went into AFMC after protecting ladies’ benefit rank 3 and later on finished 6th in total benefit in her batch.
“I fell for the AFMC school and whatever it represented. By the time I finished, I didn’t seem like an outsider to the consistent any longer. Taking irreversible commission was a natural choice,” she stated.Commissioned into the Indian Navy on May 15, 2021, she served for almost 2 and a half years as a medical officer on a warship before transferring to the Indian Air Force in 2025. She stated ship service formed both her individual discipline and expert outlook.Getting Ready For NEET PG while on task needed consistency over long research study stretches. “I utilized to study whenever time allowed– in between clients, after task hours– through books and online platforms. It wasn’t about long hours every day, however about corresponding,” she stated.She credited coach Dr Vineet Behera, a serving military medical professional, for her success and kept in mind that she provided a term paper on persistent kidney illness at the Bombay Medical Congress throughout her internship.
She is thinking about radiology, internal medication and dermatology for expertise.Her dad, Chandra Kishore Prasad, primary chief security officer, Central Railway, stated her decision appeared early, mentioning her management as head woman and a second-place surface in a global English Olympiad. Now published in Kanpur because 2025, Pallakshi is wed to a serving IAF medical professional. She is the very first in her household to sign up with the Armed Forces, while her moms and dads and more youthful sibling, Kshitij Prasad, pursued engineering and innovation.