Pragya Shekhawat has her roots coming in from a small village in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan, however, her big goals helped her take this village on the global map after she was recently commissioned as a second Lieutenant in the US Air Force.
Pragya Shekhawat has been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the US Air Force on 19 September 2020 and the entire village is celebrating this honour, said her uncle Basant Singh Shekhawat.
Pragya’s brother is also serving US Air Force
Pragya’s brother Suveer Shekhawat was also commissioned in the US air force in 2015, he said, adding that after rigorous training, Suvir started flying war planes. Suvir Shekhawat, who joined the American Air Force as a second lieutenant five years ago, is currently serving as a Captain after receiving promotion.
The young siblings’ family resides in Jakhal village situated on Guda-Nawalgarh road in Jhunjhunu district.
Pragya gave her first salute to her brother
On this occasion, Pragya gave her first salute to her brother. Due to the corona epidemic, salute ceremony of the US Airforce were celebrated in a simple manner sans any fanfare . Pragya’s 91-year-old grandmother, Icharaj Kanwar, also joined the ceremony..
Pragya shares a special bond with her village Jakhal, says her uncle Basant Singh.
When Pragya taught robotics to village students of India
Pragya visited this village three years back and was here for around a year. During this stay of hers, she taught robotics to the children of the village.
After training the kids in robotics, they were motivated to participate in a national level competition organised in Gurgaon where this team from Jakhal was given a special honour. It was the only team from Rajasthan to have attained this honour.
Pragya’s father Dushyant Singh pursued his MSc and Bed here and did a teaching job in Sirohi, however later he left the job and went to the US
There, he attained his engineering degree and started working as a scientist. Pragya’s mother, Archana Kanwar is a teacher.
Pragya and her brother were born in America and both of them have been coming to their village frequently for they are quite close to their roots, said Basant