Flight Lieutenant Sonali

Myself Flight Lieutenant Sonali (Retired). I served in the Indian Air Force as a Short Service Commissioned Officer for 6 years in Aeronautical Engineering Stream. I am an Electrical Engineer with MBA in Information Technology and have done Business Administration from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. I am a Personality Development Trainer, an Author, Speaker, Anchor, and professional Kathak Dance performer, writer and a Qualified Yoga Instructor.

·      I am a professional with over 10 years of experience in varied sectors such as Defense organisation, Real estate, Software Company, as Radio Jockey etc

•  A qualified yoga instructor under Pradan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)
•  A Professional Kathak dancer pursuing Visharad 
•  I have hosted various shows from book lanuch to events
• .I was crowned as Mrs India- Adventurous at Mrs India Queen of Substance in April 2018 
•   I authored a book on Hindi Short Stories, ‘Kuch Kahaniya Aisi Bhi ’, which was published in June 2019.

              Ø  I have contributed to two Anthologies  ‘Women Vs We Men’ (The Impish Lass Publishing House) and  ' Marital Games'  (Inkfeathers Publishing) published                     in 2021

Ø  My articles and poems have been published in Times of India and Air Force Annual National magazine

• I am associated as a volunteer and creative content writer with NGO UPAY, which imparts education to the footpath children since 2017.
• I am associated as Change Catalyst South Zone with Woman With Wings, a Non-Profit organisation, which works for the upliftment of Women.

• Ø  My Interview as published in Eat My News:

         https://www.eatmy.news/2021/08/sonali-shirpurkar-im-explorer-like-to.html

• Ø  My Interview in a Radio Talk Show by Bernard D’Sa:

         https://anchor.fm/bernarddsa/episodes/Sonali-Shirpurkar---Flight-Lieutenant-Indian-Air-Force--The-Bernard-Dsa-Talk-Show--S-2-Ep-03-e15ukls