India, Sept. 14 -- From wearing the crown of Miss International India 2023 to donning the olive green uniform of the Indian Army, Lieutenant Kashish Methwani has redefined the blend of beauty, intellect, and service. The Pune native was commissioned into the Army's Air Defence Regiment on September 6, 2025, after nearly a year of rigorous training at the Officers' Training Academy (OTA), Chennai.

Kashish cracked the 2024 Combined Defence Services (CDS) examination, choosing to leave behind a promising future in pageantry and academics to serve the nation. She holds an integrated master's degree in Biotechnology from Savitribai Phule Pune University and completed a neuroscience thesis at IISc, Bengaluru. Though she received a PhD offer fr...