SUO Ekta Kumari is a cadet of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) from Jammu & Kashmir who made history in 2025 by becoming the first cadet from J&K to command the All India NCC Girls Contingent at the Republic Day Parade held at Kartavya Path, New Delhi. She is from Akhnoor (Jammu district), studies BSc at Government College for Women, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu, and is with the 1 J&K Naval NCC Unit.