Squadron Leader Toolika Rani has served in Indian Air Force for ten years as an Air Traffic Controller and Outdoor Training Instructor in Air Force Academy, Hyderabad. During her service, she was posted on Indo-Bhutan and Indo-Pakistan border. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. from Ambedkar University, Lucknow. She is an avid mountaineer, motivational speaker and poet. She has a keen interest in geopolitics.