NE NEWS SERVICE
PUNE, OCT 31
Army Chief General MM Naravane on Friday reviewed the Passing Out Parade for the Autumn term at Khetarpal Parade Ground, National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Pune. This Parade was the 141st course of the National Defence Academy (NDA) and marked the completion of the three years of uncompromised training at the academy for the passing cadets.
The Chief is an alumnus of the NDA and belongs to the 56th course.
Gen MM Naravane also conveyed his gratitude to parents of Passing Out cadets for supporting their sons to choose & pursue career in Armed Forces of #India & also being their strength during these 3 years of their training at #NDA @ANI @AjaybhattBJP4UK @Bhupendrapbjp @ians_india pic.twitter.com/qQxsIeCjcf
— PRO Defence Gujarat (@DefencePRO_Guj) October 30, 2021
Over 1000 cadets participated in the parade of which 305 cadets were from the passing out course. This included 220 Army cadets, 41 Naval cadets and 44 Air Force cadets, including 19 cadets from Friendly Foreign Countries (Bhutan, Tajik, Maldives, Vietnam, Tanzania, Kyrgyztan, Afghanistan, Srilanka, Myanmar, Turkmenistan, Sudan, Uzbekistan).
The cadets will proceed for eight weeks of term break and thereafter join their respective Pre-Commisioning Training Academies. Cadets of the junior courses will report back to the NDA on December 27.
The meritorious cadets were awarded by the Reviewing Officer. Academy Cadet Captain Vamshi Krishna won the President’s Gold Medal for standing first in the overall order of merit. Battallion Cadet Captain SiripurapuLikhit won the President’s Silver Medal for standing second in the overall order of merit and Battalion Cadet Captain Harshvardhan Singh won the President’s Bronze Medal for standing third in the overall order of merit. Oscar Squadron bagged the prestigious ‘Chiefs of Staff Banner’, for being the Champion Squadron which was presented during the parade.
The Reviewing Officer congratulated all the passing out course cadets, the medal winners and the Champion Squadron. He emphasized on the need for continued learning to keep abreast with evolving technological advances and modern warfare. He exhorted the cadets that antimpag of training at NDA is only the ‘pahlakadam’ towards service to the nation. He also conveyed his gratitude to the parents of the passing out cadets for supporting their sons to choose and pursue career in the Armed Forces of India and also being their strength during these three years of their training at NDA.
He complimented the staff of NDA for successfully completing the curriculum despite numerous constraints under the pandemic situation. In his address to the media, he affirmed that the training of women in NDA will be at par with training of men.
