Chandigarh, December 13
Carrying forward Punjab’s glorious tradition of producing brave soldiers under the able guidance of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, five alumni of the prestigious Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (MRSAFPI), Mohali, were commissioned as officers in the Indian Armed Forces on Saturday. Four cadets were commissioned into the Indian Army at the Passing Out Parade of the 157th Regular Course at the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun, which was reviewed by General Upendra Dwivedi, PVSM, AVSM, Chief of the Army Staff.
Those commissioned into the Indian Army are Gurkirat Singh (Amritsar), son of an ex-serviceman from the Corps of Engineers; Barjinder Singh (Gurdaspur), son of a school principal and son of a PSPCL Superintendent; Sukhdev Singh Gill (Gurdaspur), son of a retired PSPCL JE and Vinayak Sharma (Pathankot), whose parents are in private employment.
Another cadet, Kush Pandeya (Ludhiana), was commissioned as a Flying Officer in the Indian Air Force from the 216th Course at the Air Force Academy (AFA), Dundigal, Hyderabad. The parade was reviewed by General Anil Chauhan, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, Chief of Defence Staff. Kush comes from a distinguished services background, with his father being a retired IAF Group Captain and his mother a serving Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Medical Corps.
Punjab Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training Minister Aman Arora extended his heartiest congratulations to the former cadets of MRSAFPI on their commissioning into the Indian Armed Forces. He exhorted them to work even harder in their careers as service officers and make the State of Punjab proud.
Director of Maharaja Ranjit Singh AFPI, Major General Ajay H. Chauhan, VSM (Retd), while congratulating the former cadets on their commissioning, called upon them to live up to the ideals of the Indian Defence Services and do the Nation, State and Alma Mater proud. With the commissioning of these five cadets, a total of 186 cadets of MRSAFPI have now been commissioned into the Indian Armed Forces since its inception, he added.
Meanwhile, Mai Bhago Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (AFPI) for Girls in SAS Nagar (Mohali) has added another remarkable achievement to its illustrious history, with two of its distinguished alumni, Charanpreet Kaur and Mehak Dahiya, being commissioned as Flying Officers in the Indian Air Force. They successfully passed out from the Air Force Academy, Dundigal (Hyderabad) on Saturday, bringing pride and glory to their alma mater. They were commissioned in an impressive passing out parade, that was reviewed by Chief of Defence Staff, General Anil Chauhan, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM.
Flying Officer Charanpreet Kaur is daughter of Harminder Singh Banwait, who is a driver by profession and hails from Kurali in SAS Nagar, whereas Flying Officer Mehak Dahiya is daughter of Anil Kumar Dahiya, who is a Government Teacher and also hails from SAS Nagar. Flying Officer Charanpreet Kaur has been commissioned in the Administrative Branch, while Flying Officer Mahak Dahiya has been commissioned in the Accounts Branch of the Air Force.
