- Aman Arora lauds cadets & wishes them success in training
Chandigarh/Mohali, July 16:
In a remarkable feat, the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (MRSAFPI), SAS Nagar has sent 25 cadets to various undergraduate and pre-commissioning training academies of the Defence Services in the last three months. With this, the total number of selections from the Institute has reached 175 since Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann-led State Government assumed office in Punjab.
These cadets have secured admission to the country’s premier defence institutions, including the National Defence Academy (NDA), Indian Military Academy (IMA), Indian Naval Academy (INA), Air Force Academy (AFA) and Officers Training Academy (OTA).
A total of 16 cadets have joined the NDA-156 Course at the National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakwasla for undergraduate training. The selected cadets include Abhish, Agammjit Virk, Bhuvan Dhiman and Vishesh Kardwal from Mohali; Gurkaranjit Singh from Malerkotla; Paramjot Singh and Rajpal Singh from Gurdaspur; Guntaaz Sachdeva from Bathinda; Eknoor Singh and Lovish from Amritsar; Sukhmanjit Singh Maan from Pathankot; Channpreet Singh Sidhu from Barnala; Armaan Sharma from Faridkot; Harshvir Singh from Rupnagar; Deepinder Singh from Patiala and Jasjot Singh from Hoshiarpur.
In addition, Abhay Pratap Singh Dhillon from Hoshiarpur has joined the Indian Naval Academy (INA), Ezhimala. Meanwhile, Mannoorpreet Singh from Gurdaspur, Sanket from Pathankot and Samrath Singh Dhillon from Jalandhar have joined the TES-55 Course at the Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering, Secunderabad and the Military College of Telecommunication Engineering, Mhow.
In the graduate entries, Ishpreet Singh Dhillon has joined the Officers Training Academy (OTA), Chennai. Manveer Singh Bedi from Ludhiana has joined the Indian Naval Academy (INA), Ezhimala for the NOC (Ext) Course, while Jasnoor Singh from Pathankot has joined the Air Force Academy (AFA), Dundigal.
Sukhraj Singh Heera from Rupnagar and Jagbir Singh from Sri Fatehgarh Sahib have joined the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun.
Congratulating the cadets, Punjab Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training Minister Mr. Aman Arora, lauded their hard work and wished them success in their training. He encouraged the cadets to serve the nation with distinction.
Director of MRSAFPI, Major General Ajay H. Chauhan, VSM (Retd) congratulated the selected cadets, while stating that 25 cadets of the Institute are presently in the process of SSB interviews and medicals. MRSAFPI has emerged as the primary feeder institution for the Armed Forces, he added.
