Nine cadets from state commissioned into Army, Air Force as officers
Nine cadets from two armed forces preparatory institutes in Mohali have been commissioned into the Army and the Air Force. Eight of them are from the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (MRSAFPI) in SAS Nagar (Mohali), while one is from the Mai Bhago Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (AFPI) for Girls, SAS Nagar (Mohali).
Among those selected from the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute included Kritin Gupta from Ludhiana, Bhart Sharma and Sahildeep Singh from Amritsar, Sahilpreet Singh Sandhu from Patiala, Shiv Kumar from Kapurtala and Uttam Malik from Bathinda. They were commissioned into the Army at the passing-out parade held at the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun. The parade was reviewed by Nepal Army Chief General Ashokraj Sigdel.
Two cadets from the institute, Gursher Singh Cheema from Sangrur and Pratham Parmar from Kapurthala, were commissioned as Flying Officers in the Indian Air Force at the 214th combined passing-out parade of the Air Force Academy (AFA) Dundigal. Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, PVSM, AVSM, the Chief of the Indian Air Force, reviewed the parade.
Institute’s director Major General Ajay H Chauhan, VSM (Retd), congratulated the cadets and called upon them to live up to the ideals of the defence services.
From the Mai Bhago Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (AFPI) for Girls, SAS Nagar (Mohali), Arshdeep Kaur has been commissioned as a Flying Officer into the Indian Air Force (IAF). Flying Officer Arshdeep Kaur, commissioned into the Meteorology Branch of the force, is the daughter of Daljinder Pal Singh, a businessman from Khamano in Fatehgarh Sahib district. Institute’s director Major General Jasbir Singh Sandhu, AVSM (Retd), conveyed his best wishes to Flying Officer Arshdeep Kaur for a promising future in the Indian Air Force.
Cabinet Minister of Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training Aman Arora congratulated the cadets on their commissioning into the armed forces and urged them to work hard and make Punjab proud.
