Passing Out Parade of 142nd batch of NDA held at Pune

Pune/ New Delhi: The Passing Out Parade of the 142nd batch of the National Defence Academy (NDA) was held at the Khetrapal Maidan of the Academy in Pune on Monday. This comes as a mark of completion of the professional training of the cadets at the academy after three years of tough training.

The cadets presented a spectacular NDA passing out parade commensurate with the tradition of the Academy.

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari reviewed the parade on the ground.

Speaking on the occasion, Chief of the Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Choudhary said that the nature of warfare is changing and it is necessary to be ready by adopting new technology to deal with it.

Cadet Abhimanyu Singh Rathore was awarded the gold medal, Cadet Arvind Chauhan was awarded a silver medal and Cadet Nitin Sharma was awarded a bronze medal on the occasion.

The convocation of the 142nd batch was held yesterday at the Habibullah Hall of the NDA, named after Major General Enaith Habibullah. The CEO of NITI Aayog Amitabh Kant attended the ceremony as the chief guest.

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Every year, two batches of cadets pass out from India's premier tri-services military academy based at Khadakwasla in Pune and continue with one more year of pre-commissioning training at the academies of their respective forces – Indian Military Academy in Dehradun for Army, Air Force Academy in Telangana's Dundigal and Indian Naval Academy in Kerala's Ezhimala.

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