VALEDICTORY FUNCTION AT MILITARY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PUNE
128 officers of the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force passed out on 13 May 16 on completion of Technical Staff Officers Course (TSOC) and Naval Technical Staff Course (NTSC) from the city based Military Institute of Technology (MILIT).
Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, PVSM AVSM VM ADC, Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) & Chief of Air Staff (CAS) was the Chief Guest on the occasion. Air Marshal AS Bhonsle, AVSM VSM, Offg CISC, Rear Admiral AS Sethi, VSM, Commandant MILIT, senior officers from the three services and other distinguished dignitaries were present on the occasion.
The Air Chief felicitated all the graduating officers. Earlier, he was shown diverse range of technical facilities of the institute. In his valedictory address, he stressed on a three pronged approach towards ensuring operational preparedness of the Indian Armed Forces – Imbibing & absorbing cutting edge, state-of-art technologies, Human Resource capability enhancement by effective use of these technologies and thirdly, Leadership at all levels for nurturing the next generation of professionals. He concluded his address by congratulating all the trophy and medal winners.
TSOC courses are conducted for all arms of the Indian Armed Forces and to prepare mid-level officers for Command and Staff appointments, while NTSC officers would take up their first assignments in the Naval Armament Inspectorate stream.
Major Santosh Kumar was awarded the Technical Staff Course rolling trophy for standing First in the “Overall Order of Merit” in TSOC (Army).Wg Cdr KN Tiwari was awarded the “Chief of Air Staff’s Trophy” for standing First in the “Overall Order of Merit” in TSOC (AF).
Cdr Amit Kaushik, and Lt Antriksh PC Duggal were awarded Commandant’s Trophy for “Best All Round” performance in the TSOC (Navy) & NTSC, respectively.
