Pune: Convocation Ceremony Of 143rd Course Held At NDA
Khadakwasla, 29th November 2022: The Convocation Ceremony of 143rd NDA course of National Defence Academy (NDA) was held today at the Habibullah Hall of NDA. The Chief Guest for the occasion was Prof Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
233 cadets were conferred the degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University which included 65 cadets in Science stream, 89 cadets in Computer Science stream and 60 cadets in Arts stream. 19 cadets from friendly foreign countries were also awarded degrees during the programme. In addition, the B Tech stream comprising of 95 cadets of Navy and Air Force cadets also received ‘three years course completion’ certificate as these Naval and Air Force cadets will be conferred with the degree after completion of one year training at their respective pre-commissioning training academics i.e. Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala and Air Force Academy, Hyderabad, respectively.
The Chief Guest was received by Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar, Commandant, NDA. The academic report of Autumn Term-2022 was presented. The Chief Guest in her convocation address congratulated the cadets of the passing out course for successful completion of their gruelling training from one of the premier training academics of world repute.
Cadet Sergeant Major Arpit Kumar of Golf Squadron stood first in the Science Stream with an FGPA of 7.72 and was awarded the Commandant’s Silver Medal and COAS rolling Trophy presented by General K Sundarji, PVSM (Retd).
Divisional Cadet Captain Akashi Aswan of Juliet Squadron stood first in the Computer Science Stream with an FGPA of 8.25 and was awarded Commandant’s Silver Medal and the Admiral’s rolling Trophy presented by Admiral Sureesh Mehta, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, Chief of Naval Staff.
Cadet Nishant Sharma of Juliet Squadron stood first in the Social Science Stream with an FGPA of 7.61 and was awarded the Commandant’s Silver Medal as well as the CAS Trophy presented by Air Chief Marshal NC Suri, PVSM, AVSM, VM (Retd).
Divisional Cadet Captain Amir Upadhyay of Foxtrot Squadron stood first in the B. Tech stream in the six-semesters training at NDA with CGPA of 7.91 and was presented the Commandant’s Silver Medal and CISC Trophy presented by HQ IDS.
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