He also expressed his sincere appreciation to the parents and families for motivating their wards to join this prestigious institution and serve the nation.
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The convocation ceremony of the 149th Course of the National Defence Academy (NDA) was held at Habibullah Hall, NDA, Khadakwasla, on Saturday.
Addressing the gathering, Dr Ajay Kumar, Chairman, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) congratulated the cadets of the passing-out course for the successful completion of their rigorous and demanding training at one of the world’s premier tri-services military academies.
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He also expressed his sincere appreciation to the parents and families for motivating their wards to join this prestigious institution and serve the nation.
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A total of 328 cadets are passing out from NDA in this course. Of these, 216 cadets were conferred the Bachelor’s Degree of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), which includes 72 cadets in the Science Stream, 92 cadets in the Computer Science Stream, and 52 cadets in the Arts Stream.
Additionally, 18 cadets from Friendly Foreign Countries were also awarded degrees during the ceremony, reflecting India’s strong defence cooperation and training partnerships.
Furthermore, 112 cadets of the B.Tech Stream (Navy and Air Force) received their three-year course completion certificates. These Naval and Air Force cadets will be conferred their B.Tech degrees upon completion of one more year of training at their respective pre commissioning academies the Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala, and the Air Force Academy, Hyderabad.
Cadet Kartik Maheshwari of ‘M’ Sqn stood first in the Science Stream with an FGPA of 8.11 and was awarded the Commandant’s Silver Medal and COAS Rolling Trophy presented by General K Sunderji, (Retd).
Cadet Ananya of ‘G’ Sqn stood first in the Computer Science Stream with an FGPA of 8.36 and was awarded Commandant’s Silver Medal and the Admiral’s Rolling Trophy presented by Admiral Sureesh Mehta, Chief of Naval Staff.
Cadet Anurag Gupta of ‘B’ Sqn stood first in the Social Science Stream with an FGPA of 7.44 and was awarded Commandant’s Silver Medal and as well as the CAS Trophy presented by Air Chief Marshal NC Suri (Retd).
Cadet Vishwesh Bhalerao of ‘F’ Sqn stood first in the B. Tech Stream in the six semester training at NDA with an CGPA of 8.05 and was presented the Commandant’s Silver Medal and CISC Trophy presented by HQ IDS.
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