Eastern Naval Command, Vishakhapatnam VSM Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Vice-Admiral Atul Kumar Jain paid the first visit to the Sainik School Bhubaneswar as its LBA Chairman on Thursday.
The Vice-Admiral also presided over a meeting with the State Government officials.
On his arrival, senior cadets of the school extended him a spectacular guard of honour in the presence of Air Marshal JN Burma, RADM Deepak Kapoor, Cmde KS Noor, Gp Capt S Dominic Rayan, Principal, Sainik School Bhubaneswar, Wg Cdr Amitabh Ranjan, Vice-Principal, Cdr N Santhosh Kumar, Administrative Officer, Shri Akhileswar Mishra, Headmaster DM School, Shri Amitabh Swain, President OBA, Pritish Basa, GK Todkar, Senior Master, officials of NCC, Staff and cadets.
Later, Vice Admiral Jain inaugurated an ‘Obstacle Course’ for the cadets’ SSB Training and other important venues of the school.
In his interaction with Class-XII cadets, Jain expressed happiness as the cadets are well motivated to join Armed Forces.
He advised them to make the best use of the available resources at the school and join Armed Forces in large numbers which can bring glory to Odisha.
He assured to provide all necessary support to the school to rise to greater heights in forthcoming days.