Fifty-five promising armed forces personnel of the Army Cadet College (ACC) wing of the Indian Military Academy (IMA) here were conferred graduation degrees at a glittering graduation ceremony on Friday.
The ceremony was presided over by officiating Commandant of IMA, Major General YS Mahiwal. In his convocation address Maj Gen Mahiwal congratulated the cadets for successfully completing their challenging three years of rigorous training at the Army Cadet College Wing and urged them to continuously strive towards achieving excellence in their future military career. He complimented the Commander of ACC, the Head of Academic Department, and the faculty members for their diligent efforts in shaping the Cadets into potential officers.
The Commander of ACC wing, Brigadier Nikesh Nandan, presented the report card of the college and highlighted the lofty standards and admirable academic performance exhibited by the Cadets of the graduating course.
These cadets were conferred degrees by the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). This year 20 cadets were from Science stream while 35 belonged to humanities. The Cadets will finally join Indian Military Academy into the II term and would get commission into Indian Army.
Cadet Rakesh Yadav was conferred Chief of Army Staff gold medal for being the best cadet of106 Army Cadet College Wing Course .
The officiating commandant presented the Commandant’s Banner to BOGRA COY.
The Banner is awarded to the Company which excels in various competitions like sports, academics, camps, debates and discipline.