The Officiating Commandant of Indian Military Academy (IMA), Major General YS Mahiwal presented the awards to outstanding Gentlemen Cadets (GC) who excelled in various fields during their pre-commissioning training at the Academy on Wednesday. The Awards Ceremony of passing out course of 136 Regular, 119 Technical Graduate Course (TGC) and 23 University Entrance Scheme (UES) was held at Kheterpal auditorium of IMA.
Maj Gen Mahiwal presented Parachute regiment medal to A Ranjith Kumar for GC adjusted best in endurance and physical toughness. Gaurav Basera was presented 9 GR medal for standing first in Military studies while Sikh regiment silver medal was awarded to Rohit Nair for being best sportsman. The Maratha light Infantry medal was presented to A Abdul Karim for best PT and Rajput regiment silver medal was presented to Ashish Kapoor.
In his address the officiating commandant said that the Gentleman Cadets should lay emphasis on building qualities of head and heart which would eventually mould them into better leaders. He emphasized that military leaders have to pay greater attention to qualities like empathy, camaraderie and building self pride. “Officers have to lead by personal examples” he said.
On this occasion the First lady of Academy Kiran Mahiwalreleased the IMA Journal ‘Spring Term 2015’. The journal gives a kaleidoscopic view of the various activities of the term besides the sobriquets of each passing out cadet. The term ending award ceremony of IMA is being held in high esteem by the GC. The GC are exposed to weapon training, warfare tactics, drill and multifarious activities aimed towards making them battle ready to tackle with bravery any eventuality facing mother land during the training.