The five -day long raising day celebrations of the prestigious Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun, culminated on Sunday. The academy which was founded on October 1, 1932 celebrated its 82 Raising day. The Governor of Uttarakhand Dr Aziz Qureshi was present on the occasion to congratulate the officers and staff of IMA.
Speaking on the occasion the Commandant of IMA, lieutenant General Manvender Singh AVSM, VSM said that the IMA had rendered outstanding service to the Nation by nurturing thousands of well trained and officers of very high calibre. He urged the Service and Civilian employees of IMA to work with the same zeal and enthusiasm to bring greater laurels to the Academy. Conveying his appreciation to the IMA fraternity for their dedication and contribution towards transforming the Academy into a world class military institution the IMA commandant said that he firmly believes that the academy would scale new heights in future.
As part of the Raising Day celebrations various activities were organised in the IMA which included felicitations to civilian staff and exhibition polo match. The polo match was played between the cadets of IMA and a team comprising Presidential bodyguards and other army officers on Sunday. The governor Qureshi felicitated the participants of the exhibition polo match.
In the last 82 years the Academy has grown in its training capacity from 40 Gentlemen Cadets (GC) to 1800 GCs. Till date, 54,207 GCs have passed out from the portals of the Academy as officers. The pass outs include Foreign Gentlemen Cadets (FGCs) from 30 friendly foreign countries.