War heroes and Veer naris were felicitated on the occasion of the sixth annual function of Doon Defence Career Point here on Sunday.
The higher education minister of Uttarakhand, Dhan Singh Rawat was the chief guest on the occasion. The war hero of 1971 Indo Pak war Col S K Babbar (Rtd), Brigadier K G Behl (Rtd) and Puran Devi, mother of Kargil martyr Narpal Singh and Munni Joshi mother of Martyr Rajesh Joshi were honored by the minister and the organizers of the function. A memento and amount of Rs 11000 was handed over to the war Heros and Veer Naris.
The Chief Guest Dhan Singh Rawat paid glowing tributes to the martyrs and said that lives and action should be known to the younger generation. He said that the students should inculcate the virtues of bravery, hard word and determination to succeed in life.
A blood donation, eye test health check up camp was also organized on the occasion.
The director of the institute J P Nautiyal read out the achievements of academy on the occasion. He claimed that the success rate of the institute is 84 percent and every year 10 Below Poverty line (BPl) candidates are provided free education by the institute.
The Raipur MlA Umesh Sharma Kau was also present on the occasion.