Girl with a passion to don olive green clears CDS

Avneet Kaur

Jalandhar, June 17

Akanksha Gulati, 21, of Kanya Maha Vidyalaya (KMV), who was cadet in the II Punjab Girls Battalion of the NCC, carved a niche for herself by qualifying the Combined Defense Service (CDS) exam in one-go, in which a total eight lakh students had appeared. She has also been selected as a cabin crew member in Vistara airlines recently.

Akanksha always wanted to pursue a career in the armed forces. She said the love for olive green uniform and the dream to serve the nation always motivated her to continue with the efforts and give in extra hard work.

Being a ‘C’ certificate examination holder with A-grade in NCC, Akanksha was also declared as the best cadet from Jalandhar. Apart from this she has also reserved the name for herself in the best speaker trophy and has hosted many college events and other programmes.

She has also been an active participant in youth festivals and says, “Participating in different events boosts me and prepares me for the future endeavors.”

Having completed her 3 year degree course in English Honours in May, Akanksha was planning to pursue her higher studies, she said, “I feel it was my good luck and of course my hard work that I qualified the CDS exam and got placed in Vistara airlines. Though I am yet to join the company. In the meanwhile, I will also not stop studying, I have plans to pursue MBA.”

Sharing her success mantra she said, “I have burnt midnight oil to crack the CDS exam. Continuing both my English honours studies as well preparing for CDS was a tough job altogether, therefore, I use to study at night and gave my sincere efforts to crack the exam.”