105 undergo screening test for Special Forces

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, September 7

As a pioneer project, a screening test of already selected candidates of Headquarters Recruiting Zone (Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir), Jalandhar, was carried out under the directions of Brigadier Jagdeep Dahiya and under the supervision of Col Vishal Dubey, Director Recruiting (Army Recruiting Office), Ludhiana, at Dholewal Military Complex, here on Friday.

A total of 105 candidates, who were selected during the recruitment rally in the Punjab and J&K Zone, were meant to undergo the screening as per the Special Forces parameters, of which 15 candidates have been selected. This new experimental method is likely to motivate youth of Punjab and J&K Zone to join the Parachute Regiment and Special Forces.

Similar screening test has been planned in various other Army Recruiting Offices of Punjab and J&K Zone as well as across the nation.

The Indian Army thanked Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner Pardeep Kumar Agrawal for providing necessary administrative and medical support for the smooth conduct of screening test.

Also the role of Director General, Centre for Punjab Youth Training and Employment (C-PYTE), in providing infrastructure and training for a duration of three weeks to the motivated volunteers at Hukumat Wala Camp, Ferozepur, has been widely appreciated by the Army as well as the candidates hailing from the Punjab region.