9 from Mohali institutes become defence officers

Nine alumni of Armed Forces preparatory institutes in Mohali became commissioned officers in the defence services on Saturday.

While Arshdeep Kaur of Mai Bhago Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (AFPI) for Girls has become a Flying Officer in the Indian Air Force, the others are from the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (MRSAFPI) for boys.

Arshdeep Kaur, commissioned into the Meteorology Branch of the IAF from the Air Force Academy, is the daughter of Daljinder Pal Singh, a businessman from Khamano in Fatehgarh Sahib district.

Two former cadets of MRSAFPI, Gursher Singh Cheema from Sangrur district and Pratham Parmar from Kapurtala, were also commissioned into the IAF today.

Six others, Kritin Gupta from Ludhiana, Bhart Sharma and Sahildeep Singh from Amritsar, Sahilpreet Singh Sandhu from Patiala, Shiv Kumar from Kapurtala and Uttam Malik from Bhatinda, were commissioned as Lieutenants into the Indian Army from in the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun.