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On way to become officers, 48 graduate from Army Cadet College

They will now join the IMA for one-year pre-commissioning training
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Forty-eight cadets graduate from the Army Cadet College Wing of the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. Photo: Indian Military Academy
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Forty-eight cadets of Army Cadet College (ACC) Wing of the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun, marked the successful completion of their rigorous academic and military training, with the graduation ceremony being held today.

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Lt Gen Nagendra Singh, Commandant, IMA, conferred the bachelor's degree of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, to 18 cadets of the science stream and 30 of the humanities stream of 125th course of the ACC. They will now join the IMA for one-year pre-commissioning training.

The ACC is a feeder institute to the IMA, training and grooming armed forces personnel from the ranks to become officers over a three-year period. The curriculum is made to ensure holistic development of cadets physically, mentally and intellectually. Every cadet undergoes a graduation programme augmented with rigorous military training to imbibe traits required by them to become commissioned officers in the Army.

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In his convocation address, Lt Gen Nagendra Singh congratulated the cadets for successfully crossing an important milestone in their professional career. He emphasised that character, self-discipline, courage, motivation, positive attitude and professional competence are pillars of a successful Army officer.

The Chief of Army Staff gold medal for standing first in the order of merit was awarded to Wing Cadet Captain Praveen Kumar, silver medal to Platoon Cadet Captain Amit Kuntal and bronze medal to Company Cadet Captain Amandeep Singh. The Commandant's silver medals for standing first in service subjects was awarded to Platoon Cadet Captain Amit Kuntal.

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