With the backdrop of the sun rising from the majestic Sahyadri mountain ranges, the Passing Out Parade (POP) of the 143rd course of the National Defence Academy will commence in the early hours of Wednesday on Khetrapal Parade Ground of the premier tr-services academy located at Khadakwasla in Pune. Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar — alumnus of 61st course of the academy — will be Reviewing Officer (RO) for the POP. Here is all you need to know about one of the most prestigious military events in the country.
The NDA POP marks the culmination of the three-year-long, extremely demanding and arduous training at the academy. Each year, two courses of cadets pass out of India’s premier military academy, hailed as the cradle of military leadership located overseeing the foothills of the Western Ghats of Maharashtra.
After passing out from the NDA, the cadets head out for one more year of pre-commissioning training at the academies of their respective Armed forces – Indian Naval Academy in Ezhimala located in Kannur district of Kerala, Indian Military Academy in Dehradun for Army and the Air Force Academy in Dundigal, located in Telangana.
Indian Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar will be the reviewing officer for the passing out parade (PoP) of the 143rd course of the National Defence Academy on November 30, 2022.
After three years of gruelling training, the cadets of the 143rd course of the National Defence Academy (NDA) are all set to pass out from the academy, following the Passing out Parade (POP) which is taking place in Pune on 30th November.
The passing out parade is held at the Khetrapal Ground, named after Second Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal, a posthumous recipient of the Param Vir Chakra who was killed in action in the Battle of Basantar in the Battlefield of Shakargarh during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar will be the reviewing officer for the Passing Out Parade (POP) of the 143rd course of the National Defence Academy.
After passing out from the NDA, cadets go on to respective service academies for further pre-commissioning training. NDA cadets undergo almost a year training in
- Indian Military Academy IMA , if opted for Army.
- Air Force Academy AFA, if opted for Air Force.
- Indian Naval Academy INA, if opted for Navy.
At present, the three present service chiefs, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, Navy Chief Admiral Hari Kumar and Army Chief General Manoj Pande, are from the 61st course of the academy.
This POP will be significant in the history of the NDA as it is the first such ceremony since the academy inducted its first batch of women cadets. Admitted in June, this batch of girl cadets has a strength of 19 — 10 for the Army, six for the Air Force and three for the Navy.
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