AMAN ARORA EXTENDS BEST WISHES FOR BRIGHT FUTURE IN IAF
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Continuing its mission to empower girls in Punjab, two Lady Cadets, Charanpreet Kaur and Mahak, from Mai Bhago Armed Forces Preparatory Institute for Girls in SAS Nagar (Mohali) have been selected for pre-commission training at the prestigious Air Force Academy, Dundigal from January 2025.
Lady Cadet Charanpreet Kaur is the daughter of S. Harminder Singh Banwait, who is a driver in a private company and she hails from Kurali (SAS Nagar). Lady Cadet Mahak is the daughter of Sh. Anil Kumar Dahiya, a government teacher, a resident of SAS Nagar. Among 192 women on the merit list, Lady Cadet Charanpreet Kaur achieved an All India Rank (AIR) of 4th, while Lady Cadet Mahak secured an AIR of 23.
(MOREPIC2)(MOREPIC3)Congratulating the two lady cadets for their remarkable feat, Punjab Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training Minister Mr. Aman Arora expressed that their success will undoubtedly inspire other girls from Punjab to pursue opportunities in serving the nation as commissioned officers in the defence services. He said that Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann led Punjab Government had approved a path breaking initiative of starting an NDA Preparatory Wing for Girls at Mai Bhago AFPI last year. Four Lady Cadets of the Institute have already cleared the NDA entrance exam and are now preparing for their SSB screening.
Expressing his happiness over the selection of the Lady Cadets for the Air Force Academy, the Director of Mai Bhago AFPI, Major General Jasbir Singh Sandhu, AVSM (Retd.), mentioned that this achievement will further enhance their efforts to send more girls from the state to various armed forces pre-commission training academies. He also extended his best wishes to these girls for a bright future ahead in the Indian Air Force.
