335 cadets pass out from NDA in muted ceremony

PUNE: A total of 335 cadets graduated from the National Defence Academy (NDA) on Saturday.
NDA Commandant Lt Gen Asit Mistry presided over the function, which was attended by passing out cadets and some faculty members.
In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the passing out ceremony of the 138th course had to be scaled down.
In all, 226 cadets from the army, 44 from the navy and 65 from the air force graduated from the academy. In addition, 20 cadets from friendly foreign countries also passed out.
Battalion cadet Captain Shivam Kumar won the President’s gold medal, Cadet Captain Mukesh Kumar won the President’s silver medal and cadet Captain Parth Gupta won the President’s bronze medal.