In a first, two girls inducted into Rashtriya Indian Military College

DEHRADUN: The Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) - regarded as a premier preparing ground for those aspiring to join the armed forces - inducted two girls for the first time in the institution's history of over 100 years.
The 'July batch of 2022' began Monday with students of Class 8, including the two girl students. Public relations officer of central command, Shantanu Pratap Singh, termed it "a historic moment for the college". He added that one of the girl students is from Haryana and the other is a day scholar.
The decision to give admission to girls at RIMC came after the government opened the doors of the National Defence Academy (NDA) for women. RIMC commandant Col Ajay Kumar had announced during the institution's Centennial Founders' Day in March that they would soon be inducting girl students as well. To make the institute suitable for girl students, the military college had constituted a committee to assess all necessary steps before finalising its decision.
A RIMC official said although there were five seats for girls in this batch, only two could clear the process to get enrolled. He added that from the January batch next year, seats for girls will be increased. A total of 568 girls from across the country had given the entrance for the five seats.
RIMC was established on March 13, 1922 with an aim to impart military training to Indian youths so they could later be inducted into the British Indian Army as officers.