Chandigarh, March 8:
Adding a yet another feather in the cap of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (MRSAFPI), Cadet Madhav Sharma was commissioned into the Indian Army’s Artillery Regiment as Lieutenant at the Officers’ Training Academy (OTA) passing out parade took place in Chennai, on Saturday. The passing out parade was reviewed by Lieutenant General Johnson P Mathew, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM, Chief of Integrated Defence Staff.
Sharing this information here today, Punjab Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training Minister Mr. Aman Arora extended heartiest congratulations to Madhav for brighter future ahead in the service of Nation.
He said that Lieutenant Madhav Sharma, the cadet of 8th Course at MRSAFPI, is son of Smt. Gopi Ranjan, the Headmistress of Government High School, Jogi Cheema, and late Sh. Hatinder Sharma of Gurdaspur. Before joining the Officers’ Training Academy, the newly commissioned officer, earlier, had a stint as a security assistant with the IB at Amritsar.
With the commissioning of the Madhav Sharma, the total number of cadets commissioned as officers from MRSAFPI has reached 170, he added.
Director MRSAFPI Major General Ajay H Chauhan, VSM (Retd) said that two cadets of the Institute would be joining the SSC Tech-64 Course at OTA, Gaya later this month. After the 14 cadets who joined the undergraduate training academies in the month of December 2024, there are 32 cadets of the Institute who have cleared their SSB Interviews and are awaiting their joining letters for the courses commencing in June 2025. The Institute has achieved a record of sorts with 26 cadets clearing their SSB out of 34 who cleared the NDA Written examination in September 2024.
