Four Punjab cadets commissioned as lieutenants in Indian Army

The commissioning took place at the Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai during a spectacular passing out parade reviewed by Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, PVSM, AVSM and VSM.

Lady cadet Deepnoor has been commissioned into the elite Army Aviation Corps, while lady cadet Diksha Dhiman joined the Army Ordnance Corps. Deepnoor is the daughter of Sukhbir Singh, Professor at Sardar Beant Singh State University, Gurdaspur and Ramanpreet Kaur, a government school teacher.

Diksha is the daughter of Pawan Kumar, a businessman from Pathankot and Indu.

The MRSAFPI duo also made the state proud with Cadet Ishpreet Singh Dhillon, son of late Dr Paramjit Singh Dhillon and Santosh Kaur, joining the Regiment of Artillery, and Lieutenant Arsh Singh, son of Maj Gen PS Sandhu (Retd), carrying forward his family’s legacy as a second-generation officer into the Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch.