An officer takes a selfie with his family after the passing-out parade at the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun on Saturday. PTI

Tribune News Service

Dehradun, December 9

As many as 487 Gentlemen Cadets of regular course, technical graduate course and university entry scheme course, including 78 foreign Gentlemen Cadets from seven friendly countries, passed out of the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, today. Bangladesh Army Staff Gen Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq reviewed the parade. He congratulated the Gentlemen Cadets on the successful completion of their training at the IMA. He also acknowledged the commitment of instructors and the staff of the IMA and their dedication to the Gentlemen Cadets. “The IMA’s world-class reputation and achievements of its officers are attributed to the outstanding quality of its instructors and the staff,” he said.As the reviewing officer, he presented the Sword of Honour and gold medal to academy Cadet Adjutant Chandrakant Acharya. The silver medal for the Gentleman Cadet was presented to academy under officer Amarpreet Singh Dhatt while the bronze medal was presented to the battalion under officer Sourav Das. The silver medal for the Gentleman Cadet standing first in the order of merit from foreign GCs was presented to junior under officer Alexander Simonaitis. The Chief of the Army Staff banner was awarded to Naushera for standing overall first among 16 companies for the Autumn Term 2017.The GOC-in-C, ARTRAC, Lt Gen MM Naravane and IMA Commandant Lt Gen SK Jha were present on the occasion.