DEHRADUN: Chandrakant Acharya, hailing from Jagat Singh Pur near Cuttack, Orissa, won the prestigious sword of honour, given to the overall best cadet of the academy. He also won the gold medal given to the officer who stands first in order of merit.
VINAY S KUMAR/HT■ Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq gives sword of honour to Chandrakant Acharya.
“I know I will have to keep up the hard work in the future to keep up this feat”, he said.
Chandrakant said that he always wanted to join the Indian army and for that he had joined the prestigious Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC), a government military school in Dehradun.“It took a lot of nard work behind this success. There was little relaxation and more work as I always wanted to excel in the training,” said Acharya.