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Mohali : : As many as 25 former cadets of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (AFPI), Mohali, who joined the National Defence Academy(NDA) and Indian Military Academy (IMA) this year were felicitated with ’Achiever Awards’ on Wednesday in a ceremony held at the Institute.

Air Marshal GP Singh, (Retd) was the chief guest on the occasion.

Special prizes were given to the cadets who excelled in various fields including academics and sports. The academics trophy was won by BCA Manraj Singh; the best officer like qualities trophy was won by CSM Bimalroop Singh and the sports trophy was won by Cadet Kushal Sharma.

The best all-round cadet of the seventh course was BCC Harshit Bakshi.

PT badges were awarded to the cadets of the eighth and ninth courses who are currently undergoing training at the Institute.

Air Marshal GP Singh advised the cadets to continue their hard work and bring further laurels to their alma mater. AFPI director Major General BS Grewal congratulated the cadets on their performance.

Admission process for the Tenth AFPI course commencing in April 2020 is currently in progress. AFPI aspirants may apply by 3 Jan for the entrance exam which is to be held on Jan 19, 2020.

AFPI has been established by the state government in 2011. Its first batch completed training in 2013. The institute has sent 134 cadets to NDA and other service academies till date.

This year, the institute has sent 25 cadets to NDA/other academies and 23 cadets of AFPI have earned their commission in the Armed Forces.

The total number of commissioned officers from the first three batches is now 58.

As many as 37 cadets of the eighth course currently training at AFPI have already cleared the UPSC entrance exam for NDA and will be going for services selection board interviews soon.