Ahmedabad Times

CHENNAI: A complete of 412 Agniveervayu trainees from the Vehicle Technician department of the Indian Air Pressure (IAF) have accomplished their coaching on the Mechanical Transport Coaching Institute, marking a major milestone of their induction into the armed forces. A proper Passing Out Parade was held on June 12, 2026, at Air Pressure Station Avadi in Chennai to mark the completion of their coaching and to formally overview the achievements of the graduating batch.Air Vice Marshal Atul Laxmandas Golani reviewed the parade and congratulated the trainees for finishing their robust and intensive coaching. Addressing the Agniveervayu trainees, Air Vice Marshal Golani inspired them to serve the nation with professionalism, self-discipline, teamwork and a powerful spirit of dedication. He additionally urged them to contribute meaningfully to nation-building of their future assignments inside the Indian Air Pressure. On Saturday, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and President of India, Droupadi Murmu, reviewed the Spring Time period 2026 Passing Out Parade (POP) of the 158th Common Course and 141st Technical Graduate Course on the Indian Navy Academy (IMA) in Dehradun. The parade is being held on the historic Chetwode Constructing Drill Sq., with Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami additionally current on the event. A complete of 515 Gentleman and Woman Cadets, together with 9 girls cadets, might be commissioned into the Indian Military upon completion of the parade. The graduating contingent additionally consists of 34 officer cadets from 16 pleasant international nations, who will be part of the armed forces of their respective nations. This 12 months’s parade holds particular significance and marks a historic milestone within the 94-year historical past of the Indian Navy Academy. For the primary time ever, a batch of girls officer cadets is graduating from IMA and might be commissioned as officers within the Indian Military. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh additionally reviewed the Mixed Commencement Parade (CGP) of the 217th Course on the Air Pressure Academy (AFA), Dundigal, Telangana, marking the profitable completion of the pre-commissioning coaching of flight cadets of the Indian Air Pressure. In the course of the ceremony, Singh congratulated the trainees for efficiently finishing their coaching. Empowering them to grow to be a part of a historic journey, he recalled the contributions made by the Indian Air Pressure, from the conflict in Kashmir by way of the Srinagar airlift throughout 1947-48 to the decisive air strikes on Dhaka in 1971.