Two daughters of Punjab farmers commissioned as IAF flying officers

By PTI

CHANDIGARH: Two daughters of two farmers from Punjab had been on Saturday commissioned as flying officers within the Indian Air Force (IAF), an official assertion mentioned.

Ivraj Kaur and Prabhsimran Kaur, alumni of Mai Bhago Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (AFPI) for women in Mohali, had been commissioned as flying officers from the Air Force Academy in Dundigal and Hyderabad.

Flying Officer Ivraj, daughter of Jaspreet Singh, a farmer from Rupnagar district, shall be becoming a member of the Flying Branch as a helicopter pilot While Flying Officer Prabhsimran, daughter of Paramjit Singh, who can also be a farmer from Gurdaspur district, shall be becoming a member of the Education Branch of the IAF, it mentioned.

Congratulating the younger girls for his or her outstanding feat, Punjab Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training Minister Aman Arora mentioned the fathers of the newly commissioned flying officers are proud farmers The success of the younger girls will encourage kids from the small cities and villages of Punjab to discover alternatives in serving the nation as commissioned officers in defence companies, he mentioned.

Mai Bhago AFPI, working below the umbrella of the Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training division, has a totally residential campus with state-of-the-art infrastructure and considered one of its sort within the nation, Arora mentioned.

The Punjab authorities has just lately permitted an initiative of beginning a National Defence Academy Preparatory Wing for women at Mai Bhago AFPI from subsequent month, he mentioned Expressing happiness over the 2 alumni being commissioned as flying officers, Director of Mai Bhago AFPI Major General J S Sandhu (retd) mentioned this achievement will additional enhance their efforts of sending extra ladies from the state to the assorted armed forces pre-commission coaching academies.

He additionally prolonged his finest needs to those newly commissioned officers for his or her vibrant future forward within the IAF.

Meanwhile, 4 cadets — Ishan Bakshi, Manraj Singh Sahni, Harshit Bakshi and Armaandeep Singh Sodhi — of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (for boys), Mohali have additionally been commissioned into the IAF at a passing out parade held on the Air Force Academy in Dundigal and Hyderabad on Saturday.

With the commissioning of those cadets, a complete of 140 cadets of Maharaja Ranjit Singh AFPI have been commissioned as officers into the Armed Forces within the final 11 years, the assertion mentioned.

Arora mentioned Punjab feels happy with their outstanding achievement and wished all of them one of the best in service.

CHANDIGARH: Two daughters of two farmers from Punjab had been on Saturday commissioned as flying officers within the Indian Air Force (IAF), an official assertion mentioned.

Ivraj Kaur and Prabhsimran Kaur, alumni of Mai Bhago Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (AFPI) for women in Mohali, had been commissioned as flying officers from the Air Force Academy in Dundigal and Hyderabad.

Flying Officer Ivraj, daughter of Jaspreet Singh, a farmer from Rupnagar district, shall be becoming a member of the Flying Branch as a helicopter pilot While Flying Officer Prabhsimran, daughter of Paramjit Singh, who can also be a farmer from Gurdaspur district, shall be becoming a member of the Education Branch of the IAF, it mentioned.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Congratulating the younger girls for his or her outstanding feat, Punjab Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training Minister Aman Arora mentioned the fathers of the newly commissioned flying officers are proud farmers The success of the younger girls will encourage kids from the small cities and villages of Punjab to discover alternatives in serving the nation as commissioned officers in defence companies, he mentioned.

Mai Bhago AFPI, working below the umbrella of the Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training division, has a totally residential campus with state-of-the-art infrastructure and considered one of its sort within the nation, Arora mentioned.

The Punjab authorities has just lately permitted an initiative of beginning a National Defence Academy Preparatory Wing for women at Mai Bhago AFPI from subsequent month, he mentioned Expressing happiness over the 2 alumni being commissioned as flying officers, Director of Mai Bhago AFPI Major General J S Sandhu (retd) mentioned this achievement will additional enhance their efforts of sending extra ladies from the state to the assorted armed forces pre-commission coaching academies.

He additionally prolonged his finest needs to those newly commissioned officers for his or her vibrant future forward within the IAF.

Meanwhile, 4 cadets — Ishan Bakshi, Manraj Singh Sahni, Harshit Bakshi and Armaandeep Singh Sodhi — of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (for boys), Mohali have additionally been commissioned into the IAF at a passing out parade held on the Air Force Academy in Dundigal and Hyderabad on Saturday.

With the commissioning of those cadets, a complete of 140 cadets of Maharaja Ranjit Singh AFPI have been commissioned as officers into the Armed Forces within the final 11 years, the assertion mentioned.

Arora mentioned Punjab feels happy with their outstanding achievement and wished all of them one of the best in service.