As many as 258 men and 39 women officer cadets were commissioned into the Army after the culmination of their training at Officers Training Academy, Chennai, on Saturday. The “passing out” denotes the completion of training and a parade is…

As many as 258 men and 39 women officer cadets were commissioned into the Army after the culmination of their training at Officers Training Academy, Chennai, on Saturday.

The “passing out” denotes the completion of training and a parade is conducted to mark the ceremony. The officers will be commissioned into various streams of the Army. The parade was reviewed by Lieutenant General NS Raja Subramani, Vice Chief of the Army.

He presented the Sword of Honour to Samrath Singh; OTA gold medal to Simran Singh Rathi; silver to Tanishka Damodran; and bronze to Devesh Chandra Joshi.

Another 15 cadets, including five women, from friendly foreign countries also successfully completed their training. The Army Vice Chief interacted with faculty and students of IIT Madras, startups, MSMEs and other defence Industries in the region.

He also visited a metal 3D printing and advance manufacturing facility which specialises in the design of launch vehicles and engines, as also IIT Madras which is the technology innovation hub for 5G, networking, sensors and control systems solutions.