Who says Pune is not in NDA… five selected
Though the percentage of Marathi students,selected for National Defence Academy (NDA),has been increasing slightly for last 4-5 years...
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Though the percentage of Marathi students,selected for National Defence Academy (NDA),has been increasing slightly for last 4-5 years,it is North Indian states that dominate the merit lists. The trend continues this year too. But there is a relief for Pune this year,as five students from the city have been selected for the NDA stamping out the notion that NDA is in Pune,but Pune is not in NDA.
Allan Nagesh (49- Air Force),Akshay Morab (129-Air Force),Utkarsha Tarte (174-Air Force),Kaushal Pednekar (203-Air Force) and Vidyadhar Shelar (459-Army) from Pune made it to the merit list of the NDA. In the last five years,the number of students from Pune making it to NDA has been constant with four to five students clearing the tough entrance test every year. The total tally of students from Maharashtra making it to NDA is around 30 or ten per cent of the total intake.
However,looking at the overall scenario,it is students from North Indian states who are seen more in numbers almost 60 per cent in NDA. Earlier there was a trend when students from Punjab and Haryana used to come in more numbers. Now students from Uttar Pradesh,Uttarakhand and Bihar are more compared to students from other states. NDA principal M Roy confirmed the trend but said that no study regarding this had been done.
According to public relations officer of NDA Major Bhagirath Dey,the trend is seen because general awareness about the army is more in Northern states. He put one more interesting point. As these are the border states,army activities are more in this area. It naturally creates awareness among students. Compared to that students in Southern states are not that much aware about the recruitment process, he said.
Lt Col Pradeep Brahmankar of Apex Careers agreed that the awareness level was low in Maharashtra. He said,Most of the top ranked students go for engineering or medical science as these professions are lucrative. Many of them dont know that they can make good career in Defence too. One of the reasons that North Indian students could make is the number of coaching centres available there. Compared to that,there are very few options such as Satara Sainik School or Services Preparation Centre,Aurangabad in Maharashtra.
They scored high in academics yet chose Defence
One of the peculiarities of the five students selected from Pune is that none of them have any army background. All these students have scored high in class 12 exams and yet chose for a career in Defence. The students were trained in Apex Careers under the guidance of Lt Col Pradeep Brahmankar.
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