The National Defence Academy is an iconic institution, a global brand of
excellence in the sphere of military education. Over the years it has
emerged as a unique military academy, attracting the best of youth from
our nation and also from friendly foreign countries and transforming
them into officers and gentlemen. During the last six decades of its
glorious existence, the National Defence Academy has grown both in grace
and grandeur and from its portals have emerged ‘leaders of men’, who
have demonstrated the essence of inter-services camaraderie and
jointsmanship, thereby vindicating the faith and vision of its founding
fathers. Apart from leaders of men, the alumni have proved to be great
mountaineers, cosmonauts,sportsmen, researchers, creative writers,
artists, corporate honchos and more recently, Olympic champions. Their
achievements are all pervading and showcased in every echelon of our
Armed Forces and also in the civil society. The ‘cradle’ has indeed
rocked the nascent youth and groomed them properly as ‘leaders’ who have
lived up to its ethos: ‘Seva Paramo Dharma’ (Service Before Self).
The committee members consisted of the following:-
- The Chief of the General Staff.
- The Officers Commanding, Royal Indian Navy.
- The Air Officers Commanding, Royal Indian Air Force.
- Secretary to the Government of India, War Department.
- The Educational Advisor to the Government of India.
- Sir Mirza Mohammed Ismail, Prime Minister, Jaipur State.
- Rao Bahadur Rao Raja Narpat Singh, Jodhpur.
- Dr Amarnath Jha, Vice Chancellor, Allahabad University *.
- Khan Bahadur Mian Afzal Hussian, former Vice Chancellor of Punjab University.
- WX Mascarenhas, Principal, College of Engineering, Poona.
- AE Foot, Headmaster, Doon School, Dehradun.
Defence Academy in Coimbatore
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