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NDA Expo of Spring Term 2025 inaugurated
A PART of the series of events in the run up to the Passing out Parade of the historic 148th course of the National Defence Academy, the NDA Expo Spring Term – 2025, an exhibition and display of various hobby club activities of the academy cadets, was inaugurated on Wednesday.
The expo was inaugurated by Kamaljit Singh, president of the NDA's family welfare organisation. The expo comprises displays from 24 indoor and outdoor hobby clubs taken up by the cadets. Among the displays that attracted visitors were the working projects of a sign language humanoid robot, an obstacle avoiding system, quad-copter drone, underwater ultrasonic object detector and a live demonstration of rappelling by cadets.
'Kamaljit Singh appreciated the enthusiasm and passion of the cadets. She also lauded the efforts of instructors for working wonders in developing the talent and critical thinking skills of Cadets. The Expo would be open for visitors till Thursday, wherein the proud parents of the passing out 148th course will get an opportunity to witness the creative achievements of their wards in extracurricular activities.' a release from the NDA stated.
General Vijay Kumar Singh (Retd), former Chief of Army Staff and current Governor of Mizoram, will be the Reviewing Officer for the Passing Out Parade (POP) of the historic 148th course of the National Defence Academy (NDA), scheduled for May 30. This landmark event will see the first batch of women cadets graduating from the premier tri-services academy among over 300 passing out cadets. The convocation of the course will be held on May 29 and Prof Dr Poonam Tandon, Vice Chancellor, Deen Dayal Upadhyay University, Gorakhpur, will be the Chief Guest.
An interim order passed by the Supreme Court of India in August 2021 had paved the way for the admission of the women cadets into the NDA. The Apex court was hearing a plea seeking directions to allow eligible women to appear for the entrance exams of the NDA and Naval Academy examinations conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). The SC had asked UPSC to issue a corrigendum in keeping with its interim direction. The Central Government had subsequently formed a study group to facilitate the entry of women, and the necessary mechanism to facilitate that.
