Aman Arora extends best wishes to both the officers for a bright future in Indian Air Force

Chandigarh, June 15: Haroop Kaur and Nivedita Saini, alumni of the Mai Bhago Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (AFPI) for Girls, SAS Nagar (Mohali), achieved another milestone by being commissioned as Flying Officers in the Indian Air Force. They successfully graduated from the Air Force Academy, Dundigal (Hyderabad), with their passing out parade reviewed by Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, on Saturday.

Nivedita Saini will be joining the Logistic Branch of the Air Force

Flying Officer Haroop Kaur, who will be joining the Education Branch, is the daughter of Bhagwant Singh, a Head Constable in Punjab Police, SAS Nagar (Mohali) District, and Flying Officer Nivedita Saini’s father, S. Harinder Singh Saini, is a Principal in a Government School and hails from Pathankot District. Flying Officer Nivedita Saini will be joining the Logistic Branch of the Air Force.

Congratulating both the girls for their noteworthy accomplishment, Punjab Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training Minister  Aman Arora said that their success will certainly motivate more daughters of Punjab to explore opportunities for making a career in the defence services.

Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and the Punjab Government fully commit to fulfilling the aspirations of the state’s daughters aspiring to join defence services as commissioned officers.  Punjab Government has set up an NDA Preparatory Wing for Girls at Mai Bhago AFPI in July 2023. Presently, the second batch is undergoing training, he informed.

Notably, Mai Bhago AFPI, working under the umbrella of Punjab Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training department, has a fully residential campus with state-of-the-art infrastructure and the only one of its kind in the country, he added.

The Director of Mai Bhago AFPI, Major General Jasbir Singh Sandhu, AVSM (Retd.), expressed satisfaction over the commissioning of two alumni as Flying Officers, stating that this achievement will further boost the state government’s efforts to send more girls to various armed forces pre-commission training academies. He also extended his best wishes to these newly commissioned officers for their bright future ahead in the Indian Air Force.