Two Gujarat NCC cadets selected as officers in Army, IAF

Ahmedabad: Two NCC cadets Swapnil Gulale of Surat and Jayduttsinh Sarvaiya of Bhavnagar have been selected to join the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force (IAF) respectively as officers.
Swapnil joined through the NCC special entry scheme which allows the cadets to report directly for the interview on account of holding an NCC ‘C’ certificate with A or B grading.Jayduttsinh cracked Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) written exam for becoming an aeronautical engineer in the IAF.
Both cadets will soon join training at their respective academies at Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai in Tamil Nadu and Air Force Academy in Dundigal city of Telanagana.
Swapnil, an NCC Cadet of 5th Gujarat Battalion and student of Sir P T Sarvajanik College of Science in Surat will pass out as a lieutenant in the Indian Army after completing 49 weeks of training. Senior Under Officer Jayduttsinh, who studied at PDPU in Gandhinagar, got success through AFCAT. Earlier another NCC cadet from PDPU, Achal Joshi had joined Indian Naval Academy in Ezhimala in Kannur district of Kerala for permanent commission in the executive branch (General Service) of the Indian Navy.