Ms. Sonia Mahendru, Assistant
Professor in Department of Computer Science at Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya
completed the PRCN course at Officer’s Training Academy (OTA) Gwalior and has
been commissioned as Lieutenant. Principal Prof. Dr. Mrs. Ajay Sareen and all
faculty members congratulated her. Principal Prof. Dr. Mrs. Sareen said it a
proud moment for the institute. Ms. Sonia Mahendru shared her journey and said
that it was a wonderful experience getting training among 143 trainees from
different states and culture of India. Highly skilled instructors from NDA and
IMA gave them training of drill, firing, unarmed combat, tent pitching, map
reading and weapon training. Not only theoretical subjects were taught but
maximum ground exposure was also provided. Various activities at OTA, Gwalior
boosted moral, confidence, punctuality, team spirit and time management of the
trainees. Many sports competitions were also organized like table tennis,
badminton, throw ball, volley ball, tug of war and drill, firing, etc. Ms.
Sonia Mahendru, along with other trainees also visited air force station where
they saw take off and landing of fighter planes, ATC and cockpit of mirage. She
also had hands on experience of weapons like rocket launcher, light machine
gun, AK 47 and tanks. She also visited Lakshmi Bai National Institute for
Physical Education. Principal Dr. Sareen told that during the 90 days course,
Ms. Sonia Mahendru participated in four major exercises, Anubhav (Institutional
training planning for cadets), Darshan ( Planning of adventure activities like trekking and
cycling), Yuva Shakti (Related to social services and community development
programmes) and Shakti ( Planning, layout and conduct of CATC camp). Ms.
Mahendru said that this achievement would not have been possible because of the
encouragement, faith and continuous support of Principal Prof. Dr. Mrs. Ajay
Sareen.
