The Passing Out Parade (POP) of the 144th course of the NDA will commence in the early hours of May 30 on Khetrapal Parade Ground of the premier tri-services academy located at Khadakwasla in Pune.
It was still a few minutes before dawn when we assembled at India's premier tri-service training institute – the National Defence Academy's (NDA) Khetrapal Parade Ground at Khadakwasla in Pune on Wednesday.
Emphasizing that the services are gender-neutral, Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar on Wednesday said that there are already fighter pilots and women air operations officers in the Navy, and now, women sailors are also being inducted in the Indian Navy.