Seminar on motivating students to join Arm

Event organized for Meritorious Students

Ludhiana May 21, 2015: (Punjab Screen Bureau)::

A seminar to educate and motivate the students about joining the Indian Armed Forced was organised at Senior Secondary Residential School for Meritorious Students, Ludhiana today. Col Kanwarpreet Singh Brar (Retd), District Defence Services Welfare Officer, Ludhiana delivered a lecture in which more than 300 students participated.

      The students were educated about all three Indian armed forces- Indian Army, Indian Air Force and Indian Navy by Col Kanwarpreet Singh Brar (Retd). He urged the students to join armed forces. He informed the audience about the salient features of the army. He spoke about the challenging life, professionalism, unit ethos, secularism and other aspects of the army. Students of the school interacted with Col Brar and asked questions related to different branches of the armed forces.

      Col Kanwarpreet Singh Brar (Retd) also informed that the Punjab government is starting Mai Bhago Armed Forced Preparatory Institute at Mohali, in which 25 girl students will be enrolled every year. He informed that the students taking admission in this institute will get free of cost education of graduation.

      Mr Anup Passi, principal, Senior Secondary Residential School for Meritorious Students, Ludhiana, said that many of their school students are interested in joining the armed forces and this particular seminar would certainly help them in choosing their career.