19 NCC girl cadets assigned ranks at Awadh Girls’ College

Lucknow: The rank ceremony of 19 UP Girls Battalion at National Cadet Corps (NCC) Lucknow was held on Tuesday at Avadh Girls’ Degree College.

Associate NCC officer Lt Sarita Singh supervised the ceremony under the guidance of college principal Upma Chaturvedi.

Group commander of NCC Lucknow group headquarters Brigadier Ravi Kapoor, as chief guest, assigned the ranks to 19 cadets: senior under officer Khushi Sachdeva, junior under officers Kalpana Dhaami and Disha Kewalani, sergeants Jhilmil Baranwal, Kavya Singh Sengar, Mansi, Anchal Choubey, Kanishka Singh, and Aastha Pandey, corporals Swastika Yadav, Rashika Toppo, Kamini Kanojia, Richa and Apansula Upadhyay and lance corporals Anjali Rai, Shraddha Yadav, Yamini Palaria, Sakshi Yadav and Anushka Singh. This was followed by an oath-taking ceremony.

Commanding officer of the battalion Colonel Dinesh Kanojia was the guest of honour.

Addressing the cadets, Brigadier Kapoor elaborated the role of NCC in nation building and appreciated the college’s effort in providing a platform to the youth. He congratulated the cadets and exhorted them to always be dedicated to the honour and welfare of the country.

He also congratulated ex-senior under officer Nivedita Bajpai for her dedicated service.

Lt Singh delivered the vote of thanks and the ceremony concluded with the NCC song.


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