The country’s first agniveerss aim high and want to become cops

Many of the trainees, who are India’s first Agniveers and range in age from 17 and a half to 21, have their sights set on becoming officers in the armed forces and are committed to working their way up to more challenging objectives. For several intelligent young people who are scheduled to graduate from the enormous lakeside training facility of the Indian Navy, INS Chilka, in two days, becoming an Agniveer is not an end in and of itself. Many of the trainees, who are India’s first Agniveers and range in age from 17 and a half to 21, have their sights set on becoming officers in the armed forces and are committed to working their way up to more challenging objectives.Before being chosen for the ground-breaking Agnipath scheme for short-term recruitment of personnel below officer rank (PBOR) in the three services, Shweta Singh Antal, 21, a non-medical student, completed a BA (hons) in sociology from Delhi’s Miranda House and scored 96% on the Class 12 Board exams. She then arrived at INS Chilka for basic naval training in late last year.

She will graduate from INS Chilka on March 28 with the other 2,600 Agniveers, including 273 women, following four arduous months of training. Admiral R Hari Kumar, head of the navy, will serve as the passing-out parade’s chief guest and reviewing officer. The Agniveers will receive their sea training on frontline warships for two weeks before completing four months of specialised training at various naval facilities according to the streams they have been allocated to.