The award winners of the passing-out contingent were unanimous in the view that these honours would act as inspiration throughout their career in the armed forces. A beaming Pratyush Kumar Mohanty, who was recipient of prestigious Sword of Honour said that the sword would always remind him to perform his duties in the best way possible.
He accepted that the responsibility on ones shoulders increases when a recipient of such an award joins his unit.
Mohanty has done his schooling from the prestigious Rashtriya Indian Military Academy (RIMC) Dehradun. His father PM Mohanty is a central government employee. Incidentally Mohanty also received the Kumaon regiment bronze medal for standing third in the regular course. The recipient of Gold Medal for standing first in order of merit, Malla Ram Gopal Naidu echoed the sentiments of Mohanty. He said that the expectation of the superiors increases from an award recipient. Coming from a humble family of farmers of Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh (AP), Naidu is the first person from the family to don olive green of army.
Speaking to TOI after receiving the award, an elated Mohanty said, “I was in RIMC from class eight till class 12 after which I appeared for the NDA entrance exam and now, after graduating from the IMA, I have realized my dream of becoming an officer in the Indian Army.”
A resident of Gazipur in Uttar Pradesh (UP), he did is B Tech from Ghaziabad and was selected as Probationary Officer (PO) in Syndicate bank but the charm of Army was such that he promptly left the job when selected in TGC.
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