Hyderabad, Dec 18 : The 104th Convocation ceremony of the Bachelor of Technology course was conducted with military precision at Military college of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (MCEME) here on Sunday.
Chief of the Army Staff General Manoj Pande conferred the degrees to 33 officers including foreign officers from Royal Bhutan Army and Sri Lankan Army of Degree Engineering (DE) – 104 and Technical Entry Scheme (TES) – 40 courses at an impressive ceremony at the MCEME here.
Delivering the convocation address, General Pande reminded the young officers of the tremendous responsibilities and endless possibilities that lie ahead for them.While expressing confidence in the high standards of training imparted at MCEME, he exhorted them to adopt a life of constant learning and to remain physically agile and mentally robust.
MCEME, a premier technical training institute of the Indian Army conducts a large number of courses for both the officers as well as other ranks ranging from the basic level to diploma to Bachelor of Technology and Master of Technology.
The B Tech course is the flagship course of the college where the regular officers of the Indian Army and those from the Technical Entry Scheme undergo the Bachelor of Tech degree course.
In his welcome address, Lt Gen JS Sidana, Commandant, MCEME and Colonel Commandant of the Corps of EME, highlighted the significance of this milestone in the lives of the young officers of the DE-104 and TES-42 courses and the expectations from these young and budding techno warriors who will now be proceeding to their units.
In DE-104 course Capt Nirmal Singh was awarded the DGEME trophy for being adjudged the best all round officer of the course and also bagged the DGEME Gold Medal for standing first in overall Order of Merit. Capt Raghav Sharma was awarded the Commandant’s Silver Medal for standing first in the Mechanical Stream.
In TES-40 course Lt Sudhir Kumar Tiwary was awarded the GOC-in-C, ARTRAC trophy for being adjudged the best all round officer of the course and also bagged the DGEME Gold Medal for standing first in overall Order of Merit while Lt Preet Choudhary was awarded the Commandant’s Silver Medal for standing first in the Mechanical Stream.
The convocation ceremony concluded with a project display of the projects made by these officers with an eye on the future.
The projects offered innovative solutions to present day challenges being faced by the Indian Army and were appreciated by all the guests.
