Captain Prateek Puntambekar hailed from Indore district of Madhya Pradesh and was born on 13 Dec 1984. Son of Shri Ravindra Puntambekar, Capt Prateek did not come from a family of armed forces veterans, but had the inclination to serve in the Armed Forces right
Lt Navdeep Singh hailed from Gurdaspur district of Punjab and was born in a military family, wherein his father, Subedar Major Joginder Singh served in Bengal Sappers for 30 years and retired as Honorary Captain. His grandfather was a junior commissioned officer as well, making
Major Gurphej Singh Cheema hailed from Kapurthala district of Punjab and was born in the year 1981. Son of an army veteran Col Rajinder Singh, Maj Gurphej had inclination towards the Armed Forces since his childhood. Eventually he joined the Army and was commissioned into
Major Bhanu Chander hailed from Vizianagaram city in Andhra Pradesh. Son of Sri Narayanam Bhanu Murthy, Maj Bhanu Chander belonged to a business family but instead of pursuing a career in business he wanted to serve in the Armed Forces. Thus soon after his graduation,
Major Ashish Kumar Roy was born on Feb 10, 1982 in Patna, capital of Bihar in a very respected and educated family. Son of a well-known child specialist in Barauni Dr. S R Roy and Professor Smt Roy, He finished his senior secondary schooling from
Lt Col Santosh Kumar Singh hailed from Karath village in Tarari Block of Bhojpur district in Bihar. Son of Shri Ramakant Singh, he did his initial schooling from Sainik School Tilaiya, located near tilaiya dam in the district of Koderma in Jharkhand. He was inclined
Squadron Leader V Manoj Nair hailed from Pazhaya Karakkamandapam village in the Trivandrum district of Kerala and was born on 15 Sep 1980. Son of K Viswambharan Nair (Retd Air Force officer) and Smt V Sujetha, he completed his BSc in Mathematics from Kerala University
Naik Amit Sharma hailed from Dehradun district of Uttarakhand. Like many young people in Uttarakhand-the land of warriors, Naik Amit Sharma too wished to don the Army uniform right from his childhood days. Following his dream, he eventually joined the Army after completing his school