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Priyadarshini from Coimbatore bags the silver medal for outstanding performance at OTA 
Lieutenant P.Priyadarshini. — TAMBARAM: “I did not want to be anything else but an Army officer,” said Lieutenant P. Priyadarshini, a post graduate in Social Work from Coimbatore, who bagged the Silver Medal for standing second in overall performance in the Women’s Special Entry Scheme, after the passing-out parade at St. Thomas Mount on Saturday. “I still remember reading about the Indian National Movement when I was in sixth standard. I then made up my mind to join the Indian Army,” Lt. Priyadarshini said with evident conviction. Her parents, Paramasivan, a businessman and Sudha, a homemaker, were by her side as her younger brother Sanjay, eagerly captured each moment on camera. The young officer said she cherished every moment at the OTA. Lt. Priyadarshini, who has been posted to the Army Intelligence Corps, is among the last batch of women recruits to be trained for six months. From April, the training period for women would be eleven months, putting them on a par with men. This has been one of the best years in recent times for Tamil Nadu, considering that seven from the State were among the 266 who passed out of OTA. Lt. Priyadarshini is a former student of PSG College or Arts and Science, Coimbatore. Others from the same college who joined the Army were Lt. D. Prabhakar, Lt. P. Karthikeyan and Lt. G.Sivaram. Others include Lt. Marienne and Lt. P.M. Jayakrishna from Chennai and Lt. Rama Rajan from Tiruchi. The young officers from Tamil Nadu attributed the low representation from the State to the poor interest among the youth, who were inclined to take up less risky but more remunerative career options. Low-levels of awareness and inadequate campaigns were the other reasons, they said. A family that was cheered was that of Colonel G.K. Shrivastav of Engineer Brigade, who joined the Army in 1979. His elder daughter Captain Ankita joined the Army Services Corps after passing out of OTA in 2005 and on Saturday, his younger daughter Lt. Devika joined the EME.
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