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JAMMU: Eleven senior school students of KC Public School, namely, Medhaj Pathania, Adhiraj Gaurav Jamwal, Sharanya Salathia, Prabhjot Singh, Arpit Gandotra, Shivam Raina, Suhani Bhalla, Dyuti Sharma, Daksheer Gupta, Asmita Gupta and Aditi Dhar attended a 2 days’ long ‘Military History Seminar’ organized by Welham Boys’ School Dehradun on October 28 and 29m 2022. They were escorted by Inderjit Kour and Ajay Thappa.
This edition like all the previous ones was extremely engaging and educative and had participation from more than 25 schools from across the country.
Extremely eminent retired personalities from defence services and other fields were invited as keynote speakers. They included Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, Admiral Karambir Singh, Air Vice Marshal Bahadur Manmohan, Lt Gen Mohinder Puri, Lt Gen PC Bhardwaj, Lt Gen Harinder Singh, Lt Gen KJ Singh, Lt Gen Shankar Prasad, Maj Gen Jagatbir Singh and Col Ajay K Raina.
A wide range of topics related to military events in India and the world was discussed during the seminar which was moderated by well-known media personality Shiv Kumar Verma.
Student delegates from all the participating schools were given the opportunity to express their views in exclusively students led group named Syndicates after listening to keynote speakers.
Kcean Medhaj Pathania excelled in his Syndicate and was selected for the panel discussions with Lt Gen Shankar Prasad, Maj Gen Jagatbir Singh, Maj Gen Mohinder Puri, Air Vice Marshal Bahadur Manmohan, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria and Admiral Karambir Singhon the theme of Russia-Ukraine Crisis.
The seminar concluded with vote of thanks by the Chairman of Welham School who observed that the younger generation is indeed more than ready to be exposed to critical subjects like military history which, unfortunately, does not from a part of our present curriculum.