A movie ‘Cradle of Leadership’ showcasing the valor of Indian Army was screened here on Monday at Shaurya Smarak. The movie was screened under the regular film screening held every day at open air auditorium of Shaurya Smarak.

Produced by Films Division of India Musheer Ahmed and directed by Krishna Kumar Garg, the movie showcases about the life of cadets at National Defence Academy.

From recruitment to training each and everything was showcased in the film Cradle for Leadership. It is noteworthy that candidates are selected on the basis of written examination of UPSC, then admission into a course. The NDA offers only a full-time, residential undergraduate programme. Then at last the training session starts.

NDA has an excellent infrastructure for all-round training of cadets and a vast array of facilities. A cadet must undergo training for a total of six terms before graduating from the NDA.

It is to be noted that the National Defence Academy (NDA) is the Joint Services academy of the Indian Armed Forces, where cadets of the three services, the Army, the Navy and the Air Force train together before they go on to respective service academies for further pre-commissioning training. The NDA is located at Khadakwasla near Pune, Maharashtra. It is the first tri-service academy in the world.

NDA alumni have led and fought in every major conflict in which the Indian Armed Forces has been called to action since the academy was established. The alumni include 3 Param Vir Chakra recipients and 12 Ashoka Chakra recipients. National Defence Academy has produced 27 service Chiefs Of Staff till date. Current Chiefs Of Staff of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force are all NDA alumni.