These academies laid a high proportion of weightage to academics and one couldn’t just ignore it.Sharpening of the brain was as important as strengthening the body. Of course, all these dreams (and day-dreams) came crashing when one joined the NDA or the follow-on academies such as Indian Military Academy (IMA), Air Force Academy (AFA) and Indian Naval Academy (INA). Even those who joined the forces directly after graduation felt that their phase of studies was over. ![]() ![]() One of the many motivations for teenagers to join the National Defence Academy (NDA) was a dream of ‘escape from studies’.One reason was the fallacious assumption that ‘brawns’ were more valued than ‘brains’ in the military.
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