Female cadets at NDA opt for crisp military-style crew haircut

 Female cadets at NDA opt for crisp military-style crew haircut

• National Defense Academy to start inducting women for the first time in July 2022. One woman left the training due to personal reasons

• Currently there are 18 women in the academy

As the Center opened up opportunities for women to be a part of the NDA, women cadets at the National Defense Academy in Khadakwasla opted for military haircuts like their male counterparts.

According to a Hindustan Times report, women cadets have opted for the crisp crew haircut for ease of training and to better fit into the armed forces. It should be noted that there is no such order for women with short hair in this academy.

Other training academies have their own rules about how women should wear their hair. For example, short hair is mandatory except for Sikh cadets at the Officers' Training Academy in Chennai.

At the Air Force Academy at Dundigal near Hyderabad and the Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala, women have no right to keep short hair.

National Defense Academy to start inducting women for the first time in July 2022. One woman had left the training due to personal reasons, HT reported. So far there are 18 women in the Academy.

The first batch will graduate in 2025, and go on to other single-service academies for further training.

The second batch of women cadets is likely to start their training at NDA in early January.

Presently, Indian Armed Forces are providing opportunities to women cadets. They are being assigned central roles at par with their male counterparts such as flying fighter aircraft, serving on board warships, inducted into personnel below the Officers (PBOR) cadre and are eligible for permanent commission.

According to a Hindustan Times report, the Air Force and the Navy have allowed women to join their special forces units, the Garuda Commando Force and the Marine Commandos, respectively, in a bid to promote gender equality.