It was a big day for Retired Major Smita Chaturvedi when she watched her son pass out from Officers Training Academy 27 years after she did in 1995. She saw her son getting Commissioned into the Army in the same manner, reported India Today.
Visuals were posted on Twitter by the official account of the Public Relations Officer of Chennai under the Directorate of Public Relations, Ministry of Defence. They wrote, “A rare euphoric moment for a Lady Officer: Major Smita Chaturvedi (Retd) Commissioned from Officers Training Academy, Chennai before 27 years in 1995, saw her son getting Commissioned in the same manner in the same Academy today.”
A rare euphoric moment for a Lady Officer:
Major Smita Chaturvedi (Retd) Commissioned from Officers Training Academy, Chennai before 27 years in 1995, saw her son getting Commissioned in the same manner in the same Academy today. @artrac_ia @SpokespersonMoD @DefenceMinIndia pic.twitter.com/hGRaAbQS0k— Defence PRO Chennai (@Def_PRO_Chennai) July 30, 2022
They also shared a picture of Retd. Major Chaturvedi from her training days as a cadet.
An old gem from the training days of Cadet Smita Chaturvedi pic.twitter.com/tt0XS66tDl
— Defence PRO Chennai (@Def_PRO_Chennai) July 30, 2022
Smita Chaturvedi opened up about her son graduating from the same academy and expressed how ecstatic she felt. She further added that even though everything has changed in the academy, the younger generation officers are more well equipped to deal with the challenges that may come their way.
Maj Smita Chaturvedi(Retd) reminisces her old days of being a Cadet in the illustrious Academy and ecstatic about her son re-enacting the glorious script of joining Army like herself. @adgpi @artrac_ia @smritiirani @MinistryWCD @DefenceMinIndia @IaSouthern @PIB_India @DDNewslive pic.twitter.com/yoi7AoyVMq
— Defence PRO Chennai (@Def_PRO_Chennai) July 30, 2022
Congratulations poured in from everywhere for the mother-son duo. Have a look:
Sirf is tweet ko padhkar mere rongte khade ho gaye…how proud the mother would be. Congratulations to both and best wishes.
— Mukesh Kumar Kuldeep (@13mukesh) August 1, 2022
Proud moment. Proud of both Lady officer and her son, newly commissioned officer!
— ettirankandath🇮🇳 (@ettirankandath) July 31, 2022
Lot’s of Congratulations 🎉
— Kaushal Kishore JNU (@ItsKaushalJNU) August 1, 2022
Heartiest congratulations
— Manjot Singh Bindra (@BindraManjot1) July 31, 2022
What a proud moment for a mother!