President to review OTA parade on September 10

The President, after attending a defence function at Wellington in Nilgiris district, would arrive in Chennai on the evening of September nine. After an overnight stay, he would review the POP the next day, before leaving for New Delhi. 

He would be the third Indian President to review the ceremonial POP after R Venkataraman and Pratibha Patil. 

A total of 272 gentlemen and women cadets would pass out from the precincts of OTA and would be inducted into the Army on that day. Of the 272 cadets, 32 are lady cadets. OTA was the only one of the three academies in the country where women are trained. 

The Officers Training School established in January 1963 was redesignated as Officers Training Academy after its completion of 25 years in January 1988. 

Till date, 24,704 Gentlemen cadets and 2,276 lady cadets have been commissioned from OTA. Apart from airport, security would also be beefed up where he was staying and all along his travel route.