{"id":689,"date":"2008-06-18T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-18T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianaviationnews.net\/avicareers\/?p=689"},"modified":"2008-06-18T09:15:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-18T09:15:00","slug":"the-flight-to-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/2008\/06\/the-flight-to-success.html","title":{"rendered":"The flight to success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;\" >S<\/span>eventeen-year-old Nikhil Prabhune is a step closer to his dream of becoming an aviator thanks to his standing 17th in the All India NDA merit list this year<br \/>The National Defence Academy, the flag bearer of courage and discipline has stood as a colossal figure with its stories of valour and chivalry as the benchmark for all who are a part and parcel of this prestigious institute.<br \/>Nikhil Jayant Prabhune, an NDA aspirant, who cracked the All India NDA merit list and stood 17th, has woven one such dream for himself, a dream of becoming a pilot.<br \/>The examination, which is conducted all through out the country, consists of written examinations, along with service selection board (SSB) and a medical test. &#8220;Once we clear these basic requirements, we are through,&#8221; adds the 17-year-old, a student of the Rastriya Indian Military College (RIMC), Dehradun. An avid squash player, Nikhil who is also a trained tabla player, opines, &#8220;I am planning to join Naval Aviation. I intended to become an Airforce pilot, but because I could not get through my medicals, I have decided to become a Naval Aviator.&#8221;<br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(153, 0, 0);\">17\/06\/08 Meghalee Nath\/Pune Newsline<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seventeen-year-old Nikhil Prabhune is a step closer to his dream of becoming an aviator thanks to his standing 17th in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}