North Lakhimpur: Aastha Saikia, a student of Class IX of St. Mary’s Senior Secondary School, North Lakhimpur, has been selected for the Republic Day Camp, 2026 of National Cadet Corps (NCC) to be held in New Delhi from January 1 to January 30. She has been awarded with this achievement for her consistently excellent performances in five Pre-Republic Day Camps conducted at Sribhumi, Pasighat, Shillong, and Jorhat during the last six months.
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She will be representing the North Eastern Region (NER) Directorate in the Best Cadet (JW) category at the Republic Day Camp. Aastha is currently positioned as a Surgent (SGT) under the Unit 72 Assam Girls (I) Coy NCC, North Lakhimpur, Assam. Notably, Aastha Saikia also represented Assam in the 31st National Children’s Science Congress held in Bhopal from January 3 to January 6 of this year. She is the daughter of Professor (Dr.) Nipen Saikia and Gayatri Devi of village Chandmari under Lilabari of North Lakhimpur.
