DEHRADUN: Sharing a common objective of joining the militaries, Telluri Agnes, 13, a homeowner of Nandyal district of Andhra Pradesh, got admission in class VIII of the prestigious Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC), Dehradun, where her brother Telluri Srujan, 15, is studying in class X.

This would be the very first circumstances for the RIMC where a brother-sister duo would be studying together since the institute allowed admission for ladies in 2015.

Once my sibling got into RIMC, I, too, got encouraged to join the institute and started preparing for it.

I rejoice today to have actually joined him.

We share a typical ambition of signing up with the armed forces after passing from here.

If we prosper, we would be the very first from our family to attain this task, Agnes stated.

Both their parents, Telluri Stalin and Manda Eswaramma, work as executive engineers in Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Ltd.Terming it a matter of pride , Lt Col Manish Srivastava, public relation officer, ministry of defence, Dehradun, told TOI on Tuesday: After getting admission in RIMC, Agnes has joined her sibling Srujan.

With this, they have ended up being the very first brother-sister duo to study in the institute.

Agnes belonged to the nine girls who prospered in getting admission in the institute in its spring term-2023.

It is the 2nd batch of lady students after RIMC authorities unlocked to them last year.Established in 1922, RIMC was referred to as Royal Indian Military College prior to independence.

It now confesses students from class VIII and provides 30 seats each during two terms in a year, of which 5 are booked for girls given that in 2015.

It is considered as the feeder institute for NDA and Naval Academy in India.