A TALE OF TWO OFFICERS
WHO IS MORE INTELLIGENT AND WORLDLY WISE: COLONEL RAJAN OR SHRI SWAMINATHAN? YOU DECIDE IC-15090 COLONEL SS RAJAN Early Life Shri SS Rajan son of IC-3398 Major MD Sambasivan ( of Garhwal Rifles) passed his Intermediate Science (in 1 st Division) from St. Edmund's College, Shillong (the then capital of Assam, now Meghalaya) in March 1961. His father in the meantime was posted to NCC at Tirupati, as he was due for retirement in July 1963. On passing Inter Science meritoriously, Rajan joined Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Tirupati. Since Army (and the Olive Green Uniform) was his first love, he soon appeared for the UPSC exam. Having got through the UPSC exam and the SSB interview, he quit the Engineering College and joined Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, and was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers (The Bombay Sappers) on 30 June 1963, at the young age of 18 years and 8 months. Major MD Sambasivan retired on 13 July 1963, on attaining th...