Shanan Dhaka: NDA's first women's batch topper who doesn't have any social media account

Rohtak girl Shanan Dhaka topped NDA's first women's batch. She got talking to us on her preparation strategy, army background and more.

Shanan Dhaka, a 19-year-old from Haryana, topped the entrance examination of the National Defense Academy (NDA) women's batch this year. The youngster who hails from an army background shares that she wants to dedicate her life to her country and serve the nation.

She topped the NDA entrance exam within a span of just 40 days, and with the help of a perfect strategy, made her dream come true through hard work and perseverance.

In a conversation with India Today Education, she says, "My goal is to work for the country through any medium, whether it's NDA or by working as a civil servant."

Shanan comes from an army background where her grandfather, Chanderbhan Dhaka, was a Subedar and her father, Vijay Kumar Dhaka, retired as a Naib Subedar from the Army Service Corps.

Despite hailing from Haryana, her family is gender-neutral with the army lifestyle imbibed in their regular life.

Shanan made up her mind to appear for the NDA entrance exam the moment the judgment was passed to allow women candidates to sit for the same.

If not for NDA, she would have been preparing for CDS or the civil service, she says.