National Cadet Corps (NCC & NSS)
With an aim for raising a second line of defence and to create a large pool of trained youth available for Armed Forces during the First World War, University Corps was conceptualized by the British Government. In India, NCC was raised with an aim of grooming both the boys and the girls, nurture them and direct their energy towards nation building by making them responsible citizens.
After independence, the present day NCC formally came into existence on 15 July 1948 through XXXI Act of Parliament. The Girls Division of the NCC was raised in July 1949. On 01 April 1950, Air Wing was raised, with one Air squadron each at Bombay and Kolkata. The Naval Wing of the NCC was raised in July 1952, thus representing all three services in the Corps.
Today the NCC has an enrolled strength of more than 13 Lakh cadets and consists of two divisions of all the three Services, i.e., the Senior Division / Senior Wing for boys/girls from colleges and the Junior Division / Junior Wing for boys/girls from schools.
Motto of NCC
Unity and Discipline (Ekta aur Anushasan)
DG's four Cardinal Principals of Discipline
- Obey with a smile
- Be Punctual
- Work hard and without fuss
- Make no excuses and tell no lies
Aims of NCC
- To develop qualities of character, courage, comradeship, discipline, leadership, secular outlook, spirit of adventure and sportsmanship and the ideals of selfless service among the youth to make them useful citizen.
- To create a human resource of organized trained and motivated youth to provide leadership in all walks of life including the Armed Forces and be always available for the service of the nation
Training activities of NCC:-
- Institutional Training. Training organized in schools and colleges as parades.
- Camp Training. Formal training organized as camps of 10-12 days duration.
- Attachment Training. Formal training organized by attachment with Army / Naval / Air Force units or with officer training academies like Indian Military Academy (IMA) and Officers Training Academy (OTA).
- Naval Wing Activities. Seamanship, Navigation, Communication and other associated naval subjects are taught to cadets. Swimming, Scuba Diving and Wind Surfing are other interesting activities to which the cadets are exposed to.
- Air Wing Activities. Airmanship, Aero modelling, Navigation, Air Frames, Aero Engines and Microlite Flying are taught to cadets.
- Remount & Veterinary Activity. This activity is primarily meant for horsemanship and riding.
