The NCC Republic Day Camp 2015 has begun at the NCC camp, Garrison Parade Ground, Delhi Cantt. The lt General Aniruddha Chakravarty, VSM, DG, National Cadet Corps, delivered the welcome address to all cadet.
Over 2,000 cadets including 707 girl cadets drawn from 17 NCC directorates, covering all states and union territories of the country are participating in this camp. This also includes 101 cadets from Jammu and Kashmir and 160 cadets from North Eastern Region (NER). The cadets are chosen through a tough selection process. The cadets attending the camp follow an intense schedule over the month participating in a number of activities like cultural, national integration awareness programme and institutional training competitions et al. The camp will also be visited by a large number of civil dignitaries including the vice president and defence minister.
The aim of the Republic Day camp is to provide the cadets an exposure to the rich culture and traditions of our nation and the important events that take place in the Capital during the run up for Republic Day, besides projecting to the nation the cherished ideals and capacity of the cadets of the NCC. The camp portrays a reflection of “Mini India”.
While speaking to the media, the DG highlighted major achievements of the NCC in nation building, social awareness campaigns, community development, environment protection, sports and adventure. The conduct of NCC national games in Oct 2014 has added another feather in the cap of this premiere youth organisation of the nation.
Chakravarty also mentioned that the training philosophy of the cadets had been refined to accommodate the changing aspirations of our youth and expectations of society. The focus was to facilitate soft skills and personality development of the cadets. The DG brought out that NCC has Youth Exchange Programme with ten countries and various adventure activities like desert safari, yachting Regatta and Shivaji trail trek.