At a glittering convocation ceremony held on Thursday at the Iyappa Hall of Military College of Telecommunication Engineering (MCTE), Mhow a batch of 29 Officers of Signal Officers’ Degree Course and 39 officers of Technical Entry Scheme graduated.
The officers were admitted to the fraternity of engineers by IAS (Retd) and former Governor of Chhattisgarh Shekhar Dutt. The officers took a pledge to utilize their knowledge for the glory of the Army, for the progress of the country, and for the good of mankind.
In his Valedictory Address, Dutt complimented all officers for their performance on the course. He focused on the importance of securing our networks which are essential for success in any war.
He stated that Signallers have a critical role to play in this age of Cyber Warfare and that it is very important to guard against vulnerabilities in our networks, especially the backdoors which likely to exist in the hardware chips which are mostly imported in our Country. He emphasised that an officer’s endeavor should be, first to become a good soldier and a leader of men apart from being a good technocrat.
lt General RS Panwar, SM, VSM, Commandant, Military College of Telecommunication Engineering and Colonel Commandant, Corps of Signals in his farewell address congratulated all the graduating officers on culmination of their course.
He exhorted the passing out officers to keep up pace with the phenomenal changes in technology, especially in the field of Information Operating and Cyber Warfare. He stated that the Corps of Signals has a critical role to play in transforming the Army into a 21st Century force and all Signallers need to synergies their efforts towards this end.
MCTE which boasts of an impressive campus and laboratories is the only institution in the nation which is training officers in the specialised fields of Information and Communication Technology, Electronic Warfare and Cyber Operations, contributing immensely to the Corps of Signals and the Indian Army.