Brig MS Sekaran, Group Commander, NCC Group Headquarter, Chandigarh on Friday felicitated 48 Cadets including 16 girls at 1 Chandigarh Air Squadron for their excellent performance at All India Vayu Sainik Camp held at Bengaluru from Oct 9 to 20.
Chandigarh Air Sqn, NCC, Chandigarh bagged the Best Air Squadron Trophy. Commanding Officer Wg Cdr Jaideep Singh Jeji said it was regular practice of over two months that paid dividends. Directorate team came Second in Cultural performance.
The team of Cadets representing Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh was trained under supervision of Wg Cdr JS Jeji from Sept 16 onwards till they left for Bengaluru on Oct 7.
The team got extensive training in Microlite Flying, Drill, Aeromodelling, Tent Pitching, line Area, Classes on Health & Hygiene, etc.
Wg Cdr Jeji said 300 Cadets from Amritsar, Jalandhar, ludhiana, Patiala, Hisar, Karnal, Kullu and Chandigarh participated in the first Pre Vayu Sena Camp and only 48 were short-listed to form a competitive team for All India Vayu Sainik Camp representing the Directorate team.
During routine activities the Cadets are also given awareness lectures like cancer awareness, eye donation, health & hygiene, dental hygiene & check Up, first aid, road traffic awareness etc.
Cadets are also given training in 12 Bore Skeet Shooting, .22 Rifle Shooting, Micro light Flying, Aeromodelling, Radio Controlled, line Controlled and Static scale model making, etc.