The Joint State Representative & Additional Director General’s Conference 2026 was held at Guwahati on 15 October 2026 under the aegis of the North Eastern Region Directorate of the National Cadet Corps (NCC). The Conference was chaired by the Raksha Rajya Mantri Sanjay Seth.
Among the State Government representatives, the conference was attended by Bishwajit Daimari, Minister of Sports & Youth Welfare, Govt of Assam, Pasang Dorjee Sona, Minister of Education, Govt of Arunachal Pradesh, Kishor Barman, Minister of Higher Education, Govt of Tripura, B Kalyan Chakravarthy, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Govt of Assam, K Bono Singh, IAS, Additional Secretary Education, Govt of Manipur, Ankur Bharali, Director, Department of Sports & Youth Welfare, Govt of Assam, P Marilyn R, Deputy Secretary Sports & Youth Resources, Govt of Mizoram and L Libemo Jami, Additional Director, Youth Resources & Sports, Govt of Nagaland.
The conference was attended by Lt Gen Virendra Vats, UYSM, SM, VSM, Director General NCC, along with the Additional Director Generals of NCC North Eastern Region and West Bengal & Sikkim Directorates, senior officials from the Ministry of Defence and senior representatives.
From the Ministry of Defence, the conference was attended by Dipti Mohil Chawla, Additional Secretary, MoD and Jitendar Kumar Mehan, Joint Secretary (Finance & AF), MoD.
In his address, the Raksha Rajya Mantri appreciated the active participation and constructive deliberations, noting that the Conference provided a useful platform to address State-specific issues and identify measures for further strengthening NCC in this strategically important region comprising West Bengal, Sikkim and the North Eastern States.
Highlighting NCC expansion as a key priority of the Government, the Raksha Rajya Mantri reiterated that under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who himself was an exemplary NCC cadet, the Government has embarked upon an ambitious pan-India expansion to induct three lakh additional cadets. Quoting the Prime Minister that “The NCC is a movement that empowers India’s Yuva Shakti, making our youth confident, disciplined, and dedicated to the nation”, he urged State Governments to accord concurrence and extend necessary support so that benefits of expansion reach youth, particularly in areas with greater demand, with focus on meaningful character building, leadership and nation-building.
The Minister emphasised that NCC is a shared responsibility and called upon States to expeditiously address civilian manpower requirements and facilitate administrative arrangements, including appropriate institutional status for ADG NCC Directorates as Head of Department in the State.
He also discussed budgetary and financial support, particularly in respect of West Bengal, and expressed confidence that the State Government will extend requisite financial and administrative support commensurate with NCC’s growing footprint, noting that investment in NCC is an investment in youth and in the future of the nation.
On training infrastructure, the Raksha Rajya Mantri stressed the significance of permanent and modern NCC Training Academies, especially in the North Eastern Region and other geographically challenging areas, to provide cadets opportunities in adventure, leadership, physical fitness and skill development, and encouraged States and NCC Directorates to work together to expedite such facilities.
He highlighted the integration of NCC with the education system through elective and credit-bearing courses as an important step towards mainstreaming NCC within the academic framework and urged States and educational institutions to take the initiative forward.
The Minister also lauded NCC’s efforts towards promoting Nari Shakti through increasing participation of girl cadets and initiatives such as All Girls PRANGLA Trek, reflecting confidence, courage and leadership potential of young women, and noted that North Eastern Region, Sikkim and West Bengal have immense potential to become strong centres for empowering girl cadets through adventure, leadership and community engagement.
Concluding his address, he emphasised that strengthening NCC requires a whole-of-government and Centre-State partnership and requested that issues deliberated during the Conference be followed up with clear timelines and coordinated action by State Governments, DG NCC and Ministry of Defence, to ensure that every cadet emerges with greater confidence, discipline, skills and deeper sense of responsibility towards the nation, in keeping with NCC motto “Unity and Discipline” and the vision of Viksit Bharat.