National Cadet Core (NCC), India

NCC Digital Forum is a platform for Cadets to share their experiences and values imbibed while undergoing NCC Training. The ‘Cadet’s Corner’ would enrich the viewers with systematically archived experiences of NCC cadets in text, audio and vide experiences of NCC cadets in text, audio and video formats. The forum provides for an unprecedented exchange of experiences amongst 15 Lac NCC Cadets across the country thereby contributing towards National Integration and Nation Building. The National Cadet Corps was raised in January 1950 and was located at Delhi Cantt. To start with, it was named as Headquarters 7 Circle Cadet Corps and constituted the States of Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Union Territory of Delhi. In 1962, the Directorate was shifted to the Red Fort and was rechristened as NCC Directorate Delhi. Initially, this Directorate had 4 Group Headquarters and 26 NCC Units under its command. In July 1963, one Group HQ and 6 Units of the State of Himachal Pradesh were placed under the command of NCC Directorate Punjab. In 1977, Group HQ 'A' of this Directorate was disbanded. The Directorate now has two Group Headquarters with nine units each. Delhi Directorate is headed by a Deputy Director General, an Army Officer of the rank of Brigadier, who is responsible for National Cadet Corps activities in Delhi. The second in command is the Director, NCC Delhi, who is of the rank of Captain (Indian Navy). The Directorate also has two groups commanded by Colonels or equivalent, each having nine units. The Units are commanded by Lieutenant Colonel/Major or their equivalents. Besides this, four Dy. Directors of the rank of Lt. Col. and Major are posted at the Directorate. The Central Govt. has also Accounts Officer and one Administrative Officer(Civil) apart from other subordinate staff. The State Govt. has also provided on Administrative Officer of the rank of UTCS Cadre, one Senior Accounts Officer, one Superintendent and one Junior Accounts Officer apart from the other subordinate staff, which is posted in various Groups and Units.