National Cadet Corps (NCC)

The National Cadet Corps is the Indian military cadet corps with its head Quarters at New Delhi. It is open to school and college students on voluntary basis. The National Cadet Corps in India is a voluntary organization which recruits cadets from high schools, colleges and Universities all over India. The Cadets are given basic military training in small arms and parades. The officers and cadets have no liability for active military service once they complete their course but are given preference over normal candidates during selections based on the achievements in the corps.

The NCC in India was formed with the National Cadet Corps Act of 1948. It was raised on 15 July 1948 The National Cadet Corps can be considered as a successor of the University Officers Training Corps (UOTC) which was established by the British in 1942. During World War II, the UOTC never came up to the expectations set by the British. This led to the idea that some better schemes should be formed, which could train more young men in a better way, even during peace times. A committee headed by Pandit H.N. Kunzru recommended a cadet organization to be established in schools and colleges at a national level. The National Cadet Corps Act was accepted by the Governor General and on 15 July 1948 the National Cadet Corps came into existence.

During the 1965 and 1971 wars with Pakistan, NCC cadets were the second line of defence. They organised camps to assist the ordinance factories, supplying arms and ammunition to the front, and also were used as patrol parties to capture the enemy paratroopers. The NCC cadets also worked hand in hand with the Civil Defence authorities and actively took part in rescue work and traffic control. After the 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pak wars the NCC syllabus was revised. Rather than just being the second line of defence, NCC syllabus laid a greater stress on developing qualities of leadership and Officer-like qualities. The military training which the NCC cadets received was reduced and greater importance was given to other areas like social service and youth-management.

National Cadet Corps in Government College Kodanchery

Our NCC unit was started on 30/09/2019 under 30 Kerala Battalion NCC, which comes under the Calicut Group. Our authorised strength is 106 cadets. In every year we enrolled 36 cadets and now our current enrolled strength is 106 cadets. Our company is commanded by Lt. Dr. Sujin K N and he completed his military training from Officers Training Academy, Kamptee, Nagpur.

Strength of Unit

Year	SD	SW	Total
Final Year	14	21	35
Second Year	13	22	35
First Year	14	22	36

We regularly conduct institutional training which helps the cadets to aware about Indian Army and over all development of the Cadets. Cadets from our college participated at various National level camps organised by NCC. We frequently participated in various programmes organised by 30 K Bn NCC, Kozhikode and Calicut Group. Even though this unit is new raising unit we often conduct blood donation camps, social awareness campaign, run for fun, cycle rally, beach cleaning drive.

Associate NCC Officer

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