NCC

               Founded on the 16th of July, 1948 as a tri- services organisation involving the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force, the National Cadet Corps (NCC) is the youth wing of the Indian Armed Forces with its headquarters in New Delhi, India under the Ministry of Defence, Government of India. Admission to NCC is open for the school and college going students on voluntary basis. Cadets are given basic military training in small arms and drill. Officers and cadets have no liability for active military service once they complete their course.

           The National Cadet Corps is headed by a Director General, an Army Officer of the rank of Lieutanant General, who is responsible for the functioning of the National Cadet Corps in the country through the parade.National Cadet Corps Headquarters situated at Delhi. At the State Level, the country has been divided into 16 Directorates covering all States and Union Territories. Each of the State National Cadet Corps Directorate Headquarters controls two to fourteen Group Headquarters. While Directorates are commanded by Brigadiers or their equivalents, the Groups are commanded by Colonels or equivalents from the Air Force and the Navy, NCC Units are commanded by Major/Lieutenant Colonel or their equivalents.