Ferozepur, August 30, 2016 : The 5th Girls Battalion Punjab NCC Volunteers were promoted in different ranks at a function organized at local Shaheed Bhagat Singh State Technical Campus, presided over by Dr.T.S.Sidhu, Director Campus while the Chief Guest of the function was Subedar Major Gurmit Singh from Moga.
Lt Navdeep Kaur welcoming the guests, highlighted in details the achievements of the local NCC Unit and rules and regulations of NCC.
Later, one each Senior Under Officer and Junior Under Office, 6 Sergeants and 4 Corporal were honoured on the distinction conferred upon them by the Director Campus and Chief Guest.
Appreciating the activities of the NCC Cadets, Chief Guest of the function, Subedar Major Gumeet Singh said, National Cadet Corps is the India Military cadet corps, open to school and colleges students on voluntary basis engaged in grooming the youth of the country into disciplined and patriotic citizens. However, 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 cadets who performed Guest of Honour and Table Drill were also honoured on this occasion besides honouring Tasveer Kaur Cadet of the Campus for winning Gold Medal in Obstacle Competitions and Inter Group competitions held at NCC Academy at Ropar.
Present among good number of NCC Cades, Lt Navdeep Kaur, Hav Rakesh Kumar were also present.