350 cadets attend NCC camp at DAV institute in Jalandhar

The last camp of NCC Group Jalandhar kicked off at DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology College under the aegis of 2 Punjab NCC Battalion. Nearly 350 cadets are participating in the 10-day camp.

Camp Commandant Col Vinod Joshi said the cadets of 21 Punjab NCC Battalion Kapurthala, 12 Punjab NCC Battalion Hoshiarpur, 8 Punjab NCC Battalion Phagwara, 2 Girls NCC Battalion Jalandhar and 2 Punjab NCC Battalion were participating in the NCC camp. On the first day of the camp, the camp began with documentation verification, biometrics, division of cadets into companies, opening speech of the camp by the Camp Commander and roll call.

The Camp Commander said as per the NCC syllabus, the cadets would be given intensive study in 36 subjects. “Special emphasis will be laid on weapon training, weapon drill, opening and closing of weapons. The training routine of the cadets will daily start from 4:30 am and continue till 8 pm. The cadets are being trained to adopt the routine of a soldier in their lives. To teach personality development and leadership qualities, the cadets have been given many positions in the camp so that they can understand the responsibilities and become a good citizen with an optimistic attitude.”

Col Joshi said guest lectures would be arranged in which many departments of the Central and state governments were participating.