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Day Camp(RDC), Leadership Camps, Youth in NCC were incredible and undescribable.
Exchange Programme (YEP), etc. The most
significant one is the RDC camp, New Delhi
where your performance will be in front of the
President of India, Prime Minister of India and
leading officers in the Indian Armed Forces .
You'll be able to interact with officers as high
as Lieutenant General and equivalent. The
YEP connects cadets from across the Nations
promoting integrity and sense of unity. The
one extraordinary thing about NCC is that
you can achieve and do things that your
fellow college mates can't even imagine.
Well, now coming to the main part of this
article, NCC Puducherry Group Headquarters
is located at Lawspet near Puducherry Airport.
Joining NCC is still a dream for many students
of our age in our country. But are not able
to do so mainly due to the inaccessibility of
NCC units. We never know the importance of
something until and unless it is gone from us.
Being in such close proximity to all of us but
still as of now the total students representing
our college is down to just 5 cadets and that
too in the Air wing only. The main reason is
the lack of awareness. We are Engineering
students and there's a ton of opportunities
available to us in the Indian Armed Forces
also apart from the ones offered by our TNP
cell. NCC provides a perfect platform for us
in achieving this career.
I am a Flight Cadet in 1(Puducherry) Air
Squadron Fly NCC. I am currently in my
third year of my NCC life and my two years
Although my first year has passed during
curfew, my second year journey was really
a life changing experience. I have already
attended a couple of camps and one among
them is a National Camp. You get to know and
learn about cultural diversity and National
Integration through these camps. I have co-
piloted a Microlite Aircraft and have already
completed two sorties of my flight. Yes! I
have seen our beautiful town Puducherry
from the cockpit of an aircraft! I have fired a
.22 Rifle and a DBBL Rifle. These are among
the lifetime achievements according to me
only possible through NCC and that too for
free of cost!!! I have participated in public
awareness campaigns, coastal cleaning
activities, blood donation campaigns,
COVID relief duties,Traffic Duties and also
beach parades during Independence Day,
Puducherry Liberation Day, Republic Day
representing my Unit..
From my experiences, I have understood that
in order to prosper participating in varied
activities and taking up responsibilities are
very important. Trust me, it is worth the shot!
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