Indroduction

During the First World War, the British created the University Corps with the aim of a second line of defence and also of having a large pool of trained youth available for employment in the armed forces. NCC in India was conceptualized and raised before independence, mainly with an aim to groom the youth, boys, and girls, nurture them, and channel their energy towards nation-building by making them responsible citizens. After independence, the present-day NCC came into existence on 16 Apr 1948, through the XXXI Act of Parliament. NCC was formally inaugurated on 15 Jul 1948. The Girls Division of the NCC was raised in July 1949. On 01 April 1950, an air wing was raised, with one air squadron each at Bombay and Kolkata. The naval wing of the NCC was raised in Jul 1952, thus completing the true representation of all services in the corps.

National Cadet Corps is a Tri-service organization, comprising the Army, Navy, and Air Force, engaged in grooming the youth of the country into disciplined citizens. The National Cadet Corps in India is a voluntary organization that recruits cadets from high schools, colleges, and universities all over India. NCC is the largest voluntary youth organization in the world. It builds qualities like a sense of unity, discipline, motivation, and leadership among NCC Cadets. Today, the NCC has an enrolled strength of more than 14.5 Lakhs cadets and it basically comprises two divisions of all three services i.e., the Senior Division/ Senior Wing for boys/girls from colleges and the Junior Division/Junior Wing for boys /girls from schools. The Motto of NCC is ‘Unity and Discipline’.