Mumbai, March 17 (IANS) For the first time after assuming office, Maharashtra Governor and Chancellor of State Public Universities Jishnu Dev Varma on Tuesday interacted with Vice‑Chancellors through video conferencing from Lok Bhavan, Mumbai. The Governor asked Vice‑Chancellors to improve their national rankings and to set periodic targets to achieve them.To increase the Gross Enrolment Ratio of students in universities, he emphasised that institutions should strengthen their outreac…
Latest National Defence College News & Updates
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) B.P. Singh, an alumnus of the National Defence College, assumed charge as the Director General of Naval Armament (DGONA) at Naval Headquarters in New Delhi, an official said on Monday. Singh, an officer of the 1994 batch of the Indian Naval Armament Service (INAS), assumed charge on Sunday, succeeding Divakar Jayant, who superannuated on February 28 after rendering distinguished service to the nation.Singh, a Mechanical engineer from Bihar College of Engineering (now Na…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Air Commodore B.S. Vijay Rao assumed command of Base Repair Depot, Palam, New Delhi, as the Air Officer Commanding on Sunday, a Defence Ministry official said.Commissioned into the Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics) Branch of the Indian Air Force on 27 November 1995, Air Commodore Vijay Rao brings with him over three decades of distinguished service, said the Ministry official in a statement.An Electrical Engineer and an Executive MBA, he is an alumnus of the presti…
Patna, Feb 3 (IANS) A high-level interaction was held with a 16-member study group from the 66th course of the National Defence College (NDC) on the theme ‘National Security and Strategic Studies’, chaired by Chief Secretary Pratyaya Amrit. The delegation was led by Major General Pawanpal Singh and included officers from the Indian Army and Indian Air Force, along with representatives from Oman, South Africa, the United States, and Uzbekistan.The meeting was attended by Additional Chief Secr…
Chandigarh, Feb 2 (IANS) A delegation of the National Defence College in New Delhi called on Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Monday, during which he highlighted the state’s unparalleled contribution to the nation’s unity and sovereignty, its legacy of valour and communal harmony. Interacting with the delegation, the Chief Minister said, “Punjab has given the Indian armed forces distinguished military leaders and braveheart soldiers who have always made supreme sacrifices for t…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor SYSM PVSM AVSM VM, a former Defence Attache to Pakistan, took charge as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff, Indian Air Force, on Thursday, a Defence Ministry official said. Air Marshal Kapoor took over from Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari SYSM PVSM AVSM VM, who superannuated after 40 years of glorious and distinguished service to the nation.Air Marshal Kapoor graduated from the National Defence Academy in December 1985 and was commissioned in the Ind…