By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR/NEW DELHI: BJP National VP In Charge of Assam and Delhi , Baijayant ‘Jay’Panda has expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh after Defence Ministry formed a 15 members expert committee headed by former 4th times MP from Odisha, Jay Panda to revamp NCC.
“Prime Minister @narendramodi’s vision for a revamped #NCC for youth empowerment, nation building & national integration is taking shape. Deeply grateful to him & Def Minister@rajnathsingh for honouring me with the responsibility of working on this with a group of eminent people,” BJP National VP Baijayant Jay Panda tweeted @PandaJay.
Ministry of Defence has constituted a High Level Expert Committee, under the chairmanship of former Member of Parliament Shri Baijayant Panda, for a comprehensive review of National Cadet Corps (NCC) in order to make it more relevant in changed times. The Terms of Reference of the Committee, inter-alia, broadly provide for suggesting measures which can empower NCC cadets to contribute more effectively towards nation building and national developmental efforts in various sectors; propose measures for gainful engagement of its Alumni for betterment of the organisation as a whole and to study/recommend best practices of similar international youth organisations for inclusion in the NCC curriculum.
The members of this Committee are as under: Baijayant Panda, former Member of Parliament as Chairperson while Col. (Retd) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Member of Parliament, Member Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Member of Parliament, Member, Anand Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra Group, Member, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Cricketer, Member, Sanjeev Sanyal, Principal Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Member, Prof. Najma Akhtar, Vice Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia, Member, Prof. Vasudha Kamat, Former VC, SNDT Women’s University, Member, Mukul Kanitkar, National Organizing Secretary, Bhartiya Shikshan Mandal, Member, Maj. Gen. Alok Raj (Retd), Member, Milind Kamble, Chairman, DICCI, Member, Rituraj Sinha, MD, SIS India Limited, Member, Vedika Bhandarkar, Chief Operating Officer, Water.org,Member, Anand Shah, CEO, Databook, Member and Mayank Tewari, JS (Trg), DoD, Member Secretary
The NCC is the largest uniformed organisation which aims at developing character, discipline, a secular outlook and ideals of selfless service amongst young citizens. It also aims to create a pool of organised, trained and motivated youth with leadership qualities in all walks of life.
