24 colleges to introduce NCC as ‘General Elective Course’

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Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 1: In a path breaking event, the University of Kashmir today issued notification to introduce “NCC as a General Elective Credit Course under the Choice Based Credit System” based on guidelines issued by University Grants Commission (UGC).
The Issue of notification today was a result of joint efforts put in by Brigadier Kapil Sood, Group Commander, NCC Group Headquarter, Srinagar and Col P Bhowmik, Commanding Officer, 1 J&K Girls Battalion NCC, Srinagar under overall guidance of Maj Gen Ranjan Mahajan,Additional Director General, NCC JK&L Directorate, Dr Talat Ahmad, Vice Chancellor of University of Kashmir and Dean Academics, Prof Shabir Ahmad Bhat.
This notification is a great news for 1860 NCC Cadets of 24 Colleges under University of Kashmir who apart from nation building will also be benefitted with NCC as an Elective Course. In future it will also greatly impact students of various colleges under the University of Kashmir, who opt for NCC.
NCC Dte JK&L is also in touch with other Universities in the Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Regions to introduce this scheme to benefit the youths of three regions.