National Cadet Corps

In this College, NCC was introduced in 1963. The then Head of the Department of Commerce, Capt. D. S. Rawat (who was an avid sportsman), was the Associated NCC Officer in the beginning. Later Major U.C. Kakati, Head, Department of Botany, took over the charge and soon, the Girls’ senior division was also formed. For sometime, Major Kakati looked after both SD boys and SD girls’ wings. Later Smt. Rama Sarkar took over the charge for the Girls’ wing and at present Smt. A. Nongbri, CTO, is the in-charge of the wing. The NCC boys’ wing is being looked after by Lt. (Dr.) B. P. Tripathi. The NCC cadets, both boys and girls, of this college have been participating in the various competitions held in camps, such as All India Advance Leadership Training Course, Army Attachment, mountaineering, All India Summer Training Course, para-jumping, etc. and they brought many laurels to the college. The cadets who excelled in different events include are SUO Khelovi Sema, SUO Muhiram Saikia, SUO Basant Kr. Chettri, SUO Arun Bora, SUO Prem Kumar Joshi, SUO Sanjib Barua, SUO Francis M. Sangma, SUO Joy Sen, SUO Alvin Bamon, SUO Paul H. Shylla, SUO J. S. Marak, SUO Gopal Kharkongor, SUO Wendy V. Sohtun, SUO Margaret T. Pathaw, SUO Gayatri Khongwir, SUO Mary Candila Sawian, SUO Diana Mawrie, SUO Cherrylyne N. Sangma and many others. Some recent achievements of the cadets are as follows: Best Rank Climber (2000), Best Boys’ Cadet, Meghalaya (2001, 2002, 2003), Representation from NER to P.M.’s Relief Team (2001), Best Disciplined Girls Cadet (2001), Best Cadet Girls, Meghalaya (2004,2005), participation of both boys and girls cadets in Republic Day Camps, New Delhi and many other achievements in the Annual Training Camps, CATC and National Integration Camps.

NCC ACTIVITIES DURING THE YEAR

Like all the previous years, this year also the cadets from Shillong College, B Company NCC, participated in Annual Training Camps, Combined Annual Training Camps, Mountaineering, National Integration camps, Army Attachment, Trekking, etc. and brought laurels to the college and the unit, i.e. 2nd Meghalaya Bn. NCC, to which it is attached. In these camps and programmes, many cadets have been awarded with prizes for their skills in events like firing, drill, weapon training, debate etc.

One of the cadets from the college, Jud Wanchoy Tamang, was the Best Cadet for the Youth Exchange programme to Vietnam.