4th December, 2003
Ministry of Defence  


NCC DELEGATION RETURNS FROM VIETNAM


An NCC Delegation comprising of two officers and twenty cadets have returned back after a fortnight visit to Vietnam. The delegation went to Vietnam on Nov 17, 2003. During their stay in Vietnam, the delegation members participated in community development, stayed with local families, visited places of topical and tourist interest.

NCC has youth exchange programme with several friendly countries. Youth Programme with Vietnam started in Jan 2001 when a delegation of Vietnam Youth Federation came to New Delhi and participated in the NCC Republic Day Camp and Prime Minister’s NCC Rally. The visit of NCC delegation will further strengthen the Indo-Vietnamese ties and also expose the Youth of our country to the rich culture and heritage of Vietnam.

The members of the delegation called on Director General NCC Lt Gen BK Bopanna in New Delhi today. The delegation was led by Group Captain PK Jain, the other members of the delegation were Col Konnur SB, Sgt Mammia Path Ranjan, Cpl Sarvesh Tripathi, Cdt Herojit Singh, UO Pandey Pragnesh, Cdt SA Katoch, JUO Rustam J Irani, Sgt Razia Ibrahim, Cdt Shamsher Kelshikar, Cdt Ann Zachariah, CUO Ritamani Pegu, Cpl Annapurna Pradhan, SUO Asmita Choudhary, CWO Chaitali Bhattie, LC Soni Joseph, Cdt Vidushi Bhatt, Cpl Sita Limbu, Sgt Neha Srivastava, Cdt Sushell Taneja, F/Sgt Madan Barath and Cdt Bomdil Rohit Singh.