NCC DELEGATION RETURNS FROM BHUTAN

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A fourteen Member NCC delegation including two officers and twelve cadets visited Bhutan from Nov 10 to Nov 16, 2003. During their stay the cadets participated in group discussion in Central Bhutan Studies. They also visited BBS Tower / Memorial Chorten and Zorig Chosum, Punkha Dzong, NRTI, Folk Heritage Museum. The delegation went on hike to Tangu and Cheri.

The delegation led by Col PC Bundela including Lt Col T Siva Kumar, Sgt Watinaro, Sgt Shivani Swain, Cdr Kapil Yadav, Cdt Bhuvneshwari F, Cdt Sonam Yankela, SUO Garima Singh, Sgt MR Bhavani, Sgt Harjeet Kaur, Sgt Jaspreet Saluka F, Cdt Vijay Kr Sharma, Cdt Arun Kr Sachdev and Cdt Sonali Mazumdar from the states of Karnataka, Orissa, Punjab, West Bengal, UP, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and north eastern states.

The member of the delegation called on DGNCC Lt Gen BK Bopanna in New Delhi today. Lt Gen Bopanna commended the role of Cadets as young ambassadors of India, spreading the message of international understanding. He said visit of the Cadets will further strengthen the Indo Bhutanese ties.

NCC has an ongoing youth exchange programme with a number of countries including Bhutan under which cadets from the both the countries visited each other to participate in various activities.