Defence Diary : Lecture series at Army Institute

NDA cadet shines in shooting competition

Cadet Anshul Bansal a fourth term cadet of the National Defence Academy (NDA) won silver medal in 10 meter Air Pistol junior men’s category at the ongoing XII Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial National Shooting Championship 2012 held in at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range,New Delhi from February 11 to 17.

A total of 900 participants took part in this competition. This competition is for those shooters who have shot maximum scoring qualification in the previous National Shooting Championship.

In this category the qualification score for Indian shooting team squad was 565/600. Cadet Anshul shot 570/600 thereby brightening his chances of making it to the Indian National squad.

He had earlier won silver in the Rifle category at the 55th Nationals held at Pune in November said a press release issued by the NDA.

Corps of Signals’ Raising Day

The Corps of Signals,the communications,information technology and the Electronic Warfare arm of the Indian Army,celebrated its 101st Raising Day on February 15.

Since inception on February 15, 1911,the Information Warriors have been in the forefront to meet the fast evolving communications and information technology needs of the Army. From the era of smoke signals and flag signaling to radio and line communications to the satellite and cellular mobile communications era,the Corps has kept pace with the fast changing technological landscape.

The motto of the Corps being “Teevra Chaukas”,Swift and Secure,the Signallers are amongst the first to reach and establish communications,be it wars and Counter Insurgency operations or natural calamities and disaster relief operations,said a press release.

To celebrate the occasion,a function was organised at Rajendra Sinhji Institute.