NCC setting up drone training centres in Nagpur, Pune: Maj Gen Tyagi

Major General Vivek Tyagi, Additional Director General of the Maharashtra National Cadet Corps Directorate, on Wednesday said the NCC was setting up drone training centres in Nagpur and Pune. He also described the Agnipath scheme, a short-term military recruitment programme, as a gamechanger for the NCC cadets and for the youth from humble backgrounds.

Major General Vivek Tyagi, Additional Director General of the Maharashtra National Cadet Corps Directorate, on Wednesday said the NCC was setting up drone training centres in Nagpur and Pune. He also described the Agnipath scheme, a short-term military recruitment programme, as a gamechanger for the NCC cadets and for the youth from humble backgrounds. Addressing a press conference in Nagpur Group NCC headquarters during his two-day visit to the city, Maj Gen Tyagi said the strength of NCC cadets in Maharashtra is about 1.5 lakh. ''The NCC is skilling its cadets and preparing them with technology and everything that is contemporary, to be ready for the future. Accordingly, the NCC Maharashtra is starting a drone training centre in that direction and Nagpur is becoming a major hub for training the NCC cadets,'' he said. One more training centre will come up in Pune along with Nagpur, he added. Tyagi also said that the NCC, along with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and others, is also planning to start cyber awareness training for its cadets soon. ''It will not just be a basic training programme, but will be a very forward-looking course to be launched by the NCC,'' he said. Tyagi said he has written a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, and will soon meet him to secure assets for starting a centre of excellence (NCC Academy) in Nagpur for the Vidarbha region. When asked about the response of NCC cadets to the Agnipath scheme, Tyagi said the recruitment programme has taken off very well. ''Agniveer is a gamechanger for NCC cadets and for youth from remote and humble backgrounds,'' he said.