National Cadet Corps

National Cadet Corps (NCC) is a national organization having junior wing and senior wing

both for girls and boys. Junior wing NCC is meant for secondary school level and senior

wing is applicable for college students. The objective of NCC organization is to inculcate

discipline for the youth of our nation. An Army Officer of the rank of Lt General called

Director General (DG) heads NCC organization at national level. The organization has a

vast network at each state level headed by an officer of the rank of Brigadier known as

Deputy Director General (DDG) of a particular state. In every state there are number of

Group Headquarters located at important cities depending upon school and college density and compositions. Under Group Headquarters there are number of NCC Battalions

(Boys/ Girls). Number of battalions in each Group Headquarters varies depending upon

the size of the area. In the same fashion, number of groups under a DDG varies.

NCC is applicable to all school/ college going children. It is voluntary organization in

nature.

DDGs, group commanders and battalion commanders organize various events round

the year. These are as under:

(a) Participation in professional training that includes the following:

– Weapon training, including firing or rifles, sten guns, light machine guns.

– Drill.

– First aid training in various contingencies.

– Basic field craft and guard duties.

– Basic battle craft at a level of a section (section comprises of ten men)

(b) Organization of training camps where teamwork, comradeship, cooperation and

events mention in (a) above are practiced. The training camps are generally of the

duration of two weeks. Such camps are held twice a year.

(c) After completion of two and four years of training, B certification and C certificates

respectively are awarded to the cadets. The certificates have preference for

admission to various professional courses like medicine. It also has a weightage for

government jobs. A person having C certificate need not appear in the written

examination conducted by UPSC for commissioned officers of the defence services

which is a major concession. Such students have to face Service Selection Boards

direct, for selection in the defence services as commissioned officers.

(d) Individual having C certification (which is achieved after four years of NCC training) gets six months seniority in defence services.

(e) NCC is considered as one of the best organizations of our country. The organization

has produced better citizens.

What is organizational culture?

A single definition of organizational culture has proven to be very elusive. No one

definition of organizational culture has emerged in the literature. One of the issues

involving culture is that it is defined both in terms of its causes and effect. For example,

these are the two ways in which cultures often defined.

1. Outcomes- Defining culture as a manifest pattern of behavior- Many people use

the term culture to describe patterns of cross individual behavioral consistency

For example, when people say that culture is "The way we do things around

here," they are defining consistent way is in which people perform tasks, solve

problems, resolve conflicts, treat customers, and treat employees.

2. Process- Defining culture as a set of mechanisms creating cross individual

behavioral