Patna: The seventh season of the 10-day combined annual training camp (CATC) of the 1 Bihar Naval Unit (BNU) National Cadet Corps (NCC) concluded here on Sunday. Nearly 500 NCC cadets from different colleges and schools across the state participated in the camp. “NCC cadets of various educational institutions from across the state, including Patna and Patliputra University-affiliated colleges and Sainik School (Nalanda) participated in the training camp,” said 1 BNU NCC camp commandant Sunny Kumar Gupta.
Gupta detailed the activities the cadets engaged in during the camp, saying they received rigorous training in physical exercises, yoga, drills, firing, firefighting and self-defense skills, along with lessons in social activities. “Since it was a naval camp, the cadets also learned the fundamentals of general navigation, theory classes in seamanship, semaphore (a form of signaling system), ship modeling and other related naval activities,” he added.
In all, 20 instructors from the army and navy, along with five associate NCC officers, provided training. The cadets were also taught disaster management, first-aid, health and hygiene maintenance, general discipline and grooming, as well as developing leadership qualities.
The CATC is organized annually to develop and train cadets in various skills. Every NCC cadet must attend at least one such camp a year to be eligible for certificate exams, Gupta said.
Gupta added several cadets are being prepared in ship-designing to represent Bihar and Jharkhand Directorate in All India Navy Camp to be held in Lonavala, Maharashtra, next month. “Three best performing cadets will be part of the team,” he said, adding the unit has won 18 gold medals and five silver medals to date. “Even last year’s gold medal was won by our team and we are very optimistic this time as well,” Gupta added.

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