1. Brief History
(b) Birth of Gujarat State NCC. The State of Gujarat emerged from the former Greater Bombay State on 01 May 1960. Until then, every State had a Circle HQ. 1 Circle Cadet Corps Bombay was re-organised into 1 & 15 Circle Cadet Corps with the latter located at Ahmedabad, commanded by Lt Col AOT Paul, MARATHA LI, and started functioning at Ahmedabad from 09 May 1960. Later on 04 Feb 1963, the designation of Circle Commander changed to Director Cadet Corps, and the office was renamed as Cadet Corps Directorate Gujarat.
(c) NCC in Union Territories. The NCC units at Union Territory of Dadra Nagar Haveli were grouped with NCC Directorate Gujarat on 28 Feb 1963. Subsequently, the Union Territories of Daman & Diu were also included. Thus, the Directorate is now responsible for the NCC in whole of Gujarat State and the Union Territories of Dadra Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
(d) Compulsory NCC Training. In 1962, NCC training was made compulsory for all able-bodied male students of Colleges. In order to carry out the additional task and to ensure effective Command and control, the Government of India ordered the raising of NCC Group HQ as a link between the Directorate and the units. Accordingly, the under mentioned NCC Group HQs were sanctioned for Gujarat vide Government of India, Ministry of Defence letter No 7741/ NCC/ PLG/ 1320-B/D (GS-VI) dated 10 Apr 1964:-
(i) NCC Group HQ (A), Ahmedabad.
(ii) NCC Group HQ (B), Ahmedabad.
(iii) NCC Group HQ (C), Ahmedabad.
(iv) NCC Group HQ, Vadodara .
(v) NCC Group HQ, Rajkot.
(vi) NCC Group HQ, Surat.
(vii) NCC Group HQ, Vallabh Vidya Nagar. (V V Nagar)
(e) Re-structuring. Subsequently, NCC Group HQ (C) Ahmedabad, was moved to Bhavnagar and designated as NCC Group HQ Bhavnagar vide Govt of India, Ministry of Defence letter No 5401/ NCC/ PLG/ 7037/ D(GS-IV) dated 17 Dec 1964. NCC Group HQ (B), Ahmedabad was disbanded on 02 Feb 1969, as per Directorate General NCC letter No 2889/ 23/ NCC/ Planning dated 28 Oct 1968. Thus, there is now only one Group HQ in Ahmedabad. NCC Group HQ Bhavnagar and Surat were disbanded during re-organisation vide Directorate General NCC letter No 1889/ 2/ DG NCC/Planning dated 03 Feb 1977. A total of 20 units were also disbanded in the entire State. In expansion plan of phase III, one Gp HQ at Jamnagar, 06 Naval Units and 01 Army Unit were raised vide Govt of India, Ministry of Defence letter No 7763/Gp HQ/Jamnagar/NCCHQ/ Plg/1023/D(GS-VI) dated 27 Oct 2015.
(f) Current Status. The Directorate today has five Groups under command as under:-
(i) NCC Group HQ, Ahmedabad.
(ii) NCC Group HQ, Vadodara.
(iii) NCC Group HQ, Rajkot.
(iv) NCC Group HQ, Vallabh Vidya Nagar (V V Nagar).
(v) NCC Group HQ, Jamnagar (New Raising).
GROUPS AND UNITS
1. NCC Gp, Ahmedabad (Total 11 Units). Ahmedabad Gp covers five districts of Gujarat, namely Ahmedabad, Gandhinaggar, Banaskantha, Patan and Mehsana.There are 11 Units under the Group. The details with location are mentioned below :-
(a) 1 Guj Bn NCC, Ahmedabad
(b) 7 Guj Bn NCC, Mehsana
(c) 9 Guj Bn NCC, Ahmedabad
(d) 35 Guj Bn NCC, Palanpur
(e) 2 Guj (I) Coy NCC, Gandhinagar
(f) 1 Guj Armd Sqn NCC, Ahmedabad
(g) 1 Guj Arty Bty NCC, Ahmedabad
(h) 1 Guj Compo (T) Coy NCC, Ahmedabad
(j) 1 Guj Naval Unit NCC, Ahmedabad
(k) 2 Guj Air Sqn NCC, Ahmedabad
(l) 1 Guj Girls Bn NCC, Ahmedabad
2. NCC Gp, Vadodara (Total 9 Units). Vadodara Gp covers nine districts of Gujarat, namely Vadodara, Surat, Chhota Udepur, Narmada, Bharuch, Tapi, Dang, Valsad, Navsari and Union Territory Daman and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Respectively. There are 09 units under the Group. The details with location are mentioned below:-
(a) 3 Guj Bn NCC, Vadodara
(b) 5 Guj Bn NCC, Surat
(c) 20 Guj Bn NCC, Navsari
(d) 3 Guj (I) Coy NCC, Rajpipla
(e) 1 Guj Compo (T) Regt NCC, Vadodara
(f) 1 Guj Air Sqn NCC, Vadodara
(g) 2 Guj Naval Unit NCC, Vadodara
(h) 9 Guj Naval Unit NCC, Navsari
(j) 6 Guj Girls Bn NCC, Surat
3. NCC Gp, Rajkot (Total 08 Units). Rajkot Gp covers nine districts of Gujarat namely Rajkot, Morbi, Surendranagar, Porbandar, Botad, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Junagadh, Gir-Somnath and Union Territory of Diu respectively. There are 08 units under the Group. The details with location are mentioned below :-
(a) 2 Guj Bn NCC, Rajkot
(b) 6 Guj Bn NCC, Bhavnagar
(c) 8 Guj Bn NCC, Junagadh
(d) 26 Guj Bn NCC, Surendrangar
(e) 3 Guj Air Sqn NCC, Bhavnagar
(f) 3 Guj Naval Unit NCC, Bhavnagar
(g) 2 Guj Girls Bn NCC, Rajkot
(h) 3 Guj Girls Bn NCC, Bhavnagar
4. NCC Gp, VV Nagar (Total 07 Units). V V Nagar Gp covers eight districts of Gujarat, namely Kheda, Sabarkantha, Aravali, Mahisagar, Panchmahal, Dahod and Anand. There are 07 units under the Group. The details with location are mentioned below :-
(a) 4 Guj Bn NCC, V V Nagar
(b) 13 Guj Bn NCC, V V Nagar
(c) 28 Guj Bn NCC, Nadiad
(d) 30 Guj Bn NCC, Godhra
(e) 34 Guj Bn NCC, Himatnagar
(f) 2 Guj Compo (T) Coy NCC, V V Nagar
(g) 4 Guj Girls Bn NCC, V V Nagar
5. NCc Gp, Jamnagar (New Raising) (Total 08 Units). Jamnagar Group covers five districts of Gujarat, namely Jamnagar, Bhuj, Dev Bhumi Dwarka, Porbandar, Junagadh and Union Teritory Diu. There are 08 units under the Group. The details whith locations are mentioned below:-
(a) 27 Guj Bn NCC, Jamnagar
(b) 36 Guj Bn NCC, Bhuj
(c) 4 Guj Naval Unit NCC, Porbandar
(d) 5 Guj Naval Unit NCC, Bhuj
(e) 6 Guj Naval Unit NCC, Gandhidham
(f) 7 Guj Naval Unit NCC, Veraval
(g) 8 Guj Naval Unit NCC, Jamnagar
(h) Sainik School Coy NCC, Balachhadi
1. Major General Ramesh Shanmugam, a 1989 batch Indian Army Officer, is a Mechanical Engineer from the University of Madras. He was commissioned into the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers of India Army from the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun.
2. He is a specialist in Battle Tanks, Opto Electronic Systems and Computers. He held various appointments in varied terrain, operational areas and training establishments. He was instrumental in many major projects related to operational logistics, Systems sustenance and transformational initiatives.
3. He commanded the prestigious 505 Army Base Workshop, Delhi Cantt, that overhauls the main battle tanks of the Indian Army. He held staff and instructional appointments in Army Headquarters, Northern Command, EME School Vadodara and Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering, Secunderabad.
4. His educational credentials include a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. in Management Studies, Masters Degrees in Mechanical Engineering from GTU, Management Studies from Osmania University, Business Studies from MK University and Philosophy from University Madras. He holds a Diploma in Advanced Computing from CDAC, Pune.
5. He is an alumnus of the prestigious National Defence Collge, Delhi, College of Defence Management, Secunderabad, University of Madras, Gujarat Technological University, Osmania University and Takshashila.
6. An avid reader and technology leader, he aspires to bring out the best of Gujarat NCC Cadets.
