MS Dhoni named in 15-member defence ministry panel on NCC

The dedicated headed by former lawmaker Baijayant Panda consists of Col. (Retd) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Rajya Sabha member Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Principal Financial Advisor within the Finance Ministry Sanjeev Sanyal and Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor Najma Akhtar.

Former vice-chancellor of the SNDT Ladies’s College Vasudha Kamat, Nationwide Organising Secretary of Bhartiya Shikshan Mandal Mukul Kanitkar, Maj Gen (retd) Alok Raj, Managing Director of SIS India Ltd Rituraj Sinha and CEO of Databook Anand Shah are additionally members of the panel.

Dhoni’s inclusion within the high-level panel got here days after he was appointed mentor for India’s T20 cricket world cup crew.

The previous India captain is a Lieutenant Colonel (Honorary) within the Indian Military.

The defence ministry mentioned the committee has been constituted for a complete evaluate of the NCC with a purpose to make it extra related in altering instances.

“The phrases of reference of the committee, inter-alia, broadly present for suggesting measures which might empower NCC cadets to contribute extra successfully in the direction of nation-building and nationwide developmental efforts in varied sectors,” it mentioned.

Officers mentioned the committee will suggest measures for gainful engagement of the NCC cadets for the betterment of the organisation as a complete and to suggest finest practices of comparable worldwide youth organisations for inclusion within the NCC curriculum.

The NCC is the most important organisation in uniform that goals at creating character, self-discipline, a secular outlook and beliefs of selfless service amongst younger residents, the ministry mentioned in an announcement.

It additionally goals to create a pool of organised, skilled and motivated youth with management qualities in all walks of life.

The NCC was shaped below the Nationwide Cadet Corps act in 1948.