Loading....WELCOME TO NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE
THE NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE (NDC) WAS INAUGURATED ON APRIL 27, 1960 BY PANDIT JAWAHARLAL NEHRU, THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF INDEPENDENT INDIA. NDC IS A PIONEERING INSTITUTE OF ITS TYPE IN ASIA. THE ROLE OF THE COLLEGE HAS REMAINED LARGELY UNCHANGED SINCE 1959, WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA SANCTIONED "THE SETTING UP OF A NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE FOR PROVIDING INSTRUCTION TO SENIOR SERVICE AND CIVIL SERVICE OFFICERS IN THE WIDER ASPECTS OF HIGHER DIRECTION AND STRATEGY OF WARFARE". TODAY, NDC CONTINUES TO PROVIDE FUTURE DECISION-MAKERS WITH THE NECESSARY SKILLS AND BACKGROUND FOR FILLING SENIOR POSITIONS IN NATIONAL SECURITY AND ASSOCIATED FIELDS.