Cavalier India Defence Training Academy

Content Written by Cdr. S Prakash, Dir. Cavalier.

Content Written by Cdr. S Prakash, Dir. Cavalier.        I       1 .    Flying Officer Nirmaljit Singh Sekhon:       The only Indian Air Force Officer till date to be honoured with  Param Veer Chakra in Srinagar in Dec 1971.     2.    Naik Jadu Nath Singh:      First Jawan to be decorated Param Veer Chakra in Kashmir War    in Apr 1948.                   3.   Major Somnath Sharma:      First Officer to be decorated Param Veer Chakra in Kashmir War in Nov 1947.     4.  Captain Vikram Batra,  Lt. Manoj Kumar,  Grenadier Yogendra  Singh Yadav and  Rifleman Sanjay Kumar: For highest act of bravery during Kargil Conflict 1999 in Kargil Area. “   JAI  HIND   “ NATION    IS    PROUD    OF   ...

Content Written by Cdr. S Prakash, Dir. Cavalier. Our students topped the list of Recommended Candidates at Airforce SSB (AFSB) Mysore by having 4 candidates recommend out of 8 Candidates in a group. Aspiring Youth for Defence Forces may contact them & seek their views : - SL. NO. NAME MOBILE NO 1 NVNS SRIKAR 09505454446 2 M SARATH KUMAR 09840989455 3 MANO S 08870574877 4 SHYAM NARAYAN J 09500158587

Content Written by Cdr. S Prakash In the last 15 years, Cavalier India has observed that Engineering and IT Professionals are now aspiring to join the Defence Forces. This is because of insecurity of job & poor balance between work life and personal life. Noble Profession, giving sense of purposes & quality of life of Defence Forces have given edge over other Careers for youth. Path to a satisfying career for youth is open through many channels like NDA Entry, Graduate Entry, Technical Entry, NCC Entry & Women Entry C a v a l i e r  I n d i a / The Excel   O b s e r v a t i o n Come and Transform Yourself for Career in DEFENCE FORCES

Content Written by Cdr. S Prakash, Dir Cavalier  A key question in ones mind is: How do people become successful in their chosen professions? What’s the secret of their success?             Evaluation of success stories of military leaders, statesmen, business-persons, actors, writers, educationists, is a revelation and one can come up with several concepts behind their success. A proven concept is the  Success Triangle , representing its three sides, the three success ingredients: Knowledge, Skills and Attitude .             Knowledge: In an academic environment, knowledge represents the core curriculum, irrespective of the courses. To illustrate, in a Management course, to make learning more comprehensive, the curriculum includes such diverse subjects as Economics, Finance, Human Resources, Organisational Behaviour, apart from Management. Knowledge can be said to be...

Content Written by Cdr. S Prakash, Dir. Prakash The Leadership is an act of applying both Science and Art. Here an individual applies Science by selecting right management tools & finds ways (art) to influence the behaviour of groups to achieve goals. Leadership is of paramount importance in achieving organisational goals. The fact that a leader can have an immense effect on the performance of those under, is well known to all. The Concept of Leadership has been explained by many & the explaination still continues. Still no one, complete explaination  has been accepted, although the comparison between managementship & leadership continues in the corporate world. What we need today is effective leadership which is enduring and changeing the behaviour as well as the attitude of followers.

Content Written by Cdr. S Prakash, Dir. Cavalier Squadron Leader Veena Saharan, Squadron Leader Teji Uppal and Squadron Leader Nidhi Handa are the three women pilots at the 12 Wing Air Force Station, Chandigarh, who have some of the rare achievements to their credit. Incidentally, all these three officers were also batch mates at the Air Force Academy who got commissioned into the Transport stream in December 2002. Squadron Leader Teji Uppal achieved the rare feat when she landed AN-32 transport aircraft, a twin-engine turboprop, at Daulat Beg Oldie, an advanced landing ground (ALG) located at an elevation of 15,400 feet about mean sea level (MSL) just a few kilometers away from the Line of Actual Control in Leh. She is among the select group of women pilots who have been operating in high altitude areas which required specialised training of northern sector on various missions. Married to an Army officer who is posted in Srinagar, she has a four year old son. Squadron Leader Veena Sah...

Posted by Col. Yogesh Dewan, Ex GTO 20 SSB Bhopal and Instructor DIPR, New Delhi. Having put-in a three year tenure each at 20 SSB Bhopal a GTO and Instructor at Defence Institute of Psychological research( DIPR) New Delhi, my points are enumerated below about the levels of preparedness/performance of candidates of various entries, being assessed by the three assessers ( viz GTO, Psycologist & IO) at SSBS : -     (a)   General Points (i)            The candidates from Northern & central parts of the country generally lack communication skills, particularly in English language.  They are short of English vocabulary and therefore fail to put across their points of view to the group, as also to the assesses. (ii)           The preparedness level of current affairs is similarly very low. (iii)         Due to above stated weaknesses, th...