National Defence College, India

The National Defence College of India, New Delhi is the highest seat of strategic learning for Indian Defence and Civil Services officers of the rank of Brigadier or Joint Secretary. This very prestigious coure is attended by hand-picked defence officers of Brigadier (one-star General) rank from friendly foreign countries also and each year, approximately 25 officers from countries like the USA, UK, Canada, France, Australia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Nepal, UAE etc. attend the course in New Delhi, India.

This college provides strategic leadership to the government of India in national and international security matters and also acts as a think tank on defence matters and holds a very important position in shaping up the Indian defence outlook.

Location:
College is located on Tees January Road of Lyuten's Zone in Delhi in a grand british era building spread over acres of lush green lawns. Residential facilities for the officers are located in the central vista of Delhi on Ashok Rajpath near India Gate.
Commandant of the college has a well appointed bunglow on Akbar Road called NDC House.

Commandant:
This prestigious college is headed by the Commandant of the college who is the overall in-charge of all the functioning of the college including academics and administration. Commandant of the college is a three star general (Lt. General rank) and tenure of each commandant is for 2 years which rotates between the Army, the Navy and the Indian Air Force.

Current commandant of the college is Air Marshal P.K. Roy AVSM VM VSM from Indian Air Force. He took over the college from Lt. General Prakash Menon in January 2011.

Course:
College conducts a 47 week National Security and Strategic Study course each year which commences in the first week of January each year and finishes in the first week of December. Entire course is divided in six studies spread over two terms. This course also involves extensive travel within and outside the counry to visit Indian states and foreign countries where course members meet head of states and important decision makers to understand the political, social and strategic landscape of the state/country.

Method of Study:
During the course of each study, course is divided in to seven groups called Integrated Analysis Groups (IAG). Each IAG comprises of 13-14 members (4-5 army officers, 1 naval officer, 1-2 air force officers, 3-4 IAS/IPS/Civil Services officers and 4-5 foreign military officers). Each IAG function in a synergatic mode to for purpose of analyzing issues, discussions, preparation of papers and presentations.

Faculty:
Faculty of National Defence College is drawn from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Civial services. Usually, there are 7 faculty members (Army -3, Navy - 1, Air Force - 1, IAS - 1 and Indian Foreign Service - 1).

Apart from these 7 regular faculties, college regularly invites think tanks, ambassadors of diferent nations, business leaders, ministers from India and friendly countries, Defence Chiefs of friendly countries to give lectures in the college.

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