Defence Minister Interacts with Defence Correspondents Course Participants

A Correspondent

Tezpur: The fourth and the final leg of Ministry of Defence Module of the 18th edition of Defence Correspondents Course (DCC) started on September 17 and ended on September 18 at Centre for Training and Development (CENTRAD) in Delhi. The Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman interacted with the trainee defence correspondents undergoing the course at her office. “I would request all of you to keep in mind the intricacies of defence beat reporting and be true to the national cause,” said the Defence Minister. This is the first time the MoD module of DCC has been introduced to give the participants an overview of the working in the ministry. The course started on August 27.

Senior officers from the MoD, including Joint Secretary & Additional Financial Advisor A N Das, JS (Admin), Anand Rajan and JS (DIP) and Sanjay Jaju JS (DIP) spoke to the participants and acquainted them with the functioning of MoD and its different wings, during the course. The course comprises of four legs, viz, the Army leg at Tenga & Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh), the Air Force at Tezpur (Assam) and the Navy leg at Kochi (Kerala). This year 26 correspondents belonging to print and electronic media from across the country are part of this annual training programme conducted by the Ministry of Defence. The course is planned to conclude on September 22 with the valedictory ceremony to be held at CENTRAD, said Lt Col Harsh Wardhan Pande, PRO Defence, Tezpur.