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National Cadet Corps
 - "Do you have it in you ?"

The National Cadet Corps was instituted in the year 1949. 

N.C.C. as an organisation is contributing towards development of the youth in the country. St. Xavier's College N.C.C. unit is affiliated to 20 Bengali Bn. N.C.C. (Army).

The Motto of N.C.C. is UNITY and DISCIPLINE. Training in the N.C.C. consists of the basic training of the Regular Armed Forces ( Army, Navy and the Air force) provided throughout the educational year every Sunday starting from the month of July to March for three years. Training includes weapon training, drill, map reading, military history geography, civil defence, first aid.

Other activities include adventure training like parasailing, para-jumping, trekking, mountaineering, cycle expedition etc. N.C.C. also participates in social activities like blood donation, tree plantation, Medical aid camps, eye donation, natural calamity relief etc. 

Every cadet has to attend a minimum of the one Annual Training camp in addition to 75% attendance every year to qualify for the 'B' certificate exams held at the end of the 2nd and 3rd year of N.C.C. respectively.

Last year, two cadets got selected for the IMA and NDA from this unit, this year one girl cadet participated in the Republic Day Camp-2000 (Prime Minister's rally) at New Delhi.

Students who are willing to join the N.C.C. may contact Mr. T. K. Samaddar, N.C.C. Officer, St. Xavier's College.

Xavier's NCC

NCC was introduced in St. Xavier's College in the year 1950, since then under the guidance and control of the Lt A.P. Mondal, it has been one of the most active departments of the college. We can say that this dept is for the students and by the students. At present it is being lead by the third year cadets Senior Under Officer (S.U.O) Padamvir Sing and Junior Under officer (J.U.O) Debayan Patra. The NCC cadets of St. Xavier's College come under the 20 Bengal Battalion NCC. It is a combined battalion and it gives equal opportunity for both boys as well as for girls. Each year when the freshers join the college they show a very good response towards the department, but due to the limited number of vacancies handful of them get a chance to join. Our cadets achieve the best results year after year, not only at the national level but also at the international level. In 2006, two of our cadets represented India at the international platform. SUO Soumit Biswas and SUO Payal Dutta had participated in the Republic Day Parade at New Delhi on the occasion of celebration of our 58th republic day. Both of them represented India being the part of the youth exchange program in Vietnam and Singapore respectively. Through these Youth Exchange Programs the cadets get the opportunity to interact with the students and the army of different countries like Singapore, Vietnam, Bhutan, United Kingdom, etc. All the expenses relating to the visit of cadets is sponsored by the Government of India. More over the girl cadets of our college have also made us proud by attending the Thal Sena camp. In addition to that w have also produced many cadets who have been commissioned in the Indian Army as Officers ; recently cadets like SUO Agnish Ghosh and CSM Justin Joshep have also been commissioned in the army. Our cadets also participate in different other camps through out the year like CATC Camp, Army Attachment Camps, Mountaineering and Trekking Camps, NIC Camp, etc. Last year we received the best college award in the CATC camp organized by the 20 Bengal Battilion. NCC also organizes different social service programs like Blood Donation, Eye Donation Camp and Traffic Management Trainning. We also gave security cover to the Hon able Vice-President of India at the convocation ceremony held at St. Xavier's College on 18th Jan 2008. We helped the authorities to control the crowd on the Sports Day and at Beyond Barriers this year.

In one year we conduct parades on 20 Sundays in which the cadets are given the training for the following :

• March Past
• Map Reading
• Weapon Training
• Weapon Drill
• Firing
• Health and Hygine
• First Aid

In addition to the above activities the cadets are also shown movies on N.C.C, Indian Army and military training Various competitions are also organized like debate, essay and general knowledge. From time to time various camps are organized for personality development, leadership skills, group training as to how to face an interview and how to master a group discussion. Cadets can also avail the CSD canteen facility which enables them to buy products from military canteen at a very subsidized rates.

Firing in progress at Army Attachment Camp in Salt Lake with 5.56mm INSAS Rifle.

Lt. Dr. Atish Prosad Mandal
Being commissioned as 2/nd Lieutenant from NCC officers Training School (Presently Office Training Academy) Kamptee in 2002, Lt. Mondal is working as Associate NCC officers (Company commander, 6 coy, 20 Bengal Battalion NCC) in St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous ) Kolkata. He has participated in various national level camps and worked as adjutant and deputy camp commandant in number of annual training camps. In July 2010 he leaded the directorate of West Bengal and Sikkim to the special national integration camp (SNIC) at Srinagar (J&K) and being awarded as “Most Enterprising ANO” by the Additional Director General(A) of NCC.