Olive Greens Institute, located at Lohia International School, Manimajra, Chandigarh, is in true earnest, committed to inspire and train young aspirants to join the Armed Forces as Officers. It made a humble beginning in February 2005 at YMCA, Chandigarh. Later on, to cater to increased demand due to rising popularity of the training programme, it moved to its present location at Manimajra for want of more space and added facilities. The high point of training at Olive Greens is a 2.5 acre of Group Testing ground, constructed exactly to the specifications of a Service Selection Board (SSB), which provides a realistic experience of training to the candidates.
Defence aspirants are drawn from all over India. They are accommodated in comfortable Guest House, separately for girls and boys. The Institute has its integral transport facilities for the hostel and outdoor training. Olive Greens Institute, till date, has trained over 18,000 candidates of which over 6000 have qualified SSB, to become commissioned officers in the Armed Forces. Many of them have excelled with top honours in the training academies. The Institute is liberal in giving concessions / incentives to the needy / BPL category of students.
What is noteworthy about this Institute is that, it has a fairly high selection rate at the SSB, especially that of lady candidates, which actually aligns with the vision of ‘Nari Shakti’ as enunciated by our Prime Minister. It is pertinent to add that that many of the lady officers trained at Olive Greens participated in the recent Republic Day Parade, out of whom two siblings Lt Surabhi Gandhi and Lt Saloni Gandhi of the Indian Navy were interviewed by NDTV News Channel.
Another distinctive achievement, that makes the Institute unique, is that it has been conferred with ISO 9001-2008 Certification by TUV Austria, for its proficient standards and quality training,the only SSB training Institute in India with a ISO certification for quality training.
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