Captain Elisen Y Jami launched a special operation in the jungles adjoining Aghunato village in Zuneboto district of Nagaland on 31 October 2015. After negotiating thick jungles and treacherous mountains, the party reached the area of operations on 02 November 2015 at 0400 hrs. At 0530 hours, the party noticed and challenged a suspiciously moving Tata Sumo moving on a track, following which the party came under effective fire from the vehicle.
Sensing danger to his party and realizing the presence of a kidnapped civilian in the vehicle, Captain Jami, with utter disregard to his personal safety, while exposing himself drew fire upon himself, engaged one terrorist and shot him dead. Shocked by his audacious action, the rest of the terrorists started to flee towards the adjoining jungles firing indiscriminately.
Despite under fire, exercising utmost restraint and tact, Captain Jami secured the kidnapped civilian and thereafter pursued the fleeing terrorists along with his JCO, closed on to their position and personally shot down the second terrorist at close range.
Captain Elisen Y Jami displayed act of gallantry with utmost restraint while under fire resulting in saving the kidnapped civilian.
Indian airforce has published the list of candidates who were not considered for AFCAT 1 2017 and EKT 2017 evaluation due to incorrect/incomplete bubbling done by them on OMR sheet. Candidates who were not able to check their marks or not able to find their roll number in the final result can check these list for their name.
The OMR SHEETS OF FOLLOWING CANDIDTES HAVE NOT BEEN EVALUATED DUE TO NON/INCOMPLETE BUBBLING OF BOOKLET SERIES IN THE APPROPRIATE COLUMN OF THE OMR SHEET.
India had on several occasions sought his extradition, but Pakistan refused to give in. The Pakistan media had been reporting that a dossier on him had been prepared following which he faced prosecution.
Pakistan had termed him as an agent of the Research and Analysis Wing. Pakistan had after his arrest released a video of him making a confession about him being an Indian spy. However India said that the video was a doctored one. The Indian agencies who conducted forensic examination of the video said that it was heavily doctored. It was said that at various points the facial expressions do not match what is being said in the voice over.
Jadhav was picked up on March 3 and his arrest was announced only on March 24 2016. This India had said only indicated that Pakistan resorted to third degree treatment to extort a confession out of him.
Pakistan Forced Kulbhushan Jhadav To Confess That He Has Worked As A Spy For RAW
President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday awarded Shaurya Chakras to the officers who took part in the daring surgical strike across the Line of Control last year. He also awarded the Shaurya Chakra posthumously to Lt Col Niranjan Ek, who died while recovering IED from the bodies of Pathankot terrorists in January 2016.
As per the citation against Shaurya Chakra awardees, Major Rajat Chandra killed two terrorists during the surgical strike, while Captain Ashutosh Kumar eliminated four terrorists. Both belong to 4 Para Special Forces, which took part in the surgical strike in September last year.
Major Deepak Upadhyay and Paratrooper Abdul Qayum, both of 9 Para Special Forces, were also awarded Shaurya Chakras for their role in the surgical strike.
Captain Ashutosh Kumar
Captain Ashutosh Kumar was part of the sub squad, which was tasked to close into the terrorist’s hideout in Jammu and Kashmir and carry out the assault. He sneaked in close to the hideout using the cover of darkness and folds of ground and positioned himself in a concealed location. He brought down accurate fire and neutralized two terrorists. After the initial firefight, his squad repositioned to cover the track leading to the village from the hideout. He kept a close watch on the target to prevent any terrorist escape and reinforcement in/out of the area. During the ongoing firefight, he saw two terrorists escaping from the target. He directed his buddy to bring down accurate Grenade Launcher fire on their escape route allowing him to intercept and neutralize both the terrorists at close quarter. With his decisive thinking, astute resolve and courage beyond call of duty, the officer eliminated four terrorists and ensured no terrorist escaped from the hideout location. Captain Ashutosh Kumar displayed audacity in face of fire, indomitable resolve, dauntless courage and extraordinary valour.
Major Deepak Kumar Upadhyay was the leader of the troop which executed an impeccable operation against a terrorist hideout in Jammu and Kashmir.
Having sited the Support Group, Major Deepak Kumar Upadhyay led an assault party for a daring assault on the terrorist hideout. Despite heavy retaliation by terrorists, he continued engaging them while motivating his troops to destroy the hideout. Inspired by his conspicuous gallantry, grit and raw aggression, his men, despite being outnumbered, attacked the terrorists with renewed aggression, stunning them into a state of psychological paralysis. Having successfully accomplished the mission, he ensured a swift disengagement for his troops. Major Deepak Kumar Upadhyay displayed awe-inspiring courage, leadership, decisiveness, and act of gallantry under fire while ensuring destruction of a terrorist hideout and inflicting heavy casualties to the terrorists, without any casualties to his troops.
Major Rajat Chandra was tasked to undertake close surveillance of the terrorist’s hideout in Jammu and Kashmir. The information gained by his squad proved decisive in planning and effective destruction of the terrorist’s hideout. Subsequently, the officer led the assault group which was tasked to destroy the heavily fortified hideout. Displaying nerves of steel and indomitable spirit, he closed in 75 meter of the terrorist’s hideout and destroyed it thereby killing two terrorists. During the action his squad came under effective automatic fire from automatic weapons located nearby. Sensing danger to his squad, he immediately changed his position by crawling under terrorist’s fire and closed onto the terrorist’s position and eliminated one more terrorist silencing the automatic weapon. Major Rajat Chandra exhibited inspirational combat leadership, raw courage, dogged determination and selfless devotion to duty in the service of the nation.
Indian Naval Academy (INA), Ezhimala organised two concurrent novices training camps named ‘Rookie’ and ‘Barracuda’ for Naval Orientation Course, IInd term INAC (BTech) and IInd term Naval Orientation Course (Extended) cadets from 05 to 08 April 2017. 228 cadets including 24 women and four international naval cadets from friendly foreign countries participated in these camps. The camps were aimed at developing physical endurance, mental hardiness
The camps were aimed at developing physical endurance, mental hardiness, dedication, camaraderie and team spirit in cadets under a stressful environment. All cadets including women trainees participated in endurance runs, land navigation exercises, obstacle course, small arms firing, tent pitching, whaler rigging, whaler sailing and raft punting in Kavvayi backwaters. Fighter Squadron won the camp banners for both Camp ‘Rookie’ and ‘Barracuda’. Vice Admiral SV Bhokare, AVSM, YSM, NM, Commandant, INA awarded the camp banners to the winning squadrons and congratulated all participating cadets in his address during the camp fire.
Fighter Squadron won the camp banners for both Camp ‘Rookie’ and ‘Barracuda’. Vice Admiral SV Bhokare, AVSM, YSM, NM, Commandant, INA awarded the camp banners to the winning squadrons and congratulated all participating cadets in his address during the camp fire.
THE INDIAN NAVY INVITES UNMARRIED MEN AND WOMEN TO JOIN INDIAN NAVY AS SHORT SERVICE COMMISSION OFFICERS IN NAVAL ARMAMENT INSPECTION CADRE FOR COURSE COMMENCING JAN 2018.
Applications are invited from unmarried Indian citizens for Short Service Commission (SSC) in Naval Armament Inspection Cadre of Indian Navy for the course commencing Jan 2018 at Indian Naval Academy (INA) Ezhimala, Kerala.
Who can apply: Candidates who have passed Engineering degree or are in the final year of Engineering Course (with Physics & Maths in 12th Standard) from a recognised university / educational institute with 60% marks till 5th / 7th semester, in regular / integrated course respectively.
Call up for SSB: Candidates will be issued call up for Service Selection Board (SSB) interviews based on their academic performance.
Minimum %age on joining INA: The candidates will, however, be required to pass final examination (BE/ B Tech) with minimum 60% marks. The candidates failing to meet minimum cut off %age will not be permitted to join INA Ezhimala.
Note: - No equivalent stream of BE/B Tech as mentioned in Para 2(c) above will be considered valid for selection process at any stage.
Selection Procedure:
SSB interviews for short listed candidates will be scheduled from Jun 17 to Aug 17 at Bangalore/ Bhopal/ Coimbatore/ Visakhapatnam. Shortlisted candidates will be informed about their selection for SSB interview on their e-mail or through SMS (provided by candidates in their application form).
The total duration of SSB interviews is five days consisting of two Stages- Stage I (Day one) and Stage II (Four days). Stage I test consisting of Intelligence Test, Picture Perception and Discussion test will be conducted on the first day of arrival at SSB. Candidates who fail to qualify in Stage I will be routed back on the same day. Stage II tests comprising of Psychological testing, Group testing and Interview will last for 04 days. Successful candidates will thereafter undergo Medical Examination (approx duration 03-05 days).
Candidates recommended by the SSB and declared medically fit will be appointed for training as per all India merit depending on the number of vacancies.
Any correspondence regarding change of SSB dates be addressed to the call up officer of the SSB on receipt of call up letter. Change of SSB Centre for interview is not permissible under any circumstance.
Ministry of Defence (Navy) reserves the right to short-list applications and to fix cut off percentage. No communication will be entertained on this account.
No compensation will be paid in respect of any injury sustained to a candidate during SSB tests.
Return First Class (AC 3 tier/AC Chair Car), rail fare is admissible for the SSB interview, if appearing for the first time for that type of commission on production of railway tickets. Candidates will carry photocopy of the first page of pass book or cheque leaf where the name, A/C No & IFSC details are mentioned, while appearing for SSB.
HOW TO APPLY : Candidates are to register and fill application on the recruitment website www.joinindiannavy.gov.in
The candidates are to apply online from 08 Apr 17 to 27 Apr 17.
List of Candidates shortlisted from AFCAT 1/ 2017 held on 26 Feb 17 for the next phase of testing at Air Force Selection Boards (AFSBs) is annexed. Based on the induction requirements of the IAF, performance of candidates in AFCAT as well as statistics of reporting and success rates at AFSBs, the cut off marks for AFCAT 1/ 2017 is 150/ 300 for AFCAT and 60/ 150 for EKT. Only those candidates who have cleared both AFCAT and EKT will be considered for Technical Branch. All candidates may login to their account to view their individual AFCAT/ EKT Marks.
Candidates whose AFCAT Numbers figure in the list are required to login to their account and select the venue and date for further testing at one of the Air Force Selection Boards (AFSBs). The last date for selection of AFSB venue and date is 17 Apr 17.
Candidates are required to print the Call up Letter and associated forms from the website and report to their selected venue along with AFCAT Admit Card, Call Up letter, documents as listed in the Call Up letter & associated forms duly filled. Candidates are advised to take a print out of call up letter and associated forms immediately after selecting date and venue of AFSB.
Shortlisted candidates who fail to select their AFSB schedules by 17 Apr 17 would be allotted their AFSB batches by the IAF by 21 Apr 17.
NOTE
1. All candidates are required to carefully read and follow the General Instructions available on www.careerairforce.nic.in before reporting to AFSB.
2. Candidates who have applied only for Flying Branch are to select 1 AFSB (Dehradun), 2 AFSB (Mysore) or 4 AFSB (Varanasi) as their AFSB centre.
3. Airmen candidates who have appeared for SSB for less than six times should only select 5 AFSB (Kancharapara) as SSB venue. No batches are planned at 5 AFSB after 03 JUN 2017. Contact JDPO-3(A/B) Air HQ (VB) for clarification.
Growing up in Ludhiana to parents who were in government jobs, Dhami wrote in her 9th-standard slambook that she wanted to be a pilot. That is her earliest recollection of wanting to join the Air Force.
Today, she flies Chetak and Cheetah helicopters as an instructor and has clocked 2,300 hours of flying during her 13 years in the IAF. It’s first qualified flying woman instructor and mother to a seven-year-old; Dhami’s life is all about training cadets and trainee army officers till they are competent enough to take their first independent sorties. “I still remember that day at the academy in Hyderabad in 2003 when I took my first solo flight on the HPT-32 Deepak, a basic trainer aircraft.
It was at the downwind when I turned to ask my instructor to do a check, and realised that I was entirely by myself. It was an indescribable feeling. I felt confident—and I felt grateful,” she says. By now, flying a chopper comes more naturally to Dhami than driving a car. “At least nobody comes in my way,” she laughs.
IAF’s first woman flying instructor, 13 years of service
It was at the downwind when I turned to ask my instructor to do a check, and realised that I was entirely by myself. It was an indescribable feeling. I felt confident—and I felt grateful,” she says. By now, flying a chopper comes more naturally to Dhami than driving a car. “At least nobody comes in my way,” she laughs.
Dhami’s greatest learning from her career has been an ability to trust. “Believing in the people you work with is critical. I fly an aircraft that my ground crew signs and certifies. I fly it in good faith. This is not seen very commonly in the civil world,” she says. “My instructors gave me their best. My achievement isn’t purely my own. I am duty-bound to disseminate all I know till the last moment.”
The existing Services Selection Board (SSB), in vogue since 1948, is a five-day long process for officer selection which includes an interview, group testing and psychological testing of the aspirants.
Many candidates might feel the same if asked whether they find the current SSB interview system old and do they think there is an endless scope to improve the current SSB interview system. The current SSB interview system is running since 1948 with minor changes. The current SSB interview is a 5-day interview procedure where a candidate is tested for his personality using three different tests namely psychology, GTO and personal interview.
Why do we need De Novo Selection System
To reduce the time at SSB which is 5 days now.
To assess more candidates by reducing the time.
New testing as per the current ideologies and society.
Modern techniques of behavioral testing are available and can be implemented easily.
To reduce the deficiency of officers in the armed forces.
What could be seen in De Novo Selection System
It will accomplish the SSB testing in 03 days.
New techniques of behavioral testing will be implemented.
It will also make a fair and transparent system by minimizing human subjectivity and reduce long lead time and time taken for SSB and medicals.
It will make the selection process convenient for the candidates.
All the 3 testing techniques will be there with modifications.
Tests like screening and Psych could go online.
The SSB procedure in the Army takes five days and hence an SSB is able to handle 60 batches in a year only (five batches per month). With the large number of candidates applying to join the Army, it is felt that the selection system should be able to assess suitable potential candidates within two to three days, thus enabling ability to handle more batches in a year.
What do you think about the new SSB interview selection system, write your thoughts in the comment section below?
The Indian army once again came to the rescue of people affected by flood in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. The army officers conducted the rescue operations aggressively helping people who were affected by flood-like situation caused by heavy rainfall.
Even though army continues to share a tense relation with the people of Jammu and Kashmir due to continuous stone pelting incidents, it was on guard to wade into freezing water and help people in the city of Srinagar.
“Swift response; stranded villagers from some waterlogged areas in Kashmir moved to safe locations. Situation under control” – Indian Army
