To mark the culmination of the Centenary Year of Corps of Signals, a Commemoration Ceremony was held at Manekshaw Centre on 17 February in New Delhi. The Chief Guest of the function was Defence Minister A K Antony. Other dignitaries present as Guests of Honour were Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju, Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology Gurudas Kamat and General V K Singh, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, ADC, Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen P Mohapatra, SO-in-C and Maj Gen RN Chakrabarty, ADGSS. The ceremony was attended by Senior Officers of Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MoC&IT) and also a large number of serving officers of Integrated HQ of MoD (Army), DRDO and Veteran officers and personnel of the Corps of Signals. During the event a Commemoration Stamp and a Coffee Table Book were released.
The Centenary Year of the Corps was marked by conducting various Ceremonial, Welfare, Sports and Adventure activities pan India. Serving and retired personnel participated in such events with enthusiasm and pride. The 14th Reunion at 1 STC Jabalpur was the Grand Finale which witnessed three days of glamourous, memorable and solemn events.
Individual events of the 14th Reunion can be perused at will from the archive section commencing from 12 Feb 2011 in this Blog. There are over 500 Photographs and 8 Video clips for the viewing pleasure.
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President's Speech- Inaugural Ceremony of Centenary Celebrations of the Corps of Signals
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