https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=National_Academy_of_Defence_ProductionNational Academy of Defence Production - Revision history2026-10-22T01:03:15ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Academy_of_Defence_Production&diff=240797&oldid=prev223.181.128.78 at 08:10, 26 September 20212021-09-26T08:10:19Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div> {{Infobox university<br />
| name = National Academy of Defence Production, Nagpur<br />
| image_name = File:National Academy of Defence Production NADP main building.jpg<br />
|logo = File:National Academy of Defence Production NADP logo.jpg<br />
| image_size = <br />
| image_alt =<br />
| caption = NADP main building<br />
| established = 1978<br />
| type = [[Military academies in India|Military Academy]]<br />
| director = D C Srivastava, IOFS<br />
| city = [[Nagpur]]<br />
| state = [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| postalcode = 440021<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| campus = suburban<br />
| website = https://ofb.gov.in/units/NADP<br />
}}<br />
'''National Academy of Defence Production''' is a training and development institute incorporated under [[Ordnance Factory Board]]. It imparts training to the Group-A gazetted officers recruited under [[Indian Ordnance Factories Service]]. The academy also conducts mid career training program for Group-A officers serving across different ordnance factories.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[File:National academy of defence production.jpg|thumb|The main gate of the National Academy of Defence Production]]<br />
The National Academy of Defence Production, erstwhile known as the Ordnance Factory Staff College, was established in 1978 with a sole purpose to impart training to the officers recruited under the [[Indian Ordnance Factories Service]], a group A gazetted service under the Ministry of Defence of the government of India. Indian Ordnance Factories Service officers are responsible for the functioning of ordnance factories whose existence dates as far back 300 years.<br />
<br />
==Programme==<br />
The institute conducts 64 weeks induction programme to the candidates (i.e. probationary officers) who are later deputed to Ordnance factories. It is quite a holistic training program that imparts basic skills needed among the newly recruited officers to run the various ordnance factories located all over the country. The program starts with introduction module followed by general administration and general management module.<br />
<br />
::The programme also includes attachments to:<br />
# Various ordnance factories<br />
# Visit to [[Ordnance Factory Board]]<br />
# [[Defence Institute of Advanced Technology]]<br />
# [[DRDO]] labs<br />
# Visit to proof ranges – LPR Khamaria, CPE Itarsi, PXE Balasore<br />
# Armed forces attachment<br />
* Army attachment – visit to different army base camp such Amritsar, is carried out. The location of attachment changes every year.<br />
* Navy attachment – Any one of location Kochi, Mumbai and Vishakhapatnam<br />
* Air Force attachment<br />
<br />
[[File:IOFS probationers at parliament of India.jpg|thumb|Indian Ordnance Factories Service probationers at parliament of india]]<br />
[[File:IOFS probationers with Meenakshi Lekhi (MP) during parliament attachment 2018.jpg|thumb|Indian Ordnance Factories Service probationers with Meenakshi Lekhi]]<br />
<br />
Officers are also taken to parliament attachment for one week and the program culminates by meeting with the [[President of India]] and [[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]]. This training program is in line with training programmes of various other civil services of government of India.<ref name="programme">{{cite web | url=http://www.nagpurtoday.in/valedictory-function-at-nadf-of-iofs-2012-batches-held/02141551 | title=Valedictory function of IOFS Probationers | work=nagpurtoday.in | date=February 15, 2016 | accessdate=June 3, 2016}}</ref><br />
The candidates are selected through [[Civil Services Examination]] and the [[Engineering Services Examination]], conducted by [[Union Public Service Commission]].<br />
{{Gallery<br />
| align = center<br />
| File:Minister of State for Defence of India M M Pallam Raju with the Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) probationers at NADP Nagpur.jpg<br />
| alt1=<br />
| Minister of State for Defence of India M M Pallam Raju with the Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) probationers at NADP Nagpur<br />
| File:The Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) probationers calling on the Union Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar, in New Delhi on April 13, 2016.jpg<br />
| alt2=<br />
| IOFS probationers calling on the Union Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar<br />
| File:Defence Minister of India Nirmala Sitharaman with the Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) probationers at South Block.jpg<br />
| alt3=<br />
| Defence Minister of India, Nirmala Sitharaman with the IOFS probationers at South Block<br />
| File:Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) probationary officers of the 2008 batch, with the President of India, Smt Pratibha Devisingh Patil at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Aug 8, 2009 2.jpg<br />
| alt4=<br />
| IOFS probationary officers of the 2008 batch, with the President of India, Smt Pratibha Devisingh Patil at Rashtrapati Bhavan<br />
| File:Pranab Mukherjee in a group photograph with the Probationers of Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) 2014 (II) Batch and 2015 (I & II) Batches from the National Academy of Defence Production, Nagpur.jpg<br />
| alt5=<br />
| Pranab Mukherjee in a group photograph with the Probationers of Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) 2014 (II) Batch and 2015 (I & II) Batches from the National Academy of Defence Production, Nagpur.jpg<br />
| File:The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind with Probationers of Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) from National Academy of Defence Production at Rashtrapati Bhavan on November 13, 2017.jpg<br />
|President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind with Probationers of Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) from National Academy of Defence Production at Rashtrapati Bhavan on November 13, 2017<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Facilities==<br />
[[File:Dramatics at NADP by probationers.jpg|thumb|Dramatics by probationers on independence day 2018]]<br />
The institute is well equipped with the training facilities. It includes audio-video teaching aids, fully computerized library and subscription to various periodicals relevant to the training programme. There is 35 node LAN network inside campus for internet access. The exhibition center has a number of ammunition devices and defense technologies on display for the probationary officers. There is yoga center and courts for various sports such as billiards, badminton, tennis, volley ball and table tennis. Various fests are organised by the probationers on regular basis including sports meets with nearby academies like NADT(national academy of direct taxes). There is a well equipped gym, swimming pool , indoor badminton court, basketball court and a cricket ground as well. Blood donation camps, PT, self defence training for lady officers and cultural programmes are organised regularly.<ref name="rti">{{cite press release | url=http://www.nadpindia.gov.in/Download/RTI/RTI.pdf | title=About the Academy | publisher=National Academy of Defence Production | accessdate=June 3, 2016}}</ref><br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
{{coord missing|Maharashtra}}<br />
{{Indian military academies and colleges}}<br />
{{authority control}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Military academies of India]]<br />
[[Category:1978 establishments in Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1978]]</div>223.181.128.78