NCC  GROUP  HQ

       GUNTUR

         This Unit  formed part of  8 Andhra  Bn NCC  which  was raised at  Guntur  on 20 Feb  1956. Later in July 1956, it was designated as Nellore Indep NCC Coy.  As the cadet strength of  the  Unit  had  been  sufficiently  increased,  Nellore Indep  NCC  Coy  was re-designated  as  7 Andhra Bn NCC, Nellore wef. 04 Nov 1957 and was brought under the administrative control of HQ 12 Circle NCC Hyderabad.  V.R. College Nellore, JB College Kavali and CSR Sarma College, Ongole were covered by this Unit.

 2.         The  Unit  was re -organized  into  a  4  Coy  Battalion  wef.  Jul 1962  with the following companies :-

1 Coy               ------   V R College, Nellore.

1 Coy               ------   Govt. Arts & Science College, Vidyanagar .

1 Coy               ------   Govt. Arts & Science College, Gudur.

1 Coy               ------   Jawahar Bharati College, Kavali.

      As  a  result of  the re -organization in 1964  the Unit  had 11 Senior Division Coys and 4 Junior Division  Girls Troops  with a total cadet strength of 2400.

 3.         Consequently on  raising of 33 Andhra Bn NCC at Kavali in 1967,  the under mentioned Coys and Troops were transferred to 33 Andhra Bn NCC, Kavali.

4 Coy               ------   Jawahar Bharati College, Kavali.

1 Coy               ------   Govt. Arts & Science College, Vidyanagar.

1 Coy               ------   Govt. Arts & Science College, Kandukur.

1 Coy               ------   Govt. ITI, Nellore.

1 Troop            ------   ZP High School, Kavali.

1 Troop            ------   RK Higher Secondary School, Allur.

 4.         The  under  mentioned  Girl Troops  were  also  transferred  to 8  Andhra Girls Battalion NCC, Tirupati in the same year.

           9  Andhra Girls Junior Division Troop ---- Venkatagiri.

            27 Andhra  Girls Junior Division Troop ---- Kavali.

 5.         In the year 1970-71, this unit  was reorganized as a 5 Coys Battalion with addl 6 Junior Division Boys Troops. And the five Senior Division Coys were allocated to seven colleges and redesignated as 25 (A) Bn NCC.

 6.         This Unit was under NCC Group Headquarters Tirupati, but later it was affiliated to NCC Gp HQ  Guntur wef. 01 April 1976, consequent to the introduction of zonal system in Andhra Pradesh. With the increase in total str of NCC Cdts in AP a further re-adjustment of Units was carried out and 24 (A) Bn NCC was again put under NCC Gp Hq Tirupati from w.e.f. 01 Apr 2003, and the str of each SD Coy was raised to 200 thereby making a  total str of 1000 Cdts including 100 girls, and JD Tps to 16 ½  with a Str of 1650 including 200 girls.

 7.         This unit was again was reorbatted under NCC Group, Guntur w.e.f 01 Oct 2010. The present auth cadet strength has been re-allotted from trg year 2011-12 as follows

            SD/SW  - 600 and JD/JW – 1300/200

8.         This Unit was renumbered as 24 (A) Bn NCC wef 01 June 1978 and the following are the  details of Coys/Tps presently affiliated to the Bn.

1. Senior Division.

     127 Coy                                           --         VR College, Nellore.

    128 Coy                                           --         Dr SRJ Degree College, Atmakur

    129 Coy                                           --         JB College, Kavali.

    130 Coy                                           --         NBKR College, Vidya Nagar.

    131 Coy                                           --         SKR Govt. College, Gudur.

 2. Junior Division.

     434 Troop                                        --         BVNR ZPHS, Kaluvoy

     435 Troop                                        --         ZP High School, Kavali.

     436 Troop                                        --         RSRM High School, Nellore.

     437 Troop                                        --         VB High School, Kavali.

     438 Troop                                        --         ZP High School, Gudur.

     440 Troop                                        --         DLNR Govt. High School, BR Palem.

     441 Troop                                        --         MH School, Kavali.

     442 Troop                                        --         Space Central School, Sriharikota.

     444 Troop                                        --         SGM High School, Nellore.

     446 Troop                                        --         ZPP High School, Chinnacherukuru.

     447 Troop                                        --         JNV, Krishna Puram.

     448 Troop                                       --         KNR MHS, Nellore.

     449 Troop                                        --         ZP HS, Northmopur, Nellore.

     451 Troop                                        --         MH School CB Nagar.

     454 Troop                                        --         NBKR Model HS, V’Nagar.

 NOMINAL ROLL OF COMMANDING OFFICERS

 24 ANDHRA BATTALION NCC, NELLORE

 

S.No	Rank	Name	Regt Name	From	To
1.	Captain	T V Rama Rao	KUMAON	16-10-56	15-09-58
2.	Captain	J Subrahmanyam	MARATHA LI	16-09-58	15-08-61
3.	Captain	K P N Reddy	MARATHA LI	16-08-61	07-03-63
4.	Major	R D Ray	DOGRA	17-04-64	20-04-65
5.	Major	M B Chengappa	ARTY	07-01-66	10-05-68
6.	Major	K B Raju	T A	21-08-68	15-02-71
7.	Major	U Taneja	ARTY	10-11-72	16-06-73
8.	Lt Col	P Raghavan, VSM	3 GR	01-02-74	19-02-77
9.	Major	K S Rajan	ENGRS	11-05-77	01-12-80
10.	Lt Col	K Ramaswamy	ENGRS	01-06-82	26-11-82
11.	Lt Col	R K Keprate	ARTY	07-05-83	18-07-85
12.	Lt Col	B S Pillai	ARTY	19-08-85	31-10- 87
13.	Lt Col	P K Gupta	ARTY	14-04-88	21-06-91
14.	Lt Col	G S Walia	MARATHALI	22-07-91	22-05-94
15.	Lt Col	K M N Nambiar	MADRAS	03-01-95	31-05-97
16.	Lt Col	K Venugopal	ARTY	16-05-98	18-04-2K
17.	Lt Col	SS Lather	MECH INF	08-05-02	26-03- 04
18.	Col	C A Annaiah	5/1 GR	30-06-04	29-06-07
19.	Col	J K Achuthan	5/8 GR	09-07-07	11-06-10
20	Lt Col	TL Kumar	ARTY	12-07-10	Till date

 

NOMINAL ROLL OF ADM OFFICERS

 24 ANDHRA BATTALION NCC, NELLORE

 

S.No.	Rank	Name		From	To
1.	CAPT	B. Anantha Rao	NCC	01 Sep 59	13 Oct 60
2.	CAPT	A. Rama Swamy Naidu	NCC	25 Jul 64	25 Jul 68
3.	CAPT	Babu Ram	NCC	05 Apr 69	21 Dec 71
4.	CAPT	KL Deva Bhushanam	NCC	22 Dec 71	31 Oct 74
5.	CAPT	MD Sai Rangan	NCC	31 Oct 74	15 Apr 78
6.	CAPT	KD Taneja (NCC)	NCC	09 May 78	01 May 80
7.	CAPT	MNK Menon (NCC)	NCC	25 May 80	15 Jun  84
8.	MAJOR	KL Deva Bhushanam	NCC	16 Jun 84	17 Jun  87
9.	MAJOR	DK Sharma	NCC	16 Jun 87	17 Jun  90
10.	MAJOR	BIS Randhawa (NCC)	NCC	30 Jun 90	22 Oct 93
11.	MAJOR	GA Kane	NCC	23 Aug 94	28 Sep 95

          Presently, the unit is commanded by Lt Col TL Kumar