A pair will attend the celebrated Defence Companies Employees Faculty (DSSC) at Wellington in Tamil Nadu for a career-advancing course for younger officers from the three providers, officers acquainted with the matter mentioned. That is the primary time a pair is doing so. The foremost-ranked girl officer is among the many six girls officers who cleared the examination to attend the course.
Over 1500 military officers, together with 22 girls appeared for the DSSC/Defence Companies Technical Employees Course (DSTSC) entrance examination this 12 months. The ladies officers who took the examination are amongst those that have been granted everlasting commissions within the military.
The Supreme Courtroom dominated in 2020 that quick service commissioned (SSC) girls officers within the military had been entitled to everlasting fee. This made them eligible for the DSSC/DSTSC. Each women and men SSC officers usually are not eligible to hitch DSSC.
The 22 girls officers who appeared for the examination are from the Military Service Corps, Military Air Defence, Military Ordnance Corps, Corps of Alerts, Corps of Intelligence, Corps of Engineers, and Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers.
Out of six, 4 girls officers who’ve cleared the examination will bear a one-year course at DSSC together with their male counterparts from the three providers.
The event bears testimony to gender equality and ladies empowerment within the armed forces, mentioned an official.
After clearing the DSSSC examination, officers are nominated to attend the course on the premise of advantage together with service profile and self-discipline.
“The ladies officers shall be imparted coaching and orientation on operational issues, army intelligence, operational logistics, and administrative points of employees appointments,” mentioned a second official. Those that have attended the course get weightage whereas being thought of for command appointments.
Of the opposite two girls, one is on the reserve record of DSTSC and the opposite has been shortlisted for Administration and Logistics Administration Course/Intelligence Employees Course.