Junior engineering networking convocation held at Military College
Mhow: The convocation ceremony of Junior Engineer Network Engineering (JENE) course number 162 was held at the Military College of Telecommunication Engineering (MCTE) recently, where 99 non-commissioned officers of the Army were awarded a Diploma in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV), Bhopal.
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MCTE Deputy Commandant and Chief Instructor Major General Gautam Mahajan was the chief guest of the event and presented medals and trophies to the award winners. The Faculty of Communication Engineering commander, Brigadier Deven Makhija, administered the engineer's pledge.
In his valedictory address, Major General Mahajan complimented the officers for their performance during the course. He emphasised force modernisation, which is one of the thrust areas in all armies of the world today.
He reminded the graduating officers about the importance of the man behind the machine and exhorted them to keep pace with the phenomenal boom of technology in the field of communications and information technology, and to always strive for excellence.
An MCTE press release stated that the college has an impressive campus and laboratories for emerging technologies like 5G, AI, EM Spectrum Operations, Quantum Technology and VLSI. It is the only institution that provides training to military personnel in these specialised fields of information and communication technologies in the modern battlefield.
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