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A National Cadet Corps (NCC) men’s euphony set from Kerala has been selected for the archetypal clip to enactment successful the Republic Day parade. According to officials, lone 5 NCC euphony bands from crossed the state person been chosen for the parade, with the squad from Newman College, Thodupuzha, being the sole typical from Kerala. According to officials, the squad is functioning nether the Kerala-Lakshadweep directorate of the 18th Kerala Battalion.
Capt. Prageesh C. Mathew, Associate NCC Officer astatine Newman College, said the 45-member squad would execute astatine the parade connected January 26, 2026. “Out of the 45 members, 30 cadets are from Newman College. There are 5 cadets each from Nirmala College Muvattupuzha, St. Peter’s College Kolencherry, and MA College Kothamangalam. The NCC women’s squad of Newman College performed astatine the Republic Day parade successful 2025 and it is simply a root of pridefulness for america that the men’s squad excessively is getting a accidental this year,” said Mr. Mathew. In 2025 excessively the squad from Newman College was the lone set from Kerala.
The patron of Newman and Nirmala Colleges, Kothamangalam Bishop Mar George Madathikkandathil, expressed his delight astatine the achievement.
Leading the set successful New Delhi volition beryllium Aswhin Subash, a final-year past student. Newman College has abstracted NCC euphony bands for girls and boys. The assemblage has besides been awarded the Best NCC Institution Award galore times.
