A 21 member team from the National Defence College (NDC), India, is presently on a four-day visit of Nepal from Monday, the Indian Embassy said.

National Defence College (NDC) of India is an apex institution engaged in the study of the higher direction of policy at the national and international level which senior military and civilian officials may be called upon to handle in the course of their careers.

The course is attended by senior officers of the Indian Defence Forces and Civil Services as well as Armed Forces Officers of friendly foreign countries. At present, Brig. Gen. Prakash Bahadur Basnyat of the Royal Nepal Army, is attending this prestigious course.

The members of the NDC team will be exchanging views with senior civil and military officials during their current visit to Nepal. The visiting team will pay a courtesy call on the Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa and other officials during the visit.

The visiting NDC team is headed by Maj. Gen. Ashok Vasudeva, VSM, Senior Directing Staff (Army) of the College. Besides Indian civil and military officers, the visiting team has officers from Algeria, Thailand, Phillippines, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. nepalnews.com br Sept.22