{"id":17,"date":"2018-01-11T07:10:28","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T07:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/nda-new\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2022-12-02T11:26:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T11:26:50","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ltcolsudhakardalvi.com\/home\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About-us"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; el_id=&#8221;about-banner-cont&#8221;][vc_column el_class=&#8221;.ban-img-no-pad&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;170&#8243; img_size=&#8221;1000*264&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=&#8221;about-main&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\n<div id=\"about-title\">\n<h2>About Us<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"about-cont-main-in\">\n<p class=\"about-text\"><span style=\"color: #1b1b1b;\"><strong>Margadarshak Defence Career Academy<\/strong><\/span> was founded by Late Lt Col Sudhakar Dalvi (Retd) on 14th December 1998 at Thane. After successfully running the academy at Thane, Dadar branch was opened four years later. The aim was to guide, coach and train candidates who aspire to join Indian Army, Navy, Air-Force and Coast-Guard as officers. The Academy trains and prepares candidates for NDA and NA, CDS written examination as well as Services Selection Board (SSB) Interview.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n<div id=\"about-cont-main-in\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-top: 5px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ltcolsudhakardalvi.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/bullets-img02.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" \/><span class=\"about-text-title\">About the Director :<\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-top: 22px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ltcolsudhakardalvi.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/about-img.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"about-text\">Late Lt Col Sudhakar Dalvi was born in Malad, Mumbai in November 1953. He completed his matriculation from Telangana in 1970. After completion of matriculation, he joined DG Ruparael College, Matunga, Mumbai. He completed BSc. and NCC course in 1974. He joined Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun through Combined Defence Services Examination (CDSE), he joined 59 Regular \/ 49 NDA batch in July 1975 for training and passed out (commissioned) on 15 December 1976 as Second Lieutenant. He joined Artillery regiment in January 1977 in Punjab. He served in Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Nagaland. He served in J&amp;K and Nagaland during thick of insurgency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n<div id=\"about-cont-main-in\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-top: 25px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ltcolsudhakardalvi.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/bullets-img02.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<span class=\"about-text-title\">Late Lt Col Sudhakar Dalvi as a Group Testing Officer (GTO):<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"about-text\">Late Lt Col Sudhakar Dalvi completed Group Testing Officer\u2019s (GTO) training from Defence Institute of Psychological Research, (DIPR) New Delhi in May 1989 and joined <span style=\"color: #1b1b1b;\"><strong>11 Services Selection Board (SSB) Allahabad<\/strong><\/span> in November 1989. He had three tenures at 11 SSB, Allahabad and one tenure at <span style=\"color: #1b1b1b;\"><strong>17 SSB, Bengaluru.<\/strong><\/span> During his tenures at SSB, he assessed more than 5000 candidates, including the first batch of women commission in August 1992 at 11 SSB Allahabad.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n<div id=\"about-cont-main-in\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-top: 25px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ltcolsudhakardalvi.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/bullets-img02.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<span class=\"about-text-title\">Quest to learn:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"about-text\">Always known for his immense knowledge, experience and intellectual pursuits, he further pursued and completed <span style=\"color: #1b1b1b;\"><strong>management degree in HR from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management (JBIMS),<\/strong><\/span> Mumbai, immediately after his retirement, thus added another feather in his cap.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1635416363448{margin-top: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;444&#8243; img_size=&#8221;210*210&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1669109140242{margin-bottom: -35px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<div id=\"about-cont-main-in\">\n<p>Priyadarshini Dalvi<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Director<\/p>\n<p>M.A English, B.Ed., M.B.A-HR (JBIMS)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<div id=\"about-cont-main-in\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-top: 5px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ltcolsudhakardalvi.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/bullets-img02.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" \/><span class=\"about-text-title\">About Deputy Director :<\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-top: 22px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ltcolsudhakardalvi.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/about-img.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"about-text\">Since 2006, after graduation Priyadarshini Dalvi joined Margadarshak Defence Career Academy as a Teacher, she has been teaching English, Geography and History to NDA and CDS aspirants at Thane and Dadar branches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n<div id=\"about-cont-main-in\">\n<p class=\"about-text\">Since 2010, she has taken over as a Deputy Director of Margadarshak Defence Career Academy and handling recruitment of teachers, conducting their interviews , doing research on syllabus of NDA and CDS classes, making lesson plans and discussing same with relevant teachers, guiding them on nitty-gritties of each lesson of subject under consideration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n<div id=\"about-cont-main-in\">\n<p class=\"about-text\">Counselling the student and parent about the student&#8217;s performance in class and tests so that the student can improve and crack NDA\/CDS exam. Due to her efforts the students found NDA\/CDS papers easy and cleared exam successfully.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; el_id=&#8221;about-banner-cont&#8221;][vc_column el_class=&#8221;.ban-img-no-pad&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;170&#8243; img_size=&#8221;1000*264&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=&#8221;about-main&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] About Us Margadarshak Defence Career Academy was founded by Late Lt Col Sudhakar Dalvi (Retd) on 14th December 1998 at Thane. After successfully running the academy at Thane, Dadar branch was opened four years later. 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