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e-MDP …… AN ONLINE TRAINING SOL
e-MDP …… AN ONLINE TRAINING SOLUTION FOR OFB OFFICERS
NADP THE ACADEMY
National Academy of Defence Production Ordnance Factories Organisation is the
(NADP), under Ordnance Factory Board, is the largest and oldest departmentally run
premier Training Academy of the Department production organisation in the country. Its
of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence. It history dates back to the pre-colonial period,
is mandated to impart both induction and in- when the first Ordnance Factory was
service training to Group 'A' Officers of established in 1801 at Cossipore, near Kolkata.
Ordnance Factories, viz., Indian Ordnance With a rich experience spanning over 200 years,
Factories Service (IOFS) officers recruited the Ordnance Factories are a fine blend of old
through Indian Engineering Service and Central and THE state-of-the-art technology.
Civil Service examinations and Indian Ordnance
Factories Health Service (IOFHS) officers. Presently, 41 Ordnance Factories, grouped
into five operating divisions, produce a vast
Set National Academy of Defence array of defence hardware for our Armed Forces
Production started as Ordnance Factories Staff with an approximate turnover of more than INR
College (OFSC) in 1978 for providing 12000 crores, as in 2020-21. These include
institutionalized training & development Arms and Ammunition ranging from small,
facilities to the fresh entrants and in-service medium and large calibre, Chemicals and High
officers of the Indian Ordnance Factories Explosives, Artillery Guns and Howitzers,
Service. Over the years, the Institution has Transport vehicles and Armoured vehicles,
systematically developed and expanded its Troop-comfort items, Opto-electronics, etc.
activities to meet the fast-changing needs of Ordnance Factories are also major suppliers of
Ordnance Factory organisation to equip its intermediate chemicals, warheads and
managers for coping effectively with the propellants for the Missile programme and also
increasingly complex workplace situations and to ISRO for advanced aluminium alloys in the
environment. Space programme including the Chandrayaan.
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E Learning - Re-imagined, Re-designed
