The certificate was presented by Vijaya Ghose, Editor Limca Book of Records to Lt. Gen. A Chakravarty in the august presence of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. 

Based on the encouragement given by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his address in the Prime Minister’s NCC Rally on 28 Jan this year, NCC created this record with 9,50,210 NCC cadets performing Yoga simultaneously at 1767 venues pan India on 21 June. 

Interacting with the NCC cadets, the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar shared with them some useful tips on how to make the ‘Swachh Bharat’ campaign a success. He said, NCC is on the verge of undergoing major expansion as the demand for its expansion is huge. The Minister complimented the staff of NCC and all the cadets for their hard work and dedication and said that NCC could play a very crucial role in nation-building by grooming the youth as future leaders. 

Earlier, the Director General of NCC Lt. Gen. A Chakravarty gave an account of NCC activities and said the organisation is truly proud of its achievement of finding a place in the Limca Book of Records for which he also thanked Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Ayush for their support to NCC in conducting event successfully on International Day of Yoga.