Itanagar, April 4 : Arunachal Pradesh Governor Brig (Retd) Dr BD Mishra addressed a special Sainik Sammelan at Madras Regimental Center (MRC), Wellington in Tamil Nadu on Monday in presence of the Colonel of Madras Regiment, Lt Gen Manjinder Singh, MRC Commandant Brig Rajeshwar Singh and others. In his address, the Governor emphasised on being professionally competent, patriotic, dutiful and mission-oriented. This, he said, can be achieved by commitment, sacrifice and taking pride in belonging to one’s fold. Brig Mishra, who was commissioned in the 18th Battalion of Madras Regiment and commanded the 7th Battalion of the Regiment, exhorted the instructors to motivate and encourage the recruits to be the best soldiers of the country. “It is should be the commitment of the trainer officers and non-commissioned instructors to provide a strong training foundation for the recruits to enhance the fighting strength of the nation,” he said. The Governor also stressed on physical fitness and marksmenship of the soldiers, which, he said, are the basic need and skills of the soldiers. He also called for imbibing the spirit of responsibility in each soldier. He presented the Governor’s Citations to the 10th and 16th Battalions of the Regiment for their excellent operational roles, maintaining extremely good relations with the district administration and creating an excellent bonhomie with the civil population. He wished the Battalions all success in their future assignments. The Governor also presented citation to the MRC which was received by the Commandant for adopting the ingenious methods of training the recruits and administration, creating additional infrastructure and commissioning a much needed Baffle Range in MRC to transform the raw recruits into battle worthy combatants. Later, the Governor interacted with all ranks and families of 18 MADRAS and 7 MADRAS Regiments. TD KK ARN