Bangalore to house another ASC Centre

Bangalore will house one more defence establishment with the relocation of the Gaya-based Army Service Corps (ASC) Centre (North) to the city.

The ASC Centre (North), which was based in Gaya for the last 36 years, moved to Bangalore earlier this month following the Indian Army’s plan to set up an Officer’s Training Academy.

Upon relocating,  the North Centre would be based at the premises of ASC Center and College, Bangalore and at Iblur in the city outskirts.

“Bangalore’s congenial climate provides an ideal training atmosphere and is suited for all-year-round training. Its proximity to the hills also helps in giving realistic mountain training to all ASC personnel, especially drivers and animal transport handlers. Besides the training, all personnel in ASC can be synergised with both centers co-located. This gives better access to both to benefit from each other’s training infrastructures as well as instructors,” said ASC Centre and College deputy commandant and chief instructor Major General Jaideep Mitra.

The role of the Gaya centre was to impart basic military and technical training to the mechanical and animal transport recruits.