2 minutes read
AASSAC General Secretary Techi Tajo said ‘it is indeed good news that one of our alumni and senior Col. Koj Tari (retd) has been selected as member of the prestigious Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission. We hope Col.Tari would bring in the much needed changes in APPSC system to meet the hopes and aspirations of our unemployed educated youth’, said Tajo. The AASSAC general secretary also said induction of Taru Tallo to IAS will motivate the young generation students of Sainik Schools to open up their horizons.
Col. Koj Tari (retd.) belongs to Dutta village of Ziro under Lower Subansiri District. He had done his schooling from Sainik School Imphal from 1978 to1985 and got into National Defence Academy in 1985. He got commissioned into Jat Regiment in 1988.
Col. Tari also did a commando course, security course for officers at Military Intelligence Training and Depot, Pune, Instructor course for Counter insurgency and Jungle Warfare at Vairengte, Mizoram. Besides being an excellent footballer and a keen sportsman during his school days, Col. Tari also possesses a First Class M. Sc Degree in Defence and Strategic Studies from Madras University and First Class M.Sc Degree in Counseling Psychology from MLC University, Shillong.
Arunachal Pradesh’s ZIRO, where nature and traditions are still alive
During his professional service life, Col. Tari participated in several classified operations for which he had been awarded commendation medals. Col. Tari has also the distinction of successfully conducting many recruitment examinations for NCC and soldiers in the Armed forces.
Alumni Association of Sainik Schools Arunachal Chapter (AASSAC) is one of the oldest and biggest alumni platforms of students from Arunachal Pradesh who studied in various Sainik Schools in the country. It has an enrolled membership of more than 2000 alumnus with many prominent personalities including Late Kuru Hassang, the first fighter pilot of AP, Late Dera Natung, Late Jarbom Gamlin, several serving and retired chief engineers, top bureaucrats, serving armed force personnel, technocrats and businessmen.