JOIN USCapt (IN) Ben H Berson assumed charge as the new principal of Sainik School Kodagu, at Kudige, near Kushalnagar, Kodagu district, recently.
After assuming charge, he said, “Every life needs a dream, every dream needs a plan, every plan needs a team”. He said, with team spirit, India can become the best country and Sainik School Kodagu, the best school in the world.
He briefed about his plan of action, expressing that his prime area of concern was development of intellectual and emotional faculties of cadets and staff as well as academic infrastructure in the campus.
Earlier, Berson was accorded an elegant guard of honour and received by Wg Cdr M K Khan, the headmaster, and Lt Cdr A P Ajesh, the registrar. A special assembly was held on the occasion, wherein the headmaster introduced the incumbent principal. During the function, Princy Berson gave away prizes to cadets, who had excelled in various competitions. Saira Khan, president of the Kodagian Ladies Club, was present.
Captain (IN) Berson had headed the faculty for Basic Sciences and Humanities at INA Ezhimala earlier. After getting his engineering degree from Karunya, Coimbatore, he was commissioned as a direct entry officer into the Education Branch of the Indian Navy in 1991.
He has served as instructor and registrar at the erstwhile Naval Academy at Goa and Senior Education Officer at INS Dronacharya and INS Shivaji. He was also the Deputy Director at the Naval Institute of Education and Training Technology, Kochi.