In its pilot program, CADET was a 5-Day Program conducted at Mount Carmel College, Bangalore with cadets from schools and colleges of NCC Bangalore Group ‘A’. This was followed by programs in the 5 other NCC groups in Karnataka:

Bijapur, Bellary group
Belgaum Group HQ, Belgaum
MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore Group ‘B’
Moodabidiri, Mangalore.
Mysore Group HQ, Mysore