Hi Bhakti Dodia !

The Armed Forces Medical Services is amongst one of the best options available to a medical graduate in our country where there is an opportune professional environment of an exceptional order blended with an adventurous life, camaraderie, dignity and self-esteem.

Doctor In Indian Navy: Selection Procedure
(a) Short Service Commission

• Applications are invited from Indian citizens both male and female, twice a year. A notification to this effect is published in leading newspapers.
• Eligible candidates are called for interview at New Delhi to assess their merit and suitability for grant of Short Service Commission in the Army Medical Corps and subsequent secondment to the Navy.
• Based on the results of the interview, candidates who have been short listed are subjected to medical examination at designated Armed Forces hospitals in New Delhi.
• Medically fit candidates are granted commission subject to verification procedures as deemed necessary and required for commissioning.

• SSC officers are allowed three chances to appear in departmental interviews for grant of Permanent Commision at any time after completion of two years SSC service ie two chances in first tenure of five years and one chance in second tenure of five years but before completion of nine years and six months of service. Also, there should be no break in service and they should fulfil the conditions of eligibility laid down.
• Maximum age limit as on 31 December of the calendar year of application for grant of PC for different professional educational qualification is as below: