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To become a Commercial pilot, one must complete flying training from a flying school recognized by DGCA. Flying schools across India offer different flying training programs. Such training programmes lead students to various types of flying licenses such as SPL (Student Pilot License), PPL (Private Pilot License) and CPL (Commercial Pilot License). To become a commercial pilot, enroll for the CPL training program. You must have passed 10+2 Science stream with PCM (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics with minimum 50% aggregate marks, to be considered eligible to join a flying school.

Flying schools conduct an entrance test to select deserving candidates. Candidates who clear the entrance test are subjected to physical and medical tests. Candidates who clear all the stages are allotted seats. So, basically there are 3 steps:

1. Satisfy eligibility criteria- Fulfil the minimum qualification requirements and eligibility criteria, as mentioned above. Besides the academics, you should also qualify other criteria, such as height, eyesight requirements etc.

2.  Clear the entrance test and medical test- If you are eligible to join a flying school, apply for the same. Fill up the application form and appear for the relevant entrance test conducted by the DGCA and score valid marks in it. After clearing the written test, you need to undergo medical and physical tests under the supervision of a DGCA approved medical officer or examiner.

3. Join the flying school and undergo training- After joining flying school, you will be provided flight training as well as classroom lectures. To obtain a CPL, you must complete 200 hours of flying. Undergo the training, complete it and clear the tests held by DGCA. This will help you get CPL. After completing flying training and clearing relevant tests, you will be awarded CPL.

You may start applying for jobs after that but it is suggested to get type rating. Type rating is a certification to fly a certain aircraft type that requires additional training.