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I want to join navy and I'm in 12th,so I'm confused what to choose next in order to join navy.


Sidra 26th Oct, 2021
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 26th Oct, 2021

Hello


If you want to get into navy then you can get into it following ways


--------) Through NDA

--------) Through CDS after your graduation.


NDA eligibility criteria says that:-

-------------) Qualifucation required :-

  • For army :- you need educational  qualification of 10 + 2 in any stream .

  • For navy and Airforce :- you need qualifucation of 10 + 2 with Physics and Maths .

-------------) You must be  in the age group of 16.5 to 19.5 years old to be eligible.

-------------) For nda only boys are eligible .  Now, girls are also eligible for Army in nda . For details on this refer:- https://news.careers360.com/nda-2021-sc-allows-women-appear-in-national-defence-academy-exam-slams-army-for-gender-discrimination

-------------) You must be unmarried.

-------------) Nationality



NATIONALITY

You should be citizen of India

Or should be citizen of

-----) Nepal

-----) Bhutan

-----) or you need to be a  Tibetan refugee, who came before 1st January  1962 to permanently settle here in India

or you should be Indian origin person  migrated to permanently settle in India from :

------) Burma

-----)Pakistan

-----)Sri Lanka

-----)Uganda

-----) Kenya

-----) Tanzania

-----)Malawi

-----)Zambia

-----)Zaire

-----)Ethiopia

-----)Vietnam.



For details you can visit our page, the link for the same is provided below

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/nda-eligibility-criteria

CDS eligibility criteria is given below:-


-------------------) Educational qualifications

CDS Courses

CDS Educational Qualification

***** Indian Military Academy

---------) A bachelor's degree from a recognised Institution /university  in any discipline like BA/BCOM/BSC/Btech or any other graduation degree .

***** Indian Naval Academy

---------) You need Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

***** Air Force Academy

---------)Bachelor degree in engineering

OR

---------)Bachelor's Degree in any discipline with Physics and Mathematics in your 10+2 level


***** OTA (Men)

---------) Bachelor's Degree from a recognised institution/university in any discipline

***** OTA (Women - Non-Technical)

---------) Bachelor's Degree from a recognised institution/university any discipline



-------------------) Age limit & Marital status:-

CDS Courses

CDS Age Limit

Marital Status

***** Indian Military Academy

19 to 24 years

Unmarried

***** Indian Naval Academy

19 to 24 years

Unmarried

***** Air Force Academy

20 to 24 years

Unmarried

***** OTA (Men)

19 to 25 years

Unmarried & Married

***** OTA (Women, Non-Technical)

19 to 25 years

Unmarried, Widow & Divorcee


To get the complete eligibility criteria go through the link given below:-


https://competition.careers360.com/articles/cds-eligibility-criteria

So,

With 12th qualification you can choose to clear NDA and then you can get into  Indian Navy or after your to 12th you can do  engineering in order to be eligible for CDS for navy and after qualifying it you can get into Navy

Thank you

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