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NDA/NA (National Defence Academy/ Naval Academy)
NDA/NA exam is conducted by UPSC twice every year. All candidates who are interested in joining Indian Army, Navy or Air Force, can appear for NDA examination. NDA exam is known as the best way to join the Indian defence forces as an officer.
NDA exam eligibility criteria
Candidate must have passed 10+2 from a recognized board in India. The students appearing for 10+2 can also apply
Candidate must have studied Mathematics and Physics in 10+2
Candidate must be unmarried
Candidates must be physically fit
Notification of Examination: October – November & April – May
Conduct of Examination: April – May & Sept. – Oct
Type of commission- Permanent Commission
Training- National Defence Academy, khadakwasla followed by Indian Military Academy, Dehradun
TES Entry (Technical Entry Scheme) (Navy)
Applications are invited from UNMARRIED MALE CANDIDATES (fulfilling the conditions of nationality as laid down by the Govt. of India) to join the prestigious Indian Navy
Eligibilty-
Candidates who have appeared for JEE (Main) (for B.E./ B.Tech) exam.
Call up for Service Selection Board (SSB) will be issued on the basis of JEE (Main) - 2018 All India Rank.
Passed Senior Secondary Examination (10+2 Pattern) or its equivalent examinations from any Board recognized by Council of Boards of School Education in India (COBSE) with at least 70% aggregate marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM-Passing in each subject mandatory) and at least 50% marks in English (either in Class X or Class XII).
Type of Commission: Permanent Commission
Training- Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala, Kerala for a four year degree course in engineering.
CDSE Entry (Combined Defence Services Examination)
CDS (Combined Defense Services) is the common entrance exam to recruit unmarried male and female (including widows and divorcees who haven’t remarried) candidates in all the three spheres of the Indian defence services, i.e. Indian Military, Navy, and Air Force. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is responsibility to conduct the CDS exam at all India level.
The CDS Exam is held twice in a year in February and November for which the official notification is published in November and August respectively.
Eligibilty :-
Candidates applying for CDSE must be citizen of India
Candidates from Nepal, Bhutan and Tibetan refugee,Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka and East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or Vietnam are also eligible but only after subject to fulfilment eligibility criteria as the rule of Government of India.
Candidate must be a graduate from a recognised university
Type of Commission: Permanent Commission and Short Service Commission
Training-
Indian Military Acadeny , Dehradun for Indian Army (PC/Men)
Indian Naval Academy , Ezhimala for Indian Navy
Airforce Academy , Dundigal for Indian Airforce
Officers Training Academy , Chennai for Indian Army (SSC/ Men & Women )
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